The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-02-22

months together. Her brother entered
college last fall. and she is at all the ex-
pense of his education"
"What noble minded girl she must be.
to submit to life Of druid dgery for such a
purpose"
"She is the more praiseworthy, Fred,
because she could have obtained situa-
ton as nursery-governness, which, accor-
ding to modern notions, would have been
far less degrading; but size refused it be-
cause it would prevent her from returning
every night to her mother"
SIS she always cheerful and good hu-
moredl"
"Shc has one of the most winning tenn
pers ever knew"
'Shc must be lovely creature"
eyes, it is pity to see so much beauty
wasted in humble life
"But why should it be wasted julia"
because she will in all llprobability mar
ry some rough mechanic who will never
perceive her grace, and scarcely apprecl-
ate her beauty"
"Do you suppose then, that personal
beauty is not appreciated by the poor as
well as the rich, Julia?"
"Yes; but only certain kinds of beauty;
healthy, coarse red check, and a bold
bright eve, are the charms most admired
among the plebians,"
"Julia, what are YOU talking about! Are
Americans running mad! Here | have re-
turned to my native country, af:er an abb
sence of only five years, and while my
love for our republican institutions has III
creased tenfold, l find my countrymcn
have become perfectly beside themselves
in their apng of foreign follies. Plebians
-forsooth!-and pray who are the patri-
clans of this most democratic commune
typ
"Why, Fred, there must be difference
between the upper and lower classes in all
communities"
"Yes, Julia, the difference between the
good and the wicked, the honest and dis
honest, the educated ard the ignorant, the
governor and the governed"
"You forget the principal distinction,
Frederick, the rich and the poor"
"Ayc, thought SO; that IS the princi-
pal distinction i'll modern times, and Of
course the rich man is the patrician, tho
he may have rakcd his wealth from the
kernel, and the poor man is plcbcan, if
his ancestors should have been among the
only american NOTES.-THE 81 igners of our
"Oh, no, brother, you are wrong; a me-
chanic, though he be as rich as CrGsus,
cannot get into good society, but if he a.
bandon his business before his childrenarc
grown up they are received, and his grand
children finally rank among our first clas-
ses."
'Provided they retain the fortune for
which their grandfather toilcd, suppose,
Julia. We'll, l am gladto have the matter
so satisfactorily explained, especially as we
arc the children of mechanic"
"Heavens! Fred, how can you say so!
Our father was an India merchant"
True, my high-minded sister, but he
began life in a coopers shop down on the
wharf, where he afterwards built his state
ly stores. Many a good barrel has he
headed and hoopcd; and l remember,
when a very little boy, how | loved to
play in the shavins. But that is thirty
years ago, Julia, and l suppose you think
other people have forgotten it?'
81 wish Fred, you could forget it. 1t is
not pleasant to have such things brought
to light so late in the day. They cannot
injure you nor me, but they may mar Liz
zy'sprospects."
True, Lizzy might not be allowed to
marry mechanics grandson, if it were
known she was only mechanics daugh-
ter"
Frederick Carleton with some ecccntri-
city possessed many excellent qualities
His father had bestowed upon him all the
advantages of liberal education; and af-
ter completing his studies he had spent Sc
veral years in Europe. While abroad his
father died, and his elder sister married,