davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

EXCITEMENT AT CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.-1he
irritation among the students OF the University,
growing out Of the recent SC at Wyman's
Exhibit IN in Charlottesville is not yet allayed,
as will be seen by the following letter:
Charlottesville, Nov. 23d l853.-Last night
some sixty Sons of Temperance, including Pro-
fcssor Minor, Rev. Mcssrs Augustand Broaddus,
1t. Powell of London, and quite number. of
the University Division, as invited guests, as
scmbled at the Delaware House midway between
the town and the University to partake OF
social supper, when the building was surrounded
by a number of students from. the University,
varoasly estimated at from fifty to scvcnty,hve,
who demanded that enc Of the number i'll the
house should be given up to their revenge. The
person SO demanded was an officer in the Town
Hall on Friday night, when those students who
occasioned the disturbance at Wymans were ar
rested. The demand was not complied with.
Professor Minor addressed the crowd, beseech.
ing them to disperse, saying that they could not
get at the officer unless over the dead bodies Of
forty peaceaJle citizens, himself among the mum
Ter. Other persons spoke and several of the
crowd left, but others remained camorous for
the officer. In the meantime information had
becl sent to the town, the bells were rung, and
in short time some seventy armed men repair
ed to the Delaware House; but ere they reached
it, the camorous crowd without had dispersed.
A result which under the circumstances, was
more quiet and b!oodess than at one time was
anticipated.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

this direction, and henceforth will be an ever
increasing one. 1t may depend upon the meas
ures now to be adopted, whether it shall bear
to our shores industry, wealth and growth, or
squalid and pestilent disease, selfdestroyln,g,,
and carrying desolalion far beyond ITSELF All
citizens are interested in making the right
choice between these alternatives tits in fact
the choice between life and death.
Charleston Mercury.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13
so
A Dark Picture of Life.

A Dark Picture of Life.
Poverty in Rome, it is. said, is the spouse
Of Content, aud the mother Of Love; how that
may have been, We know not, but this We do .
know, that poverty, as We have seen it iH New,
York, is welded to despair, and its offspring
is vengeance. 1t is shape that sicke',s the q
very heart with disgust, and chi;ls the very
blood with horror. DO you, think this strsiIg
language! Do .you intimate that you haseE1 Z
been here score of years, and have never.
been disguised or horri6ed with anything Of s
the sort? Do you say that you have never
spied it from your window, or met it in tho
street? Talk not Of this, doubter tilI@,yol
have sought out its real habtation, aud ya,iis
yourself have crossed its real Threshold. IT,
is to be seen in its real aspect at home and nd
where else; and if you have not looked for it.
there, your doubts are fOolishuess.
We sat down for the purpose of detailing
some of our own personal observations Of
household wretehedness in the Fourth ai,dFs
Sixth Wards of our city--but our taste re.
volts and our pen shrinks from the narration.S
We could tell Of one room, twelve feet by Z
twelve, in which were five resident .families,.
comprising twenty persons of both sexes sai,,iie.
all ages, with only two beds, without partition,
or screen, or chair or table, and ALI dspendents
for their support upon the sale ofct,ipsT TgIeara.
ed from the streets-at four eentsa hasket{ Of
another, still smaller and still more desthuts.S
inhabited by man, a. woman, two, girls and as
boy, who were supported by permitting Sthef
room to be used as a rendezvous blythe aba1Zs
doned women of the street; ofanother; an att
tic room seven feet by FIVE, containing scarce
ly an article of furniture but a bed, ,on which
lay a fine looking man in a raging.fever, Witt;s;
out medicine, drink, or suitable FOOD, his toll.
worn wife engaged in cleaning the dirt froiiis
the floor, and his little child asleep on a buu.<
die Of rags in the corner; Of another of the !.
same dimensions, in which we found, seated on
low boxes around a candle placed on aekeg.s
a woman and her Oldest daughter, (the latter
girl of fifteen, and, as We were told, "a pros-s;
titute, sewing on shirts, for the making ofwhichs
they were paid four cents a piece, and even at
that price: out OF which they hadIo suppost
two small children, they could not get sup
ply OF work of another, of about the same
size, occupied by street rag pickersand his.
family, the income Of whose industry wss4s
about eight dollars month of another, scarce.
y larger, into which we were drawn by che
terrific screams of drunken fnatbbeating his
wife, containing no article offuniture wliatev.4
err; of another warmed only BIZ attn pail Of
lighted charcoal, placed in the centre Of tie.ss
room, over which bent Z, blind man eGdeayor.
ing to warm himself; around him three orgfouy!
MEN and women Qnarrellmg in one corner-of
the floor Woman who had died the day be-t
fore Of disease, and in another two or threes
children sleeping on a pile of raps lin regard
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

No RAIN IN PERu.-It never rains in Peru.
The vapors, as they ascend from the sea, are
scattered to the summit of the CordiIleras,
where they are condensed into showers. But
on the line of coast which lies between the sea
and the base of these stupendous mountains,
the rain never falls. All agriculture is the re
suit of artificial irrigation. But the frequent
and full streams flowing from the Cordiieras
make this omparatively easy.-Cor Journal
of Com.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

ABOLITION LEcTUREs.-The New. York An.
ti.Sllvery Society have projected a course Of
thirteen Lectures, to be delivered at the Broad.
way Tabernacle, on Tuesday evening in success.
sive weeks, beginning 18th inst, and ending
March 7.h. Among the Lecturers are Miss
Lucy Stonc Henry Ward Beecher, William
Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Horace Gree.
ley, Theodore Parker, Gidings, Palfrey, and
John p. Hale.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

Gen. FoorE.-T The Vicksburg Sentinel, re-
fcrring to the defeat of Gen Foote in the late
election who had combined with the Wings,
comforts him in the following manner:
We are surprised to learn that our Governor
takes the defeat of the late coalition very much
to heart. IF our information be correct, our
classical friend must have read the Tusculan Dis
putations, and "My Novel," to very little pur-
pose. For our part, we cannot see why he should
not be as merry as cricket, or a free toad in a
rainy day. Now that the Union party has burst
cd, his ExcelIency ought to feel as happy as the
man did when the Nahant bank failed. lie ran
home in mortal terror to see if he had any Of its
paper, and was tickled to death when lie found
that he had no money on that bank nor any
other. We hope the Governor will cheer up.
This thing of dying of broken heart should
be left to fair maidens disappointed in love, and
verdant young gentlemen who write woful bal
lads to their mistress eye brows, and sigh like a
furnace There is great deal of good sense
in what that strong minded woman, Mrs. Mac
bcth once said, and we commend it to the Gov
ernor's consideration
fl0rI.- ..4N.z ,olo
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

'Why don't you take seat within the bar
asked one gentleman of another, in the court.
room the other day. MY mother always told
me to keep out of bad company replied the 9th.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

4 ToAsr.-'Newspaper Borrowers'-May
theirs be life of single blessedncss; may their
path be carprtcd with cross eyed snakes, and
their lights be haunted with knocked knccd tom
cats.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

A barber pole pantalooned youth recently
went on visit TO his grandmother in the coun.
try, and astoniShed her very much by wearing
such patched trowcrs away from home.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

An Irishman who had blstered his fingers
by endeavoring to draw on pair of new boots,
exclaimei-,Ry st. Patrick! | believe I'll never
get thin on until wear thin aday or two
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13
Things WITHOUT rV1IIeuyy
Should be without regard; what's done, is don

THE GAMING TABLE.-Judge Forsyth late
ly occupied prominent position in the State
of New York. He possessed large property,
which he lost by gambling, and endeavored to
redeem by forgery. lie recently fled to Eng
land after involving his friends to large
amount for endorsements. Commenting upon
his infatuation, the Albany Express contains
some excellent remarks, from which we ex-
tract what follows:
"By strange perversion of human nature,
the gamblers debts are debts Of honor. They
cannot be collected in a court of law, and
therefore the gambler feels himself honorably
bound to pay Them We have no doubt Judge
Forsyth paid all these at the expense of his in.
tegritY as man and his reputation for life |!
Verify, this is world of Inconsistencies. The
celebrated Fox is said to have refused the pay
ment of small and just debt because he owed
debt of honor, and had not money enough
to pay them both. Injustice and forgery, and
breach of trust, are all committed under the
irfatuation of a reckless and gambling honor.
The frenzy of the game rises over the mird
with the spirit of insanity, binding reason, and
Judgment, and conscience, to the very wheel of
fortune. Let no man think himself safe at a
game Of hazard lie does not play for money
alone but he hazards the possession of asound
mind"
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

HAPPINESS Happiness is to be attained
in the accustomed chair by the tireside, more
than in the honorary occupation Of civic office
in a wile's love, Infinitely more than in the ia
YOUR of all human else; in cllildren's innocent
and joyous prattle, more than in hearing OF
fattery; in the reciprocaton of little and fire.
quent kindncsses between friend and friend,
more than in some occasional and dearly
bought indulgencies; in the virtue of content
rneut, more than in the anxious achievements
of wealth, distinction, and grandeur in change
in heart, more than in change in circumstances;
in full, firm trust in Providence, more than
in hoping fortunes favour; in growing taste
for beauties of nature, more than in the fee.
simple inheritance of whole acres of land !; in
the observance of neatness and regularity,
household virtues, rather than in the means of
ostentatious, and therefore rare display; in a
handnaiden's cheerfulness, more than in the
improved tones of politics; and in the friend.
ship of our next door neighbor, more than in
the condescendng notice of my Lo'd Duke.
Happiness, then, must be sought for in sim
plcity, and not in coslluess; in the perpetual
ly recurring, more than in-the abiding peace
rather in temporary rapture; in next after the
well of living water which springeth up into
everlasting life, in no source else so sedulous
as in those fountains which are fed by the nev
er failing love of relatives and friends.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

A RECKLESS YoUNG MAN.-Edgar Ney,
grandson of Marshal Ney, aid-de camp and
first huntsnan Of the Emperor of France, is in
prison for debt. Immediately on his accession
to the high offices to which his Majesty appoin.
ted him, he commenced career of extrava.
gance which very soon brought the sherifs
down upon him, and, as he could not pay, he
was in immediate danger Of prison. The En-.
peror released him from his awkward predica-
ment In few months he was again in a sim
liar position, and his family was obliged to ex
tricate him, though the sums requiring liquda.
ton were really enormous. The foolish fellow
put his neck a third time into the moose, aud as
his friends and his sovereign refused to inter.
fere any further, he is now, and has been for
some weeks at the Debtors Prison, at CIichy.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

The bill proposing an issue of Bonds of the
State of Tennessee to the Rabun Gap Rail
Road Company, to the amount Of 100000,
has passed the Tennessee Senate by vote OF
l3 to 9, in such shape as has been desired by
friends of the Road.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

GENDER AND CASE OF AN EGG The follow.
ing occurred in a school not hundred miles
from Woodstock, VT
Teacher.--What part Of speech is the word
cgg9
Boy.--Noun, sir.
Teacher.--Whas is its gender?
Boy.--Can't tell, sir.
Tcachcr.--ls it masculine, feminine or neu.
ter?
Boy.--Can't say, sir, till it's hatched.
Teacher We'll, then, my lad can you tell
me the case9
Boy.--Oh, yes; the shell, sir.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

In Newt Orleans, on Saturday, William Pat
ton, merchant, slot Turnbul, tobacco Inspector,
dead.-The cause assigned family troubles.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13
The Bank of the State.

We present below the report of the President
and Directors of the Bank of the. State, which
was submitted to the legislature yesterday. 1t
presents most gratifying exhibit Of the prosperl-
ty of that important institution, and OF the aolll-
ty and Elithfulness with which its affairs nave
been managed.
Report of the President and Directors OF the
Bank of the State of South Carolina.
To the Honorable the Senate and House Of Rep-
presentatipes Of the State Of South Carolina.
The President and Directors of the Bank OF
the State of South Carolina respectfully
REPORT:
That from the 3oth September, 1852, to lst Oc-
tober, 1853, the nett income of
the Bank has amounted to the
sum OF. ......... Sooo,o|o.oo
From which we reserved for the pur-
pose of meeting doubtful and bad
debts, the sum of............ 29,O75.9O
Leaving the profits Of the year.. $33o,O0O.oo
From these profits there
have been applied to
the payment of the
interest on the State
Bonds, payable in
London. S0Z, Z,UJ0.oO
And to the payment of
interest on 6 per
cents, 1885. 4S,SGs.44
And there has been
transferred to the
Sinking Fund -. 229,037.00
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

New ABOLITION MISSIONARY FROM ENG
LAND.-We see it stated that the Evangelical
Alliance in England-an abolition concern is
preparing to send out special agent to this
country, for the purpose ofspreading abolition
sentiments, and aiding and assisting in the an
ti.slavery agaition. This mission, it seems, is
undertaken in secret concurrence with the same
high personages who gave such flattering re-
ception to Mrs Stowe, at Southerland house !;
and of course, it receives also the concurrence
or the principal members of the British govern
ment and the British aristocracy. We trust that
the American people will keep this fact in their
minds on the arrival of the new agaitor on our
shore, and treat him accordingly.-N. Y. Her.
ad
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

4 am great gum said tpsy printer who
had been on bender for week.
'Yes,; said the foreman you're great gun,
and half cooked, and Y ou can consider yourself
discharged
'Wcl,' said the typo, then had better 20
off,
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-13

A New IDEA.-The Methodists are talking
about the propriey of forming Fire Insurance
Society Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
to have its principal office located in Cincin.
natti, or some important city. There are some
sl0OOO,OOO worth OF Churches and parsonages
belonging to this denomination in the United
States. . -s..
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-01
0bc Dailp Dirsiniau.

AN IDIoT AND HIS BURIED MoTHER.-One
OF the most affecting incidents which have re-
Gently come under observation has just been
communicated to us by gentleman in whose
statements we can place the utmost reliance.
IL appears that there resides in Castlewean,
IN the County Down, poor idiot, whose moth
or died and was buried about five weeks ago
in Bryansiord Church. yard. The he pless lad
was evidently affected by the loss he had sus-
TUNED, and last week, conceivng that his fond
parent had not been inferred as she ought TO
have been, and that her body was fioating In
wafer under the soil, he proceeded with wheel
barrow and spade to the grave, dslnterred the
remains. and carried them away. The opera
lion witnessed by several neighbours, who
While attempting to interfere, were Obliged to
nhdraw, the idiot threatening their lives,
IL ginning, it is believed, H.. thev had some
nf ,st in the body and were resolve"
= hazs,s 10 obtain it. The parties IN queS,'on'
hnd'nehut they were unable 10 RESTRAIN III III
gave IN ocdlate information to Inc po"I IL
IN snoi,ime the unfortunate ia'o'' 80.
The collin laced on the wheeloarfo"' a" W..
on his way ith it to the mountains ""9 o
ed 10 return. He was subsequently a'o"
q under snrvellla,ce, to carry oil his wounu.'
ini burden, and is stated TINT during .".eo
days ana lshis he proceeded IN inc ','a"'':. ::
= described arnenp and over the m fountains III
tie neighbourhooa, That he dug three graves
winch did not seem TO satisfy him, and that
e,.'."toally exhausted by fatigue, he reached
hos're'o'' ;,Vhere he had the remalus decen''y
anu care'ut'y 'h'e"od We mention the SIM :
lplo facts wi'hout cotu''~ntary, believing that
IN themselves they convey t,lormotion at once
arkablc interesting and pow..r, " instruc-
tive Banner oC Utsser.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-01
MIsCELL.N L.NEOUs.
" Office 10 TIE PUBLIC.-s

y II of the chafter of "he Lynehburg and Abing
don Telegraph Company" fnds ms follows;
That If my person. pesons shall wuly or know
ingly break nurc, destroy Interrupt the Telegraph
lines communications ony part thcrcot,--to be
ascted by the said company in prsuance of this ac-
ne %e, or they, sha puy the Md corporation, one
nunar1 dollars for said offence. an shn! be further
liable iot,ll damages which the sd company mny
'orr in rcPsring the injury aud from he interruption
Of their bg'n be recovered in an ,crion of
pass-nnd If oh person, ncnrring the ennliry afore-
said shall, soyency any Other uusc. be nn
oble or sh"l fail 10 pa, the penalty or doge ofora
said, and shall second hne commit trcssp6 mon the
snid lines ruty part theref as aforesaid, she or
they, shnl be liable upon CONNECTION thereof, t i'm
rrisonmcnt in the county a OF less than one ,nth
nor more hnn six months"
The penalties of the section above recited, wiz.
ligidy enforced + b. DEANE, JR.,
President l.. K A. Telegraph Co.
~ Richmond (-emi-weeily) Times and fnrmvil
journal will copy 1t aud send account to this office.
Sent 3--lta
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-01

COD LlVEak OlL-Smblcr's Expcctornnt Mrs
y r'sSyrup. (llnopng Cough remcdy) Best
Coach Varnish, Sperm Oil, Choppers Gelatin, Lubins
hest Perfumes, pommades fonqnin Beans. Branding
Boards, Brushes Of all hinds,-S ,nPs-Ayers Cherry
Pectoml. For salr by
II. STABLER, & co.
doc 3-d&ris
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-01

FEATs OF THE CHINESE JUGsLERs.--A cor.
respondent of the Lowell Vox Populi thus de.
scribes one of the performances Of the Chinese
ingeers in San Francisco:
A plank sixteen inches wide and six feet high
was placed at the back ofthe stage, and the i'm
p,ler with knives took his stand about fiiteon or
twenty feet in front Off The knives were a.
bout seven.inch blades, and four.inch han.
dies, strong and pointed. After playing with
them for time, tossing and whirling them In
n most wonderful manner, he threw them one
after another, fastening them firmly in the
plank before him. He then drew them out,
and another Chinaman took his stand before
the ulank, or rather at tie side of it, holding
out his arm across the same, and the impsler
threw one knife above and another below 1t,
as closely as they could have been placed there
by the most careful hand completely tasten-
ing his arm upon the plank. The other arm
was then reached across and fastened IN the
same way the knives sticking firmly and the
handles crossing each other. The Chinaman
then reached forward his head, and quick as
thought two knives were thrown-the one a.
boye and the other below his neck. seemingly
within one fourth of an inch on either side
Such precision and daring was truly wonder
full. and the whole evenings performance enc
tied unbounded applause.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-01

Two years ago, at The dinner table at tho
Rever House, in Boston, with several friends
around the board, remark was made by one
respecting the poetry Of the Old Testament
Mr.. Webster Immediately remarked, "Ah, my
friends. the poetry of Isaiah, and Job, and Hab-
baEuk is beautiful indeed, but when you reach
your Goth year. you will give more for the l4th
or 17lh chapter OF Johns gospel, or for one OF
the Epistles, than for all the poetry ofthe Bible.
Mr.. Webster then said to me, "Sir. deeply
regret that have never recorded my opinion
oil Gods Word in some public manner" He
then stated that he had declined speaking at
Bible Societies, from fear that the motives
prompting to such step would be regarded as
sinister. | named the American Bible Socie-
tvs anniversary as suitable occasion, and he
declared that if he was invited to speak. he
would embrace The opportunity with pleasure.
The clergyman to whom made the suggestion.
soon slept in death The glorious testimony
in favor of Christianity, which closed the IN
augural speech Of General Harrison, was pla.
ced there at the request Of his Secretary OF
State Ch0ule'S Sermon
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-01

- ply assorted sizes OF the ''Word's Fair premium
Safes" Just received and for sale by
mnv 20-ts B SACkElT
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-01
W rsTAFOEs NEW ORLEANS.

ze!-x PocAef dgfnsd a1d I.utt'''. L.. 70
.oU ,rYh d,sD,ch-The Regular Fast sailing Packet
8,roue Cyane Capt Geo. Bunmser will sail rs above
or freight Catinor sleeuge passage having superioa
accommodations, apply to DAVID CURRlE
dec IS 3taw2w
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-01
DAILY VIRGINIAN.
TERRY & SHIELDS, Proprietors.
JAMES MCDONALD, EDITOR.
T1ER MI.

The yIRGINIAN is published daily - and fcmiweekly
er annum in No subscription is taken for shorter
~ than six months and paper discontinued except at
the option Propretor until all arrearges shall have
cen paid. - .. ,-
insertion and 81 = It's for utter
f3le M u s insertions is not nfei the Ms, it
IflsIeI ill ordered and - #l feafthaIy
.aARLY RATES arc--ior tts ii ..unrcs
~ So, semi weekly So; for one san 10, sUnIl-wecNly
e25f inner form, daily $40. aemi s, Every yearly
yertser will required lhr lrortisinp his par
nlar of business and ii he exceed the aed for
bc will be charged ratably for the excess
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-01
iy 2G-ts
DRY GoODs.-PllGLIP w. PAYNE

y respectfully socits rOm his trendS and The pun
lie the patronage heretofore extended to the firm o
Payne & Bell. IL Stock is large aud we'll assorted
md every article will be sold the most reasonnbl,
terms. iy"6-ts
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-01

OCKS. LOCKS!-Receiyed. direct from the
~ maaufactory, a complete assortment ot LOCKS :"
all kinds, qualities and prices from cents piece to
sl50 Having IT, -rAnirel IT. keep thorough ana wen
assorted stock of all kinds of Carpenters Hardware
ind to sell at moderate profit invite all those IN wahi
10 give call before huyir elsewhere
sept ii-,lta \. "lNSloN'