The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-01-31

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very essence is reciprocased. Bat friendsbips
are for the most part unequal, existing between
persons whose characters are dissinhTaf, either
fundamentally, or in the aspect which fbey
present TO each other. The keen tenderness,
the watchful reverence, the fear, the passion,
are not equally divided, and much must he
suffer, in whom they predominate much must
be forbear, long must he persevere, ere shs
bond of full and perfect confidence is finally
established. But, if there be- indeed that hid
den basis Of sympathy, without which no srus
friendship is conceivable, il is we'll worth the
struggle, for the reward shall overpsy the labor.
Forbcarance, trustfuness, hope,-on these
three pillars may the temple be reared-but II
one of these fail, especially if the second faii,
there will be nothing but shapeless ruinI
The BENEFIT OF FAP9RENTIcEsnIp.--Tbe
master. mechanic, which is fightfal to same
kind parents hearts; and that is the FIVE 10 sev.
en- years apprenticeship the boy who learns .
trade must submit to. But It is an e1celIens
discipline. II takes the lad at critical period
of life-when he perhaps has a Disposition
averse to steady employment-when be ain
clined to roam al large. amid the co;l'amina-
Ting influences about him-and puts him to q
steady round of duties-severe, at first. bnt soon
becoming. from habit, agreeable; and, wheS
his minority expires, his steady habits and In
dustry are established, and he comes fonh,s
man, the master Of trade, Of fixed principles
and good habits, a blessing to himself and the
community. sa..g
If parents would but look at It Alright, they
would declare that, had they many sons, they
alluded to with him who, having horror ofan
the most critical period Of lie for forming hahits
he is forming those that are the reverse ofiD-
dustry. He is not fitting himselfto be . man
but wearing away his boyhood in idleness.-.s
The partial parent sees this, yet has mol 6rti
,ude 10 avert il. At twenty.one years, ofsEs
when the first. named lad comes ont good me.
chanic. j, is wonderful if the other has not fas.
tened habits upon him that will be his ruiuya
he is not ruined already. More than one en-
cellent man in our community can say witk
thankfuness, that it turned out 50 thai, TO his
half dozen years apprenticeship, he is indebte6
for The habits Of industry and sobriety hes has
obtained, that, when he was put to a trade. he
was on pivot, as il were. Had It not been
for the irmness of his parents, he likely would
have been ruined lad ere bis minority expired
This was the turning point.
HERo1sM.-We find in the following ihrilling
narrative in the Hagerstown (Md.) News.
On Thursday night last the house Of Mr.
Christian Hawbecker, situated in the Clear
spring District, was entirely consumed by 6re.
The circumstances attending this calamity are
of painful character. The wife Of ME-. H.
has, for some years past, been maHiac, from
which circumstance il became neccseary 10
keep her chained, to prevent injury 10 herself
and those around her. When discovered, fhs
fire had completely enveloped her apartment..--
The husband, notwithstanding the Imminent
peril Of bis own life, determined upon her res
cue, and rushed into the flames. By the aid Of
an axe her chain was severed, but by this time
escape by the doorway had been rendered i'm.
possible by the rapid progress Of the flames.
He accordingly attempted to eItricats her
through the window, and had nearly succeeded,
when she broke from him and fell backward
into the burning building. To again attempt
her rescue seemed sure destruction. Yet the
faithful husband faltered not. Despite the en-.
treaties and efforts of the only neighbof who
had arrived to witness his calamities. and yet
too late to aid, he determined upon one more
effort. Again springing through the window,
now enveloped in flames, he succeeded IN
reaching the object of his perilous undertaking.
4 short and desperate struggle ehsued--it was
a struggle of lite and death, but the superior
strength of the husband triumphed, and sgsin
he appeared through the window, fhis time
bearing successfully the object Of his devotion
and peril.
Strange as it may seem, the wife was bat
slightly injured. Mr.. II. however, suffered
severely. His head, hands and body wero
badly burned, though we hope not 10 such an
extent as te render bis recovery douhfd.
A FOLDING HousE.-We have heard tell or
folding doors and folding windows, bu. fold
ing house is something Of uote!eys
"Day. the New York India.rsbber dealer.
has got up portable house. and boat for gold.
finders Among the peculiar advantages OF
this invention for travellers IN California, isfhs
facility with which boat Of hfse feet foag. BY
six feet wide. can be converted into houss ef
eight hundred and eleven feet, sufficiently high
to allow persons to stand upright. The moro
of the sheet Of rubber cloth from
the cylinders, turns the boat into comfortable
house. The whole weight Of one Of them is
only seventy pounds-and can be packed away
in an ordinary trunk. Day says, that should
the traveller be detained at Panama, with a
large boat Of this kind, which can be so arran.
ged as to spread sail, party may embark
upon the gentle Pacific, and, by coas.ing along
the shore. can reach the valley of the Sacra-
mento, and even penetrate 10 the gold region
ITSELF"
TROUBLE ~ GEoRGIA.-There appears to