The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-01-09

| young daughter 10 waste in elaborate dress and
and fashionable parties, the attention which
should be devoted to study. need their example
be quoted as a precedent? TO do as othersslo,
which is the rule of the un'binking, is often to
many bad taste and erring Judgment We use
more discrimination in points cftriAng import.
We pause and compare patterns ere we pur.
chase garment which, perhaps, lasts b'l, for
single season. Why should we ad pit with III.
tie inquiry,-or on the strength of Doubtful pre-.
csdent,-a habit, which may stamp the charac.
ter of our children forever?
When circumstances require, the Youngest
girl should he taught not TO fear to differ from
her companions, either in costume, manners, or
opinion. Singularily for its own sake, and eve.
ry APPROACH 10 eccentrciIy, should be drpreca.
ted and discouraged. Even necessary varia.
lions from those around, must be managed with
delicacy, so as moi 10 wound feeling, or cxas.
perate prejudice. But she who dares not to
he independent, when reason or duty dictate,
will he in n.dangrr of forfciting decision Of char.
ac,er, perhaps, integrity Of pI inciples:
Simple Attire, and simple manners, are the
natural ornaments Of those who are obtaining
their school education. They have the beauty
of fitness, and the policy Of leaving The mind
free, for its precious pursuits. Love of display
every step towards aff:ctaiion, arc destructive
ofihe charms oftbat season OF life.
FEMALE BEAUTY.-Thai Isnot the most per.
feet beauty which in public would attract the
greatest observation; nor even that which the
s,aiuary would admi, to he Gutless piece of
clay, kncadcd up with blood But that is true
,,l,s IL
spirit, beauty that we mnst intimately know,
Justly to appreciate; a beauty lighted up in con-
versation, where the mind shines as it were
through its caskei, where, in the language Of
the poef, ''he eloquent blood spoke in her
cheeks and so distinctly wrought, that we might
almost say her b ,dy thought" An order and
a mode of beauty which, the more we know,
the more we accuse ourselves for not having
before discovered those thousand sraces which
bespeak that their owner has soul. This 10
that beauty which never clogs, possessing
charms as resistess as the fascinating Egyptian
for which Anthony wisely paid the bauble ofthe
world-a beauty like the rising of his own Ilal.
ian suns, always enchanting, never the same.
SUPPOSED D1sco VERY IN RANKIN County
MIssrss1rrr.-We learn from the last number
Of the Brandon Republican that President
Thornton and party Of friends have recently
made rsi, 10 what they denominate the 'pla,.
form." 1t is situated on the plantation of Mr..
Morrison, and, whether il be regarded as work
Of nature or art, is calculated to excite consi.
derable interest throughous the State. Mr.. +.
inclines to The latter belief and says: at isa
work ofart of great antiquity, ol curious work
manship, finished in the finest style, and more
durable than could possibly lie conceived by
any but an observer. From the reservoir or
well in the bottom of the creek there is a paved
way beautifully dressed, leading 10 regular
curve in front of the Platform 1t consists of
stone, beautifully dressed on top and jnin'ed a.
all the sides, about FIVE inches IN thickness, of
various figures, on bed of cement about three
inches in thickness, laid on beautifully. white
sand lis siz" is at least l20 feet square, and
il is level almost without the variation of nm
inch. Th"re was no pcrcepibIe change in The
level of this floor, but an increased beauty.
arising from the fact that it had not been OK.
posed. have no doubt but that every stone,
at least every square, is HISTORICAL, and that, If
we were sufficiently vcrscd in The modes of an.
cient record, VIC might read The acs Of nation
that has long since become extinct. 4 few years
since MIR. Layard saw in the hands Of Be-
douin Arab some old poetry; he ascerancd
the place from whence he procured It, dug
down, and found the city of Nincvch, that had
been lost for thousands OF years, and now in
ls49 is removing 10 the capital Of lbe British
empire its ancient monuments Who can tell
what This platform may lead to ~