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f THE CAMDEN JOURNAL
f VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, OCTOBER 12,1852. NUMBER 82.
i THE CAMDEN JOURNAL,
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'* a Sister, a Brother, or an innocent prattling child, and
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on. After the separation, some "little toy" or trifling
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of remembrance. How much more valuable would be
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| exclamation uttered with an expression of deep regret,
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friend."
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two now, and visit the gallory; then you may, at some
T future period, have reason to feel grateful for these
"Gentle Hints" from
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September 24. 77 tf
Livery and Sale Stables.
FORMERLY JOHN C. O'HAIfLON'S.
THE Subscriber has the pleasure to inform his
friends and the public, that, having purchased the
Splendid 8TOCK of FIXTURES of those well-krown
and popular STABLES, formerly owned by O'HANLON,
and latoly by W. E. ARCHER, ho is now prepared
to furnish all who may favor him with their patronage,
with excellent SADDLE HORSES, and handsome
and comfortable CARRIAGES and BUGGIES,
of the latest styles, with teams to match, and drivers,
in whose sobriety and experience every confidence can
be placed, at most reasonable prices. Many improvements
have been made to the Stables and Lots, and
s Drovers will lind every accommodation they can dosire.
? Carriages and Omnibuses from this Stable will run
from Boatwriglit and Janney's univorsnlly favorite
I "American Hotel," and also from the long-established
and well-known Columbia Hotel, by Mr. D. Cald%
well, to the various Railroad Depots, or any point desired.
frSyOrders loft at the American Hotel, with Mr. W.
D. Harris, or tho proprietor, at the Columbia Hotel,
will be promptly attended to; and the subscriber is
confident that all who employ him will be pleased with
his prices and his teams. NATHANIEL POPE.
Sept. 21. 76 6m
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Town Residence for Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale on liberal terms, his
HOUSE AND LOT in Camden. Persons wishing
to purchase are requested to call and examine the
premises. A great bargain will be given,
y. Sept 10. E. W. BONNEY.
Notice.
THE subscriber invite offers for the purchase of the
whole of his property in Camden, viz:
That Three Story House on Broad-street, opposite the
Episcopal Church, at present occupied by Mr. Ilarrir
as a Store and dwelling house?the Two Story House
Sovlth of the above, occupied by Mr. Billings as a Storo
house and dwelling?the Small House South of the
above, and the House South of it occupied by the subscriber
as a dwelling and Store house.
Tho above property (some or which Is new) is all in
good repair, and all well situated for business. Terms
accommodating. For further particulars apply to
August 31?70tf JAMES M'KWKN.
Notice.
ALL those indebted to tho undersigned will please
call and settle their accounts by the fhst of November.
On and after that time all debts will be placed
in other hands for collections.
TIIOS. BASKIN.
Sept. 10. 73 tf
Notice.
THE remainder of the Tools belonging to the Estato
of R. L. Tweed will be sold at Public Auction on tho
first day of Fall Court, if not previously sold at private
sale, consisting of Blacksmith's Bellows, Vices, Anvils,
<fcc.
The above may be seen at the Store of James Mc*
"Ewen, where the sale will take place.
Sept. 17?75tf ' S. TWEED, Adm'rx.
Final Notice.
THE subscribers intending to leave tho State by tho
first of November, desires all those indebted to
hem by note or open account, to call and arrange for
ne payment 011110 same previous ieiui u u?y, umorwise
they will be put in the hands of an attorney for
collection. Office one door below the Court House.
Sept. 14. H. LEVY & SON.
Fair Notice.
ALL those indebted to us for the years 1850 or '51
will find it to their interest to call and settle the
same before Return Day.
Oct. 1. "WORKMAN & BOONE.
LOST,
ABOUT ten days ago, botween the Post-office and
the store of John Rosser, Esq., A PAIR OF
GOLD SPECTACLES. The finder will be liberally rc
warded by leaving them at the Post-offlco.
Sept. 17. ' 7 5tf
Hardware.
THE Subscribers offer to the public, tho most complete
assortment of HARDWARE in tho back
aftintry. As it has been nearly all bought from lirst
hands, they can sell (on tho same terms) at Charleston
prices.
Thoao wanting Builders, Hardware. Carpenter's 01
Smith's Tool#; Mill Irons, Cross-cut or Mill Saws, Axes
Iron or Steel, would de well to give them a call.
McDOWALL t COOTEB.
For the Camden Journal. '
THE BACHELOR'S ADVICE.
Who would wish to be free, 1
Let them listen to me, '
And ne'er into marriages enter;
For they surely will cry, *
> E'er a year passes by,
Why woman ! the de'il must have sent her. (
Will a person believe,
; Had it not been for Eve,
That Eden would e'er have missed Adam; 1
So we all must live now,
, By the sweat of our brow,
And wholly the blame lies with madam 1
For fair Helen alone,
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was uesirwyeu ev ry biuhc,
That made up the city of Priam ;
And Troy now might have stood,
A fair city and good.
Had Paris been single as?I am, t
They will have their own way,
And whatever they say, t
We must do howe'er we oppose it; a
If their smiles you withstand, ^
They have tears too, at hand, t
And these are too mighty?God knows it. I
v
Should they find that these two, t
For ttieir ends will not do,
There are lectures still more to be dreaded;
And you'll 6igh o'er the time, r
When t'was thought no great crime, c
If a meddling wife you beheaded. s
Now beware what you do, c
You'll find it too true;
You're running your neck in a halter; l
And the day you will curse, a
When for better or worse,
You wed before Hvmpn' hisvh altar. V
? 0
TAM. J
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From the Star Spangled Banner. g
Marriage without ILove. t
BY MAY RITCHIE. li
'01 'tis lovo I 'tis love I 'tis love
From woman's bright eye glancing;
01 'tis love! 'tis lovo I 'tis love I
Every heart entrancing.'
Thus breathed our ' village pet'?Elsie Whitney,
as languidly she leant against the trunk of ^
a majestic tree, whose waving boughs refreshed
their verdant sprays by constantly imbibing a ^
portion of the ever-varviner current beneath them, T
She was alone, or thought she was, and there v
fore continued chanting the remaining stanzas of a
the favorite ballad that she had commenced, f
But, as she was about finishing the following ''
lines:? 2
' What melts the haughty beauty, ^
Aud conquers tier disdain ? J
0! 'tis lovol ic.' c
she heard low footsteps directly behind her, and, c
in a second, the clear, ringing voice of a female, ?
thus burst upon the tranquil air:? (
4 Ha, ha, ha! Miss Sentimentalist, so you think r
that love will melt the haughty beauty, and i
conquer her disdain, eh ?' I
4 Yes, Clara, for though you scorn my asser- t
tion, I will repeat, as heretofore, that there is t
such a thing as pure, undying ' [
4 Love, you was about to add,' interrupted the s
impatient Clara, 4 but come,' she added, 4 let's I
iiasie 10 me spot, assigneu us lor sKeicmug, c-?so
to-morrow will find us with tasks uncompleted, a
and a lesson upon 4 Indolence' will consequently
ensue. By the way, don't you almost detest
our Governess ? I do, and am going to prevail
upon mama to procure a better one ; she is so
ill-natured if we don't do everything just as she
says. O, I shall be so glad to get the old 4 vixen'
out of my sight.
4 But perhaps your maina will not think best
to '
4 Yes, she will, she always lets me have everything
as I wish. But we must go.' And thus
saying, the half spoiled Clara Thurson, drew the
arm of her gentle cousin?Elsie Whitney?within
her own, and then they hastily sought, through
the shady avenue, the romantic spot for the pursuance
of their tastes.
As evening advanced, the maidens?having
finished their irksome labor?slowly bent their
footsteps towards their home. They had been
laughing and chatting gaily upon their first leave
of the spot where they had been laboring so dili- s
gently; but as they drew near a little thicket, through
which the sheen waters of the Merrimac :
shone like a half-concealed mass of burnished "!
silver, their thoughts took a different turn and s
they conversed in a more serious tone. Each t
had, in turn, pointed out the beauty by which c
they were surrounded ; for both were passionate 1
admirers of nature's works. And now, Elsie has ]
/*A?n'oiHjmer unAn lnun I Vinr rWirlinnr 1
V/U(illtlCUV^U l?|/VU IVt Vj y uvt a
topic) which I shall hero produce in her own 1
language, together with the replies of her friend I
?or cousin?Clara. 1
41 wish, Clara, that you believed as I do about i
love; then we should think alike in everything? 1
then '
4 Pshaw ! nonsense 1 there's no such thing as j
love. "When I get married (it ever I do) it will (
be merely to better my condition in life. Let's 1
see what I'll have when I'm Mrs. (somebody)? ]
phaetons, steeds, postilions, footmen, servants, <
and ' 1
1 4 Why, coz, you but jest!! i
4 Never was more in earnest in my life. J i
shall not be fastidious in my choice; so you per- i
ceive that I shall stand a good chance to have 1
everything as I desire. Age and appearance ]
I aro nothing to me, so long as wealth is in the i
coffer.' i
i 4 If that is your real opinion, Clara, I sincerely
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commiserate tue persou ueauueu iur yvui mtuio
r husband. He will be most shockingly duped,'
' continued the speaker, at the same time raising |
her eves to the face of her lovely companion,
' for one to gaze on that lovely face of yours,
would never once dream that the heart of its
possessor was utterly devoid of affection! 0,
what deception lurks beneath the human breast!
But I cannot bring my mind to believe that you
think as you assert. You will at some future
lay love.'
' Never ! no, never! for
1 My heart is a free and a fetterless thing f
A. wave of the ocean I a bird on the wing I
A. riderless steed o'er the desert plain bounding 1
A. peal of the storm o'er the valley resounding 1
It spurns at all bouuds, and it mocljs the decree
Df the world and its proud one, and scorns to bo free.'
ind it always shall reiuain free ! continued the
snthusiastic Clara.
Elsie ~AThituev and Clara Thurson were cousins.
Elsie was an orphan, and had recently ta- '
ien up her abode at her uncle Thursons, who
possessed a ' goodly share of this world's goods.'
Both girls were beautiful; but their minds as
he reader has perceived, were not the least alike.
\t the time of my sketch their ages were thir- ;
,een, aud fourteen, Clara being the senior of the 1
,wo. ;
Deeming that it would be but a source of enmi
to the reader to follow these females through
i series of school-day scenes, the writer will ,
glance over a space of ten years; at the expiraion
of which time, she will bring the subjects of
ler sketch?together with an incident or so, .
vhich occurred in the intervening time?before J
he reader.
* * * * * * * 1
In a parlor of a superb mansion, are two fe- !
nales, which the reader will, as I proceed, reognize
as Clara and Elsie.?They are, at pre- (
eut, in deep conversation, and as the one clad in 5
lark (mourning) is weeping the writer will at ]
mce inform the reader of the cause.
After five years of the most unhappy wedlock .
hat ever existed, the unfortunate Clara had
gain met with her gentle cousin, from whom *
he had during that space been cstrauged. She '
ras rehearsing to Elsie?now the happy Mrs. '
jriiffin?the manifold sorrows that she had ex- !
terienced since their separation. The death of
ler tyranical husband she said, was to her a
ourceofjoy. She concluded by saying that 1
here was no happiness to bo had in marriage 1
without love.
I
Kidd, the Pirate.
BY W. IRVING. j
In old times, just after the territory of the 1
few Netherlands had been wrested from the ;
lands of their High Mightiuess the Lords States j
Jeneral of Holland, by Charles the Second, and <
vhilc it was yet in an unquiet state, the province (
i'as a favorite resort of adventurers of all kinds, j
,nd particularly of bucaneers. These were pi- 1
atical rovers of the deep, who inado sad work <
a times of peace among the Spanish settlements <
ind Spanish merchant ships. They took advan- <
age of the easy access to their harbor of the <
danhattoes, and of the anxiety of the scarcely j
irganized government to make it a kind of ren- <
lezvous, where they might dispose of their hill- ?
rotten spoils, and concert new depradations.? ] 1
Jrews of tliese desperadoes, the rene gades of eve- <
y country and clime, might be seen swaggering ' j
n open day, about the streets of the bourg, el- |
jowmg its quiet Mynheers; trafficking away ]
heir rich out landish plunder, at half-price, to <
ho wary merchant and then squandering their ?
rains in taverns, drinking, gambling, singing, <
iwearing, shouting, and astonishing the neigh- i
>orhood with sudden brawls and rurfian revelry. \
At length the indignation of government was t
troused, and it was determined to ferret out this j
ermin brood from the colonies. Great conster i
lation took place among the pirates on finding ]
ustice in pursuit of them and their haunts turned <
o places of peril. Tliey secreted their money and i
ewcls in lonely, out of the way places; buried 1
hem about the wild shores of the rivers and sea <
oast, and dispersed themselves over the face of i
he country. <
Among the agents employed to hunt them by
ea was the renowned Capt. Kidd. He had j
rmnr Kaon .1 Knrdv ndv#>ritnror_ a killd of eailivO
v,,b wvv" ? -----i ? - i
:al borderer, half trader, half smuggler, with a i
olerable dash of the pickaroon. He had traded
or some time among tho pirates, lurking about
he seas in a little rakish mosquito built vessel
>rying into all kinds of odd places as busy jis a i
llother Cary's chicken in a gale of wind.
This nondescript personage was pitched upon :
>y government as tho very man to command a
essel fitted out to cruise against the pirates,
ince he knew all their haunts and lurking places i
?acting upon the shrewd old maxim of "setting
i rogue <fcc." Kidd accordingly sailed from New
fork in the Adventure galley, gallantly armed
ind duly commissioned, and steered his course to
,ho Madeiras, to Bonavista, to Madagascar, and
sruised at the entrance of the Red Sea. Instead,
lowever, of making war upon the pirates, turned
lirato himself?captured friend or foe?enriched
limsfllf with thfisnoilRof the wealthy Indiaman.
manned by Moors, though commanded by an i
Englishman ; and having disposed of his prize,
lad the hardihood to return to Boston, laden
with his wealth, with a crew of his comrades at
lis heels.
His famo had preceded him. The alarm was
*iven of the re-appearance of this cut-purse of
die ocean. Measures were taken for his arrest;
5ut ho had time, it is said, to bury the greater
part of his treasures. He even attempted to
Iraw his sword and defend himself when arrested
but was secured and thrown into prison,
with several of his followeJs. They were carried
to England in a frigate, where they were
tried, condemned, and hanged at Execution Dock.
Kidd died hard, for the rope with which he was
first tied broke with his weight, and he tumbled
to the ground; lie was tied up a second time,
and effectually; from whence arose the story of
his having been twice hanged.
Such is the main outline of Kidd's history;
but it haR given birth to tradition. The circumstance
of his having buried great treasure of gold
and jewels nftor.returning from his cruising settho
brains of all the good people along the coa3t in
a ferment. There were rumors on rumors of great
sums found here and there} sometimes in one
part of the country, sometimes in another; of trees
age barbarity near the Southern boundary of
and rocks bearing mysterious marks no doubt indicating
the spots where the treasure lay hidden; of
coins found with Moorish characters, the plunder
of Kidd's eastern prize, but which the common
people took for a diabolical of magic inscription
Some reported the spoils to have been buried in
solitary, unsettled places about Plymouth, and
Cape Cod. Many other parts of the eastern
coasts, also, and various plaaces on Long Island
Sound have been gilded by these rumors, and
have been ransacked by adventurous money-,
diggers.
uD _
Mount Hecla.
The whole region at the foot of Hecla, and especially
at this place, appears to be undermined,
and the heavv foots tens of the neasants were
echoed in the hollow, menacing tones, such as I
have never heard at Vesuvius or any where else.
These sounds appeared very awful to me when I
was alone at night, shut up in my dark retreat.
My Hecla guide?I call hira so to distinguish
him from the one who had accompanied me
From Iieikja\ick?announced to me that we must
be off by three o'clock. I readily agreed, though
[ felt very certain that it would be five before we
were in our way; and so it proved. In fact, it
was past six when we were completely ready to
set out. Besides a store of bread and cheese, a
bott'e of water for myself, and one of brandy for
.he guide, we also provided ourselves with long
sticks, ending in a sharp iron point, which we
were to lean upon aud use to sound the snow
before we ventured to tread on it.
It was a beautiful warm morning, and we gallopped
gayly over meadows and the adjacent
sand plains. This hue weather was considered
i very favorable omen by my guide, who told
ne that Mr. Geimard, the French naturalist already
mentioned, had been delayed three days
py a storm before he could ascend the rooun;ain;
this was nine years ago, and no one had
nade the attempt since that time. A Danish
prince who travelled through Iceland a few vears
since had been here indeed, but for some unexplained
reason he had left the place without uniertaking
to visit Hecla.
The road led at first, as I have already said,
.hrough fields, and then across the patches of
plack sand, which are surrounded on all sides by
itreams, hills, and hillocks of lava, whose fearful
nasses gradually approach each other, and frequently
afford no other passage than a narrow
lefile, where we scrambled over the blocks and
piles with scarcely a spot to rest our feet. The
ava rolled around and behind us, and it was nejessary
to be constantly on the watch to prevent
purselves from stumbling, or to avoid coming in
jontact with the rolling rocks. But the danger
was even greater in the gorges filled with snow
ilrendv softened bv the heat of the seasou. where
kve frequently broke through, or, what was worse,
slid backward at every step almost as far as we
had advanced. I do not believe there is another
mountain in the world whose ascent offers as
many difficulties as this one.
After a toilsome struggle of three hours and a
half, we reached the place where it became ne
lessary to leave the horses behind; which I
should have done long before, as I felt compassion
for the poor animals, if my Hecla guide
would have flowed it; but ho maintained that
there were still spots where we might need
them, and advised me, moreover, to ride as long
ts possible, in order to reserve my strength for
what was still before me. And he was right;
[ hardly think I could have completed the whole
distance on foot; for when I thought I had attained
the last peak, I still found streams and
hillocks between me and my goal, which seemed
constantly more remote than ever. My guide
assured me that he had never led any one so far
an horseback, and I readily believe it. The
walking was already horrible, but to ride was
fearful.
From every height new scenes of the most
melancholy desolation appeared in sight; the
whole prospect was rigid and inanimate, and
burnt, black lava was spread around us wherever
we looked. It was not without a painful sensation
that I gazed about me, and saw nothing
but the immeasurable chaos of this stony desert.
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we had still three neignts 10 cnmo, mey
were the last, but also the most perilous. The
road led abruptly over the rocks by which the
whole summit of the mountain covered; I had
more falls than I could count, and frequently
tore my hands on the sharp points of lava. It
was, to be sure, a terrible expedition.
The dazzling whiteness of the snow was almost
blinding, contrasted with the shining black
lava alongside of it. When I had to cross a
field of snow, I did not venture to look at the
lava, for I had tried it once, and could hardly
see in consequence. I was snow-blind.
At last the summit was attained, after two
more hours of laborious climbing, and I stood
upon the highest peak of Hecla; but I looked in
vain for a crater; there was no trace of any to
be found ; at winch I was all the more astonished,
as I had read minute accounts of it in several
books of travels.
I walked around the whole summit of the
mountain, and clambered to the jokul which lies
next to it, but still I saw no opening or crevice,
no sunken wall, nor any sign whatever, in fact,
of a crater. Much lower down on the sides of
the mountain I found some wide rents and
chinks, whence the streams of lava must have
flowed. The height of the mountain is said to
bo 4300 feet.
The sun had been obscured during the last
hour of our ascent, and thick clouds now rushed
down upon us from the neighboring glaciers,
which concealed the whole prospect from our
sight, and prevented our distinguishing anything
for more than ten paces before us. After awhile
they dissolved, fortunately not in rain, hut in
snow, which soon covered the dark, crisp lava
with large and innumerable flakes; they did not
melt, and thermometer showed 1 deg. of cold.
Gradually the clear and inimitable bine of
the heavens re-appeared, and the sun once more
rejoiced us with his presence. I remained on
the top of the mountain till the clouds had
opened in the distance and afforded a welcome
and extensive view, which I fear my pen is much
too feeble to describe. I despair of conveying
to my readers a distinct idea of the immense
waste which lay displayed before me, with its
accumulated masses of lava, and its peculiar appearance
of lifeless desolation. I seemed to
stand in the midst of an exhausted fire. The
blocks were piled in heaps above each other, till
they formed hkjh hills; the valleys were choked
with streams of rock, whose length and breadth
I was not able to distinguish, although the
course of the last eruption could be plainly traced
among them,
i I was surrounded bv the most dreadful ra
vines, streams; caves, hills and valleys; I could
hardly understand how I had reached this point,
and was seized with a feeling of horror at the
thought which forced itself upon me, that perhaps
I might never be able to find my way out
of this terrible labyrinth of rain.
Here, on the highest peak of the Hecla, I .
could look down far and wide upon the uninhabited
land, the image of torpid nature, passionless,
inanimate, and yet sublime; an image which, once
seen, can never be forgotten, and the remembrance
of which will prove an ample conpensation for all
the toils and difficultiesi had endured. Awhole
world of glaciers, mountains of lava, fields of snow
and ice, rivers of miniature lakes,were, included in
that magnificent prospect and the foot of man had
never yet ventured within those regions of gloom
and solitude. What must have been the fury
of the resistless element which produced all these
rr ? ? a i 'i. ... . ! J ! or
enecw: ii.na is :is rage now suencea ior ever!
Will it be satisfied with the ruin it has worked 1
Or docs it only slumber, like the hundred headed
Hydra, to burst forth anew with redoubled
strength, and waste those few cultivated spots
which are already scattered so sparingly throughout
the land ? I thank my God that he has allowed
me to sec this chaos of his creation; and
I doubly thank him that my lot was cast ia
those fair plains where the sun does more tbaXi'.
divide the day from night; where it warms and animates
plants and animals, and excites the
heart of man to happiness and gratitude towi&ds
his Maker.?From Ida Pfciffer's Iceland,
A Good Answer.?The noted "wise man"
has laid down two rules for answering imperii'
nent and foolish questions, he says:
"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest "
thou be like him."
"Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he
be wise in his own conceit/'
It is not always easy to determine which of
these apparently contradictory rules should be
followed, when some self-conceited upstart undertakes
to astonish you with a question which *
he supposes will evince a remarkable shrewdness
on his part. But Greeley of the New York Tribune,
has, for orce, hit the nail on the head, in
replying to a correspondent signing himself " A
Student," and wishing to know the editor's opinion
of secret societies. His answer is :
" 'A Student' should bear in mind that about
the most cowrdly and indefensible secret society
we know is that composed of one member who
a + nn/1 Kio nnmo "
Wlliwa lUbl^I auu lUbiiiiViuo 11M littmvi
We think that "a student" might by this time
return to his studies, satisfied that Greeley could
"see as far into millstone as those that pick it."
Men will make themselves ridiculous, but none
show themselves greater asses than those who
are continually harping on what they call "secret
societies. The societies to which they refer,
so far from being secret, "are known and read of
all men," and the members who compose them
are not ashamed of their connection. Their
principles and doings are before the world, and
what are called secrets in their case, are just
what are found in every well-regulated family,
and in all the business transactions of life. This
sickly whining about "secret societies" is equal
to an emetic, any time, and makes the meddler *
appear about as dignified, in the eyes of discerning
persons, as he would if he were under the
influence of a good dose of ipecacuana. But it
is difficult tor some animais to conceal men eaio.
[Olive Branch.
Gen. Thomas Jefferson Sutherland died at the
Iowa Mission, in Nebraska territory, on the 7th
ult. The deceased was a practical printer, a fine
scholar and at different periods a lawyer, politician,
editor, reformer, lieutenant under General
Simon Bolivar, in South America, and was in
some of the hardest fought ?battles between the
Spanish and republican armies, and was severely
wounded. He also travelled in Italy and
Asia Minor?and was a leading spirit in the Canadian
rebellion, during which ho was taken
prisoner and detained eighteen months,
Woman.?The celebrated Segur in his "Essay
on Education," remarks: Heaven, in creating
woman, seemed to say to man, Behold either
the torment or delight of your present and fuT*
Ja nnatlmr n/?]f whidl I offer
lure eAiotcuw# *?. -v..
you ; in taking charge of her, you ought iu a
certain degree, to identify her with yourself!"
She sustains and nourishes us, her hand* direct
our earliest steps; her gentle voice teaches us to
lisp our first impressions; she wipes away tho
first tears wo shed?and soothes the bed of
death.
A lcttter from California says: "A man from
Illinois has just arrived from Independence, hay'
ing driven the entire distance two thousand turkeys
all halo and hearty. They cost him about
fifty cents a piece in the States, and cost oi feedthcm
on the way was nothing; they fed themselves,
He has been offered! eight dollars a piece^
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