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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-02-09
Begging for Boarders.-

a POOR woman living in this city, has
been in the habit of going very often to a
wealthy and charitable lady, and asking aims
A week or two since, she made application,
as usual for bread and meat, putting on tho
Pittiful to an alarming extent The good Ia
dy, who had been handiug out to our beg
ger, freely, every week for some time, re-
monstrated with applicant for coming SO of
ten, and told her that she could not help her
to-day. Beggar looked ad--bewildcred,
and hart, and with long drawn sigh repii-
ed :
"Oh, madam do'no what shall do for
we've got boarders, and nothing for dinner!'
Gira6e.
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~ THE celebrated Henry Ward Beech
er, spent Sunday 'at Grcenport not long
since, and ofcourse preached sermon. Re-
turning from church he passed number of
specimens of "young America" amusing
themselves with a game of marbles, rather
intimately mixed with fancy swearing.
I" My boy" said the Rev., to an interesting
youth of eight years, "My boy, I am quito
frightened"
" Are you = said buttens quite naiyeiy,
why the ID don't You run Them
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Very respectfully,
BENJAMIN WHITFIELD.
From tie Marion Star.
Keep it before the People.

Mr.. EDToR.-IIaving seen Wheat
Flour recommended in the papers as n
remedy for burns and scalds, l was induc-
cd to try it on recent occasion, when
witnessed the instantaneous effects of the
same in removing pain. hope you will
therefore give tho recipe an insertion in
your pGper, for the benefit Of those who
may bc unfortunate as to meet with acci-
dents from fire.
Take the dry flour so soon as you can
get it, and sprinkle over the whole surface
Of the burn or scald, md il will act like a
charm in allaying the pain then wrap the
parts up loosely, as to keep the flour on ! in
a little time the fire is out, and all youhaye
To do is 10 heal the same.
Were II not for the sliflicuIty there Is
in making people believe IN a new rene
dy such as the above, I believe many
children might be saved that die annual
y.
Yours, truly,
R. Nv. TIMMOEG
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AIe SHRs.--It is reported in New-YorL
that the gentlemen concerned in the Err
lesson, are so well satisfied with tic expc.
riment that they are preparing TO lay
kecls for several Others and much larger
ships, to be propelled by the Ericsson en-
gine At least six Of these ships. Of the
capacity Of 1000 tones, viii be probably
built during the present yeas
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Ups AND Downs OF LIFE.--Thc Pittsbu,g Q
Post mentions the fact that man in that
city Is going from store 20 store soliciting
aims, who, twenty-five years ago, was the
leading merchant In that city, and whose
name was known to business men in all lea
ding marts Oft United States.
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sD- WhEN your wife begins to scold let
her have IL out Put your feet up costly o.
yer the fire place, loll back in your chair, light
one of your best segars, and lot the storm
rage on. Say nothing, make no answer to
ANYTHING
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THE numerous vein. strong sense and sim
pie style,
May teach the gaycst, make the gravest smile.
Cooper.
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n. q. BAHLEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS |:

The +LEDeER" Is published every We'd
nesday morning, at the low price Of TWO
DOLLARS per Annum, II paid IN AD-
VANCE; Two dollars and a half, if paw
ment be delayed three months, and THREE
DOLLARS at the end Of six months.
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A8rirultnral.

Is sloth indulgence tits toll,
Encrvatcs man and damns the soil.
Young.
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. :. = - PUBLISHED WEEKLY. BY ~ o.
THOMAS J. WARREN.
T H II vi S.

Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and
Fifty Cents if payment be delayed three months, and
Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the year
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the TO-,
loving rates: For one Square, fourteen lines less
seyenty-ve cents for the first and thirty and
half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single in
sertions one dollar per squares semi,monthly, month
ly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as
for. asingle insertion. -. - i,
The number of insertions desired must be noted
on the margin of all advertisements, or they will be
published until ordered discontinued and charged ac
cordingly. - 90 - - -
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"TLey tell good story Of Lorenzo Dow, or
perambulating preacher of his School" to the
effect that riding once in stage-eoach on his
way to an appointment, he fell in company with
ss,nie wild young blades, who were led. from his
eccentric appearance and manner, to imagine
that he was a proper subject for their jokes and
raillery. He at once hpmored their design, by
affecting Stiffness, and making the most absurd
aud senseess remarks. Upon arriving at the
place where he was to stop, they ascertained
who their butt was, and began to apologize, OBJ
serving, in cxtenuation-o of their rudeness, that
his own conversation had misled them. "Oh,"
said he, "that's my way: l alwaystry to ac-
commodate myself to the company. | am in;
and when am among fools, | talk foolish !!
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and murdered BY a. madman, with means OF
rescue within Il few feet of me; and yet that
help, that Communication with my ftllowsthat
would have saved me, as nnattainable as though
we were 10 a desert. / quivered, as turning
aside thrust after thrust, dealt with exhaust.
less and frenzied violence, doubted not that
the next must find its. way to my heart. My
strength was rapidly failing; not so that ofmy
antagonist. / struggled desperately, as:alone
the fear Of such death could enable 1llan~to
do, and, my hands, gashed and bleeding, at last
wrenched the knife from his hold, aud flung it
through the window. Then first seemed 10
breathe; but not yet was safe. With re-
doubled rage he threw himself 1T my throat,
crushing it as with iron fingers; and as |: felt
/ his whole frame heave and labor with the VIC:
Eence of the attack, for one dreadful moment
gave up all for. lost, But surely then scme
unseen power: strengthened me. Half.stran-
Egled, flung the whole weight of my body up
ION him, got him down, and planting my knee
on his breast, by main strength held, him, spite
of his frantic efforts to writhe himself from
under. My hands were bitten and torn in his
convulsive rage, but felt not-heeded itlnot.
Life was at stake, and hardly fought for it.
The bitterness Of death was upon me, and
awfully clear and distinct in that mortal strug
gle, were the past and the future-7-the human,
sinful past, and the dread, unknown, avenging
eternal future. How were the joys and sor.
rows Of years compressed into that one back
ward glance, and how utterly Insignificant did
they appear ss the light Of life seemed fsdins
from them. Fearfuliy calm and collected was
my mind, while my. body felt as though dis:
solving with the terrible strain to which all its
powers were subjected. And yet consumed as
/ was with mental and physical agony, well
remember my sensation of bliss, for such it
was whcn tile cool breeze for moment blew.
upon my flushed and streaming brow, which
felt as though at the mouth Of Il furnace.
But this could not last long. My. limbs
shook, and were fast relaxing their gripe-.a
mist swain before my eycs-my recollection
wayered, when, thank heaven. became sen.
sible of dimnution of our speed. y Fresh
strength inspired me. | dashed my prisoner
down us soon as he attempted again to free
himself Then the welcome sound of letting
off the steam-the engine stopped, the door
opcncd, and l was saved!, 49,. ..,
Ny companion was quickly secured, aud
presently identified as u lunatie:who escaped
from confinement TO 1.-THE was again con.
signed and l, rronlthat, day to this, have nev.
er entered a galway carnage with only one
passenger in it :.
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GrrT1ye FORTUNES BY LorrERy.-A Penn
svIvania paper has taken some pains for the pur-
pose of showing how near man may come to
drawing prize by buying lottery ticket. First
hc savs) there are upwards of seventy numbers
used in making out the ticket, and there are
three number, on each ticket now the question
is, how many different tickets can be made 1t
but ten figures were used, instead of seventy,
,bcrc could be issued 3,62S,sO0 tickets, each
different from the others; and if twelve figures
were used, instead of seventy, there could be-
issued 479, ,OoO,G0O tickets; so man, in the
first instance, where there are ten numbers would
stand one chance out of 800 chances, and
in the last instance, where there are twelve num-
bers to change by, he would stand but one
chance out of 479,oOo,6oo, and if the whole
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-09-13

The road to ruin is through the gate ofwrong
The man who cheats has taken the first step
towards litigation and poverty, bail-bounds and
broken. breechcs. God has so ordered matters
that the only things that produce lasting bene
fits, are honesty and right. Out of dozen
we'll to do scamps that knew five years ago, ten
have ran away, while the other two act as Or
derly scrgeants to swill wagon
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TnE PEnr YouMG MAN.-Therc is a period
in the life Of young man, which may appro-
priatey be called the age Of puppyism. 1t is
at that period when lie is little more than a
boy, a good deal less than a man when the
hand, stroked across the chin detects & sort OF
downy inequality, and visions of BARRIERS and
razors rise up constantly before him; when the
tailor suddenly becomes a person Of vast impor-
tance, and he begins to talk Of the "men of
our college, and the ladies Of our acquaintance" L"
Very tic lit pantaloons, displaying immense moral
and physical courage in venturing into the world
with such slender supports; knowing, half
Jockey, halfgentlenan hat; fancy vest, gold
chain, and quizzingglass, make up. the exter-
nal qualifications of the pert young msn.-He
sets his legs apart in addressing men old enough
to be his grandfather twirls his cigar, and calls
him my dear fellow" or any boy" His pa.
rental parent he always calls "the governor"
and never thinks of him, or refers to him, ex-
cept when he wants the governor to come
down handsome" who as he maintains has no
right to "expcct man" to be unable to pay his
billiard expenses. lie walks the streets as though
he owned them; salutes the ladies with t;scl-
mating smile, and takes off his hat to them, when
he has passed them as though he did not wish
the courtesy to be observed but, then, he had
observed older men do this, and he thinks it
gentlemanly" to do SO likewise. i,
His conversational powers are very limited
never having flthomcd anything deeper than
brandy smash, or extended his inquiry beyond
the bill of fare of his favorite restaurant. In
his manner to ladies he is rather patronising,
and at the same time very humane; for, in the
first instance he acts upon the conviction OF the
inferiorily of the sex, and in the next, with con:
sideration with regard to the killing effects OF
lis own beauty and many accomplishments. lie
cannot marry them all, and to show partiaity
would be unfair. His head is the only place
where nature acknowledges perfect vacuum.
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Remember, ye who ridicule young man for
his parsimonv, and stigmatize him as "smal"
that by-andby he can afford to be generous
when you have nothing to give.
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A young stock broker having married fat
old widow with 100000, said it wasn't the
face that attracted him SO much as the figure.
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Avaricc is the fallen angel that waits upon the
soul of man, existing upon his misery, and dying
in the presence of charity.
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.IIoc CRor OF Noarn MIss1ssIrpII4Fhe Ab,
An American, writing from ff n Pafis.. p fi ss,

An American, writing from Paris, says: sSs
:, Politeness and refinement a,e characteristic Of
the French but it IS odd, this being the. case
that the street sweepes5o of Paris should Be; auos
men. But it is true In. tiIis gay, fashionable,
capital, womeu are tile scae6 gers! fact Is
not much to the, honor Of thenation, and alnsls,
is astonished that the politest people on earth.
should have soslitte regard for the weaker sex.
No wonder that the women Of Che lower classes
in Paris become iends in time Of anarchy ,,;is
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Tile reasonable correspondence. foand cons
cealed in Major Andres boots when he was
searched by Padding, WilIiams. and Van West,
has recently been discovered at Albany. Thel
papers consist, Of an enumeration Of the number
and disposition tof the American forces at West
Poin. and: a description of the slortiidjc iidjcatious,
with suggestions in regard to the WsaEaIm exi
posed points. There is also a pass;f front Arnold,
under,whichs Andre, as " Mr.. John SmittL was.
returning to the British Camp s..s< ~ -
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BENEvoLENcE AND HAppISEss-A life Of
passionate qualification is not to he compared
with life of active benevolence. God has 20
constituted our nature, that man cannot be
happy unless he is, or thinks he is, mems Of
doing good. Judging from our own experience,
we cannot conceive Of a picture of m"rc mut
tcrable wretcheduess than is furnished by one
who knows that he is wholly useless in the
world Give Il man what you lease, surround
him with all the means Of qualification, and yet
let the conviction come home to him clear and
irresistible, that there is not being in Gcd' S
universe whit the better or happier for his
existence; let him feel that he is thus blot
upon, because a blank in, the universe, q d the
universe will not furnish 4 more unhappy be-
I,ing.-Herein lies the solution of that to MANY,
inexplicable fact that the schemes of mere
seli>hness, however wisely laid, however ener-
getically and successfully prosecuted, never add
to the Joys, but always to the pains Of those
who originate and engage in them. 1t is not
so with man of opposite characteristics.
Take from him what you please, and you do
not lake from him the elements of his Joy, if
YOU leave him the conviction that in any way
he is useful If you contract the circle, aud
diminish the sphere of his influence: you de-
tract from his Joy only as you detract from his
means of doing good. Aud as we cannot cum
ceive of more wretched being than one who
feels himself to be the slave of an uncontrolled
seIfshuess, 50 we cannot conceive Of happier
beyg than man of truly benevolent heart,
whose wishes describe the circle and bound
the sphere of his influence, and whose means
are ample to give those wishes full express
sion.-INaSOn.
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The Pickens Keoese Courier Of the 81 in
slant says:
We have to chronicle the following sad oc-
currence, which took place in this District ON
Monday evening last. 1t appears that two
brothers, VIM. +. Atkins and Jas. NJ. Atkins,
of Spartanburg, were on visit to their rcla-
tives, near Pickensville, and had for the past
fortnight been engaged in a drunken spree.
While in highly intoxicated state, they, with
their cousin Elijah Davis, were returning, from
a neighbor's house, when James struck viii.
am whercnpon he TUNED and pushed him
over. Davis discovered that James was Sc.
riously injured by the fall and gave the alarm.
He fingered for two hours and died. A jury
of inquest was forthwith empannelled, and
from the testimony and medical examination,
returned verdict that James NJ. Atkinson
came to his death from the fall, which caused
a rupture of the right ventricle Of his heart
and consequent hemorrhage.
VIM. +. Atkins, gave himself up to an Of
fccr and is now in Jail. He expresses great
sorrow at the occurrence. Davis has also been
committed and lodged with him.
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|. lis a remark of DR.. St51e that the OLD
French never die in New orleans--they: only
go OUT: For years aud years, going back as far
as memory ruhneth,5y ,5you may note, sitting on
the balconies Of the Fsquare Of the city, the
same. venerable, :whitc.headed, portg, old Ftench
and creole ladies'; dressed eIeahand neat Hooking
contented and. happy, with theif. zblisht.eyed
daughters and grand daughters around them
perfect models Of green old age: These venera-
Lle danes have livcdzin New 0rleansseser since
it, has been a city. They have lived under three
governments. - - = 49,
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They have been having a great excitement
in California concerning apmonsterstrees' .FhhT
latest story in relation to its size issgrayely
told by the Sacramento :tEnies. HHsaysstha
aparty of ladies and gentleman recently. eSisis
ted it, and the bark being off aadlagajn fitted
together, was put on3a PLATFORM sand the{con,-
'pany, with the necessary. music, and anumber
Of spectators, entered the cavity and enjoyed
themselves IN dancing three quadrilIies. y irsiss
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"Thouchts make tracks,"2hc continued, i'm
pressiyely, as if involving new phase OF the
idea by repeatingit slowly Seeing we assented
to his proposition inquiringy, he stepped to the
type case, with his eye fixed admonishngly on
us. "Thoughts make tracks," he repeated, ar
ranging in lis hand a score or two of metal
slips, "and by the aid Of these here letters we
can take the exact impression of every thought
that ever did 90 out of the heart of human
man, and print it too" giving the linked form n
stroke of triumph with his tist--"and print it
too, if you give lis paper and ink enough, till the
the great round earth is blanketed~ around as by
coveriid Of thoughts, as much like the pattern
as a couple Of peas" - .2...- r. =
-. Ezekiel seemed to grow an inch at every syl-
liable, and the stout pressnian looked first at him
and then at the press, in evident astonlsncnt.
'Tak about the. minds living forever" ex-
claimed the boy, pointing patronizinglv at the
ground, as if fmind lay there incapable of immor-
talty until the printer reached it a helping hand,
'indeed the earth is brimfull of live-bright in
dustrous thoughts, that Nigh have been as dead
as a stone, if it hadu't been.for bays like me,
that have run the ink-rollers. ~ Immortality in
decd! The peoples minds" he continued, his
imagination climbing into .thesproflnely sublime
-"peope's minds wouldn't be immortal If it
wasn't for the printers at any rate in this plan
etary buying ground. We are the chaps that
Manufacture Immortality for dead men, he sub
mitted, slapping. the pressmall graeiously on the
shoulder The latter took~it as if dubbed a
knight Of the legion Of. houor, for the boy had
put the ermystcrics Of his@profession in sublime
apocalypse. ~
."Giye; US one good, healthy mind" returned
Ezekiel, ,i'to think for ls, and we will furnish
dozen worlds as big as this with thoughts to or
der. Give us such man, and we will keep
him, alive forever among, the living. He. can't
die, no way you can fix it, when once we have
touched him with theses here: bits of inky pew
ter. He shm't die nor, sleep, We, will keep
his mind,at work on. all the, minds that shall
come to live here as long as tile world stands"
: "EzekieL" l,asked, ina 2subdued tone Of the
greatest reverence, twill you print my thoughts
too" -. -. - -
"Ycs, that WILL he replied, ''if You will
think some of the r. ,ht kind, = . y, sse-.-,
y"Yes, that we will, echoed tue prcssman
=. And j went home and thought, and Ezekiel
has printed my. ."thought t-tr:'cks''7ever since,
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STANDING AT CuURcn DooRs. is a COM
mon practice, When a congregation is dismissed,
to see Il line Of young gentlemen, ranged along
tue curb stone staring impudchtty at every te-
male that comes out, anu often indulging llf I'M
pertinent, remarks that cannot but be heard by
those W. no are the subject Of them. Very rare
ly, there may be found among the mob of dam
dies and Ounces, husband, father, or brother,
whom unavoidable circumstances had prevented
attending church, AMI who is waiting to accom-
paty a wife, daughter or sister home. 20.
Such, of course, we do not ceusurc. But as
scarcely one in ten belong to this class as they
form, in fact the exception not the rule, we shall
speak of, those, who. indulge in this custom
without reference to such. 1t is the addle head
ed lads, with high shirt collars and:canes, avera-
gns about seventeen Or eighteen years Of age,
who form the great mass of these impcrtinent
spectators, that we .woald Hold up to public re-
proof. Where are the fathers of these young
dandes? Where is the wholesome rod which
Solomon recommended? Where is the police ?
Only refned female knows how annoying it
is to rum the gauntlet Of these immature boys.
Nor do they spare ANYBODY. The inatron is
Just as much at tlleir mercy as,the maiden; the
plain face as subject to remark as the beautiful
one; the poorly dressed as,open to impcrtineuce
as the most richly attrcd. One female meets a
sncer as she passes, because she does not happen
to please the fancy of some young fool, while
the checks Of another are made to tin gle by his
loud and insolent admiration. Even where the
lady escapes without verbal insult, she is stared
out of couutcnancc, and has no resource, except
to drop her veil, hurry on, and escape into Il
more respectful atmosphere as fast as possible.
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seventy figures be used, and if as many different
tickets were issued as could be forlncd-'b the
Formulation of these numbers, tits probable that
there would be enough to more thar carpet the
whole territory of the-U U.lited 'States.. 49,:
Ofcourse very few are printed, compared to
what might be printed, yet tbereis.just as goodi
chauce for the prize to fall to nm imprinted
ticket rs to.a printed oue.s If it does SOFAS no
one can claim the money, it remains with those
making the lottery. There -are;5 in such a case,
thousands of chances in favor of the lottery ma
ker. Again, if lotteries were frirly :cenducted,
there would he hundreds or thousands each month
receiving a fortune by the high prizes alone land
each ycar.t here coullrb be named from one thou
sand to Ten thousand persons thus favored toy
fortune. Ihitsiswe have only been speaking of
one singlepriz in each lottery, andas there are
manvilhportant ores in each, the fortur ate per-
sons ought to greatly exceed ten thousand an,
nually. Yet, how seldom do YOU hear that even
a $1,000 prize is drawn? Still all the prizes Of
every lottery should fall on some one at each
drawing. Who gets theln?-where do the ia.
vored ones live?-and how docs it happen that
theiranarne are not paraded before the public
each week, and thus used to induce Others to
buy 1t is simply because no one holds aticket
entitledto theprize, and, Of course, the money
remains with tbs maker of he0loNey. The
whole system would be apelfect scheme Of gam:
bling, even if honestly conducted, but managed,
rs it is, it loses tile character Of even honorable
gambling, and should rank with the lowest spe-
cies of fraud. : ssrs,>2 : - ,.
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