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Calaveras chronicle., 1851-10-18

until 4 recurrence Of the same evil
compelled them to the same measure" "
There was probably an emeutc, at
least, if not a revolution among the
students, when the following event oc-
Cured:
PRoRABLE RIsE IN PRovisIoN.-'Ex-
hibition, 1871, April goth. This NOR
ming I C0pier was rusticated, and Sulli-
van suspended to GrOton for nine
months, for minghng tartar emetic with
our commons on the morning of April
18th.
"May 81. Ely was assuspended TO Am
herst for five months; for assisting Sui
livan and Tropier il mingling tartar
emetic with our commons"
Freshmen in the earlier, as in our
days, were often SvAc cSiih sheir seniors,
for their abuse amt oppression. We
remember a case in point. A high
spirited young man, who had lately en-
tered, in passing beneath the windows
of sophomore, received the contents
Of pail of not over clean water. A
tutor was in sight at the time bur, re-
RdIuICSS VI luht1 VIC IlObhtlldh Stl1C1 q
brick which he threw with such preci-
sion that it broke the sash, and did
some considerable mischief in the room.
The sophomore complained of the
other for breaking his windows. The
latter's defence was, that he did not
throw a brick at the formers windows,
but at the head Of person who had
thrown filthy water upon him. He
was acquitted, and his adversary dis
missed. In the following instance, the
gentleman must have received
Too MANY PIPEs ron DOLLAR
A freshman was once furnished with
n dollar, and ordered by one of the up
per classes TO procure for them pipes
and tobacco from the fnrthcst store on
Long Wharf, good mile distant. Be
ing at that time compelled by college
laws to obey the unreasonable demand,
he proceeded according to order, and
returned with ninety-nine cents worth
Of pipes, and one penny-worth of to-
baccO. 1t il needless to add that he
was not again sent on similar err
rand"
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-10-18

A sVKKDANT' IN CoTToN Mill
A raw, straw-hatted, sandy -whiskered,
six-footer, one of the purely uninitiated,
came in recently from Greene with a
load Of wood for a factory company.
/ Not satisfied with contemplating the
poetry of motion at a safe distance,
our hero must needs introduce himself
between the cards, to get nearer view.
This move brought his neither habili-
ments' into dangerous proximity TO the
gearing of the next card, and thereby
hangs a tale
You, say! She goes pooty, don't
she, Bos = said Jonathan, inquiringly.
She don't do anything else, respond
cd the Stripper. But you must be We
ry careful how you move around among
this hardware. Twas only last week,
sir, that promising young man from
Oxfotd-a student at the academy here.
was drawn into that very card, sir, and
before any assistance could reach him,
he was run through, and manufactured
into No. l6, super extra cotton warp
yarn
Il s-s-vow! believe yuer jokingn
suffered Jonathan.
Fact, sir continued the stripper
and his disconsolate mother came down
two days ago, and got five lunches Of
that same yarn, as melancholy relics
By the poker, that can't be trnep
'Fuct, sir, fact! and each Of his fell
low students purchased skein piece,
to be set in lockets, and wore in remem-
brance of departed WORTH
4 Is that a fact now Was he really
carded, spun and set in lockets ?
A sense Of personal danger here shot
across our hero's mind he began 10
retreat prccipitately without waiting
for an answer. But there was not much
room to spare betwixt himself and the
gearing Of the card behind. Another
step backwards completed the ceremo-
ny of introduction. His unwhispera-
bles being large 'calibre,' the process
of snarling them up into hard knot
was no ways slow. Our hero gave
tongue inStanter.
'O-h! Murder! Let go-you
HURT ! Blast your picter Let 60
Aint We ashamed ? Get out! Let alone
on me-can't ye!-do!'
The card stripper threw off the belt,
but the momentum of the cylinfer kept
it revolving, and our hero, supposing it
in full operation, burst out anew.
'Oh, stop her, dol aint we'll, and
| orter be ut home. Father wants
the steers, and mothers going to bake
Stop the tarnal masheen, can't ye-do!
Aint you got no feelin' for feller in
distress! Oh, dear-l'l be cardcd and
spun, and made in lockets Je-ru sa-
lem! How wish was to Greene!'
The card was stopped at last, but
Jonathan's clothes were so tangled in
the gearing, that it was no slight task
10 extricate him, and it was only by
cutting out the " hole of the invested
territory that he WAS finally released.
Our hero not caring to resume his
pursuit Of knowledge under difficult
ties pair Of overhauls were charita-
bly, loaned him, and he scattered sud
denly towards Mill Hill, giving a series
of short kicks with either leg, on his
why, as if TO assure himself that he had
brought away his full complement of
liInbs from the 'cussed machine
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-10-18

FACTS FOR THE CUaIOUS.- Female
Beautu.-The ladies Of Arabia stain
their fingers I'd t0es-lCi., their eye
brows black and their lips blue. In
Persia, they paint black streak around
the ewes, and ornament the face with
various figures. The japanese women
gild their teeth, and those of the Indies
paint them red The pearl of the teeth
must be dyed black to be beautiful in
Guzurut The Hottcntot women paint
the entire body in compartments Of red
and black. In Greenland the women
color their faces with blue and yellow,
and frequently tattoo their bodies by
Saturating thread in SCOT, inserting It
beneath the skin and drawing 1t through.
HindOo females when they wish to ap-
pear particularly lovely, smear them
selves with mixture of saffron, tune
ric and grease. In nearly all islands OF
the Pacific and Indian oceans, the wo-
men, as we'll as the men, tattoo great
variety of figures on the face, the lips,
tongue, and the whole body. In New
Holland they cut themselves with shells
and keeping the wounds open a long
time, form deep scars inthe flesh, which
they deem highly ornamental. And
another singular addition is made to
their beauty by taking off, in infancy,
the little finger Of the left hand, at the
second Joint In ancient Persia an aqui-
line nose was deemed worthy the crown
but the Sumatran mother carefully
hattens the nose of her daughter. =
Among some Of the savage tribes of Or
egon, and also in Sumatra and Arracan,
continual pressure is applied to the
scull in order to hatten it, and thus give
it new beauty. The modern Pcrslans
have a strong aversion to red hair f; the
Turks, on the contrary, are warm ad-
mirers of it. In China small round eyes
are liked, and the girls are continually
pluckiug their eyebrows that they may
be thin and long. But the great beauty
of the Chinese lady is in her teet, which
in childhood, are so compressed by ban
dages as to prevent any farther increase
in size. The four smaller toes are turn
ed under the foot, to the sole OF which
they firmly adhere, and the poor girl not
only endures much pain, becomes Grip
pie for life. Another mark Of beauty
consists in finger mails SO long that cas-
ings of bamboo are necessary TO pre-
serve them from injury. An African
beauty must have small eyes, thick lips,
large fiat nose, and skin beautifully
black. In New Guinea the nose is per-
forated, and large piece Of wood or
bone is inserted. In the northwest
coast of America, an incision more than
two inches in length is made il the low
er lip, and then filled with a wooden
plug. In Guiana, the lips are pierced
with thorns, the heads being inside the
mouth and the points resting on the
chin. The Tunisian woman Of mode
rate pretensions to beauty, needs d slave
under each arm TO support her when
she walks, and perfect Lelle carries
flesh enough to lead down camel.
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-10-18
New ISLAND THE NETHERLANDS

New ISLAND IN THE MEDITERRANRAN
The remarkable phenomenon of is
lands rising in the sea, through the eff
feet Of volcanic eruptions, seems to have
been repeated Of late years. We learn
from our European journals that an
island in the Mediterranean, which ap-
peared some time since, and then sank,
has given symptoms Of Temperatures.
An island Of considerable size emerged
from the sea in 1881, between Sicily
and Pantellaria, during an extraordi-.
nary volcanic eruption. 1t was visited
and explored, and even three natiors
contended for its possession. EnglaI d
and France both planted their banner
on it, while it lay in the maritime pow
er Of Naples; but after short time It
again vanished in the sea. Accordii
TO the accounts, il has again shown l.
self within a few months and thon. h
still ten feet under water, the capita
of the English ship Scourge has tak n
possession Of it the second time for tie
British crown, by raising the British
fig cn i's fu.tu.ting surface.
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-10-18

THE FGREAT R."-The London
Daily News says, that among the ladies'
who visited the great exhibition few
days ago, was one who was so stout
that none Of the many entrances in the
transept were wide enough TO admit
her, and she consequently had to enter
through the door allotted 10 pianos and
other heavy goods al the West end Of
the building
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-10-18
TWILIGHT.

There is On hour Of calm repose
Which gives pause to life's stern woes;
The hour of Natures sweetest mood,
When thought awakcs with gratitude;
1t is the twilight's holy hour,
When dews refresh the dropping flower.
There is an hour Of oltude,
when no unhallowed thoughts intrude;
When contemplation, pure, sublime,
IL lifted from the things Of time;
II is the twilight's halcyon hour,
The boon Of an Almighty Power.
There is an hour Of placid rest,
Which frees from The weory breast;
The spirits joyous hour Of light,
Though gathering shades bespeak the night
II is the twilight's soothing hour,
When dews refresh the dropping flower.
There is an hour, so calm and pure,
The sickness Of the soul twill cure;
The weary brow to peace restore,
The same I've felt in days of yore;
1t is the twilights welcome hour,
The gift of an Almighty Power.
FREE AND EAsY.-We recolIect al
excellent story, says the Detroit Adver
tiser, admirably well told by Hon. j
B -, now a member Of the Legislature
of Michigan, as having occurred abOu
the time of the Baltimore Wing Con
yention in 1914, to which the narrato
was delegate. 1t became the privileg
Of many Of the delegates and others, t
pay their respects to Hon. Henry Clay
whose plain republican ease and urban
ity charmed all who. met him for tn
first time. While our informant wa
engaged in conversation with Mr.. Clay
the door opened, and a fine locking ST
foot man entered, unannOunced.
The stranger was fashionable, bu
somewhat astoni,hingly dressed in
green sporting coat, with buttons some
what smaller than ''top of your hat"-
bright scarlet plaid vest, divided int
squares of eight by ten, with buff COZ
duroy combinations. This astonishin
9 effigy'' was & hung in chains" Of ev
ery style, and wore at his fob SC;
about the size of a steelyard pOise. Q
his he'd was four foot I" Panama. III
der which the entire " mission" of ,
Q. Adams might have taken -shelte
while from one outlandish pocket moe
rstly protruded package bearing th
magic word " HighIander," balance
upon the other side by a "pistol" frol
the armory of Falstatt. This surprisin
person, after reaching the centre Of III
room, paused and took lesurcly su
z vey Of those present, and singing OF
MIR. Clay, (whO could mistake him
walked up to him and pronounced III
single word Clay!
7 Yes, sir" was the reply Of I'll
statesman.
Henry Clay I"
The same, sir
Il came from Alabama OH purpos
70 see you but don't put yourself OF
On my account you are great mar
sir, and hen | am at home am soIr
punkins in fact, often tell our boy
that Clay and are bound 10 shine, {
else what do we live for? your line an
mine are little different, but we al
both pretty near the head. In fac
Hank, what's the use of being fellow
unless YOU can be HI Of 4 fellow
Henry, good morning." and the Alab;
ma man took hiS departure
Calaveras chronicle., 1851-10-18
College Freaks.

From a Review in the Literary World
Of Bartlett's College Words and Gus
toms"l
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Action Of the Convention.
Death.

Il is said by many abroad that South Ca:oiir a
vii! show the white feather when The day OF trial
comes-and after the Southern Congress is pass
ed, and no cooperation of Southern States, that
we will frd many ;here of the swatch and wait"
policy. Ii will b. too late for that policy tl,tn-
but the election GENES off before he meeting OF
that Congress. We therefore would susec-t. The
propricty Of each candidate for that convention.
pedSing himselflo atlion, in of The failure OF
cooperation by that Congress, pledge himself 10
vote for immediate State action. We may send
men there unpledgcd, elect them now when there
is 10 real issue betole them, and then when tie
day oifinal action shall come, they may fy Off At
tangent and say they never were i'll favor of Sc
paratr State action-advise rAcking and Rating
and throw the State in the very purlieu OF dis
grace.
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Southern Education.

We cannot too strongly urge upon our citizens
the absolute necessity Of sustaining this branch of
Southern enterprise and Independence. To all
soutkcrners we would say, educate your children
al home-we mean at the Soutl--at institutions
where no Northern influence is at work to under
mine and destroy the southern feelings and prin-
ciples of the rising generation. We are satisfied
that the South has sustained immense injury by
the fictitious belief that Northern goods were bet
ter, that Northern educatons were more polished
and finished than Southern. These are all no.
tions which it is necessary We should get rid Of,
if we ever expect 10 maintain an independent po-
sition towards that portion OF the Union which
seems determined 10 oppress and destroy us-not
regarding us as equals, but Interiors. we were
interiors then indeed would our condition be hope
less, then might We with proprcty 20 to the North
for our models and every thing else--but we
knop that in no point Of view whatever, are we in.
ferior to the North Why is it that our people act
SO very inconsistent with their interests BY educa-
ting their children abroad, when they can be bet
ter educated at home! We have no reason TO be-
eve that those persons educated abroad are more
intelligent, refined, more highly cultivated, or bet
ter suited to the callings and professions of lif.
than those who have graduated at Colleges Of
our own. Perhaps those men who are eminent
in their professions, and have risen to the proud
est eminence, and occupy exalted and honorable
positions in our midst, who were educated or gra-
duated at Northern Colleges, would have risen
still higher and attained the very acme of fame, if
they had been educated entirely at home. There
is no certain rule by which we may determine
this, but the inserencs is just that they might en-.
JOY as many advantages in the one case, as in the
other. 1t is idle talk now to say that Not.he1n
education is preferable to Southern. Ifpsop~
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must send abroad, why let them send u Europe.
That would be something worth talking about
We heard all Individual once, no Il thousand
miles from here, say that he couldn't be irriucrt-
to attend ihe Lectures Of The Medical College Of
South Carolina al Cl,rleston-auI wherefore be-
cause lie preferred goilg TO Philadelphia or New
York where gieacr advantages nil hi be derived,
by his asEocIa1Eg. We SUPPOSE he NEAL, with a
greater number Of emi,ent inca in The medical
profession. Our private opinion Of ihis gentleman
Is, that it makes but litlle difference with him
where lie GRADUATES, as he need never hope 10 ex-
Gel ctr own Sam'I Henry Dickson il; the practice
OF medicine, Tor in the first place tie prerequisites;
are Necessary. and i'll the second place, for
southern man with southern afiniiies to pref.ra
northern college noao when just as good nay be
had at home. he don't deserve success in anything
lie undertakes. We have 10 patience viii! such
individuals.
II is matter of fineXpressible delight 10 us. Tor
see that in some measure the Charm is moi mrtc az
great it once was: the spell is evidently brekrii,
and hope the day is not far distant ehen a.
thoroughand efectual system of non-ntercourS.s,
ITflIs Particular at least, shall be uieasuraby
adopted by the southern States. Let the South.
take its cause into its own hands Etucate at
home, and in this be dependent no longer upon
those who bY long train Of usurpa:ions and
abuses eyince settled determination to reduce:
Us under absolute despotislr." Iet,he ccrnnence-
ment be at the beginning, lay the foundation fer
the prosperity and perpetuity of our institutions,
in the education and training Of the rising gener-
atior-ten may we hope to see them worthy of
their ncb!e heritage. In every branch of educa-
ton we are abundantly blessed at this day in the
South. 1t is only necessary in order to render
these Institutions superior to those at tn. North,
that they should be patrcnized. We hope the
claims Of all may be regarded-.he primary
schools for the preparation of students for College
are abundant and worthy, the claims then ofsouth-
ern Education We earnestly hope may not he dis
regarded.
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~" We call Observation-Disclosures the com

~ We call at;enion-aHenion-to The COM
munca,ion Of J. F. G. Mittag, Esq. Would that
every man in Carolina would read it. Let names
or families, or influences, other than patriotic d-
rect vote on that day and so far We become COLI
temptib!e Let not man be sent to that conven-
ton, but such as you would saecar would never
iaulter. 1t is Eot time when we should pander
to mere feelings OF respect or take this method of
comforting favor. In that convention must he
men of decided prmciples--frm reSoves-un-
swervng patriotism and Southern Rights to the
Death.
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JFIHT1E JJOGUIRNA1I.:;,
CAMDEN. S. G.
TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1851.
Cur Terms for 1851.


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rs" We shall discontinue advertising by the
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God, the refuge of his people.

Is the beautiful lille of Discourse delivered be-
fore the General Assembly of $. Carolina, in De-
cerlbpr last by Whitcloord Smith. D. D. 1t is like
all his sermons, OF the first order-pointing le
People to God as their refuge, persuadng them
from reliance on an arm Of flesh. 10 rely upon the
Eternal God. The Legislature ordered the print
ing OF $4,000 copo* tor distribution, and we think
did right.
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Tor the Journal.

TIE State Of South Carolina has assumed
high responsibility. She has committed her.
self to lead in the redress OF Southern wrongs
and perhaps to dash single handed into the bat.
tie field. She has opened her Treasury for
military preparation to back the highest resolve
Of a Convention Of her people. Whether this
liberal offer, the means to unranmel Ter rights
and restore her to her high estate, sh:ll be ap-
piled to effect. or be uselessly and even ridicu
lousy expended, depends upon the decree OF
the sovereign people acting in their highest As.
sembly, and what this assembly shall do, de-.
pends upon the mind, the intelligence and the
will that the people themselves shall throw into
that body BY the election IN February next.
The State has assumed a high responsibility,
because she is required to execute, in works,
that which requires greatness Of mind aud the
greatest boldness ofspirit combined with su.
peior degree of political intelligence.
Before she shall cut loose from. the Feds
Government, the manner of doing which, ws,
the highest skill, may be a subject for the Ell
else OF much Judgment I'd iong discnalieal -
government! must be framed competent III
age her foreign affairs not only ifita 3,
abroad, but with the neighboeiag.
may be, for time, foreign TO hefsS 5fe
act Of separation shall be declare )mpl
governmental machinery mnst y ,netl
transact our business not only at h6 IL, ,bpt
with other pations--nota vessel rea leayS
p':ts for foreign country Wisheas co.,
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For the Journal.
OFFICE S. {. r. K. Co..

Camden, Jan I'd, 1891. J
liessrs Editors: From statement in your
paper of the 3lst ult., perceive you have been
at loss to find out who is chargeable for the
misnanagement at the Depot, in regard to the
breaking up of l'uggies, Carriages, &c., caused
some days a.o by some person having thrown
Il bunch Of CRACKERS into the fire, which had
been built OIL t',e street by negroes or some
other persons, waiting the arrival of the cars.
Yoa have attempted to saddle the tlame OH the
officers, or wutchman of the company. do
not undertake to say, who is chargeahls with
the mischief. but refer the matter back to You
!or reconsideration. would however remark,
that the mischief was done on the public street,
in front of the passenger Depot, aud, that do
not consider the officers, or watchman, Of the
Company as having any control over persons
on the streets of Camden. "Jusce to whom
Justice is due" n. d. BAALEf.
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The late Snow storm, which has visited us is
said to have been about the heaviest fall " iiIn
the recollection of the oldest nhabitant,r--n
sclnc places above this, we learn the SLOW was
some nine or ten inches deep.
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Arrest of a MAi Robber.

We learn byta te!-graphe despatch from Macon,
that II. B. KiEnbrough, whohad lately been tenn
porary clerk in the Post oHce at toIunlbus, had
been arrested on a charge Ct stealing $4,000
which was mailed al Chcraw in November last
confessed the crime, and delivered
up :5.33J CT The money.
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give learn from the Courier, that His Ex-
celIency Governor Means left Charleston, on Sat
urday last, aiter.a brief visit on official business
The British ConsuLMr Mathew aud lady enter
tanned the Governor,StLe Marquis de Lafayette,
and small circle OF irssAas. a, dinner given on
New Years day, at ,be q srIeston Hotel.