The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-03-13

sciehiific' men who adoFi E1s9pe at the pfc
.sent day is one ackowlsdg chief who towess !
dvef al Others This is :iks sensrsble-Ai Sai.
der $6ff HlnbGldt @aa5 at TIE age age f5ST2 fT score
add lfse -Years,,s s;stili <pfosecdtss with vg9r
and success his reseaIchts III httbe:bt6ad do,
;meias q. scitnee. 4 Wfitef III Back w6orss
Magazine thus. Describes tie eminent I&iISso;I !
dher. -. ..''H! ~ '"E =. ''''T Y
= Age sits Tightly upon Il IFS So active I've dssS ila.
fplt Of recorded facts aid tfonghts, he labSsI
daily i1.coa,ni fitting them 10 the page ,jg lhel
grave he tells 'you Waits Him early now. aud le
:mnst 'fftsh what he his t6 do before he dies.
AID yet he is 'as faIL al ihe same tilpe., Of the
discoveries aid new thoughts Of Others aa;d 2s
eagef, as ihe young student Of Nature, ,gather:.l
ing up fresh threads of knowfedSe, and frtl
the advances Of ihe 'Yyafjsds. depart
iheiits Of iiatntal science. And in SO deii1g
It Is Characteristic Of his generous hndto' es.
tiniate highly the labor, 6f others. 10 eheour.
aye lhe Fodng and dspNhg.. Investigator, tos:tf
whatever department of.SatIafe be may be de.
voted, and to aid him VIII his COUNSEL, lis
Influence and sympathy. we fund him con:
gratnlaing himself Oh the possession OF apoT:
er withwhich few Scientific men afs gaftfae::s ae:sF
that' 81 making 'sGiedce popular S6f.' dla&ing
To Himself ind the knowledge he adto; dlfuse
the regard and attentidn Of tfe masses Of. the,l
'penpte own and other countries, by al
clear method aud ATTRACTIVE style = ;'*."1
:, Humboldt resides .inc cBerGa:: Heis repro
septea "a, ,laypgta lofty, .dlasstye, BROW, which
sftsoverarche- bis reaeeting, observing eyes.
seems at first sight almosttoo ,argefo the; d.:
mensions Of the body. His nlsssiEe cbiu is in
dicative Of d rare tepact,y ofparpose IF a
perseVerance which, fora long life, has ;enabted
hiin:unceasiogly to augnIent the ntcdmaiafed'
knowledge. of his. wide experience rndEEas
CONTINUOUSLY 60, strive ltespread dit,ahreae.;f
! a F1Rsr RATE Sq11cE- ,Ney. YORK,
I,i%ss; !" relieving !ts Life of Bsgnum, mstss
Z; s1he great ;f6t shdt Mr.: Bafauni sets, forth
Iu this Biography. 6fhimstH; is, That his success
has been achieved, his wealth acquired, his
reputation Standardization established ::by
thetystemaeic, adroit aud-pefseyering pta'tt Of
obtaining money under false pretences 'fTosn
the public at.larges Fhis is the beginning and
the end ofhis enterprise, and, ,the. grsae SECRET.
Of his success. He seerns ;eeeast;naIls~ cons:
cous of the fact, and seeks to cloak it under
the seeming randersof canfessinn, paHiates.it
by a. vsriety:.of apologies~and esphiiat0ns.
We must take men as We 6nd theal human
nature is full. oEweakness, Of which it, is -enr
right to- takeaadvantage-nsg.. like , to be- de-
ceved If tits so eleveflssd seet, :an,ase
ing, no-wrongsis done, isthes,sgst what they
eonsider:an equivalent foretheir.noney:, These
are some Of the moral MA xins >and reflections
Which are brought forward to. .Paiiiates;and>
excuse@th the leading fact that his, wealth. HAS
been. acquired by a. complicated system of
faIsehood and fraud. Mr.. BaruuDi does not
deny that the representations whiehhaeeS made
his schemes successful have been false, and.
fraudulent; hisoHIy effort is tp make the d6db:
licsappeat to have been an 'aceotnpHee ia his
,plans, Instead, of their relim. ia -
: ibis iss thesway-ihs which his. fortune. sbas
been acquired. Osher men: do the same thing
on a, ,smalIseals. ;TbeyssellF sand for sugar;
,cbicory for coffee, counterfeit, bills for good
ones; seldom gettich, andsmere frequently get
into the State; Prison., 80 ;'.,,.< - j
Very Coop ADVICE. .AA'1eofresponasrt on
the Natiohal fntclliseacer, referring eo,Re pro-
posed mediation ef,he sU,iHed States between
the beligeretits9of Europe Offers This good
advice: ~ =: e" :+F' :; = -. -.
..Gentlen,en;l let us mind our own business;
that with give5Gs plenty to. do and pot expose