The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-06-07
1flisfeIIaneous Dfpartmrnt.
=, From the Yankee Blade
The South Carolina General, and the
Philadelphia Widow;
OR,
APPEARANCES ARE DECEITFUL.
BY FALCONBRIDGE.


THERE are great many COOL jokes tod, 'f
the false notions formed as to the character aud
standing Of persons. as Judged by their dress
and other outward signs. II is asserted. that
fine coat and .ilvery tone Of voic" are no evi
dence of the gentleman, and few people "t tho
present tlay will have tho hardh""d 10 assert
iha, blunt address, or shabby coat. are inialli-
bile rccommr ntlalions (or putting, h"wrver hon.
est nr worthy man, IN prominent attitude
before the world, or tn" community he moves
in. Some men nf wealth, for the sake of va
rieiy, sometimes assume an eccentric or coarse.
ness Of costume, thai answers all very well. a
long as they keep where they are known; Int
to find out the lereling principles of n:,rr moth.
incness among your fellow, m"rials. only ms.
sumo shabby apparel and stroll out among
strangers, and you'll he essentially kuorked hy
the force of these facts. However, in this, or
almost any other Christian community. there is
lille, If any EXCISE, for n man. woman, or child
going about or being shabby" Let your
garments, however coarse, he made clean and
whole, and keep them 30: you have but one
shirt, and that minus sleeves and hody, have the
fra -ments washed, and make moi your face aud
hands stranger to the refreshing and purifying
effects of water.
General Pinckncy was one Of the old school
gentlemen OF South Carolina. 4 man, he
was, Of the most punc,iious precision in man.
ncrs, and customs of courtesy, and cleanliness
OF dress and person; man of brilliant talents,
and, in every sense Of the word, "a perfect
gentleman" Mr. Pinckney was one Of the
members Of the first Congress, and during HIS
soiourn in Philadelphia, boarded with an old la.
dy nv the name of Hall, think-Mrs. Hall, a
siaid, prime, and pracise dame Of the old re.
cime. Mrs. Hall was a widow !; she kept but
few boarders in her fnc old mansion. on Ches.
nut street, and her few boarders were mostly
members Of Congress, or belonged to the Con.
iinenial army. Never, since the days OF that
remarkable lady we read Of In the hooks. who
made her servant take her chair out doors and
mir il, If any body by chance sat down on it,
and who was known tn empty her tea kettle,
because somebody crossed the hearth during
1he operation Of boiling water Cor tea,-ex.
eeeded Mrs. Hall in domestic prudery and eti.
anette; hence, il may be we'll imagined, that
- shabby people," aud the "small fry" gene.
rally, found little or no favor in the eyes of the
Quaker landlady Of "ye olden time"
Gaueral Pinckney having served out bis
fern, OF resigned his place, it waa filled by an.
other noted individual Of Charleston, General
downdes, one Of tho most courteous and tai.
ented ,ncn Of his day, hut the slovenliest and
mos, shockinglv iIl-accoutred man-if we ex.
cent Horace Greely--on record. But for the
care ani watchlulnaas of one Of the most su.
nerb w,,pcn in existence at the time-Mrs.
Lownlrs. ,hs GENERAL would probably have
ireqen,ly appeared in public, with his coat In.
aide out, and his shirt over all
General Lown.lrs, in starring Tor Philadel,
mia. was reconmanded by his friend Pnck.
pey. to put up at Mrs. Halls; General P,giv