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The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-07-01
RAILROAD MEETING.
The Ball in Motion.

According to notice, meeting of those
friendly to the cause Of immediate measures
for building branch from this place to tht
main trunk of the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road convened in the Courthouse on las
Saturday night.
Col. Charles McLaran was called to th,
Chair, and A. Murdoch, Esq, appointed
Secretary.
The object Of the meeting was favOrably
advocated by spirited. addresses from Elk
Governor Whitfield, Hon. G.. R. Clayton
w. G. Mills and Judge N. E. Goodwin.
A committee, Of which Judge Goodwin
was Chairman, was appointed to confer will
the Directory Of the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road, with the view Of ascertaining what as
sistanCe they would give the COlumbui
Branch.
A committee Of four was also appointed
70 devise plan for raising. the requisit,
means to The accomplishment Of the object
with instructions TO report to an adiourne,
meeting which viii take place tonight.
The attendance and interest Of tie publ,
Is earnestly solicited. Come one-coTne all
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-07-01
CAMPAIGN '.REPUBLICAN.'

We propose to furnish our paper for thu
coming campaign upon the following terms
l Copy 81 90
5 1" 4 90
10 I" 8 90
90 I" Is 90
1t will be devoted to the exposition of de
mocratic doctrines and policy, and to the
jealous support of the democratic candidate
Will all those friendly to the success of thi:
paper, and especially present subscribers, i'm
prove the occasion to give us helping hand
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-07-01

#Mr. Stanly said in reply that he was authori-
zed to say that no negroes were entertained by
Mr.. Seward on that occasion.
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01
PAIN.

(Ertract from Byrons lOnody on the DEATH Of Sheridan
Hard is his fate on whom the public gaze
Is fx'd forever to detract or praise;
Repose denies her requiem to his name,
And folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
The secret enemy whose sleepless eye
Stands sentinel, accuser, Judge, and spy,
The foe, the fool, the jealous, and the vain,
The envious who but breathe in others pain.
Behold the host delighting to deprave,
Who track the steps of glory to The grave,
Watch every fault that daring geuius owes
Hafto the ardour which its birth bestows,
Distort the truth, accumulate the lie,
And pile the pyramid of caumny
These are his porton-but il, joined to these
Guant poverty should l2unge with deep disease,
If the high spirit must forget to soar,
And stoop to strive with misery at the door,
To soothe indignity-and face to face
Meet sordid rage, and wreste with disgrace,
To find in hope but the renewed caress,
The serpent-fold of further faithessness,-
II such may be the ills which men assail,
What marvel if at last the mightiest fail!
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01
Death Will Come.

The Rev. Albert Barnes, in an able discourse
in the October number Of the National Preacher,
holds the following graphic language in illustra-
ton of the above declaration:
death will come; he will certainly come
He cannot be evaded; he cannot be put back: :
he cannot be made to take his steps any slower
Oh, he will come. All that lives Oh earth will
die--cvcry beast, Bird and creeping thing; the
hummng bird, the insect that tlut;crs in the sun
beam every tree and shrub and flower; the
oak, the pine, the acacia, the moss that grows
over the wall; every monarch, every peasant
every rich man, every poor man, every slave
every master Of a slave, every man, every woman
every child every old man that pridcs himself
on his honors and his wealth; every young man
that prdes himself on his talents Or his strength:
every maiden that prides herself on her beauty
Oh, all will die am in world of death
am amidst the dying and the dead; see not
living thing in all my rambes that will not die,
no man, no woman, no child, no bird, no beast,
no plant, no tree. The eagle that cuts the air
cannot fY above it; the monster of the deep can
not dive below it; the tiny insect cannot make
itself so insignificant that death will not notice
it; lcviathan cannot, with great strength, strug-
gle against it. The Christian will die; the sin
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01

POPULATION OF CALIFoRNIA.--The California
papers received by the last steamer say:
Statistics show that 81 900 people have ar
rived at San Francisco since the first of January
last. 1t is fair to estimate the arrivals by sea
during the remainder of 1852, at 80 900, making
$4,000 increase of population from that source
for the current year. From present indications,
the overland immigration cannot be less than
100000 which will swell the number of people
who will visit California during the season to
10000. Allowing for the number who will
leave the State, it will be within bourds to esti-
mate the increase Of population the present year
at about 100000. From recent estimate it
appears that there are 1890 houses in San Fran
cisco, which arc presumed to contain seven per-
sons each-making the population of the city
about 10000. Five years ago the little town
of San Francisco contained few houses, built
of sun-drcd brick, and mad population of less
than four hundred. Four years ago the popu-
lalion was still less than one thousand. The
bare mention of these facts is the most appropri-
ate commentary on the unparalleled progress of
the city-a city whose commerce is felt through
out the world-whosc exports are more than
S75,000,000 per annum. According to provi-
sion of the new Constitution, new census of
California will be taken this year. Agents have
been appointed for each county in the State,
who are now performing their labors. The cen
sus will be completed before the bulk of the
overland immigration reaches the country, and
must fall at least $4,000 short of giving the ac-
tual number of inhabitants. The population Of
California will probably reach $50, 900 before the
lst of January next. The number of French
people in California is estimated at $4,000. In
San Francisco, they are numerous enough to
sustain tr weekly newspaper of fair PROPOSE
tions to the French language"
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01


A country school teacher, preparing for an ex-
hibition of his school, selected class Of pupils,
and wrote down the questions, and answers to
the questions which he would put to them on
examination day. The day came, and SO came
the young hopefuls, all but one The pupils
took their places, as had been arranged, and all
went glibly on until the question for the absen-
tee, when the teacher asked
"In whom do you believe ?"
Napoleon Bonaparte."
"You believe in the Holy Catholic Church, do
you not p
"No," said the pupil amid roars of uncontrol-
liable laughter" 'the boy who believes in the
church hasn't come to school to-day he's at home
sick abed"
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01

The Queen Of England recently received a be-
quest of half million sterling from one of ker
deceased subjects, Mr.. Nield. The n. Y. Post
thus condenscs the story
Nield was barrister atlaw, and died in Chel-
sea, aged 72 years. He was possessed of amin
mense fortune, but was of very eccentric and Pc
nurious habits. At the death of his father,
thirty years since, he came into possession OF
abot G25OO0O, which sum had not been touched
up to the period of his death. The deceased
was never known to wear a great coat. lie
usually dressed in blue coat with metal but
tons, which he prohibited being brushed, as it
would take off the nap and deteriorate its value.
He held considerable landed property in Kent
and Bucks, and was always happy to receive an
invitation from his tenantry to visit them, which
he occasionally did, often remaining month at
a time, and he was thus enabled to add to his
savings. His appearance and manners led str'n-
gers to imagine that he was in the lowest verge
of pcnury, and their compassion was excited in
his behalf, an instance Of which may be men
toned.
Just before the introduction of the railway
system of travelling the deceased had been on
fIsl w SOfilc vi NlS cSIitlcS, ttill NtIo iSti
to London, when the coach stopped at Farming
ham. With the exception Of our miser the pas
scngcrs all retired to the Inn. Missing their
coach companion, and rccollccting his dccayed
appearance, they conceived he was in distressed
circumstances, and accordingly sum of money
was subscribed, and humping glass Of brandy
and water was kindly sent out tothe poor
gentleman, which he thankfully accepted. Ma
ny instances of q similar character might be re-
lated A few days before his death the deceased
told one of his executors that he had made a
most singular will, but as the property was his
OWL he had done as he pleased with it. The
executors orc the Keeper Of the Privy Purse for
the time being, DR. Tattan, and Mr.. ]. Stevens
of Willesborough.
After bequeathing very few trifing legacies,
the deceased has left the whole of his immense
fortune to " Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen
Victoria, begging her Majesty's most gracious
acceptance of the same, for her sole and bene-
fit, and of her heirs, DC" The property is est-
mated at upwards of 100000. For some years
before his death, Mr.. Nield scarcely allowed him
self the common nccessares and comforts of life,
and has left poor old house-keeper, who was
with him more than twenty-six years, without
the smallest provision or acknowledgment for
her protractcd and far from agreeable or remu
neratve services.
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01
Varieties.

Tie best accompaniment to man is fond
and amiabc wife.
lie that loses his conscience has nothing left
worth keeping
Pride and folly cost many persons more than
their necessities.
Liberality consists less in giving much than in
giving wisely.
The terror Of being thought poor has been the
ruin Of thousands
Wine and passion arc racks often used to cx
tort words from us.
Who cannot keep his own secret ought not TO
complain if anothcrtclls it.
he is no mean philosopher who can give a
reason for half of what he thinks.
Interest speaks all languages, and acts all parts
even that of disintcrcstcdncss ITSELF
People seldom love those who withstand their
prciudicics, and cndcayor to control their pas
sions
Men and actions, like objects ofsight, have
their parts of perspective ;somc must be seen at
distance.
Few things are necessary for the wants of this
life, but it takes an infinite number to satisfy the
demands of opinion.
Different sounds will travel with different ve-
locity-a call to dinner will run over 4 ten-acre,
lot in q moment and a-half, while summons to
return to work takes from eight to ten minutes.
With every cxcrtion the best of men can do
but 4 moderate amount Of good but it seems
in the power of the most contemplate individu-
al to do incalculable mischief.
Washington Ipiny.
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01

ner will die-yca, the sinner! Your wealth
cannot save YOU. Death cares for none of these
things; they are all triAes-gewgaws beneath
his notice. He no more loves shining mark
than an ignoble one he has no more pride in
cutting down the rich man than the poor man--
the daughter of beauty and fashion than the
daughter of uglncss and sin. He loves to level
the thistle as well as the rosebud; the bramble
as the magnolia; the brier as the cedars of Lcba-
non. He cares as little for the robes of ermine
as for the brggar's rags as little for the robes
Of richest vc>tmrn;S ard gay"st apparel as for
the blalil4a u tie snv:.:e. lou viii die and
the fear oI death will coma UnoH you. Death
comes Just aS he is--pafc. sn!clun, fixed, deter
mined on his WORK: lie hears no cry for pity :;
he regards 10 shrc!: ,f terror. He comes stea-
dy. certain. unchanged and interchangeable in his
pu:rose to take You tinm Your bed Of splendid
DIV Hing; to call You out Of the assembly room
taking You away from your companions, that
will miss YOU for moment and then resume
their dance, that you may die. Death will
come. He has been advancing towards you
ever since YOU began to breathe He has kept
on his way, always advancing to meet you;
while you have gone North Or South, or East,
or West; he has always put himself into your
path, how near or how remote You have never
known. Death will come. lie has always been
advancing, never receding; and soon his bane-
full shadllw will fall upon your path. And that
shadow will deepen and become more chilly,
like an advancing eclipse and then his dark
form will stand right before You, between YOU
and the light of the living world, and you will
be in the dark valley. DeatlSwill come-fear-
full enough under any circumstances, even if yon-
are Christian-awtul, unspeakably awful, if
You are not"
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01
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Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01

ISurMAS Acrs-CnoLERA.-The Mohawk
(New York) Courier in speaking of the appear
ance Of cholera in that place, has the following
"a boy eight years old, and son ofthe O'Briens
the first victims of the cholera in this village. was
taken by relative to st. townsville; but sicken-
ing shortly after his arrival there, the neighbors
were alarmed and one ofthem brought him back
next morning, and (as is said) shut himup alone
in the deserted shanty where his parents died !
He crawled out of doors Oh Tuesday and was ta-
ken from puddle Of water into which he had
fallen in the afternoon, and was carried into the
house where just at evening he was found dead,
and was buried before midnight"
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01
The Bible in Schools.

The Bible Is beyond all controversy the Best
book of education in the world. 1t is the best
book :or the formation of childrens minds; t!ie
best book for their acquisition and preservation
of pure idomatic style in their native language
the best book to promote and secure the purpo-
ses of family government; the best book to make
our children enlightened and good citizens Of the
Republic; the best book, in fine, to preserve
them from all evil and train them up III all
good.
a powerful volume might be written on its
excellence as a school book, and on the impor
tancc of still keeping it, where our forefathers
laid it. as the corner stone of our invaluable sys-
tenn of public education. If you take it away,
the system not only becomes worthless, but ab
solutely pclnicious. Imbue a single rising gen
Grafton with the various know]cdges of our duty,
and leave out the knowledge and the fear of
God in His Word, and you have already made
broad provision for Your countrv's ruin. You
have gathered fuel of ambition and irreligion,
which any bold mind may set fire to. If Lord
Bacon could not talk of knowledge alone, with
out the minglng of Gods truth and love in it,
as being pernicious and dangerous ailment to
older minds, much more is it dangerous and
hurtfu to the minds of children.
Our education needs Il religious element; for
it is not cducaiion alone that will save us, but
will merely train skilIful race of glaliators for
the arena Of political strife The only source Of
that element Of safety is the Word of God. And
if you take the Word of God from Your common
schools, you are teaching inidelity and practical
atheism to the whole nation. You are filling
the mind with elements that, without the safe
guard of Divine TRUTH are sure to become fiery,
bitter, and poisonous.
In is general influence over the minds of our
children and over the whole business of educa-
ton, the Bible in our schools is invaluable 1t
is a constant habitual nourShmcnt, an unintcr
ruptcd systematic influence over tender minds
at the most susceptible agc,-as steady, as cheer
tul, healthful, as the light Of the sun. In this
way great many children arc blessed with the
privilege Of listening daily to the Word Of God,
who, alas. would never hear it read in the tami-
lv; and hi. Is uHr highly important reason for
mailiani&g il, /. tr.n&- the children cven o.:
lkc aLaaGynr,i, lie liri9us. tie Worjn,'>s~-of
ElniIic, vlrr, 40 ij,!i.y altar - ever dreamed
of-tn j." d"iiy r'c" rt.i:ion ci hcayea!y Faith
or, aud h.. J.i.y -lb.e # !h": bread whch He
In, provided Gr the soul T!,is sr.n,s acting
somewhat in me spGi; e The Sic i:scf This
i, Writing IL" characters Of Heaven upon the
soul deeper 'lan ail succeeding Impressions
How bcncfcc,It. how Salutary in all its enlight
cncl and clcvatng influences is the daily and
appropriate use of the Bible in schools .-Rer.
DR.. Checccr.
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01
For the Camden Journal.
YOUTHFUL HOPES.

The youth emerging from his scnoolboy days,
Looks forward with high hopes to future life;
Perchance he sweetly dreams of glorys praise,
Ofgaining honor, renown, ora wife,
And deems but sport the worlds arduous strife.
He pants to begin road, which begun,
Meier will be ended till closed is his grave,
And finds that serious he deemed but fun;
In him he deemed honest, he'll find knave,
And whom he thought most free will be some pas
~ son's slave.
aNaught but disappointments the lot OF man."
So say the aged who have trode life through;
But what young STRIPPING who the road nee ran,
Believes what he says or deems it is true
He sees the wrinkles that from trouble grew,
"But what" he argues. "wil e'er trouble me!
Stout is the heart that throbs within my breast
Ready is my hand and my spirit free;
Cares can defy, let them do their best,
I'll take the world easy, to fortune leave the rest
False are his hopes, delusve is his dream,
He meets disappointment in hoping ease
Things at distance did pleasant seem,
On nearer approach not so much did please.
Then with eyes opened to the truth, he sees
That the rose Of pleasure mid thorns is set,
And though from his view concealed they had lain,
His fond, longing gaze they at length had met,
When his eager heart to seize it was fain,
And found that the pleasure was far less than the
pain. M.
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01
NUMBER 79.

the mind for study strengthens the mind as
exercise does the body. The labor of the body
frees lis from the pains of the mind, and this it
is which makes the poor man happy. The
mind, like the body, grows tired by being too
long in one posture. The end Of diversion is to
unband the soul, deceive the cares sweeten the
tolls, and smooth the rugsedness of life.
As the body is maintained by replction and
evacuation, so is the mind by employment and
relaxation. Difficulty strengthens the mind as
labor docs the body. Life and happiness con-
sists in action and employment. Active and
masculine spirits, in the vigor CT youth, neither
can nor ought to be at rest. Ifthey debar them
selves from noble object, their desires will move
downwards, and they will feel themselves actua-
ted by some low and abjeet passion or pursuit.
As the sweetest rose grows on the sharpest prick
les, so the hardest labor brings forth the sweet
estprofts. The end oiaboris is rest what bright
ness is to rust, labor is to idleness; idleness is
the rust of the mind and the inlet of all misfor-
tune. Diligence is the mother Of virtue.
When it is known, says Plato, how exercise
produces digestion and promotes health, come
illness and strength, there will be no occasion to
enjoin the use of such exercise by law, or to
enforce an attention to it on the candidates for
health, vigor and personal charms.
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01

ArrEpllr TO ASSASSIN ATE LOUIS NAPOLEON.
The New York Commercial Advertiser pub
liShcs the following extract Of 4 letter from an
American gentleman resident in Paris, received
by the Africa:
can attempt was made some three days ago
to assassinate Louis Napoleon on his way from
S.. Cloud. An individual fired a musket shot
at him trench on a route, and the ball grazed
his left shoulder. Seeing that he had failed in
his attempt, the ass;Ssina Immediately blew out
his own brains. The journals have been prohib-
tied from speaking of the matter"
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01

A MARCH ACROSS THE DEsERT.-A cores
pondent of the Providence Journal attached to
the United States Mexican Boundary Commits
sion, in letter written at the junction of the
Ga and Colorado rivers, gives the following ac-
count of march across the desert:
ut is only by actual experience that one can
form any idea Of the utter desolation and barren
ness of the desert extending from the Colorado
to the coast range of mountains. When we
crossed it in February last, We had no water for
about 80 miles, though now, thanks to the la
bors of Capt Davidson, there is well opened
in the arroyo of Alamo Mucho, and the longest
tornado is 45 to so miles. At the few watering
places the supply is scanty, and we were obliged
to keep men constantly at the wells, dipping up
the water as it oozed through the sand. The
water at all the wells is hard and brackish, and
seems to create thirst rather than allay it. There
is not spear of grass for about 100 miles, nor
any herbage upon which animals can subsist,
save the foliage and fruit of the mezquit. At
present the leaves are in perfection, and the ami
mails get tolerable good browsing, though the
young beans are too acrid to afford much nour-
ishment
"The intense heat renders travel by day almost
impossible. We usually accomplish our march
between sunset and eight o'clock in the morning,
laying by during the day, which is almost as in
tolcrable as travelling for with the mercury
ranging from IL to l20 degrees in our tents,
sleep affords no rcfreshment, food is disgusting,
and reading a fatigue. Generally there is a
strong breeze, which, coming from off the heated
sands, burns and parches the skin. if it does not
bring cloud of dust to add to the general dis
comfort"
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01

MR. CABELl's Pos1r1oN-Mr. Cabell, of FIori-
da, has issued an address to his constituents, in
which he says that 'the clear and explicit endorse
ment of the compromise measures by the Wing
National Convention and subsequent events have
to some extent modified the views declared in
my speeches of the Sd of February and 18th of
June" But though his views are thus modified,
he still declines TO vote for General Scott.
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-10-01

MISTAKEN CoURrEsY.-We very much ad-
mire the church warden's wife who went to
church for the first time in her life when her
husband was chosen church-wardcn, and being
somewhat late the congregation were getting up
from their knees as she entered, when she said
with sweet and condescending smile: Pray,
keep your seats, ladies and gentlemen; think
no more of myself now than did before