The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-03-10

i Rather NJ YsTEslags AND IMPRons-
BtE.-The following little 1b:t of! romance
|isirom the Cincin1atiaLedger.;a -, oE T
oA4few days since a lady and gentIenlarii
. arrived in this city from the south. Tho
fgentleman sseemsdrto have plenty of Imo.r
ney, boasted Of his real estate, etc. Tile
lady appeared to be a very quiet and:
and peateableH body said but little? and
seldom made her appearance at tile table
of the hotel where they lodged. Aftst9
being in the city two or three days, ono
| Of the landlords daughters suddenly Be IS
came very much enamored Of the lady
above mentioned, and they were. at 81.
most any time to be, found together in theo
room of the latter. The landlord saw no :
harm in their, being .in. each others conf
pany, and therefore did not pay much att
tentjen. to the affair. One; afternoon a !;
few days since, the two ladies, went out i
to take a. ride in "a new carriages which
was lately, purchased Night, came, aBdli
they did not return. Servants, footmeE,a
bhostlers, and almost every body about tE1en
! place, started out sin search Of the two Z
ladies, but nothing could be heard from
them. Some sthrhised that the horses had
ran away with the carriage, and proba-
| bly, killed those that were in lit; others
were Of opinion that they had got into the
river and been drowned.
In the mean time the gentleman who
had come to the hotel with the lady, who
was supposed to: be. his wife, made him: =
self perfectly easy. He neither. took part
in search for the lost ones, nor expressed
any apprehensions on their account. Day,
before yesterday letter arrived at the /.
hotel for the stranger, and on opening it, 0
was found to read us:-"John, bring my
baggage over to Paris. Tell Mr.-----.-;, =,
that my wife (his daughter) is. perfectly u
well, and hopes he'll come and spend the ,
summer with us" The landlord, who had
been looking over the strangers shoulder,
suddenly exclaimed, "What does this
mean, sr?" "Why," said the. man, alt
means exactly this; two years ago you
refused your daughter to Mr.. ---- =; be-
cause he was nothing more than your bar
keeper You likewise discharged him,
Since that time he has been to the south
and made fortune. He came here
dressed 10 females clothes. He found
the affections Of your daughter were still
true to him., aD--n take the fellow, he
has .outwitted me; but sir, who are your,
"Why, sir, ram Mr.. IS footmap. O.
T HE PAST TO THE FUTURE.--Tbe tol-
flowing sentence, from President Quincys
Address, at the second centennial cele-
bration of the settlement Of Boston, IS sig.
nifican and impressive:-"The great COM
parative truths, written in letters of living
light on every page of our history,-thes
language addressed by every past age or
New England to all future ages, is th's.--'
Human happiness has no perfect security
but freedom; freedom none but virtue;
virtue none but knowledge; and neither
freedom, nor virtue, nor knowledge has"
any vigor, or immortal hope, except intfe
principles of the Christian faith, and IN
the sanctions of the Christian religion
Coop Apv1cE.-Obey the voice OF
those who love you; be kind to those who
counsel you; be affectionate to those who
| BEG YOU with tears to forsake every false
way, and be willing to yield the feelings
of your hearts to the control of no bad
passion, but to the dictates of prudence
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