The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-09-27
NUMBER 80.


but implacable to your own. Wage war will
evil, and give no quarter. Die for the truth
rather than live 10 uphold lie. Ncves cour
needless danger, nor fly from peril which du
ty imposes. Read good books, seek out good
tate good examples. Never give way to des
pondency. Does the sun shoe, rejoice. Is il
covered with cloud! wait till the cloud has
passed away.
Take good care of your education; see that
your principles and department are equal to your
attaiments: The head of Melville was highly
educated, but his heart was sadly neglected.
lie was o learned to honor his unlettered pa
rents; too well informed to follow the advice of
his friends; and by far too polite to practice the
vuIg gar duties of his situation. He is now spen .
ding his days in idleness. as low in the estma.
lIon of others as he is high in his own. If ynu
wish 10 he good man, or wise man, you must
begin while you are boy, or you will never
beg gin at all.
BE attentive 10 your MANNERS. Those are
the best manners which raise you in the opin:
ion OF others without sinking you in your
own. poor woman once fell and injured her.
self so that she could not walk, and crowd
soon gathered around her. One polite person
pIiIed her, another promised to make her case
known; but plain modest looking man stepped
forward, paid for coach to couve- her home;
slipped piece of money in her hand, and dis:
appeared. One kind act done with simplicity,
is worth thousand fine speeches.
TIE DEVILS RAGGED ScHooI.I YOU are
determined to be poor, 60 the devils ragged
school-that is the Grog Shop-and you will
soon be ragged enough, and pennyless too.
If you wish TO starve your family, 60 to the
devils ragged school-for that will consume
the means If their support.
II you would be cheated by rogtes, 20 TO the
DEVILS ragged school-for that will make their
task easy.
If you would become fool, go to the devils
ragged school and you will lose your wits.
If you are determined to expef all comfort
from your house, go TO the DEVILS ragged school
AND you will do it most effectually.
1t you would expose both your folly and Sc:
crets, go othe devils ragged schoo-and they
will run out as the liquor runs in.
1t you think You are too strong, 90 to The de.
Wis ragged school-and you will soon be con:
qnered by SO powerful an enemy.
If you would get rid OF your money without
knowing how, go to the devils ragged school
and it will melt away directly.
II you would be dead weight on the public;
go to the DEVILS ragged school-and that will
render you useless, helpless, and bnrdensome:
ifyou would he hated by your family and friends,
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the devils ragged school-and you will soon
know that it is impossible to adopt more certain
means to accomplish your ends.
4 PHILOSOPHER IN ADvERsITY.-A circum'
stance was yesterday related 10 us as having
occurred short time since in the debtors de-
parlment of our Jail, in which one Of the most
striking examples of cool reasoning was mani
tested that has ever come under our knowledge.
4 debtor to the amount of $50 was immured
By his creditor some seven months since, and
after enduring his confinement with great pa
ticnce and equanmity until several weeks ago,
he made proposal to his creditor that it he
would let him have his liberty he would give
him the amount Of his original debt. Io this
the creditor disseu,cd, hut alter . lew weeks, be
sent messenger to the Jail to tell his debtor
that if he would con<eu, 10 give his signature to
4 couple Ol UDltS. OUC iol luC oiuooht va WV
debt, and The ether for the amount OF the costs
and iai fees, he would set him at liberty. The
debtor took the note from the messenger with
the remark. that he would consider on the mat
ter, and let him have answer in few days.
When the time came for him TO make his deci.
sion, and to say yes or no TO the proposition, he
very cooly remarked, that after having consid'
cred the matter well, he had come 10 the deter'
minaiion to do no such thing; and upon his rea'
SONS being asked for. he proceeded very delibe:
ra,ey to define the process 10y which he had;
argued himself into this determination. Said
he, 81 consider first that time is money; second
lha, as the time of a negro is worth 81 per day,
the time of a white man is worth to him at
least the same; third, that as my creditor by
conGning me here has taken two hundred and
ten days Of my time, he therefore owes me s@lo;
Now if my creditor will deduct the amount ot
what owe him and let me have the 0qldnce, !
will willingly pay the costs. Otherwise, SAID
he, shall stay where am for the present. as |!
have pretty good constitution, and am ms Well
able to Ian By and take liAIe rest this warm
weather as any ."-Baltimore Clipper.
THREE CIGARS MAKE ONE MILE An inFe.
tcrate smoker in New York, was asked how
far it was from Union Square to the Battery
1.-Two cigars and "a half" said he; it has been
done by slower smoker than | am in Two cl
gars.
An exchange paper says that this is quite
new way OF measuring distances. Not so new
after uIl-ior we remember long ago the state
ment tina, the DuIcE, who took long ,chi9s,
tbcv didu "ake Ho1iand," use 10 measure dis
t,nces from one village to another in this way
This reminds us too, ola man who used to mca
sure the time by the number Of glasses he hs
drink -,lus-biycr'S time was sun.rise--tou
horns was breakfast, and bedtime was ski
chuch fuH by which time, he was past counting