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^ CAMDEN, SOUTH-CA ROLINA, OCTOBER 15, 1852. NUMBER 83.
THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. I
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H Timely Hints to All.
?Reader, if you have a valued Friend,
in whose welfare you feel an interest, that friend
BggHl prize, as a precious memorial, your Daguerreotype
SSMjMKniaturc, if taken in Squikii's peculiar style.
PARENTS.?If you aro still blessed with Parents,
w and no Artist's Pencil has or can trily traco the linea- |
r incuts of his or her familiar face or form, you may well j
' v act the part of wisdom to advise or persuade them to
visit, without delay, Squier's Dagucrreotypo Rooms,
and have their Miniatures taken in his superior style
i of art.
TO ALL.?How many have lo-t a Father, a Mother,
a Si3tcr, a Brother, or an innocent prattling child, and
have not oven the shadow of a resemblance to look upon.
After the separation, some "littlo toy" or trifling
;a oft on tnnt for rears, and cherished as a token j
Ui liV*u w X. * '
of remembrance. IIow much more valuable would be [.
one of Senior's perfect Daguerreotype Miniatures of the
"loved and lost."
A There is scarcely an}' one who does not take pleasure
Pk. in gazing on tlio features of a friend, and, when that
friend has been removed by death, we often hear the"
exclamation uttered with an expression of deep regret, i
. "Oh, what would I not give for such a picture of rny
friend." '
Reader, perhaps you cannot do a better thing, while 1
your mind is upon the subject, than take an hour or ?
two now, and visit the gallery; then you may, at some {
future period, have reason to feel grateful for theso
"Gentle Hints" from c
SQUIEU'S DAGUERR2AN GAILERY. '
September 24. 77 tf f
SANTEE CANAL] 1
rr,HE usual repairs of the season on the Santee CaX
nal having been completed, it will beopon lor the 1
passage of Boats on and after "Wednesday, the 29th of ^
September. 'J
Tho late heavy rains have afforded the Canal a su- j
perabundance of water, and no injury lias been sus- j
tained by it from them. j
R. PRESS SMITH, Supcrintendant. '
. Sdpt. 2S. ; 78 Ct I \
Toivii Uc.ddejiec fcr Sa!o.
i1
_ rpHE subscriber offers fur sale on liberal terms, his !
X HOUSE AND L01'in Camden. Persons wish- J(
ing to purchase are requested to call and examine tho :
premises. A great bargain will be given. <
Sept. 10. E. W. BOXXEY. j
Notice.
THE subscriber invito offers for the purchase of tho :
whole of his property in Camden, viz: i
That Three Story llousc on Broad-stroct, opposite the i
Episcopal Church, at present occupied by Mr. Harris ]
as a Store and dwelling house?the Two Story House
South of the above, occupied by Mr. Billings as a Store !
house and dwelling?the Small iiousc Souin 01 1110 j
above, and the House South of it occupied by the sab- i
scriber as a dwelling and Store houso.
The above property (some of 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 thoso indebted to the undersigned will please
call and settle their accounts by the that of Xovember.
On and after that time all debts7,'ill be placed
in other hands for collections.
THOS. BASKIX.
Sept. 10. 73 * tf :
Notice.
TIIE remainder of tho Tools belonging to the Est; tc i (
of R. L. Tweed will be sold at Public Auction on tnc !
first day of Fall Court, if not previously sold at private j .
sale, consisting of Blacksmith's Bellows, Vices. An- I '
vils, etc. j
Tho above may be seen at tho Store of James Mc- .
Ewen, where the sale will take place. " ' .
Sept 17?75tf JL TWEED, Adm'rx. '
Final Notice. ,
nPlIE subscribers intending to leave the State by the
1 r.r Vovfrnbor. desires all those indebted to j
hern by note or open account, to call and arrange for '
ho payment of the same previous to return day, other- 1
wise they will be put in the hands of an attorney for I
collection. Office one door below the Court House. j
Sept. 14. If. LEVY & SOX. ,
Fair Notice. '
ALL those indebted to us for the years 1850 or '51 ,
will find it to their interest to call and settle the 1
same before Return Day.
Oct. I. WORKMAN & BOOXK.
LOST.
ABOUT ten days ago, between the Post-office and
the store of John Rosser, Esq., A PAIR OF
GOLD SPECTACLES. The finder will bo liberally rewarded
by leaving them at tho Post-office.
Sept 17. 75tf
Hardware.
r"piIE Subscribers offer to the public, the most com- j
J. plete assortment of JIAIWWAI'E in tho back 1
country. As it has been nearly all bought from first j
hands, they can sell (on the same terms) at Charleston ;
prices.
Those wanting Builders, Hardware. Carpenter's or j
Smith's Tools,"Hill Iroas, Cross-cut or Mill Saws, Axes,
Iron or Steel, would do well to give them a call.
McDOWAI.L & COOPER.
Yarn and Oznabnrg*.
BUNDLES Concord Tarn; 30do Mount Dear
^Uv born do.; 30 pc's. DcKalb Oziiaburgs, For'
jjalo by W. C. MOORE.
Water's Tooth Soap,
FOR cleansing and removing auimnlcuJn: from tho J
tcotii. For sale by
Juno 22. THOMAS J. WORKMAN.
OTRAW Cl'TTERS &o.?Tho subscriber
lO havo received a full assortment of
Large Straw Cutters
Small Ho.
Com Shellcrs
Thermometer Churns
Ang. 13. McDOWALL it COOriiR. '
THE SABBATH BELL.
EV ELIZA COOK.
Fcal on, peal on?I love to hear ?
The old church ding-dong toft and clear!
The welcome sounds ara doubly blest
V/ith future hope and welcome rest;
Yet were no calling changes found
To spread their cheering echoes round,
There's not a place where man may dwell, (
But he can hear a Sabbath bell. (
Go to the woods when winter's song
Howls like a famished wolfalong, (
Or when the south winds scarcely turn
The llrrht leaves of the trcrnbiintr fern? ,
w w Although
no cloister-chimes ring there, ! i
The heart is called to faith and prayer; I <
For all creation's voices tell | 1
The tidings of the Sabbath bell. 1
<
Go to the billows, let therr. pour
In gentle calm or headlong roar; i
Let the vast ocean be thy home, '
ThouPt find a God upon the foam;
In rippling swell or stormy roll,
The crystal waves shall wake-thy soul,
And thou shaltfeel the hallowed spell
Of the wide water's Sabbath bell.
The lark upon his sky-ward way
The robin on the hedge-way spray,
The bee within the wild-thyme's bloom,
The owl ainid the cypress gloom;
All sinsr. in every varied tone,
A vesper to the great Unknown; |
Above?below?one chorus swells t
Of God's unnumberoil Sabbath bells.
From the London Times of Fept. 1 iitk s
Character of the !>?skeot Welling- g
tea. c
If aught can lessen this clay the grief of Kng- t
and upon the death of her greatest son, it is the c
^collection that the life which lias jest closed 1
caves no duty incomplete and no honor unbe-1 I
itowed. The Duke of Wellington had cxhaus- I
ed nature and exhausted glory. His career was ! *
>tie unclouded longest day, filled from dawn to ' I
lightfall with renowned actions, animated by tin-! t
ailing energy in the public service, guided by v
luswerving principles of conduct and of states- a
nansliip. lie rose by a rapid series of achieve- <J
ncnts, which lioue had surpassed, to a position 1:
vhich no other man in this nation ever enjoyed, c
Hie place occupied by the Duke of Wellington j i
n the councils of the country and in the life of 1
England can no more be tilled. There is none r,
eft in the Army or the Senate to act and speak <J
vi'l> lil-r. jiutlioritv. There is none witli whom ! <
he valor and the worth of this nation were t*j 1 t
ncorporate. Vet when we consider the fullness v
>f his years and the abundance of his incessant' c
ervices, we may learn to say with the Roman t
>rator, '' Solid din virisse dicito," since, being : \
mortal, nothing could be added cither to our s
Feneration or to his fame. Nature herself had 1
:eemcd for a time to expand her inexorable limits, <.
md the infirmities of ago to lay a lighter burden
on that honored head. Generations of men i
had passed away between the first exploits of his ! t
arms and* the last counsels of his age, until, by a | I
lot unexampled in history, the man who had j t
[?layed the nio-t conspicuous part in the annals of j i
more than half a century became the hut survi (
vor of liis contemporaries, and cauies with liim t
to the grave nil living memory of hi* own achieve- 1
meats. To what a century, to what a country, i
to what achievements was that life successfully i
dedicated ? For its prodigious duration?for the t
multiplicity of contemporary changes and events, i
far outnumbering the course of its days and | i
years?for the invariable and unbroken stream of! t
success which attended it from its commence- <
meat to its close, from the first flash of trium- t
pliant valor in Indian war to that senatorial wis- t
dom on which the Sovereign and the nation <
bung for counsel to its latest hours?for the un- ;
bending firmness of character which bore alike j
all labor and all prosperity?and for unalterable t
attachment to the same objects, the same princi- \
pics, the same duties, undisturbed by the pas- (
dons of youth and unrclaxcd by the Iionors and t
i-njoyments of pence and of age?the life of the ! (
Duke of Wellington stands alone in history. In J ^
trim, at least, posterity will trace a character su- j t
perior to the highest ami most abundant gifts of j
fortune. If the word " heroism" can be not un- .*
fairly applied to him, it is because lie remained i
greater than his own jirosjierity, and rose above i
the temptations by which other men of equal i
genius, but less self-government, have fallen be- ]
low their destinies. Ilis life has nothing to gain j
from the language of panegyric, which, would
compare his military exploits or his" civil states- |
tnanship with the prowess of an Alexander or a |
Caisar, or with the astonishing career of him ,
who saw his empire overthrown by the Hritish
General at Waterloo. They were the offspring (
of passion and of genius, flung from the volcanic \
depths of revolutions and of civil war to sweep
with meteoric splendor across the earth, and to
collapse in darkness before half the work of life
was done. Their violence, their ambition, their
romantic existence, their reverses, and their crimes
will forever fascinate the interest of mankind,
and constitute the secret of their fame, if not of
their greatness. To such attractions the life and
character of the Duke of Wellington present no
analogy. If lie rose to scarce inferior renown, it
was by none of the passions or the arts which
they indulged or employed. Uiivanquished in
the field, his sword was never drawn for territorial
conquest, but for the independence of Europe
and the salvation of his country, liaised
by the universal gratitude of Euiope and of this
nation to the highest point of rank and power
which a subject of the Jhitish monarchy could
attain, he wore these dignities and ho used that
influence within the strictest limits of a subject's
duty. No law was ever twisted to his will, no
right was ever sacrificed by one hair's breadth fur
his aggrandizement. There lived not a man, ei%
tlior among liis countrymen or his antagonis
who could say that this great Duke had wrong
him; tor liis entire existence was devoted to t
cause of legal authority and regulated pow
Von seek in it in vain for those strokes of au<
ciousenterprise which in other great captnii
his rivals in fume, have sometimes won the j*ri
of a crown or turned the fate of nations. JJ
his whole career shines with the steady light
clay. It has nothing to coneeid, it has nothii
to interpret by the Ilexihie organs of histoi
Everything in it is manly, compact and clea
shaped to one rule of public duty, animated I
one passion?the love of England, and the s<
vice of die Crown.
The Duke of Wellington lived, commandc
and governed in unconscious indifference or d
Jaint'ul aversion to those common incentives
human action which are derived from thopowc
j{ imagination and of sentiment. He held the
heap, hot 11 in their weakness and in thcirstrengt
The three and weight of his character stooped
:io such adventitious influence's. He might ha
kindled more enthusiasm, especially in the ear
rnd doubtful days of his Peninsular career ; b
11 his succe-shil and triumphant pursuit of gl
ly, her name never passed his lips, even in 1
addresses to his soldiers. His entire nature ar
. liaracter were moulded on reality. lie lived
;ec things as they were. His acute glance ai
!0ol judgment pierced at once through the si
race which entangles the imagination or kind!
he sympathy of the feelings. Truth, as 1
oved her, is to be reached by a rougher path ni
>y sterner minds. In war, in politics, and in tl
jonmron transactions of life, the Duke of W?
ington adhered inflexibly to the most proci
:orreetiiess in word and deed. His tcmpcramei
ihhovred disguises and despised cxaggeratioi
I'lie fearlessness of his actions was never the r
idt of speculative confidence, or tool-hardy pr
umptiou, but it lav mainlv in a just j?erceptic
.< *1. ....... .. t.: i.i.'.r. i,A *,..,..1
'I nit* nia: ii'Miiuu j.j nuitii iiu 'ivyi iw mo <<
agonist in the field or in the Senate. Thegren
st exploits of his life, such as the passage of tl
Jouro, followed by the march on Madrid, tl
Kittle of Waterloo, and the passing the Cathol
{chef Bill, were performed under no circuit
Uncos that could inspire enthusiasm.?Xothit:
>ut the coolness of the player could have wc
lie mighty stakes upon a cast apparently so m
erse to his success. Other commanders hat
ttaincd the highest pitch of glory when the
lisposed of the colossal resources of empires, nr
leaded armies already flushed with the conque
if the world. The Duke of Wellington four
io such encouragement in any part of his caret
It 110 time were the means at his disposal ad
[tiate to the ready and certain execution of h
lesigas. ilis steady progress in the Fcninsu
ampaigns went on against the current of fu
uric, till t hat'cnrivnt w??k itself turned by pers
era nee and resolution. lie had a clear ar
omplcle perception of the dangers he cncoui
ered, hut lie saw and grasped the latent powi
vhich bafiled those dangers and surmounted r
istaucos apparently invincible. That is jirecis
v the highest degree of courage, for it is couraj
onscious, enlightened, and determined.
Clearness o! discernment, correctness or jiui<
nent, and rectitude in action were, withoi
loubt, the principal elements of the Duke's br
iant achievements in war, and of his vast a
hority in the councils of his country, us well ;
n the conferences of Europe. They gave to h
Icteriniaations an originality and vigor akin 1
hat of geniu s and sometimes imparted to li
anguage in debate a pith and significance i
ivhicli more brilliant orators failed to arrive. II
nitul, equally careless of obstacles and of effec
ravelled bv the shortest road to its end; and I
etained, even in his latest years, all the prceisic
ivitli which he was wont to handle the subjee
hat, came before him, or had at any tune ei
grossed his attention. This was the secret
hat untaught manliness and simplicity of sty
hat pervades the last collection of his despatel
>s. written as tliev were amidst the varied car
md emotions of war; and of that lucid and a
jropriatc mode of txposition which never lailt
,o leave a clear impression on the minds of iho:
vhom lie addressed. Other men have enjoye
?ven in this age, more vivid faculties of inve
,ion and contrivance, a more extended range
bresight, a more subtle comj)rehcusiou of tl
. hanging of laws of society and the world, Bi
he value of these finer perceptions, and of tl
>o I icy founded upon them, has never been mo
iss ued than when it was tried ami admitted I
lie wisdom and patriotism of that venerah
nitid. Jlis superiority over other men consist*
ather in the perfection of those qualities whii
lie pre-eminently possessed, than in the variel
md extent i f his other faculties.
These powers, which were unerring when a
|ilicd to definite and certain facts, sometini
failed in the appreciation of causes which h;
not hitherto come under their observation,
is, perhaps, less to be wondered at that the si
dierand the statesman of 1815, horn and br<
in tin* higliestschoolof Tory polities, should ha'
miscarried in his opinion of those eventful tim
which followed the accession of .William 1\
than that the defeated opponent of Ucform
1831, should have risen into the patriot Sen
tor of 1840 and 1851. Vet the Administrate
of 18-8, in which the Duke of Wellington c
cupied the first and most responsible place, jcu
cd the Catholic Emancipation Act, and there!
gave the sigiwil o! a rupture in the Tory part
never afterwards entirely healed, and struck I
heaviest blow on n system which the groivii
? -* ? -cd.,. nncl coiidemiu
IMHT^irn ui iIIC ii.iiiv/n iv-v...
Resolute to oppose what lie conceived to bepc
uliir clamour, no tunti ever recognised with iik
fidelity the claims of a free nation to the graili
development of it interests and its rights; ti
were his services to the cause of liberty and ii
provement tlie less great hoeansc they nsua
consisted in bending the will or disarming t
prejudices of their fiercest opponents. Attach
i>v birth, by character, and by opinion to the <
dor and the cause of the British aristocracy, t
Duke of Wellington knew that the true pun
ts, of that race of nobles lies, in this age of the world,
ed in their inviolable attachment to constitutional
he principles, and their honest recognition of popuer.
' lar rights. Although his personal resolution and
la- his military experience qualified him belter than
us, other men to be the champion of resistance to
i/.e poptihu' turbulence and sedition, as he showed
ut by his preparations in May, 1832, and in April,
of IS IS, yet wisdom and forbearance were ever the
rig handmaidens of his courage, and, while most
y. firmly determined to defend, if necessarily, the
ir; authority of the State, he was the tir>t to set an
bv example of conciliatory sacrifice to the reasona}r
hie claims of the nation. He was the Catulus
i of our Senate, after having been our Caesar in
Ml, the field; and, if the commonwealth of England
is- had ever saluted one of her citizens with the Iioof
, man title of Parens I'atriic, that touching honor
ms won ill nave .>itu nodcu to mo |><jer;ijre aim mu
m baton of Arthur Wcllesloy by the respectful
li. . gratitude and faith of the people,
to ; Though singularly free from every trace of
ve | cant, his mind was no stranger to the sublime
ly ; influence of religious truth, and he was assiduous
ut in the observances of the public ritual of the church
o- j of England. At times, even in the extreme )?e
lis i nod of his age, some accident would betray the
ul 1 deep current of feeling which lie never ceased to
to j entertain towards all that was chivalrous and bold
nevob-nt. Hi5 charities wore unostentatious but
ir- j extensive, and he bestowed his interest throughes
i out life upon an incedihle number of persons
ic | and things which claimed his notice and solicited
id | his aid. Every social duty, everv solemnity, cveic
rv ceremony, every merry-making, found him
1 ; ready to take his part in it. lie had his smile
se I for the youngest child, a compliment for the
nf i rvn-tfiest fiiet*. an answer to tlie readiest tongue.
is. j and a lively interest in every incident of life which
e- | it seemed beyond the power of age to chill.?
e- When time had somewhat relaxed the sterner
in mould of his manhood, its effects were chiefly inn
dieated bv an unabated taste for the amusements
t- of fashionable society, incongruous at times with
ie the dignity of extreme old age, and the recollecle
tion of so virile a career. But it seemed a part
ie of the Duke's character that cvetything that prcii
seated itscll was equally welcome, for he had beig
come a part of everything, and it was foreign to
>n his nature to stand aloof from any occurrence to
I- which his presence could contribute. He seems
to never to have l'clt the flagging spirit or the rc y
luctant step of indolence or ennui, or to have reid
coiled from anything that remained to be done;
st and this complete performance of every duty,
id however small, as long as life remained, was the
r <5'nno mifilit.v which had carried him in triumph
e- through his eampiagns, and raised him to beone
is of the chief Ministers of England and an arbiter
la of the fate of Europe. It has been said that in
r- the most active and illustrous lives there comes
e- at last somo inevitable hour of melancholy and of
id satiety. (Tpoti the Duke of Wellington?that
11- hour left no impression, and probably it never
er ; shed its inllucnee over him; for lie never rested
c- ; on his former achievements or his length of days
e- | but marched onward to the end, still heading
je the youthful generations which had sprung into
life around him, and scarcely l<-ss intent on their
g- pursuits than they are themselves. It was a fineut
iv balanced mind to have worn so bravely and
il- so well. When men in after timc-s shall look
u- back to the annals of England for examples of
is ' energy and pirblie virtue among those who have
is ! raised this country to her station on the earth
to | no name will remain more conspicious or more
is unsullied than that of Arthur Wellcslev, the
at. i great Duke of Wellington. The actions of his
is character was oijual to his actions, lie was the
it, ! very type and model of an Englishman; and,
io though men are prone to invest the worthies of
>n ; former ages with a dignity and merit they comts
! inoniy withhold from their contcmi>oraries, we
ti- | can select none from the long array of our eapof
tains and our nobles who taken for all in all, can
ie ! claim a rivalry with him who is gone from among,
i- us, an inheritor of imperishable fame.
p- British War in Sot rii Akhica.?People in
' ' : i Ui.I
hi j tins country nave pam nine aiK-nmm iu [Muse
I gress of the Ihilish war in South Africa, yet it is
<J, j no small matter, judging from the length of time
n- ; through which it has been protracted, atul the
of i little progress made by all the Hritish power in
ie ; bringing it to a conclusion. The last intelligence
ut ! from the Cape of Oood Hope increases the dilli e
, cullies of the Ihitidi (iovcruuient, by showing
re them that there is no dcpendance at all upon
>y the native forces they have engaged, but that
le the whole burden of the conflict is to fall upon
d the Kitropoan soldiers. The native allies consume
h rations and fearfully augment the expenses,'"while
ty the London Times describes them as exhibiting
a ' repulsive mixture of the spy, the coward, and
p. the assassin " All the intended movements of
es | the troops arc made known to the enemy, so that
id treachery within is added to the embarrassments
It of meeting an uncompleted and subtle adversary.
>1- One of (/en. Cathcart's late proclamations aujd
nouiicing an expedition against the Kaffirs was
i*D j accoinp:mi"d by a promise to di\ide the spoils
cs that might be taken among the natives of the
J frontier districts, a promise of plunder not usual
I, i.r.,vr>< iliMt brihesare th.i!i*_rht
Ill III uajn, ?M1IV?> |'.v.
a- necessary to induce the colonists tu J tlicmjii
selves. England has to bear all the cost and
ie- furni-h all tlie force, a very pool- encouragement
;s for the keeping up of distant colonics,
by Three years have now elapsed, and the Kallir
.v, war, like onr Seminole war at the end of a siinihc
lar period, is no nearer to the close than when it.
no- commenced. The Kaffirs are not only not con d.
oiiered, but tliev have their camps and their soti]>
tlemeiits within the limits of the 1 hitish colonv,
ire and the Ihilish have nothing secure bevond tlie
tal range of their musketry. The expenses are
ior enormous, and the prospect of a close afar oil",
ii- Early last year the late ('hattccllor of the ExchcIIy
quer asked .1*300,0'lO, on the presumption that
he the war was coming to a close. ~A'e had numced
rous such endings of the Florida war, with the
in- same result. Nine hundred and sixty thousand
he pounds have been since spent, and the war is
or evidently only begun. The troops must be in
creased, the defences of the colony increased;
and, besides nil this, there is a constant lo<s and
destruction of property, to which the mere array
defences are a bagatelle. Truly this war in Kaffraria,
into which Great Britain blundered by the
mismanagement of her colonies, is no small affair,
as her treasury will testify. Before she gets
through with it. it will have cost her a greater
sum than the whole colony was ever worth. As
to its future worth, it may be set down at nil.
N. 0. Picayune,
The Unpaid Mexican Instalment.?The
Philadelphia JJulleiin has the following in relation
to the unpaid Mexican instalment:
It will be recollected that, after the closing of
flm flninmlccion flrvt* 1 nfolior n??n.
itig to hi.s post, took with him Major Slacum,sent
out by the Government to examine into the condition
of an instalment supposed to be due from
Mexico, although a receipt of the payment, had
been shown by Senor Rosas to the Department of
State. "Whether the going out of Mr. Marks,
likewise in a Government vessel, had any important
bearing was not said at the time, nor is it ,
known now.
According to the old story, Voss & Ilargous
had been employed to negotiate the instalment by
the American Minister, then a guest with them;
ar.d no explanation more could ever be got.?
Nothing is certain, exceptthat the united States
has not received that large sura of money. Successive
ministers, since then have all resided with
the firm, and, notwithstanding this favorable circumstance
for gaiuing exact information, all cluo
appears to have been iuextricably lost.
The success of the mission is only known from
the circumstance that about half a million of dollars
which had been awarded to an individual by
the Mexican Commission and detained in tho
Treasury, was released, and it was said on the
report received of the actual state of the case.?
Almost as soon, it was said that Mr. Letcher had
given the Commissioner another busiuess in
charge, and which would detain him a long time
iu Mexico. It is a singular circumstance that
while since then wo have not heard a whisper
more of the one case, the other is so notorious.
Indeed, the real business of the Commissioner
seems to liaye been forgotton by the public, and
the belief fixed that he had no other charge than
to look into the fraud of Dr. Gardiuer.
The matter is worth understandiug at least for
the imtneuse amount involved ; and if the facts
are not to be discovered which may well be despaired
of,whether as matters stand, the money is yet
to be paid to the United States, or is necessarily
sunk in the settlement of all accounts by the last
treaty, or, in some other who, lost to the nation
in the long operatiomfofj financial diplomacy.?
We regard the publicatic^j,of Major Slacum's report
as necessary, and as probably containing
important vc-vciationsg^PmA--Bi^bKl- W " ??
known to the public as well as to the Government.
?
A major of militia in Pennsylvania, who had
recently been elected and who was not overburtbened
with brains look it into his head on a morning
cf the parade to go out and exercise a little
by himself. The field selected for the purpose
was his own yard. Placing himself in a military
atitude, with his sword drawn, he exclaimed, "Attention
the whole! Rear rank three paces, march!7
and he tumbled down the cellar.
His wife hearing the noise occasioned in fuling
came running out and asked?
' My dear have you killed yourself?"
Go in the house,woman," said the major,'what
do you know about war?"
Moue Progress.?Under the name of the
Christian Temperance Association, a number of
the citizens of Brooklyn, of various denominations,
have organized a society which has for its objects
the bringing of the principles of Christianity to
bear with greater power upon the Touiperanco
movement, and to unite with the friends which
shall put an end to the sale of intoxicating liquors
i .. ...... rt.|_ A nnm.
us a oevor.lgo. 1 liu .imuki.iuuii iun.u?a.-> iu vunj
out its designs by regular meetings, circulars,
tracts, Ac. and by co-operating with the National
Temperance Aliiance.
Potatoes.?The Buffalo Courier says the potato
crop this year will be uncommonly large and
good. It learns from farmers in that county and
from those residing in Genesee and Wyoming,
that the yield was never larger, and so far as has
been seen, is entirely free from rot.
Cami'hmxk.?A bowl of camphcne in Groten,
Mass. took tire from a lamp which was not within
twelve feet of it. The bowl had been leaking in
tiie cellar, and the air was so thoroughly impregnated
with ti e camphene gas, that it ignited and
spread over the whole cellar.
Proofs of Love.?"Mr. Sigtbec, you said the
defendant was in love; how do you know that ?"
"lie reads novels upside down,and writes poetic
in duv-book when it should be cheese."
"J -
" A iiy other reason ?"
' ^os, sir; lie shaves without lather, and very
often mistakes the sleeves of his coat for the legs
of his pantloons, an error that he don't discover
j till lie tries to fasten the tail to his suspenders."
! Tin: Mothei:?Despise not thy mothorwhen sho
j is old. 'Age uiav wear and waste a mother's bcautv,
strength, limbs, senses, and estate; but her
relation as mother is as the sun when it goes
forth in his might, for it is always in the meridiau,
and knoweth no evening. The person may
be grey beaded, but her motherly relation is ever
in its nourish. It may bo autumn, yea, winter,
w itli a woman, but with a mother?as mother
?it is always spring.
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Gold lias been discovered in New Zealand, on
the banks of the Wnnukua River, on the West
Coast. Emigration has already commenced
rem Port Philip to the new diggings.