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The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

The MINISTER CnoosING WIFE Expect
no, perfection, but Insist on consiency,. says
Mrs. Moore "NIany sensible, accomplished,
elegant, and pious women may be found. But
the angel which your imagination has pictured
and held up 10 your vicwa the only object on
which you could place your affections, cannot
he found. -. If il be best for you, hope
your Father in heaven will bestow upon you
not indeed a perfect woman, but just such an
one as His own wisdom shall judge the ittcst
iur YOU. Acknowledge him in reference to this
subject. She must be The best wife for you
whom the Lord chooses. love to sec Christians
depending with the simplicity Of little children
on the blessed God. their God and Father i'll all
things. 1t is of great Importance that Il min
lister have the right sort of wife 1t is surpris.
ing how much his usefulness may he retarded
or promoted by her influence. Is it then a
matter of so small concern as net to be worth
carrying to the Lord No. Ask his guidance
and follow his providence, and you will find
happiness. But that kind and degree of solici
tudc which cnleebles our capacities for present
duty, should not be iudulgcd. y mind vast
ing iti strength either in hopeless regret for
the past, or visionary calculations for the future
is a pitabc object. God gives us this moment
to employ for him.-Nemoirsg Mrs. Hunting
ton.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

. a man calling himself J. Thompson, Of
North Carolina, was arrested near Newberry
g. II g, on the 9Th inst, and lodged in Edge6sld
Jail, for having stolen two horses from tho
stable Of Mrs. NJ. Condition, of Edgefeld dis.
trict. The horses were recovered.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

A CANDID LAwyER.-"Do you think I'll get
justice done me T. said culPrIt to his counsel
II dont't think you will" replied the other.
"for see two men on the jury who are opposed.
to hanging
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18
Importance of TriflCS.

IN THIS WORLD NOTHING Is TRIFLE. IA
painter was one day copying portrait of Rem
brandt. He took off shadow after shadow,
light after light, line upon line most acc ccuratcIyy
Still tue expression was wanting. Hundreds
oh hundreds of touches were vaucless, till, by
the aid Of II microscope, he discovered one
har-likc line below the eye; and this put III,
the whole likeness came. So it 1, with all
great things. 1t is only littleness of mind that
cannot appreciate little thing. On the eve
of one Of his great battles, the General, who,
almost alone in his age, has shown us what a
great man is, was fonnd sitting up in his tent,
writing folio upon Iolo-upon what! on the
comparative merits OF tin and copper canstcrs
for soldiers use. Look ut the works OF nature.
Do they exhibit any contempt for trllies =
What is the penciIng of the flower, the plu.
mage of the ssct, the moulding of the leaf,
the depth below depth Of animated worlds,
sinking down till sclse is lost in tracing the
minutrncss of their Structurc--but 4 witness
against the ignorant man, who thinks that IN
the sight of IN Infinite Being anything can be
little, when, nothing can be great? Think OF
the human eye. 1t is the mirror Of the mind,
the telegraph of thought, the great actor in the
pantomine Of signs, by which we hold converse
with our tellow.men, and read their souls
What is it but little dot of light, shifting
every moment, and forming an Infinite variety
of the mnutcst ane les with the two eclipses Of
the eyelids? And yet by these slight raria-
tons we read the thoughts and passions of the
mind within as we read whplc world Of
truth, past, present and future, Of this world
and of others, of man and of God, by little
lines, and dots and curves, aud angles of hairs
breadth thickness in the forms of writing. So,
think how little voice will decide the fate Of
nations, even in the most popular of govern
meus, So long as Il majority decides; and with
out such a majority there eau be no society,"
Think how one trilling act, even the warellng "t
thought, will give bias To the mind and lay
the fnurdalion of habit which nothing after
wards can alter. Think how, in 4 course eth
er of virtue or Of vice, all may be safe or III
safe, up to certain point; when again one
little act consoidatcs the habit forever. Before,
there might be escape; now, there is nonc.--
Before, heaven might have been gained now
it is lost forever. Think how our moral atlrc-
tions rest mainly on what men call trifles--Ilow
triArs please, trilles disgust, trncs rrtatc, tri
iles excite admiration, trines provoke emulation,
trines rouse jealousy, trihes consolidate love,
triAes are the proof of virtue, trifcs indicate
the habit and in all thesecascs simply because
they are triiles Great occasions, violent temp
,atinn>, gigantic cf;rts. supc'hnman rrowess,
these are rarely within our reach. And they
arc rot required. They even diminish admira
tun. Our hearts are balanced on point, and
lhpv viii vilratr with breath uf air.
Re". We. ,Sr"eW
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

Washington, visiting lady in his neighbor.
hood, on leaving the house, a little girl was
directed to open the door. He turned TO the
child and said al am sorry my little dear.
to give you so much trouble" "I wish, sir"
she replied, "it WAS to let you in"
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

A skeptical young man, one day converting
with the celebrated DR.. Parr, observed that he
would believe nothing which he could not un-
dcrstand. DR.. Parr replied: Then, young
man, your creed will be the shortest of any man
[ know ''
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

An old bachelor says that the young ladies
who rejoice in multiplicity Of rings chains
lockets, &C., to the unparalleled extent now
fashionable, should be labelled like watches IN
Windows Warranted full je,celed'
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

\ cheerful temper, joined with innocence, will
make beauty attractive knowledge delightful,
and wit good-natured. 1t will ligh hten sickness,
poverty, and aflction, convert ignorance into an
amiable simplicity, and render deformity itself
agreeable.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

A READYwI1TED MADMAN-A gentleman by
the name of Man, residing near private mad
house, met one of its poor inmates, who had
broken from his keeper. The maniac suddenly
stopped, and resting upon large stick exclaim-
ed, "Who are you, sir?" The gentleman was
rather alamed, but thinking to divert his atten-
ton by a pun, he replied Il am a double man;
| am Man by name and man by nature"
"Are you so?" re;oined the other; why, am
man beside myself-so we two will fight you
twO."
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

PEARS IN a WARN CLMATE.--Each succeed
ing year but confirms the opinion we advanced,
some years AGO, tlla, the pear was better adapt.
I'd to Southern culture than to colder regions of
the Nullh The tree is not aS sui jrct to disease
Is the apple; and by SraltinE on the common
pears Of the country, they come into bearing
quite us soon rs the apple. We have this sea
son raised large crops Of the finest p"ars wc have
ever seen. from trees Of our own grating, and
why may not our readers do the saline! The
variety known as he white D"ycnmr, or Nirga
lieu, as rprliug here, Is he finest fruit We ever
tlStrd compared 10 which the most luscious
lcacl; is ,a<lclr><. We give our trees mn annual
dressing of ashes, soap sudS, DC. and mulch
around them with some vegetable substance in
The heat of summer Cur lracs IRE standard
trees. We have but little faith in pears Oh the
quiuc" stock. Will solnc Of "ur readers that
have given the ounce stock Il faithful trial, give
the Results Of their experience through our col
umns: One or two Years trial is not enough.
We have pear tree that wrgrcw from cutting,
planted fourteen Years it bore fine fruit in nine
years, and this year has produced ten bushels Of
the most delicious pears We ever saw in any
country. Each pear would readily bring five
cents in any market in the world. What can
be the reason that 50 few good pears are found
in the markets of the South? Was the princi.
pie Of Planting for po>tclily more generally
adopted by our planters and gardeners, not only
good pears, but much other fruit which is now
deemed exotic, and rare, would be plenty in our
markets as our native blackbcmies.
Soil of fhe ,SOuM
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

CAUSE OF GRAY lIAR.-Grav hair is caused
by disease or putrcfacton of the encircng
fluids which nourish the hair through the
pores. When this fluid or matter is exhalcd
to the surface, being diseased it emits its virus,
or poison, into the hair and the consequence is
that the hair turns white, or falls out from the
scalp. The hair then becomes very thin upon
the head, aud badness cnsucs. Many arc the
causes of this putretaction Of the circulating
huids-such as long continued illness, excessive
fevers, nervous arrangement causing continual
pain TO the head, grct, anxiety, intense thinking,
too close attention to business-hst, and not
least, intcmDcrancc, and other unmentionablc
excesses, which are delctcrious to the constitu
ton, and general health Of the system. Gray
hairs, in young persons, generally commence at
the point or outer end of the hair and the rea
son Tor this singular freak is, that the disease
from the pores Of the scalp runs through the
hair toward the point, and upon finding the
point closed, on account of negligence on the
part Of the person in not having the hair cut in
proper time, so as to keep it in a healthy cond.
tion, the virus in the hair from the pores, turns
it white at the point, and it works gradually
back to the so-calcd root of tie hair, and the
hair soon becomes white. TO obviate this, so
soon as observed, the person or persons should
apply to skiltul hair.cuttcr, and have the ends
Of the hair cut off in scientific manner. IT,
persons advanced in years, the hair begins to
become white at the so.callcd roots, instead Of
the points, as in the former case.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

Weuing Brick.--lt is important that every
one engaged III building should be well informed
in regard to the durability Of materials. We
publish the following from an exchange pa
per:
Very few people, or even builders, are aware
ofthe advantage Of wetting bricks before laying
them, or if aware OF it they do not practice it,
for of the many houses now in this city, there
are very few in which wet bricks are used: A
wall twelve inches thick, built Of good mortar
with bricks well soaked, is stronger in every
respect than one sixteen inches thick built dry.
Ihe reason ofths is, that if the bricks are
well saturated with water, they will not abstract
from the mortar the moisture which is neces
sary to its crystalization and on the contrary,
they will unite chemically with the mortar,
and become as solid as rock. On the other
hand, if the bricks are put up dry, they imme-
diately take all the moisture from the mortar,
leaving it to dry and harden and the consequence
is that when building of this description is
taken down of its accord the mortar from it is
like so much sand.-Scientifc american.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

CoMFoR71Ne.-To lose small fortune in an
unlucky speculation, and have all your friends
wonder how you could have been "such fool"
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

An exchange paper says that young gentlsr
men who would prosper in love, should WOO
gently. 1t is not fashionable for young ladi,s
to take ardent spirits
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

Those who blow the Goals Of Others strife
may chance to have the sparks ay in' their ows'
faces.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

TO win confidence we must be trustful oun-
selves. Suspicion breeds the evil it fea".
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

SUPERIORITY OF AMERICAN MECHANISM
Late French papers give the following account
of trial Of Reapng Machines, which recently
took place in the vicinity Of Paris:
"A trial Of American. French and English
machines for cutting and gathering up corn, DC,
and which are now to be seen at the Exhibition,
took place the day before yesterday, at Trappes,
Count de Gasparin presiding A large number
Of persons were present six tents we're erected,
and large quantities of portables were provided,
which, from the great heat of the day were in
general request. NJ. Daily, on whose property
the experiments took place, had special tent
erected, under which he Hospitality entertained
the members Of the Jury and other invited
guests. There were nine machines on the ground,
two French, four American, and three English.
At giren signal, they commenced their trial,
which was to cut down 1885 square yards of
oats. The American machine Of Mccormick
completed its task in mastery manner, in y
minntes the second American machine took
% minutes, and the third "a minutes. The
other machines took from 81 minutes l hour
and 20 minutes 10 perform tlei work. The
next trial was to cut down and gather up CIV
en- quantity of lucerne, when the palm Of victo.
ry again fell to the machine of Mccormick.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18


Az OLD KENTUCKY GESrLENAN-A cores
pondent OF the Lexington Statesman sends that
paper a sketch Of very remarkable MAJ (Eli.
jah Drnney) residing in the Southeastern part
of Pulaski county. He will be one hundred and
eighteen years Of age On the 10th of Septem
ber inst, and is rs active as many man at forty.
He las throughout his long life been an early
Mount Vernon and Somerset once week. lie
never drank but one cup Of coffee in his life, and
that was in the year ls4s and has never suf
tcrel an hour from sickness in all his life-the
only ailment he ever had, arising from the bite
Of rat;lcsnake, which was in the year 1719,
the period he cmgratcd to Kentucky. Mr..
Denny is native Of Carrituck county, North
Carolina. lie served seven years in the war of
the Revolution, and was wounded at the seige
Of Charleston, was also at the siege of Saran.
nah and in the battle of Eutaw Springs. lie
was also present at the battles Of Camden,
Kings Mountain and Monks Corner. lie served
under Colorcls lIorry and Marion, and was an
eye witness of the sufcrngs and death Of Col
onc Isaac Havnc, Of South Carolina, M early
victim of the Revolution. IN height, Mr.. Den
nry is about >ix feet two inches he is very erect
and walks with little difficulty. lie would be
taken at any time TO be il man Of middle age;
his usual wei ght is about $50 lbs., and in his
best days, lis he informed me, he had never
weighed over 10 lbs. The old man is a strict
mcmbcr Of the Baptis, Church, and rides six
miles to every regular meeting of his church.
lie is also violent opposcr Of Know Nothing.
ism, He has four soliS and five daughters. all
living; the eldest is now IN his 18th year, and
the Youngest son tiftyonc.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

Serve every one as much as you can and
compete With no one more than you must.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

l; is Z noble species Of revenge &c have :hc
power Of retaliation and not to exercise it.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

LIABILITY OF RAILRoADs.-We learn from
the Macon Messenger Of yesterday, that the
Supreme Court Of Georgia, at its recent term at
Decatur, made decision in a case carried up
from BIB county, in which the rule is settled,
as 10 the amount Of diligence which is necessa-
ry to protect railroad companies from liabilities
for injuries done to property By the running Of
their trains. As the decision is matter of in
tcreSt aud importance both to the Railroad Com.
parties Of the State and to the public, the editor
Of the Messenger procured, for publication, the
following extract from the judgment Of the
Court:
"MacOn& & Western Railroad Company as. james
NJ. Davis, admir-, dc.
The Court erred III irstructing the jury that
conductors and engineers are bound to use the
utmost skill and diligence to prevent accidents
at crossings. and that for this purpose they must
50 arrange their engines and trains so as to be
able to check or stop them at all crossings, so rs
to prevent collisions it being the opinion Of the
court that the truc and only rule in this and all
similar cases is, that these agents must use rea-
sonable diligence, taking into consideration all
the circumstances of the case and that whether
the party has been negligent or not, depends
upon the peculiar facts of each particular case !;
and the question is to be decided by the jury.
1t is farther the opinion Of this court, that not
willls,andng the plaintiff may not be without
fault still if the injury could have been prevented
in the exercise Of proper and reasonable pre-.
caution, ION the part of the defendant, we sup.
pose the court to mean,) and was not, the de.
fendant will b. liable"
The plaintiff in error was represented by c.
B. Cole. and F. A. aad J. A. Nisbet-the de-
fendant by S. Il. Bailey.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-09-18

The SPARrASBURG DINNER.-The editor
Of the Edge6eld Advertiser, in correspondence
to that paper from the Up-Country; thus speaks
of the two Congressman who spoke Oh the
occasion:
ave heard much said about the Spartan
burg diner to Colonel Orr. 1t was at this din
ner that Colonel keitt differed with that gen
teman as to the propriety Of South Carolina
joining herself to the National Democracy, in
the next Presidential scramble. Culonel Orr
maintained veEemently that she SHOULD do so
while Colonel kett preferred that she should
stand by and look on in silence, holding herself
prepared TO vote when the time came with
that quiet and sel(-possessed dignity which has
marked her conduct on similar occasions in
the past. A gentleman Of high intelligence, who
is native Of Union and was present at this
dinner, gave it to us as his opinion that the
sympathes Of the audience flowed strongly
with Colonel kcitt From all we have heard
we should say that Colonel Orr is greatly
mistaken if he expects thus to lead the State
of South Carolina into the melee Of Federal
politics. 1t suits neither co-operationsts nor
seccssionits. The indications given us by the
late Charleston Meeting; composed as it was
Of men Of both these parties, reflect very truly
the sentiments Of the people OF South Carolina
And it was certainly hazardous venture to
denounce that meeting or rather that meeting $
platform, as we heard Colonel Orr did"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-20
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

The Latellissneer says of the last political
move of the Allies:
1.-THE lending London journals acknowledge
that the army must winter again in the Crimea
The same journals recommend, it is presumed
as the best means Of sustaining tho integrity
of the Ottoman Empire, that the Danubian
Principalities should in future be governed by
n protector, appointed by France and England,
In some measure subject to the Sultan. Act
ing thus as balance of military power, it is
said that such ruler would neutralize the war
IN the East in some sort, after the fashion of
belgium nearer home. 1t was feared, although
this was looked on as happy political specu-
IatiOU, that Austria would not relinquish her
hold on the Province easily"
The New York correspondent of that jour
nal thus describes the last hours wonder of
Gotham-the running of Quarantine by the
Ocean steamer Crescent City: .- ....-
In stating the of the quarantine diff
Guilty with the steamship Crescent City in my
letter of yesterday, might have added that
there were strong premonitory symptoms that
the gauntlet would be run still further by
taking down passengers to her in tow-boat,
and starting her on her return trip to Havana
and New Orleans from the quarantine station,
for such it was limited would probably be the
fact; and such, it now seems, was actually
tHo CdSes lIGIe III the AFTERNOON OF yesterday
the authorities at quarantine discovered two
tug boats, with passengers and baggage, ap-
preaching the steamer. and Immediately
warned them Off but without effect. The
health officer and his assistants then went on
board the steamer and prohibited the captain
from proceeding to sea; also the passengers
who had got on board, as by doing so they
would all render themselves parties to viola
ton of the quarantine laws. No attention
was paid to this but, on the contrary, a spirit
of determined resistance was manifested
WhereupOn the health officers jumped into
their boats and rOwed to the u. S. sloop-of
war Cyane, which was lying at some little
distance off, and asked for assistance, which
was At once granted; but before the quarter
boat Of the CyaIe could be manned the steam
er had slipped her cable and stood out for sea
under full head of steam. The Board of
Health held special meeting on the subject
to-day, and instructed the health officer at
quarantine to lay O full statement of the facts
before the District Attorney, with a view of
having the owners aud captain Of the steamer
suitably punished"
The Cn1Om publishes at length the letters
read at the recent COnstitution-meeting in
Philadelphia, and rejoices with the Albany
Argas and the New York Journal of Com
~ieTce over the prospect that all the Democratic
party of New York will rooner or latercome W
to what it and they regard as the true consti-
tutional position with reference to the duty Of
the General Government in connection with
slavery in the Territories
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-20
VIOLENT GALEs.-A dispatch from Chicago

VIOLENT GALEs.-A dispatch from Chicago,
H., dated the 18th, says:
During violent gale which occurred here
this afternoon the brig Tuscarora, from the
lower lakes, loaded with coal, dragged her an
Choir, and had her masts and rigging all carried
away. The gale is increasing in fury. Sew
eral other vessels are in sight.
We learn from Milwaukee that during q
storm this morning, the steamer Sebastnpol at
8, n. M, went ashore two miles south of the
mouth of the Milwaukee river. The latest ac-
counts say she was on the bar with the waves
breaking over her. Men, women and children
were seen On board. She would probably go
to pieces, unless the storm abated. Two men
attempted to swim TO the shore from the vessel,
but one failed and was drowned; the other re-
ports that there are large number Of pas
sengers on board.
a later account from Milwaukee states that
there Is no chance Of saving the steamer So
bastopol, and that she had already commenced
going to pieces.
CHICAGO, Sept. ~ Tho mato and pilot Of
the steamer Sebastopol were drowned, but all
the others were saved. The vessel and cargo,
consisting of 500 tons of merchandise and 50
horses, are total loss. The steamer was
bound from Buffalo to Chicago.
Several sailing vessels are ashore at various
parts Of the lake.