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The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-25
Wealth Of the English Church.

1t would appear, by a late article in the Ed
inburg Review, that the wealth of the English
Church has been greatly exaggerated. The
whole number of parDchial ministers is II, l55,
including 1855 curates, who have, in the ag-
gregate, all income of f3,479.46O. About
f2S3 piece is the annual income Of the in.
cumbent>, exclusive Of the curates. This is
but little above the average income Of the Pro.
testaut Episcopal Church Of America, or even
f tt tf aftse tesrgE Of hs PEssbXlerian Church when
England and the United States, is taken into
consideration. Moreover, these incomes are
more cquitaby distributed than is the popular
benefces in England and Wales, there are on
" ia which amount to a thousand pounds
year, and only thousand which bsing in five
hundred pounds year. Buta thousand pounds
in England will not go farther than half that
amount here, and five hundred pounds will not
support family b:tter than twelve hundred
dollars. The emoluments Of the British cler-
gy are, therefore, not so very much greater, at
ter all, than those IF their brethren Of the Uni
ted States.
As compared with other professions in Eng
land, the Church, according to the Edinburg
Review, is really worst paid of all. The jour
nal instances case in which rector receives
thousand pounds a year, and proves that, at.
ter making necessary deductions for poor rates,
charities and inevitable charges on the income,
the nett amount is but f625. The rector in
question. according to the Edinburg Review,
has IL brother who is a country judge, and re-
ceives a thousand pounds salary; but in this
case the deductions are slight, SO that the nett
! income is f95O The parallel, if carried up to
,lienitares of either profession, exhibits similar
results. There>are % bishops and archtishops ops
in England, receiving incomes of about is, ,OOO
year. There are % principal judges, howev'
er, who receive an average Of f6,OOO a piece
annually. Moreover, these % mitres are com
peted for by l7.l55 clergymen, while for the
% iudgeships these competitors are about A.
600. The chances Of winning one OF the great
"prizes" is consequently four to one for bar
rister as against clergyman. These state
ments are verified by official documents and
correct ideas about the English Church. which
have been widely disseminated, and which have
often brought it into undeserved dscredit.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-25

EFFEcrs OF LuxuRY-Luxurous habits will
not, of course, engerder crimes of turbulence
or violence; will not become the parents of
the rougher and fiercier vices. but not the less
they may demoraize man to his hearts core.
They have an enervaing and enieebllns 'nliu-
ence: nay, it is an indisputable t:uh, though
it may sound like paradox, in aggravat;ng
his selfshness they soften and harden man
at the same time. They soften him as they
render him more and more unable to endure
privations or cope with difficulties, and as they
bind him round with the raseate chains of self.
indulgence; they accustom him to live in a
state of callous apathy with respect to the ne
cessi,ies and distresses of his fellow creatures,
and as they turn his face like a flint against
any appeal which may give him trouble Or de-
mand of him effort and exerlion; they make
him SickIy Sybarite, neither rrsolnre resolute
nor gentle without vigor, and yet without ten
uernrs>.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-25

EXTENT OF THE PUBLIC DoMAIN.-A report
mad by the Commissioner Of the General Land
Office to the Secretary of the Interior shows
that the public'duman "f the United States con-
sists If ,39l ,4S0320 acres "r 220, 0,7O4,599
acres less than was exhibited in a former report
This discrepancy occurs in consequence of the
xt Mt e 'hn ,,uhlic lands IN Oregon. Me-
..ra>at nc ,n" lj,.u tcgattnrc, orjrE a.
cerliacd to ro less taMn waa supposed.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-25

FREE SHIPS AND FREE Goops.-The New
York Chamber of Commerce has adopted
memorial to Congress respecting the system
of carrying on maritime warfare by s-of
privateers, condemning it in strong language,
and sustaining the principle that free ships shall
make free goods, and the neutral dag shall;
give neutrality to the cargo Recent proceed
ings relative to the same subject in the British
Parliament were referred to with APPRECIATION
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-25

The UNITED STATES INVITED TO Jo1y Rus
slA.-George Sanders, esq, the rejected United
States Consul at London, received lately. it is
said, according to the Baltimore Sun, letter
from distinguished Russian dpomatist, init
mating that England and France will soon be-
come united rivals to the United States, and
urging the latter to join Russia against those
two powers. The writer makes an adroit ap-
peal to the commercial jeaousies of our coun-
try, and hints are held out of the great service
Russia can render the world by re.estabshing
Polish independence, and BY checking the su-
premacy which England is rapidly acquiring
over other nations. He also says:
Russia is the best friend America has at
this moment, and America can help her in the
work of regeneration. America has money,
and Russia is in want oft; and no doubt Rus
Gil at the rate of six per cent.-not by obtain
ing cash, but for cash worth in ships, and the
means of keeping up The war with those who
oppose her. America can build her ships to
any extent. large and small and American ships
can take out Russian seamen for them as pas.
sepgers, which neither France nor England can
prevent. England would break with France
tomorrow, could she 60 back to her original
position with Russia but this she must not be
permitted to do. if the world has right to be
free She fears America, but she does not re-
spect her, and trust the people of the United
StYtes are not blind to this fact; and they nev-
er had better opportunity than they have at
this moment to teach England to understand
her duty"
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-25

A bill passing before the Massachusetts ID.
gislature, prevent injury and destruction of life
upon railroads, has been ordered tn third
reading by the Senate. The bill limits the
speed Of trains crossings drawbridges to four
miles an hour-lhe engineer being subject to
fine and imprisonment for offending. against
thi, provsiur The president and directors
are ai.o m de liable for knowingly reimitlng
violation OF Ibis regulation.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-25
The Times OIL fhc w..

ments o-Vdon Times of March, % tbu. .o,o.
"War ise<eeIaratiori of war: "' '''''
ed the unexampN> { peacs which h.;
which many fondly orthirtv nine "'s soas ,ass'
more, is at an end, and .s to i,s, '''"s "s years.
full States Of Europe are once nn.t ."a"y
a struggle, the duration, the END posS.. pu"Is
suits of which no man can tell; but wssss .n u,u
likely to produce disasters and sufFeringSL
which we are mercifuly spared the foreknow.>
edge. 1t is not for US to attempt to lift up the
veil of a futurity which must be sad in many
respects; nor is there any need. No alterna.
tive is left US; the decision has been taken ont
Of our hands and, unless we would submit,
with our allies, to crouch under the nsolent
dictatiun Of harbaric power, and see the lib.
critics of Europe disappear under the tramp Of
the Cossack, we had no other course than to
do what has now been done in sad and solemn
form. The sight of the document we publish
to day will call many to their senses who to the
last have speculated on the chances of war as
still remote contingency, or have locked at
it only in its holiday aspects.
There is not an Englishman whose thoughts
are still free, and whose hand is not tied by
some fanatical theory, who will not respond
heart and soul to this solemn appeal. We
have been slow to take the decisive step. The
Russian has evidently concluded that we pre-
ferred negotiation to action; the very ,popula.
tion of St. Petersburg has been taught that We
are too commercial to be real warriors, and
too fond of profit to he keenly Sensitive to
wrong. Now that we have thrown away the
scabbard, and stand face to face with our inso.
lent antagonist, it only remains to disabuse
him thoroughly of this imaginary estimate of
our temper and power That we have no
doubt will be done, but it will be done all the
more readily by our gallant feet and army, if
it be known that all England follows her sons
to battle, and will prosecute their cause and
avenge their death, till soon or late the rights
of nations and the liberties of Europe receive .
a fresh sanction in the signal punishment of
the gigantic offender"
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-25

A nose !ay is easily obtained. Four ban.
ly to !,iie> day for a couple OF m"nlh>, VII
pat yom in the wa, of one that vii ">t"n' h
y,ur friends
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-25

Wha' is BlDpmcr' A woman who Pd"ts
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-04-25

to uJ,s:ictN.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-17
GREELY AND THE WHIGS.

The editor of the New York Tribune still insists
upon the fact that the whig party is no where,
notwithstanding the attempts of newspaper and
fsctious office seekers to establish contrary be-
lief
The present greatidol of whiggery before which
they are falling, called "Know Nothings," the
said distinguished editor persists is renegade
ephemeral and will at most only serve as hobby
on which base aspirants may ride into office
We must give the great FfeesoRer credit for
candor in this. Certainly intolerant, an
tirepublican and unconstitutional means was never
devised or dreamed of in this country, to accom-
plish the election of men, than that which is dis
guised by the aforesaid idle name.
We could wish all the citizens of these states,
to take our common constitution in their hands,
10 look the sgners of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence and with thought and conscience awake,
ask themselves, can in the spirit of these arti-
cies and sections and of these subscribe to the
principles promulgated by this sect2
That 1t is visionary and fanatical crusade
against the spirit of our free government, must be
the deduction of any reasonable mind That it
will pass away into merited, ignominious, unpo-
pularity is equally certain. But if Democrats
will shut their eyes to the light and the right,
result may ensue which will jar the wheels of
harmonious republican government, to an extent
that the e1ertions' and repentance of years will
hardly adjust them.
Be not deceived. Remember the tempter is no
less distinctive because he comes clad in the habi
liments of American Natives A whig is as much
awhig, once in Office, as the Indian who shot our
sentinels in the revolutionary war; was an Indian,
though wrapped in hogskin and going on all
fours.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-17
Messrs White G. Derine

In the last number of the Sentinel appeared
communication over the signature TRUTH, in
which he comes out as the champion of the Com
mon School System, and denounces all other
schools, institutions and associations that may
have the least tendency to injure that system, or
bring it into disrepute.
l admit the language of ''TRUTH" is bold and
explicit enough, but humbly confess l cannot
understand what he is driving at. Does he mean,
that the religious of every denomination to be
deprived of the right of so educating their children
that they may not only understand their privilege
as citizens and at the same time be taught their
duty to their heavenly father, or now shall they
worship God / cannot understand the force of
his argument-wll the writer please state whether
not he is willing to enter into discussion upon
moral or religious grounds of the merits of his fa
vorite Common School System Let 'tTRUTH"
answer. JUSTICE.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-17
Rules Of the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of New York. has ,,..
ly adopted a rule in the examination of ~.
nesses which brings the counsellor right m
standing. 1t is thus mentioned in the Buff,
10 Democracy:
The Justices of the Supreme Court at Al
bany, have made amendments to the Rules ~
Practice, of which the most important is that
of Rule 13. 1t requires examining council
to stand while examining a witness, and that
he shall not take minutes of testimony, unless
the Justice holding the Court shall other.;s,
order.
''Othello's occupations gone"
Where be those boOt-soles, elevated biob
in air, and across the toes of which counsel
in deep chairs reclined, aimed with one eva
shut, piercing interrogatories at witnesses
Flat upon the floor American citizeus v;th
their heels higher than their heads, no longer
thrust aromatic cowhide; and unpolished Kin
skin INTO the face of Justice. Those endless
eternal, wearisome, wastefui, expensive era
minatlons and gross examinations of Witnesses
are at an end. VIII Counsellor Artesian
Wells run endless inquiry, if he has to stand
up straight ram-rod while doing it-wifb
no desk for notes, and no easy access TO fool
soap by the reain Not he. He will be 81
crisp and condensed as Coke's Reports.
Lit seems to us that this amended Rule Ia.
is a special Providence to the Profession .s
well as to the Public Hang on to it.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-17
Gov. Bigler.
Muncy, Lycoming county,

The reelection of this gentleman is as GER
tain as any event in the future. The uproar
and excitement created by the wings after
the Mayors Election in Philadelphia have
snbslded, and men have resumed their reason.
The ''know-Nothings" like all other ephe-
neral factions. have had their dav. and are
now regarded among the unprincipled things
that were. Democrats feel ashamed to think
that they ever doubted the justice and integri-
ty OF the people, or that they could be led
astray so far as to discard faithful public
servant The administration of Gov. Bigler
has been CONSPICUOUS for the many weighty
and important questions that have arisen. and
which have been settled in manner that shows
that there Is strong arm at the elm. and per-
fectiy satisfactory to the great mass of the
people In this county the mass of the people
appreciate the worth of such Governor and
IN this town alone we can count many votes
he will get in October next from persons who
never voted for democratic governor before
Ihey can fnd no fault in him, and old We
mango will roll him up an increased majority.
= Ee'ango Spectator
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-17
o N W A R D!

We must congratulate our friend Traugh of the
STANDARD" on his laudabe efforts to arouse the
Democracy of Blair County to an organization.
That county owes much to the Standard for the
present prospects Of cur party there, indeed we
might say without much injustice it owes all to
It, We cordially join in urging upon our friends
every where in the state to organize.
Our present excellent representative in the state
senate owes his proud position. and we owe our
good fortune in having such representation to
organization. There are many parts of the state
which are Obliged to contend against maiorities
much more disheartening than that which encum
bers Blair county
Up and at 'em, little neighbor. Cambria will
zee you through. Organize in full.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-17
COR r E pom NCE.
Messrs. Editors:

1NeSSTS. EuttOTS.
The concluding stanza of the production of your
correspondent as. c. w." on the Little Negro
Boy' is well calculated to bring back to our minds
the days of early youth, those days of innocence
where life to us continual gala-day. Yet
in those days sometimes playmate would be
suddenly called from midst, over whose un-
timely death would mourn as children only can
mourn.
Who has not wept over the grave of the '.poor
little boy 2" Of one such little boy 1 thought,
while reading the production of above alluded to.
The author is unknown to me, but be he whom
he may, never man spoke more truly than he did
in the lines:
"When Archangel voice shall rouse the world,
Proudheads would fain sleep for age,"
Voltaire and his followers taught or pretended
to teach that 'death is an eternal sleep" This
teaching thousands would wish to believe, and so
would thousands believe were it not for that still
small voice, continually admonishing them that
the body alone is not all of man. within each.bo-
dy dwells spirit-are alive from the "Deity,'
that like its author must live eternally
1t is well to know ourselves and vet, how hard
the task! Our proud natives refuse to look at
lhe uslh Siie Vi Tic picture. Ihe bright side Is
always pleasant TO look upon-and thus it is. that
poor vain presumptious man, ever graspinp at
worldly pleasures, on in a career of vice.
advancing step by step in that career till he will
at last brave everything for the qualification of
his passions, and literally crush upon the neck of
Jehovah, and upon the thick bosses of his buck
lers" If gain be the darling object, all things
must give way to the acquisition of wealth. The
wall of the widow, and the orphans cry fall light
ly upon the ear of the miser Conscience is sougbt
TO be silenced. This cannot be done. To an
Pease that silent monitor, the garb of religion is
assumed. The hypocrite will
''Steal the livery of heaven 10 serve the devil in
Wealth Is amassed. The poor slave can never
say to his soul ''soul, take thy restl, Death
that grand eveller of all human affairs knocks NJ
the door. The ste IN summons must be obeved
ana the miserable man is in an instant removed
from ms worldly wealth. He has no treasure laid
up III heaven on the great day of final Indictment
when the last trump shall sound, he. with proud
hea'i would fain sleep for ave.
Not so VIII it be with the meek and bpmbla
follower of the man of Nazareth. Tbrougbopt I,
long life, OF tribulation it may be- he has ,o,,or
LETT the paths of virtue and religion. He lron,s
that the promises are true to those who have ,.or
faithful 10 the end. He comes forth reioc;oo .
hear the joyful news: well done. thou good and
faithful servant"
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-17
Indignity to the President of the UnitedStates

WAsHINGToN, Aug 9-Immediately after
the adjournment of the Senate, as the Presi-
dent of theUnited States was leaving the Capt.
tol at the northern door, he was followed out
and addressed by James Jeffards, of Charles
ton, South Carolina Jeffards was considerably
intoxicated at the time, and was in company
with j. S. Duke, of St Louis, and j. p Hig-
gins, ofNew York, all of whom had been drin-
king. The President shook hands with him.
and Jeffards asked the President to take a
drink, which he declined, and turned to enter
his carriage. As he was doing so, his hat was
knocked off by a hard boiled egg, and Jeffards
returned into the Capitol, saying the Presi-
dent was "a damned fool"
The President spoke to one of the Police,
asking if they had authority to make an arrest
Captain Huntington and officer Wales shortly
after arrested Jeffards, who denied throwing
the egg. An examination was then had before
Captain burlington. One witness saw him an
egg in his hand few minutes previous to the
assault. Another testified that he saw him
throw in the direction of the President, and
another testified that he saw him throw an egg
at and hit the President
The justice decided to hold him to bail,
when the accused sent for Senator Evans who
declined becoming bail. He then sent for an
other In the meantime, becoming more sober,
he cried bitterly, declaring that if sent to Jail,
he would not be living. He took out small
knife and stabbed himselfin the leg just above
the knee, saying he was determined to bleed
to death The wound bleeding profusely, how
ever, he appeared to be alarmed, and allowed
it be examined
The Attorney General at this juncture com
municated to Captain Huntington the desire
of the President that the prisoner be not prose
cuted, and he was discharged.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-17
Foreign Churches

We are especially warned by the Know
Nothings to beware of all foreign churches.
If we are to eschew all denominations, which
were originated by Foreigners" what foru
of worship shall We adopt3 Not Christian
one, surely The illustrious Saviour, in all
reverence be it spoken, came not into the
world to save men of one nation or cline, but
to redeem mankind. The founders of all the
modern sectS which now spread over our lapd
and embrace within their folds the piety and
religious fervOr of the nation, were all foreign
ers. Must the followers of Luther, of Cal
vim, of Wesley, be told that their teachings
shall be disregarded because they were born
abroad? If a foreign origin be sin, all our
leading churches are guilty of it.
We have had, We believe, few denomins-
tions strictly Amcrican-the most prominent
of which were the Millerites and Mormonism-
Does their strict Ame,icHism make them
any the more worthy of popular countenanee
and support?
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-17
1900 ACRES OF LAND FoR SALE!

The subscriber will sell at private sale 1900
acres of.good timber land, situated in SummerhilI
and Richland Township. about 4 and one half miles
from Jefferson, thirty acres Of which =
cleared and IN good state Of cultivation. Tirerc
is on this land one good Saw Mil in excellent
order, and adjoining it is a two story plank hous-
with kitchen attached, Also three small tenent
houses in good condition. The advantages Cor
water works, furnaces. coal banks ,n ths tr.ct Is
great and 20 spectators better inluccucnis oosld
not Be- ofiered- Terms 81 sale viii b. made easy
and an indisputabie title will b. given- ~ frr-
ther information call N the sut-crilcr. Hving IN
the premises. JOHN DUNLAP
Augt IS, Is5s.-3m.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-08-17
A ID U S S.

The Wing Convention for Huntingdon County
met ON last Tuesday. Mr.. Mcclure was re-noni
mated for Legislature. Dr. McCuIloch pot the
congressional conferrees, &c
The beauty of the affair is that. as uspaI whore
success b.gets insolence and tyranny a complete
imposition was practised upon that portion of the
people known as Huntingdon Co. wings, and can
aidates forced upon them which they cannot. and
il is said, will not support.
Sssi Is the case almost every where ia a party
held tsseher by nothing but the thirst of spoils
and the syeophantic adhesion Of scisIns. Never
have eemoerats been presented with better chan
ces OF S%eoess, never there more reason to or-
snize. for seyer were the the enelaeys forces more
sesttered and dismembcrcd.