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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
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VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA NOVEMBER 23,1852. NUMBER 94.
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THE CAMDExX JOURNAL
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NEW CASH-STORE. .
AFTER returning my thanks to my friends, acqualnees
and the uublic generally, for their former lib
eral patronage, I offer to them a Taricty of ^
Groceries, Dry-Goods, Crockery and
Hardware,
At wholesale and retail, consisting in part as follows
GROCERIES.
SUGARS?Muscovado, New Orleans, St Croix, Loaf,
Crushed aud Powdered
COFFEES?Java and Rio
MOLASSES?N. Orleans, Muscovado and West India
SALT?Constantly on hand
TOBACCO?Yellow Bank, Ellis, and a variety of
common, at prices from 12 to 75c. per pound
TEAS?Gunpowder, Green, Hyson and Black
SEGARS?Kio Hondo, Gold Leaf, Sylva, Palmetto,
and a variety of common, prices from 6 to $40 per AL
CANDLES?Sperm. Adamantine and Tallow
CHEESE?Goshen and English
R.4 CON?Sides. Shoulders and Hams
LARD?Constantly on hand
FISH?Salmon, Herring and all numbers of Mackarel
FRUITS?Figs, Raisins, Almonds, Currants, English' '
"Walnuts, Ac.
SPICES?Allspice, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cinnamon, Ginger,
Mustard and Pepper
PICKLES?English and American, a variety
KETCHUPS?Mushroon, Walnut and Tomato
PRESERVES?Citron, Orange, Lemon. Pine Apple
and Ginger
BRAND Y-FRUITS?Peaches, Cherries and Limes
JELLIES and JAMS?A variety
LOBSTERS and SARDINES?Hermetically Sealed
CANDIES?Of all kinds
CRACKERS?Pic Nic, Soua, Butter, Wine, Water and
Sugar
CROCKERY Assorted,
SADDLES?Riding and Wagon
W HIPS?Carriage, Buggy, Driver's and Wagon
CARDS?Cotton and Wool
POWDER and SHOT,
??ALSO
A new and complete stock of DRY-GOODS, cousis
in part as follows:
200 pieces Prints, at prices from 5 to 15a per pard
75 do Long Cloths from 6 to 18c.
300 do Brown Homespun, from 5 to 12c.
250 pair Negro Blankets l'rom $1.50 to $2 25 perpair
100 pieces Kerseys, from 12 to 18c.
Oznaburgs?DeKalb always on hand
ALSO ? A VARIETY OF
Muslins, Alpaocas. Irish Linens, Tickings, Apron
ri.^L-a RhirtiniwL Drillings, Ginghams, Linseys, Plan* J
nels, Salicia, Serge, Cashmeres, Pocket Handkerchiefs,
Cravats, Suspenders, Hosiery, of all kinds; Gloves of
all kinds; Linen Shirts, Merino Shirts, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Satinets, Tweeds, Ac. Together with a large
assortment of
Ready-3Iade Clothing.
ALSO
Violins, Double barrel Shot Guns, from $11 to $15,
Rifles, flint and Percussion locks $9 to $12
And a great variety of articles, both" in GROCERIES
and DRY-GOODS too tedious to mention.
will attend to the Receiving and Forwarding
Business as heretofore, and I am prepared to make liber
al advances on Cotton shipped to Messrs Chambers,
Jeffers & Co., Charleston.
I intend selling exclusively for Cash, and most respectfully
invite any who wish Bargains, to give me a
call, and they will find the cash system decidedly preferable.
^"CaU at his Old Stand on the corner.
B. W. CHAMBERS.
Camden, Oct. 5. 80 tf
~ ? Oil Pannit-od VASterdaV bV
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JF Nov. 2. T. J. "WORKMAN.
SPER.71 and Lard Oil?For sale by
Nov. 2. T. J. WO K KM AN.
QAA LBS. of the handsomest Candies ever offered
t)Uv in this market. W. C MOORE.
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lUtllcau n?ui?uun
IN Bottles at Fifty Cents and One Dollar. For sale
at Z. J. DkHAY'S.
Mexican Mustang Liniment,
IN bottles at 25, 50c. and $100. Received to day by
Nov. 2. T. J. WORKMAN,
L"eather and shoe fhdiivg
Of every kind, viz;
Best Hemlock Sole; best Baltimore Oak Solo
" Harness and Band?extra
" Fronch and American Calf Skins
" Lining and Binding Skins
" Sadler's Calf and Pad Skins
Shoe Knives, Pincers, Rasps, Files, Hammers, Awl
Blades, Shoe Nails, Tacks, Thread, Sand Stones, Heel
Balls, Blacking, and Shoemaker's Tools of every description.
and of the very best quality. Just received
and for Bale by WORKMAN & BOONE.
LEATHER! LEATHER!!
ALDEN & MURRAY have now on hand, a choice
lot or BAND, HARNESS and UPPER LEATHER,
of tlioir own tanning, which will oe sold low.
ALSO
A superior lot of NEGRO SHOES, of their own
manufacture, very heavy and warranted good, at prices
from 50c. to $1.
ALSO
Expected in a few days a choice lot of FINE SHOES,
of every description, comprising many new and beau
tllul styles. Sept. 28.
Woollen Goods.
An assortment of
ALL-WOOL PLAINS
KERSEYS, LINSEYS
SATTINETTS', TWEEDS
JEANS, dbc. dec. dec. dec.
For the Plantation and House Servants. Purchasers
**"they wffl 1,6 1
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THE QUIET EYE.
EY ELIZA COOK.
The orb I like is not the one
That dazzles with its lighting gleam,
That dares to look upon the sun
As though it challenged brighter beam.
That orb may sparkle, flash and roll;
Its fire may blaze, its shaft may fly :
But not for me: I prize the soul
That slumbers in a quiet eye.
There's snmelhine in lis nlnrirl shade
That tells of calm unwor'dly thought;
How may be crowned or joy delayed?
No dimness steals, no ray is caught:
Its pensive language seems to say,
I know that I must close and die;5'
And death iiself; come when it may,
Can hard y change the quiet eye.
There's meaning in its steady glance,
Of gentle blame, of praising love,
That makes me tremble to advance
A word that meaning might reprove.
The haughty threat, lite fiery look,
My spirit can proudly deiv:
But never yet could meet and brook
The upbraiding ofa quiet eye.
There's firmness in its even light,
fJ hat augurs ol a b-east sincere:
And oh! take walch how you excite
That firmness li'l it yield a tear.
Some blossoms give us an easy s:gh,
Some drops oi grief will freely start;
But that which sears the quiet eye
IJalh its deep fountain in the heart.
SORROW.
The flowers live by the teats that fall
From Ihe sad faces of the skies:
And liit? would have no joys at at all,
Were there 110 watery eyes.
Love thou thy sorrow; grief shall bring
Its own excuse in a tier years;?
The rainbow! see how fair a thing
God hash built up from tears.
THE IDOL OF THE HEART.
Whatever passes as a cloud between
The mental eye of taith and things unseen,
Causing the bright world t d'sappear.
Or seetn less lovely, or its hopes less dear
That is our world?our idol?though it bear
Affection's impress, or devotion's air.
Autuinu.
"Tim mnlnnnltnltr Have Imvo nr>mn ?
Jk IIV MIVIUUVIIVM V4MJ o ilH V VVIUV j
The saddest of the year."
Even to the dweller in the pent up city, there
arc numerous and constantly occurring indications
th;jt the glory of summer is past. The
lightest touch of the wind brings down the green
glories of the shade trees?falling and rustling
upon the pavement to their own sad music, and
speaking a lesson of wisdom to the heart and
soul of those who have an eye and an car open
to the voices of Nature. The shortening dnvs,
tlu- ingnm, tne neijucnt ar.a,moaning
winds, the leaves goldcn-hued and browned
by the fingers of the Frost-King, the beseeching
looks of the few faded flowers yet visible, seeming
to say: "Love me well, 1 am tbe last of the sisterhood
that you can love"?in every object
around lis, we cau behold the dying Summer,
and the near approach of desolating Winter.?
Little by little the sky is losing its summer as
pect, the air its breath of flame, while the mellow
autumnal coloring, which sheds its 'joy of
grief over all things, awakens those sweet but
mournful associations which retkler Autumn the
deaiest and the saddest of all the seasons.
Poets iu all ages have delighted in the mellow
picturesque of Autumn, and the feelings it so
naturally inspires?from the days of blind old
Hoiner, who sang of the race of man, like leaves
on trees?
"Kow green in youth, now rustling on the ground,"
to our own Amctican Bryant, who has moralized
his song by the mournful fall of the withered leaf.
Tennyson a>ks:
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"And is there any moral shut
Within the bosom of the rose?"
And answers his question in a strain o( melody
not less pleasing than instructive. The faded
bud and ti e blighted blossom have their own
peculiar lessons, and no one can doubt the moral
which rustles along the ground with the dry end
crispy leaves. There are "airy tongues" in tre<s,
which if they do not "syllable men's names,"
preach the moral of their lives.
Autumn has its pleasures and its advantages,
as have the other seasons; and with many it is
the favorite. Better than Spring with its winds,
showers and varying caprices; better than Sum
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luer, Willi lto iitj;u, uuh anu suury sun, Duller
than Winter with its cold blasts and frozen fingers.
Autumn has its mild skies, mellow fruitage,
and its many-tinted forests. The sportmau's
rifle is busy in the woods and in the still fields.
There is much to make Autumn pleasant to those
who dwell in the country; ana there are many,
even in the populous city rent, who can appreciate
the beauties of this golden season. Tosuch
a walk in the old forest, with its winding paths,
carpetted with unsoiled fallen leaves?crossing
the 'branch' whose banks arc fresh and green
beyond their time?gazing up into the manyhucd
boughs and out upon the far away, dim
defined horizon, forest and field and river, village,
quiet cottage, and the city, whose busy hum,
mellowed by distance, seems almost to be drumming
in your ear?to such, a walk in an Autumn
evening is greatly enjoyable. Arunc est
ambulandum?now is the time for walking. And
to the denizen of the city, the very privilege of
walking is a thing to be thankful for. To the
invalid, it is worth, in these Autumnal days, any
quantity of small bottles from the Drug Store;
and to the "writer chiel," who emerges from his
sanctum with the smell of newspapers in his hair
and a slight heaviness in his temples, the exercise,
the fresh, bracing breeze, and the constant
variety afforded by the ever-varying landscape,
give him a fine thought of exhiliaration. The
walk never fails to have a curious feeling of old
times in it; and when he turns from it, he brings
back an idea, a metaphor, or something of the
kind, with which he may enrich his next goodnatured
infliction upon his pensive readers,
Washington as a mason.
At the centennial celebration of the initiation
of Washington in the Masonic Fraternity, at
New York, the oration was delivered by Rev.
Stephen II Tyng, D. D. It wasalongand elaborate
eulogy on the character and services of
Washington.
Speaking of his initiation as a member of the
fraternity of Masons, he said he wa3 just of age
when he was admitted, and throughout lus subsequent
career he maintained his outward typical
connection with it, frequently visiting the
lodges both in camp, and field, and city. As the
Grand Master of the Masons of the United States,
he laid the corner stone of the Capitol, in 1793.
And he was buried with Masonic honors by the '
lodge of which he was the first Master, in i 799. ]
In the very closing of his career, lie said to the!
brethren in llhodc Island :
" Jleing persuaded that a just application of
the principles on which the Masonic fraternity is
founded must be promotive of private virtue and
public prosperity, 1 shall always be happy to advance
the interests of the society, and be considered
by them a deserving brother."' To the
Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, he subsequently
said : " Flattering as it may be to the human
mind, and truly honorable as it is, to receive from
our fellow citizens, testimonies of approbation for
exertions to promote the public welfare, it is not
less pleasing to know, that the milder virtues of
the heart arc highly respected l>v a society, whose
liberal principles must be founded in the immutable
laws of truth and justice."
The orator referred to an instance of the remarkable
veneration in which Washington is
held among the masonic fraternity in foreign
lands. lie had seen an account of a celebration
in Manchester, England, on the 16th of June,
which was intended to commemorate the anniversary
of his initiation into the order. There
was a mistake, however, in the date, said Dr.
Tyng, for the facts of that event are recorded in
the Fredericksburgh Led ire of Virginia.
He was there initiated as an apprentice on the
4th of November, 1732, a few months before lie
attained his full age?of twenty-one. On the 3d
of March, 1753, nine days after he was of age,
he wa> advanced to the second degree of fellow
craft, and on the 4th of August 1753, he was
exalted to the full degree of a Master Mason.
This is the indubitable record of his entrance
^till ef omliiur r\f ()in rvfilrtr A n/1 VOt T
tind it declared in an English publication (The
Free Mason's Quarterly Review, for July, 1834,)
that he was initiated into masonry in a lodge in
the 40th Regiment of the British army, under
General Braddoek, during the -service of that
regiment in America. It is asserted that the very
copy of the Holy Scriptures, upon which his
obligation was taken, l?elonging to the lodge, is
MM if'lM VUV pvw^uwlt/ll VI U VOj'VMIt* Cllt
officer of that regiment.
Gen. Braddoek, under whom Washington had
his first connection with the British army, did
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noi arrive ill ? ii^ium uuuiiui'^viaui i vi/i uai^
1775?two years after Washington hatl heeoine
a Mason. Nor was Washington introduced to
the British officers until April, 1755. Nor had
he any personal connection with any regiment of
English troops till after that lime. Though it is
very likely, there fore, that lie maintained liis Masonic
connection with liioin in the subsequent!
campaign; if there really was a military lodge
in the army of General Braddock, it is not the
fact tiiat lie was initiated into masonry by British
officers. No. Washington's masonry was as
truly American as the whole residue of his noble
career.
No foreign soldiers tauglit liirn its sublime
principles; though they gave him ample scope
to exercise and display them, in the many provocations
of that early campaign, and in the long
and faithful probation of his character, their
bitter and varied hostilities in the subsequent
revolutionary war. Of that army under Braddock.
ho says, after their defeat:
"The distardly behavior of regular troops (so
called) exposed all others who were inclined to
.to flioir rliitr to >ilmost eertnin death, and at last
in despite of all the efforts of the officers to the
contrary, tlicy ran ;is sheep pursued bv dogs, and
it was impossible to rally them." Of his own
position in the unfortunate battle of that day,
lie says:?"By the all powerful dispensations of
Providence, 1 have been protected beyond all human
probability or expectation. I had four bullets
through mv coat and two horses shot Tinder
me, yet escaped, unhurt, although death was levelling
my companions on every side of me."?
And of him,then but 22 years old, tho Rev Samuel
Davies said in a sermon delivered on the 17th
of August, 1755, but a month after the battle,
"As a remarkable instance of patriotic spirit and
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nwtiary nruor. i mav poiiii cm iu mc jjuuuu
that herioc youth, Col. Washington, whom I
cannot but hope Providence has hitherto pre
served in so signal a manner for some important
service to his country." How wonderfully prophetic
was this passage! We may now add in
its actual accomplishments, important service
not to his country only, but to the honor, dignity
and happiness of the whole human race.
After referring to the public acts and private
virtues of Washington, the orator concluded by
exhorting all Masons to follow his example.
When Dr. Tyng concluded, he was honored with
a grand salute, by the members of the order.
Au ode entitled ,4 the Washington Commemoration
Ode," words by John Brougham, was read,
after which an excellent selection of airs was
played by Dodworth's band. The closing hymn
was then sung, and after prayer and benediction
by the grand chaplain, the ceremonies of the
centennial celebration of the initiation of Washington
closed.
The sound of your hammer, says Franklin, at
five in the morning, or nine at night heard by a
creditor, makes him easy six months longer, but
if he sees you at the gaining table or hears your
voice at the tavern when you should be at work,
lie sends for his money next day.
ng Incident.
A correspondent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
writing from Detroit, Michigan, under date of
Oct-il> r 14, related the following:
An Incident occurred on last Thursday afternoon,
which filled the town with mueh excitement,
and which called forth many a legend of
the kind remembered by the oldest inhabitants.
A few boys who had been out on a hunting
excursion called at one of their neighbors' and
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ut'gHii snouiiiitr at a iiiarK. nine gin auoui
eight years old, who had formerly had ailness
| that had affected her head, got alarmed at the
firing and ran into the woods.
In a short time she was missed, and it wasre'
mombered that she had been seen running to'
wards the woods, consequently a search began,
but night mine on, and with it rain, which rendered
further search for her that night impossible.
Morning came, and yet the little wanderer
had not returned. Its frantic parents, with one
other child, made further search till the sun had
passed the hour of twelve, and yet no tidings of
the lost one were had. The neighborhood was
alarmed, and dogs, horns, and every instrument
of the rustic kind were marshalled for the search;
but againt night, with its Egyptian horrors, set
in, without restoring the little cherished one.?
Minutes seemed hours with the distracted mother.
At !""gth the long wished for morning came
and with it a hundred men and boys, who, not it
1tc4ni./lCtt/v ctlll /w?iit tntirt/1 clnnn wont
" j li|."u<wiuu im; null vuiHiuutu cbvnu, mvuv
fortii into the depth of the wood?, in search of
the child, with an eagerness that was commendable
beyond the compass of words to express; and
yet again night set in and still the lost was not
found. What the agonies of the mother werb,
as the marshalled force returned without her litr
tie charge, tears, shrieks, groans, incoherent ejaculations,
and a p'cture of despair, can only portray,
words are inadequate. Another dreadful
night was passed. An increased force was raised,
who marshalled themselves with the dawn of
the Sabbath, before the door of the bereaved parents.
Prayers were offered to Almighty God,
and the aid of heaven invoked, to direct in the
IMtr* ivM.dii?>inoiMOi2 Ivaniiv nrraniY^/l o Innrt
TCrtl CIl* iilU I'lciiuiumaiw vvan^ >vu^
lire was formed ujtou the section lines, and the
march renewed. Hour after hour passed, and
not a vestige of the missing was discovered.
Every tree, slump and log, possessing a suspicious
cavity, underwent the closest scrutiny; every
bush and thicket thickly folliaged, every fir
and cradle knoll, w*s visited as the band pressed
onward. Long and ardent was the search, and
many fears for the little one were entertained.?
The sun had far passed the zenith, and hastening
behind the western hill, when an elderly man
and son, partly discouraged as well as wearied
with the search were drawn, as by the jmniLof j
r..vv, in rtt? opposite cirecfion far
from the band; and while standing and discours- |
ing upon the propriety of abandoning further
search, a distant sound broke upon their ears.?
They hastened in the direction from which the
sound proceeded, and having travelled as far as
practicable, they halted and listened a few minutes
verv intentlv: a train that sound was heard,
and turning a few steps in another direction, what
was their surprise to behold the little object of
their search sitting upon the ground, having just
awakened and arisen from a bed of leaves, which
it. had collected by the side of an old log. There
the little innocent sat, in her tattered dress, sobs
and sighs heaved her little bosom, and large tears
rolled down her swollen cheeks.
As she caught the first glimpse of her deliverers,
she asked for something to eat. "Oh," said
she, "I have been obliged to go to bed of nights
without my supper; please to give me something
to eat." They took up the little sufferer, and
started for home, which was about four miles distant.
While passing through a snarl of tall grass
they asked the girl if she had passed through
any such grass. "Oh yes," said she, "I have tra
veiled a great way through much taller grass
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tlian tins, 211IU 1 WUUIU call lur ui> iuliici iu turns
and got mo, but lie would not; I would call for
my mothoi to conic and get me, but she would
not; then I would call for my little brother, and
he would not come after me. So T travelled on."
On being asked if she slept warm of nights, said
"Yes; but the first night my littlo brother went
to bed with ine, and in the night he pulled of
all the clothes, so I got cold." Arriving in sight
of the house, the distracted mother rushed forth,
her haggard countenance now irradiated with
the gratitude of heaven for the deliverance of her
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wanderer to her breast, exclaimed, "My daughter
is safe."
The Surplus Revenue.?The Washington
correspondent of the Charleston Courier says:
"One of the first subjects to be presented to
the attention of Congress is that of the disposition
of the surplus revenue, which on the first of
January, will it is supposed, amount to about
twenty millions. There will be, of course many
projects for diverting the snrylus from the legtiinatc
of redeeming the public debt. But I presume
that a majority of both Houses will agree
?/v n niMsurc annrowiatintr the greater portion
of the surplus to that purpose. The President
and the Secretary will no doubt, recommend it.
No fortification bill was passed at the latesessioD,
and Gen. Shields will bring up his fortification
bill early in the session. Additional appropriations
will be voted for rivers and harbors, and in
fine, it is not lo be doubted that the appropria|
tions of the outgoing Congress will be fifty roilI
lions or over. We shall, in three weeks, have the
estimates, which are being made up, and Congress
will be more likely to add to than diminish
them. Some law will be proposed that will ena'
ble the Executive to use the available surplus in
anticipating the payment ot' the public debt.
This will be relief to the mercantile community,
and prevont the accumulation of large amounts
of gold in the government depositories."
We sincerely hope that the members of the
present Congress may resist any attempt to
squander this immense surplus, or to use it for
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any other .purpose than for necessary appro})nations,
and for the reduction of the public debt.
All experience proves that a heavy surplus i6the
greatest curse that can be all this country, csjieeially
upon the eve of an incoming administration.
We hope, therefore, that appropriations
may be made with great caution during the
coming, and that the full responsibility m.iv
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thrown upon the new administration, which is
pledged to the strictest economy in the di.-burseinent
of the public funds. If the whigs wish to .
destroy their party in all time to comt, they cannot
do so more effectually, than by voting extravagant
appropriations during the approaching
session.?Savannah Courier.
Look Oct for a Swindler.?A man calling
himself D. S. King, from Ohio, called at one of
our hotels on Sunday last, just before the departure
<?f the Southern Stage, driving a horse
and buggy. He stated that lie wished to go to
Charleston to meet a partner of his, who had taken
mules to Macon and Savannah for sale, that
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i.* mouw ma nurse to remain until he returned,
in some four or five days, and obtained from the
proprietor twenty dollars, to be paid when he
called for his horse and buggy. He stated that
he had sold mules in the East of Nortn Carolina.
He is considerable of a politician, a great friend
to Pierce and King, and that he is cousin to W*
R. King, the Vice President.
It turns out since, that he had borrowed or
hired the buggy at Wadesborough, to go to
RockinghamF, and not returning at the time appointed,
thd"owuerof the buggy and horse traced
him to ttfiis place ; he left Wadesborough without
paying his Hotel bill, and also some debts to the
merchants there. He has been in the i&ghborhood
of Charlotte, Wadesborough and Rockingham
for several days. Said King left in the
Southern stage, saying he was going to Charleston
; he is about 45 years of age, well dressed,
h id on a black cloth cloak, black striped pants,
carries a carpet bag and umbrella.
C.ieraw Gazette.
The Company of Women.?He cannot be an
unhappy man who has the love and smiles of a
woman to accompany him in every department
of life. The worid may look sad and cheerless,
enemies may gather in his path hut when he returns
to the fireside and sees the tender love of
woman, he forgets hi3 cares and troubles and is a .
comparatively a happy man. lie is not p/epared^ft
for the journey of life who is without a compau: '
ion who will forsake him in no emergency?who
will divide his sorrows?increase his joys?lift
the veil from his heart and throw sunshine amid
I the darkest scenes. No man can be miserable
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wuu una ?ucu i4 coin pan ion, ne ne ever -nnnr ?
^vymu mn? trwiucu lllfUil UV 1110 WOHU?
Influence of the Moon.?A Paris Astronomer
has published the results of twenty years
observations upon the influence of the moon upon
the weather. From the new moon to the first
quarter it rained (during the period of twenty
yeais embraced in the calculations) 764 daya; from
the first quarter to the full moon it rained 846;
days ; from the full moon to the last quarter it '
rained 761 days; and from the last quarter to
the New Moon it rained 696 days. So that
during the moon's increase there were 1,609
days and during her decrease only 1,457?a difference
of 152 clays. This difference is more
likely to have been accidental than the result of
any natural cause and the conclusion which we
derive from the statement is that the moon has
no influence upon the weather.
Kentucky and Indiana.?In the table of the
agricultural productions ol the United States,
the number of improved acres of land in Kentucky
is stated at 11,398,270 ; the cash valigfeof
which is $154,330,262. In Indiana, the m?mber
of improved acres is 5,046,543, not quite
half the sum in Kentucky, and valued at $180,835,173.
This table will be found in the fifth
census, 1850.
Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wan
tonly twist it in the soil, and a scarred and crook
edoak will tell of thee for centuries to come.?
llow forcibly does this beautiful figure teach the
necessity of giving right tendency to the mind.
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
. Wasuinoton, Nov. 14.
The tone of most of the newspapers, in regard
to the Cuban <^uestiou, is very moderate and
guarded. But, it is generally considered, also,
that, in regard to the case of the Cornelia and
the Crescent City, the Cuban authorities took a
harsh and irritating course, although they might
have acted within the bounds of strict legal
rights. The questions which have thus been
made are not yet settled, and the position taken
by this Administration in regard to them is as
yet unknown. The delay is occasioned by the
fact that the subject is a matter of negotiation
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witli me noine uovernmeuc.
The Spanis Government will do well to adjust
the matter in a manner ns little embarrassing to
our commerce or irritating to the American people,
as possible. If they insist upon the exclusion
of merchant vessels from their ports, as well
as persons suspected of dcsigus hostile to the
Government of the Island, it will create much
ill feeling on the part of our people, and promote
the views of that cla?=s of persons* not now nu
merous, in the United Statea, who may be intent
on revolutionizing Cuba.
The language of the London Times on this
subject appears to have irntisted our pre=? very -
much. The Times assumes that the filibusters
are in the ascendancy here, and that we are
about to invade, revolutionize, and annex Cuba;
and itr threatens us. thereupon, with the combined
resistance of England, Spain and France.
It is very far from being true that the Lone
Star order embraces a large portion of the community.
New-York is the head xuarters of the
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