The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-06-29
no. go.

Iyet has he suffered ing md mtlIsgsissndsi
lost the beginning OF his life. tie S seaaoskof q
rational delight and soiled improsenerts Z
in distress and fears, ihS Sfabrcating excps
ses and prelencss, and in flying from the q
eager pursuit ofduns and sherifs.
But the. habit Of incurriug5debt, lhougI3
in the eaTTeEperiods Of life 1t may .origins
ate in Mougb1Ies ,oflen leads 'ctir5fis,.
most alto cipusS In itself; and injurious 20
society3sfesl he should be POOR aiui steal.
understood not human nature: Dificuls
tics and distress mvssa. natural Tendency j
to lessen the restraints. of conscience Nj
Thelortress ofshonor whepS stormeA
the Sort of poverty which, occassioned
proiligacy, and not defended byssouddsss'
principles, such as men of the wSal do
not ganerally possess, ahas for the mos.
part rejected ataiseretion ~ sssa.
The proAigaeysthe vanity, unceasiRgs
pursu, Of pleasure, and the passion for ex-S
ternal appearance, which characterize the;
present age, arc necessarily productive of
expense; expenses occasion distress, and
distress, where principles are deficient. disA
honesty. No wonder, then, that in'no age
have sharpers, swindleps, insolyent cons
tractors of debt, so much abunded.A
There is scarcely any mode Of public life
in which you can be engaged without llas-
| ing your property exposed TO theadeprei,
datons Of villains, who have made ,cheats9
ing profession, and reduced the art of
robbery to syslem.- Maaysof the sper..
sons who live on the substitute of Others,
bY borro1Uing, purchasingr orsemployings
Without intcnding;and without being able
to pay, make splendid figure, and pass
for gentlemen OF honor. But, however,
they NAV feicilate themselves on their
success. and inthe gralifca,ions ofstheirs.
pride and vanity, they are more criminal
aud detestablc than highaoaymGn and
3aouse breakers, because in the crime oG
9iherL there is no breach ofgenerous -consA;
fdence.-BoSton Transcript.
"Go1NG 1T One OF the Santa
Fe prisoners, Mexican named SMartias
Dias, arrivcd-in this city day or two
since, having made his escape from the !
calaboosc in Santa F. in April, and then
Travelling the entire distance TO 'Indepen.
dence, Mo. across the prairie without a.
soul to accompany him! ~ 'e.4.s ;5ass
According to his own story he swas Fat :
first liberated after the other prisoners
were sent on towards the city of Me xico,
as were also several other Mexicons, who
accompanied the expedition as servants
One oflhem had some ill-will towards Mar
tias, and manifested it by informing the
authorities that he was a regular Texan
soldier, and had served long time on the
Mexican frontier with Col. Hays in his
spy company-a statement which. was
strictly true. III.
: Upon this he was arrested, and confined
during the winter in thescalaboose at Santa
Fe. In April, through some friends he
obtained tools, and finally succeeded i m
digging out ofhis prison. BY keeping hid /
in The day time, and travelling altogether J,
at light he succeeded in reaching Taos,
suffering greatly for want of food. At
this place he took, without leave, a horse;
and mule, and being all excellent woods.d
man, and knowing the course towards the
great Missouri trail he took that direc,ion.H
and finally found it before reaching Bent'a
Fort, high.upon the Arkansas. All thiA
while he was without any other food lhans
roots and herbs, had no arms, and With ;
hardly clothes to his back q
On one occasion, some thirty or forty );
Indians discovered him and made chase, ,
butbeing ON foot they were unable TO over
take him. On reaching Benl's Fort. lie
obtained supply ofprevisinns and resrm- Z
ed his journey, finally reaching Indepen-
dence, Mo. afer a journey of twenty: six
days. If his storysis correct, he is nroba.
bly, the first traveller who has ever 8s.ggoAe :
it alone, across the immense praires6ftils
West: and how he escaped starving TO s
death, or being picked upbyths Canaan
ches or Pawnees is almost miracle. -
Marlias informed us that he heard It re1
ported by hssguard, at Santa Fe, that the
traitor Lewis, had been driven from Chihua--
hna by The foreigners there, several at,
lemp,s having been sRele to take his life, 4
which were Unsuccessful He had cones
in the direction of the Pa ci6c,s where heSSss
was known, and was probablyaat Sonora :.
Lewis was well known al Chihuatua' hay-s
ing lived there several years previous 20 :; !;
lS36-lhe year he first came TO Iexas.5