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The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-11-15

EIGNrs TO LITTLE FoLKs-When your pa.
rents tell you TO do anything, do not whimper
and say YOU "tlunt want to" or "you will in
a minute" but do it Immediately and cheer.
fully for when your dear parents are laid in
the grave the recoilectons Of your disobedi-
enre will repr"ach you
When your parents dress you nicely on Sab
bath aud bid you go to Sabbath school, do not
run away and play, for one day a mothers
voice will Glide You from the cold gloom Of The
tomb.
DON'T fret and murmur when you are sent TO
school, but look around YOU at the many little
boys and girls who are forced to beg or work
for living ana hclicvc that You possess pecu-
lar advantages, and that they must be improY-
ed
When your parents rerrovc YOU, do not re-
ply with impridcnce or in anger, but know that
it is for your good, and that some day the gen.
tic hand that now seeks to guide your little
steps alright, will be stiff meath the valley S
sod.
If YOU arc told to keep out Of the streets or
to rrlinq'Iish the company Of an associate, do
hot think it hard, but believe that you possess
Nv h'oiS WV H"'S
been led away, and that in an evil hour you
may tofsake the path Of rcctitude, anl be hurl-
ed away in the stream of destruction.
1coM bud hobils. Do not think it manly
to drink, smoke or cLcw,-that is Il mistaken
idea they only Indicate bad family govern.
ment, or tickle, unstable disposition.
BE Kind 10 one another. There is nothing
that rcproachcs one SO bilterlya an unkind word
ina moment of passion. When your little sister
lies cold in death, the little causes of displcas-
ure which you have given her, will cluster around
y"nr heart and wiring many Il bitter tear. I'm
your journey through life. there will be nothing
50 grateful to your thoughts, us the pleasing
conviction Of y"nr obedience to parents while
they lived. Oh ! obey them little friends, while
they are with you, think that you can never
do enough for them. We have been an or
phan for nearly twelve years and We have Of
ten thoug ht that flour parents could once more
tic restored to us they would never again be
panied with our faults. Oh, trillc not with Il
mothers heart; there is Il stream of affection
within mothers breast, that however i'll You
use her, however often you may cause her bit
ter tears to flow, will ever continue to nonrIsh
and protect the wayward fancy, and recall every
wish to step aside from mothers influence.
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u Geld bctaer th;aaa EarIia Produce

The Ohio Farmer in commenting upon the
letter Of Il California correspondent, makes some
very sensible remarks about the mania which
las possessed the people Of th, country to for
sake the golden fields Of their own State to dig
in the gold fields" of California, where they
often gather more disappointment than produce:
1t has ever been our opinion (says the Farmer
that the ultimate prosperity Of California, Or any
other State. must be influenced more by It's
adaptation to all agricultural pursuits than by
any or all the gold mines that nave been or may
! be found therein. There can lc no sort OF doubt
but that the greatest source UG wealth which
California possesses is found in the rich valleys,
table lalris and the mountain slopes 50 era phi
cally described by Fremont, and now 50 ably
noticed by Mr. Kelley. When these resources
are developed, as they will be very soon, the gold
Giygings and the quartz rocks will sink with COM
paratve in>igniicancc. Look at it. 1t is said
that the yield Of gold from the California mines
for the current year will reach the enormous sum
Of fifty five or sixty millions OF dollars! An
enormous sum, truly; and yet we venture to say
that the value Of the lay crop alone Of the State
Of New York will fully equal it, Six counties
Of that state produced, in 1850, 100000 tons Of
hay, which at 81 per ton, would be S5,G0O,oo0.
Thus they do, year after year, with gradual i'll
crease; and yet how few are seen rushing to
tbc meadows Of Oncilo, Jefferson, Chcnango,
Delaware, Chantau1uc or St. Lawrence. The
wheat and corn fields Of Ohio produce annually
more dollar, than the gold mines Of California.
Yet there is no noise made about it; and instead
Of thousands rushing to them i'll the hope Of
growing suddenly rich, thousands hay" le II fc-
inr from them in search of Goll--goll gold.
We hazard nothing in SAYING that had til" rni-
grants to California, since she discovery ct gold
there. gone instead to the rich lands OF our N"s'
tern States, they could have produc"' doubl"
the amount Of all the cold dug from the mines
Of that FL Dorado. The capital necessary to
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WASHINGTON lrEMS.-Mr. Champion is
said to have had long interview with Presi'
dent Pierce, in the course of which the former
gentleman positively denied that there was any
truth in the ridiculous rumors that the British
Government was engaged in any scheme to
substitute the apprenticeship system for sla-
very in Cuba.
Chevaer Iulsemann paid his respects to
Secretary Marcy yesterday, but what trans
pred between them is not exactly known, al
though from the fact that u courier arrived
from Vienna on the night previous, and pro-
cecded post haste to the residence of the Rus.
sian Ambassador, it is surmsed that the Chew
alters visit was in some way connected with
the Russo Turkish difficulty. Russia, it iswell
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of securing the neutrality Of
the United States in the expected struggle, in
which case the Car, backed by Austria and
Prussia, would feel authorized to Til defiance
to all the other powers of Europe combined.
1t is broadly intmaed that it was the purpose
of gaining this very object Of neutrality that
produced the quiet and speedy arrangement OF
the Koszt;l atiair--N Y. Herald
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AMERICAN WooL.-Peter A. Browne, Of Phila:
tcIphia, in communication to the Richmond
Wa) Whig, asserts that he can show that /" as
fine fleece can be procured in the United States
AZ in any portion Of the world" He says that
he has in his possession wool grown in A!lcgha
ney county, Penn, BY VIM. Hall, which mea-
sr,re< from !-2lsG to l.o500 part of an inch,
while the finest wool in the collection sent to
him by the King of Prussia, and the finest among
the specimens sent to him by the King of Saxo-
ny, measures l.2lS6. Mr.. Browne denies the
correctness of the decision on this subject at the
London Crystal Palace Exhibition, and produces
facts to show that the jury on wool did injustice
to the specimens Of American wool exhibited.
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CAMDEN SOUTHCAROIINA TUESDAY MORNING. NOVENBE

MIN OF TIE RnvoLUrIoN--Gcn. Green.
in his dies; ;atcEcs, after the battle of Eutaw,
says:
"IIundreds of my men were naked as they
were born.'' Judge Johnson, in his life OF
Green, says: "PYsterily will scarcely believe
that the loins mauy mon who carried death
into the encmy's ranks at Eutaw were CALLED
by their carlouch boxes. while fold, or rag,
Or tuit Of moss protected the shoulder from
tic same injury from the mHsket"
GeueLal Green says, in lis letters
the Secretary of War: Eve have three hun:
drcd men without arms, and more than one
thousand so naked that they can be put on du
ty only on the most desperate cases. Our diff
ficutics arc So enormous, and onr wants so
pressing, that / have not moments relief
from the most painful anxieties. have more
cmbarraSsrnents than it is proper to disclose to
the wurlI.'
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A PlzzLE FOR LAWYERS WHOSE BABY -
"The glorious uncertainty Of tue law, has been :.
a standing toast for centuries.-Stl it IS lauded Z
by its professors as the perfection of reason. !;
The paradox presented by these two dogmasriss.
only apparent, for both are true. Nothing can
be more harmonious and certain than legal prin- J.
cples, yet pothing is more uncertain than these :
principles in their application to facts
These principles are so arranged, like the hea- =
vcnIy bodies, that they cannot come in conflict,
Yet the great" chapter Of accidents" to which :
mankind is subject, will present occasional anom-E
allies and exceptions to all rules. A recent case ;,
has occurred in a neghboring District, which,is
altogether the most extraordinary ave have ever
heard. 1t is perhaps the only case ever known, &
| to which two conflicting rules of law apply
The legal principles arising upon the case, in :
vove a flat absurLity. These are the facts.
A man died. leaving widow. As is very
common in such cases, the widow was not like )
Rachel who would not be -comforted," but zwas 2
shortly wooed and won by an impatient loser.s,
In few months the widow doffed her widow'ss-
weeds" and enrobed IN satin slippers and whites
muslin, appeared before the altar of Hymen, to-
take the oath Of allegiance to new lord. Thus;
far it is a commonplace history. But scarcely
had the honeymoon passed, before the even ste-
nor of their way Was disturbed by a sqaaH. Thes'
consequence was, that the husband was present:
ed with heavenly stranger in an unprecedented
short time. p.
The first husband left a considerable estate, =
which, raises the question of the right Of the
child to inherit from. If the widow had not !.
married there could be no doubt for the child i.
comes clearly within the statute Of limitations,
in such cases made and provided" But here
comes in collision two rules of law. The first Is
that Which makes a child born within ten lunar
months after the death Of the husband, Il legal
heir The other is a rule equally clear and in
fex;he-" Pater est quem muptiG denonstrant"
In English, that the husband is tile father II
the wife under similar circumstances, had not .
beel previously married, the child woHld be, in
law. tIfe child of the present husband. If the
present husband should die the child would 'bc
his legal heir BY the first rule, it is now the
legal heir Of the deceased husband.
The case presents strange complication Of
facts, which seem Gordian knot to lawyers.
According to the rules or The fctions Of law, the.
child is the child of two fathers, and legal heir
to both, which Of course is an ab>urdty. The
case is, we understand, to be brought before the
Courts, and of course has to be decided in some
manner. We wish the parties concerned sato
dclivcrauce.- independent Press.
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TEMPERANCE IN TIE METHODIST Church,
Tile annual State Conference, now in session
IN L,ynchburg, had under consideration OH the
3lst ult., the following resolution from the Mis-
souri, Annual Conference:
Rcsolrcd, That this Conference recommend
to the ensuing General Conference, and most
respectfully request it, so to change our rule
on temperance lis to prohibit the use, manuIac-
turc and sale of ardent spirits, as a beverage,
by members Of our church.
The Missouri Conference asked the endorsa-
tion and cooperation Of the Virginia Confer
encc; but, after full discussion, it was not con,
Cured in, by Il vote of sixty.tiye dissentients
TO thirty.two atlrmants.
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Paragraph for Pisitivc People.

How quietly, yet how strongly expressed,
is the valuable idea Of the paragraph annexed
1t is the opening passage OF an article III the
last Westminster Review.
'From time To time there returns upon the
ncauious thinker the conclusion that, consid-
cred merely as Il question Of probabilities: it i
decidedly unlikely that his views nn any drha-
tcabc TOPIC are correct. ilcrc, lr r,:lcc:-,
are thousands around me holding, on this or
that poiut, opinions different from rniue-who!.
" in most eases; partially in the rest. Each
is as confident as am of the truth of his con-
vc;ion> Many Of them are possessed Of great
Intelligence: and, rank MYSELF as high a. miy,
| must admit that some are my cqua!s-per-
haps my superiors. Yet, whilst every one of
Us is sure he is right, unqurstionahly most Of
Us are wrong Why should not he amongst
the mistaken! True, cannot realize the like
lihood that am so, but this proves nothing
for though the majority of Us are necessarily
IN error we all labor under the inability to
think we are in crror.-I> il not, then, fool
s!l thus to trust myself? When turn and
look back on the past, find nations, sCcts.
philosophers. cLeri>himg belief in Science, NOR
ais, politics and religion, which we deci>vcy y
reject. Yet they held them with Il faith quite
as strong rs ours: may-strongcr, if their in
tolerance of dissent is any criterion. OF what
little worth, therefore, seems this strength of
NV conviction that am right \ like warrant
has been felt by men all the world through !;
and in nine cases out Of ten, has proved de-
usivc warrant. Is it not, then, absurd in me
to put 50 much faith in my jud gments!
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Mislellaneoa5.
A Word TO Fathers.
HAVE YOU 4 DAUGHTER.

Then how great y"ur responsibility! Can
you look on that fragile form-see the out
beamings of that artless spirit, and not shud-
der TO think of the dangers that surround her !
A child of Eve, frai and fallen at best, long
before her young heart had been sobrred by
experience, or learned one cold lesson OF this
worlds soliishness and falsencs>, she Is called
upon to take steps that must tel Oh the bright
ness or backness OF her destiny. As she first
steps forth upon lifc's stage, how her bounding
spirit sends out its aspirations in the holy con
fidence of hope and love. With her boSonl
unsteeled to the fascinating influences Of tlattc.
ry and folly, as she looks out Oh life, robcd in
all its rainbow colorings, how bright, how
beautiful appears to her. She thinks not OF
deception-she suspects no h"ll"wmrSs, but
believes the reality will prove, as the surface
appears.
Poor child ! how little does she know of
the dark, whitening shades of human depravi.
ty. whose blighliug influence she may soon
feel How little does she think Of the decclv.
er with his bland smile and black heart, Of a
censorious world, with its scornfal smile ana
unforgiving spirit. Yet through all these
snarcs, these hidden fires, that lie along her
untrodden path, she must pass umsclnthed-
unsoiled. One false step and she is ruined
her name is blackened-her happiness gone.
Gold cannot gild it, beauty cannot ad1rn 1t.
tears of bitterest anguish cannot wash away
the stain. Let the tributes Of wealth be laid
at her feet, let pleasure breathe its soft melody
around her. let every other JOY, Ike gems OF
morning, sparkle around her path and yet Il
cloud is on her brow, blight is on her charac-
ter-shc feels that her glory is departed: that
hers is miserable lot. Are her imprudent
acts Of childhood ever forgotten! Are those
foiies, over which mau would smile and fee!
q kind IF pride, ever overlooked or forgotten
when committed by girl? lie may reform
with honor but the Very 'nane Of reform in Il wo-
man is disgrace. The summit of moral excel
lence and influence, the worlds admiration
and esteem may be gained by him. over whose
youth, marked with dissipation aud protga Y,
the veil Of forgetfuness has been thrown. i'ut
poor woman, often neglected and nnculllva
ted as she is must present to an exactIng
world, whole life from childhood up, uniting
ed, msul!ied by a single stain.
Nor is this the mere arbitrary decisions OF so
ciety, it is written on wonan's own heart. 10
be loved to be esteemed, to stand unci"ulcd
and unreproacled, above SANDER and suspicion
this is her natural and holy ambition. In,
terwoven with her nature, it concentrates the
very elements Of her being, and i, at once the
goal of her life and the safeguard Of her char
&ctcr.,
This, then, on which woman's happiness de.
pends-which can fling gladncsS around her
life, or wing anguish from her hoart, must be
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place man in working conGition in the Can
ornia mines would have settled him comfortably
IN all eighty acre lot in Iowa, i'll Il good cabln'
with a team, farming utensils, provisions, &C.
and insured him instead Of Il chance for little
goll, the certainty Of an independent position
for life, without the sacrc" Of home, friends,
health, morals, and indeed all that men should
esteem valuable in life. Thank heaven the gold
mania is in its decline, and the time is near when
it will be seen and known that every ounce OF
gold dust dug from the mines Of California has
cost twice its market value.
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THE Vo1cE.-A certain writer, speaking of
the influence of temper Oh the voice, makes
the following remarks: 1.-THE influence of tenn
per upon tone deserves much consideration.
Habits of querulousnes>, or ill-nature, will
communicate a ca.like quality to the singing,
as infalibly as they give quality to the speak
ing voice. That there is no deception; it is to
many. the index Of the mind, denotins moral
qualities; and may be remarked, that the low,
soft tones. Of gentle and amiable beings what
ever their musical endowments may be, seldom
fail TO please besides which, the singing of la
dies indicates the cultivation OF their taste gen.
orally, and the cmbriliShment Of the mind"
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NUMBER 4e.
Startling Feat;

Paris correspondence of the New York,
Times Z Yes the following accounted theiatest
amusement devised furthe undertaking PAT
isiaus - g,
"Ihc feat of Jumping from II Balloon, the :
jumper sustained by All lndia-rubber rope, WAS /;
duly performed on Thursday. 1t WAS the most
stupendonS exhibition of daring and address.
that the Parisiau. have been permitted to witt
ness. From one side of the car of the balloon :
hung the .lndia-rubber cord descending SO feet,
and then returning and being fasteIl'd on the /
other side of the cur 1t thus i0rlued strong
loop.
The utAelete was, dressed as Mercury; his"
body, from The neck to the small of his back,
WAS enclosed in framework which enableas
him to endure the suspension without wrench :
ing or dislocaton. The rope passed through .
an, eyelet in The middle of tile back, placed so Z
that he was held in perfect equilibrium. When:
the balloon had reached an altitude double that
ofthe supposed elasticity of the cord, the vol: :
ligeur appeared OH the edge Of the car, looked (,
over, and dove intU space. The eyeet slipped z
along the rope so THAT the first l50 feet We're.
positive fail Though the air without any re-; j
sistance or break. The rest Of the way was all :
elongation of the rope. 1t strechs d four times =
its length, making, in all, a>desccnt of 600 fest,
accomplished in two seconds. AfterzhaVifgg..;
attained its lowest point, the rope contracteds z
ouce, perhaps two hundred feet, and then der
scended again. There was no further rel,aundtz
and no oscillation; the yoItigeur lay calmly,
Graded in mid air, and probably spent the leis.;
urc he was now permitted to enjoy. in recoyersss I
ing his breath and contemplating the prospect
The arunaut above now commenced on the
windias, and gradually wound his dangling
friend up again. In four minutes he climbed
over the side of the car, having made the fast-&
est time that any human being has ever achey,,.f
ed, except such as have been shot from cannoR, s
as Baron Munchausen said I've was, think,
600 feet in two seconds is at the:rate of three
miles and half minute. We are:wai.iHg !.
now to see what will be>dnne next. =
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The Methodist of the United States have
made admirable provision for the education OF
their pastors. They have already eight first
class colleges, with property and funds amount
ing in the consrcgate to S494, ,0G3, and anoth-
er is projected in Missouri. They have also
forty.six theological academies and seminares;
in twcnty,ninc Of which there are 1896 stu
dents an average of l73 students t" each sem
mary. The eldest "fthcir co!lrScNi> at Wihfa.
ham and vas founded in the year 1880 by the
Rev. Wilbur Fisk
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\ PARAGRAPH FROM GoETHE.-Goeth has
written few passages more beautiful than the
following:
"I'he year is going away like the sound OF
bells. The winds pass over The stubble, and
find nothing to move, only the red berries of
that slender tree, which seem as if they would
f.n remind us of something cheerful and the
measured beat Of the thrcsher'S fail calls up
the thought that in the dry and failing yea rics
81 much nourshment and life.
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The "Ncm York .Mrror," III a talk about
the circulation of some Of its contemporaries,
phlosophses this wise:
"Thcrc is something better in this world
than moncy-somcthing noblcr in the ncwspa-
per element than the fact of having the largest
circulated IN the world' i We apprr-
ciatc the value of money, knowing full well
the want and worth of it but there is a secret
and an cnduriu" satisfaction in the conscious
nc>s Of never having prostitutcd tongue or pen
TO obtain it =; that is worth more than all the
luxury that gold can buy"
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AMornEg's 'sSoL1LooUY-Tism minc!- hound
to me by tie that death cannot sever.
That little heart shall never thrill with plea
sure or throb with Pain, ,withouta quick response
from mine am the centre Of its little world;
its very lie depends on my faithful care. 1t
is my sweet duty to deck those dimplcd limbs,
to poise that tiny, trembling foot; yet STAY
NY duty ends not here. A soul looks forth
from those blue eyes! An undying spirit, that
shall plume its wing for ceaseless flight, guld-
ed by my erring hand.
The hot blood of anger may not poison the
fount whence it draws its life, or the ha>ty
words escape my lips, in that pure presence
Wayward passionate, impulsive-how shall J
approach it, but with hush upon my spirit and
silent prayer!
Oh ccaseess sentinel, sumbcr not at thy
post of its trusting innocence!
Oh reckless 'sower Of the seed, ," let not ''lhe
tares spring up"
Oh, unskiful helmsman! how shalt thou
pilot that little barque DER lte's tcmpcotuous
sea safe to the eternal shore?
IT'S ours!
A father bends proudly over that litte era
die! fathers love how strong! how true
But, oh, not SO tender as hers, whose heart that
babe hath lain beneath!
Fit me for the holy trust, oh, good shepherd,
or fold ii early to thy bosom !-Fanny Fern.
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IRISH GENERosIry.-For tile mere purposes
Of emigration, there has come the knowledge
Of the English Commissioners of Emigration
that, from this country there was sent, in IS.
4S, E460: :000 in lS49, G54O,000; in 1850,
G957,000; in 1851, E997, ,O00-f2, ,947 900
nearly equal to Sl5:000,000.
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\ RARE SIGnr.- Tie Augusta Constitution
alst says:-NVe saw yesterday at Messrs. d.
Antisnac, Evans and Co.'S office, samp les of the
dilarcnts parcels Of Cotton offered at the late
Pair for premiums. There were samples OF
25O bales, and were it offered as Il lot, would
be one of the best ever offered in this country.
1t made the eyes Of som" of our old Cotton
buyers watcry to look at it. The like we do
not expect To see ourselves a5ait.
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New ORLEAHs.-No one certainly would
possibly imagine, from the present aspect of
our city, what its condition was few short
weeks ago. Within ten or fif cen days thous-
ands have been added to our population. The
abscnecs have nearly all returned, while the
large vacuum created by the recent appalling
mortality is quickly disappearing. in conse-
o;.encc Of the arrival of legion of strangers
~, orr uS.-New Orleans Bee Of Oc! 25.