Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-04-06
A SMALL LOT OF sUNDRIEs.

eFg"Answer to the Geographical Enigma March
23-Colonel JAMES CuEsNUr, Junior
ORIGIN OF THE WonD BRlroS.-Our primitive ances'
tors distinguished themselves IN the pride of simplicity,
as Birth snd f}rithon; Birth signitying stained
and Brthon stained man. Tho ircdiection fof
coornr their bodies, induced the civilized Romans to
designate the people who driven TO the Caedonan
forest as Picts, or a painted pcoplc.-DLsTaeh
\ number of Missionaries from the II. f. Church
will sail for California on the 9th inst. Among them
will be Rev. James Hunter 4. S. Gibbons, Elijah her-
chant W. J. Maclay, from the Baltimore Conference
J. Swanzcv from the Pittsburgh Conference, and J..
D. Blaine, from the Ncw-Jcrsey Conference. John
Dillon of the Ohio Conference goes out at the same
time for Oregon.
A Mr.. Carman of Bordcntown, New-Jersey, is said
to be engaged in Matching eggs by steam. The machine
is placed on table about . IL long by l6 inches
broad and the water is heated by an oil lamp. The
machine contains about 100 eggs and the chickens thus
produced appear to be as lively and healthy as those
produced by natural means.
An EDITOR MARRIED-On Tuesday evening last, Mr..
John Bacon and Miss Pawnce Butler daughter of the
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Trinity Church. by the Rev. Arthur Wigfal of Caren-
don-E'gg'eH Al-erTi~r.
The frequent use OF cold water is constantly recon-
mendcd as remedy for inralids used outwardly. An
old lady recommends the oft internally and eter-
ually to those who are troubled with "thc red eye.'
A man made application q few days since for insu
rance on building situated ina village where there was
no fire engine In answer to the question: what are
tbc facilities for extingushng res2 he wrote itrans
sometmesn
During the months of January and February, 1851,
tho total receipts ofthe Pennsylvania Central Railroad
were s35.7S423 During the corresponding moHths
Of the present year the total receipts were $685. l65
32-showng an increase far in this years receipts
of Sl49, $1,000.
The marriage of Jenny Lind has given great satisac-
ton in Hamburg in which City the family of Mr. Gold
schmidt reside The news preceded the arrival OF his
own letters and the report was treated as joke until
ms parents received from Mr. Godschmidt himself tho
tidings Of its truth.
An Alabama paper states that DR.. j. G. Dunn, OF
that State, has discovcrcda chemical combination oy
which he can change tho surface Of any kind OF stone
or brick 50 as to represent the most beautiful and sub
stantia marble or granite Itis simply process Tor
crystalzing lime and is capable OF being coorea or
mottlcd by any tint whatever.
A man who spends only Il cents per Gay for IN
toxicating drinks pays out in year S22Si IL Ihis
snm would rather moro than deay tho annual charge
for policy of insurance on his life for $l2OO begin
ming at twcnty.onc And STILL how many of that and
adjacent ages prefer squanderng their loose change at
tho death-thstranco offices!
A wag told us the other day that one hall tho Law"
yers live without cause and die without eDecs.
An elderly lady in Covnston, Kyr lately had thorn
extracted from her arm above the elbow, which has
been thcro over thirty five years
Tho Committee on Ways and Means in tho House
- ponro.o,t;roe bovc cut down tho estimate for the
Census bureau from 81 900 to $4,000 for tho next
year. ...'.7'