The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-11-22
NUMBER B ~. ! 4.

tnately made acquainted with the Iiflicoat but;
tons of a very nice young man) that fadanIs
should take her leave, and return to the lsas OBJ
iectionable bosom Of her, family: ,,os
ftte to daHee the next quadrills NIL the sameI I
will find a way to stay for III! a,tfo,,iT
Slipping out sshile the sets iSsrs forming, shs
went into the gentlemen's dressing room, found
her husbands hat and threw it out of the win.
dow: Then returning and requesting bef
spouse to fist Find bis hat and cali the Car:
ridge, she accepted partners for the next Gx
dances, quite sure of two hours before th9 kas
could be recovered. .i{aoai.,,,,sp g., a.,,s
A FEW WORDS FOR CHILDREN. - You we're
made to be kind, generous, and magnanimoqs:
If there is boy in the school Who has q clpb
foot, don't lei him know that you ever saw, j.
If there is a boy with ragged clothes, don't
talk abou, rags when he is IN hearing: If there
is lame boy, assign him some part Of the game
which does no! require running. II there III
hungry one, give hitT q; pah Of your ,dinner.
If there is dull one, help him tog gst hislesson.
If there is bright one, be not enyions oi him;
for if one boy is proud of bis talents. and ano.
ther is envious Of them, there are Two greet
wrongs, and no more talents than before. :, Fa
larger or stronger boy has injured you. and is
sorry for it. forgive him, and ask the teacher
not to punish him. All the school will show
by their countenances how much better it is 10
have great soul than great 6a.-Ho1ac6
Mann. .T ,,,...xaas..,s
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MOUNT S1NA1.-This is the holy mountsiI1;
and among all the stupendous works Of nature,
not place can be selected more ft for the ex.
hibtion of Almighty power. have stood
upon the summit of the giant Etna. and looked
over the clouds foa,ing beneath il, upon sthe
bold scenery of Sicily, and the giant mountains
of Calabra upon fhe top Of Vesuvius, and
looked down upon the waves Of lava, and the
ruined and half recovered cities at its 6ct hut
they are nothing compared with The. territorial
soitudes, and bleak majesty Of Sinai, An
| observing traveller has well cafled III perfect
"sea of desolation." Not a treesm shrub, or
blade of grass, is to be seeh upon the bare and
rugged sides Of innumerable mountains, heay-
ing their naked submits to the skies whils
the crumbling masses Of granite all around. apd
the distant view of the Syrian desert. with its
bound.ess waste Of sands, form the widest and
most dreary, the most terrific and desolate pic.
ture that Imagination can conceive. s.,si-
The level surface Of the very Top orpiunacls
is about SHY feet square. At one end is a
single rock about twenty feet high. on which.
as said the monk. the spirit Of God descended,
while in The crevice beneath bis favored ser.
want received the tables Of the law. There,
| on the spot where they were given, opened
the sacred hook in which those laws, are, ie.'
corded, and read them with feeling Of deeper
devotion, Ms il were standing nearer and
receiving them more directly from the Deity
himself-Chambers. .-..-r .....,.s.,...
OUR DEFEAT. o., ,.- a,.sg
Our party has been defeated; our country
may ye. he safe. We may still find that Gen.
TAYLOR will prove true to the hopes and wishes
of thousands who have given him their support
at the South. and guide bis administration sby
the republican principles of Jefferson and Madi.
SON. He may ye, disappoint the hopes and The
wishes of thousands and tens Of thousands who
have rallied Under bis banner at the North, and
resist all legislation which shall strike az the
basis of our glorious Constitution, and fofcs' US
to the stern alternative Of making selection
between The rights of the South and the Union
of the States. We do not eIpect-we hope
that such may be the case. A sea Of troubled
waters is before him. He has taken his posi-
ton at helm which no common hand can ;di.
rec, through the storms that impend ny the
rugged shores and the foam. wreaIhed breakers.
viii he succeed? Heaven knows that while
we have earnestly wished him defeat in bis
election, We far more earnestly wish him snc.
cess in the new duties devolving upon him, w .
are not partisan enough 10 desire that Zachary
Taylor, President Of the United States, should
lie deprived of single leaf in The cbaplef Of
laures, gloriously won by Zachary Taylor, tbe
hero of Buena Vista. May the next tour yssrs
prove him 10 be as great in the Cabinet m IN
the field, as true Republican as he has been
a soldier, as successful in directing the couH'.
sci. as he has been in fighting the battles ef the
nation ,ha, has loved and honored him 80 highly.
We never have been, so long as reason y lefl
Us, we never shall he Of the compile non d
those who would wish harm to their country
because that country is governed by political
commemorative would have disaster befall the
nation SIMPLY to secure change ot rulers
No! while we shall continue fearlessiy 70 vln'
dictate the principles we have always profe'sed
while we shall oppose (in our humble maDner)
the administration whenever it conflicts with
those principles, we shall unhesitatingly give II
our suppor, whenever it adopts those principles,
and whether in cloud or in sunshine, under a
Whia or Democratic President. the same
PRAYER shall ever be uppermost in our hearts =
"Gop SAVE THE REPUBLIC !-Sdednnah
Georgian. fs ,ee"a
EXTRAORDINARY CAsE.-There ell under
our observation yesterday, says the Kingston
(Ulster Co.. Journal, the most singular case OF
disease we ever witnessed. The subject is
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