The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-07-24
London SclhUyicriZins.

menIs and to cause painful feeling Of doubt
and alarm in the Iublic mind throughout the EN-
pire. At2l7 in the Strand, banking estab-
! lislmcnt has long existed, conducted by Messrs.
Strahan Paul G Bates, which has smashed I'M
i der circumstances more suspicious than the worst
bubble company. Warrants for the apprehension
OF these persons have been issued, and they are
now in 4 custody on charge Of felony selling
securities deposited with them in their capacity
of bankers without the knowledge or consent
of tIr, clients. The liabilities are said to eX-
cccd e10O, ,O00--somc accounts say million.
The Times OF Yesterday draws frightful pic.
turr of the misery which the dishonesty Of these
persons will produce.
! What is it to rob-ave. to rob and murder
half dozen people, put them out of pain at
once and disroS" of their bodies where nobody
will know anything about them-comparcd with
! the act oF scattering ruin over hundreds Of qui-
et respectable and virtuous households the
scene Of sacred harmony, the sweet charities Of
! domestic life! How many girls will go portion
es,--how many young ladies become govern.
csScs how many Young men 60 to Australia, or
| behind COUNTERS instead Of the College or the
Guards, in consequence Of this bankruptcy
One OF the parties, Sir John Dean Paul, had
country house Il short distance from London,
whittier the officers proceeded to take him into
custody. As it was too late to return the same
evening to London, they allowed him to 60 to
! bed, and kept watch during the night that he
did not escape In the morning they proceeded
with the prisoner to the railway station where
he contrivpd to slip into train that was moving
and left the officers behind him. lie has, how.
ever, given himself up since. The Times thus
refers to the mode OF life Of this banking tri
umviratc:
"Only think Of select society Of gentlemen,
: high in the fashionable, and even the religious
worl living in magnificent style for years and
years Oh the deposits Of Il number OF conhGing
and even adniriny nob,emen. They have had
good houses costly furniture, splendid establish
mcuts, sumptuous entertainments, and the best
cnpany up 10 the very last with the full con-
SciollSncss that they were. doing it all out OF the
money of some score, or rather some hundreds,
OF pvop pie who felt it an honor to put their mo-
ncv into the hands Of such men," This eXplo.
son will 50 shock public opinion that, rs III all
such casrs, tho il:Hoccnt will suffer with the
guilty. The whv;. business seems to be slavish
i.ntaion or ;hc career Of Mr.. Montague Tigg.
in Dickens .,iartin Chu2zcwt, with this differ
emce-tkat lhc romance OF the reality exceeds
the icton.--Lonlon 7inlcS June p.
NATIONAL CosTuME.- The following paragraph
ar,aa:, in the recent news from EurnIe:
at ! stated that, according to the Russian
iuw, every noblrmau and civil tunctionary.
from the highest to the lowest grade, wears uni
form. This costume was until recently in the
f;.>on OF Il dress coat with standing collar
anI embroidery. \ late uk,se has, however,
c!lanrrd this foreign haJt habNe into the old
rational katlan, or long fiock and large loose
trousers, lnrc better suited to the climate. The
German lapers say that this change has been
rrc.ircd with intense satisfaction. All classes
even from childhood upward, in ST.. Petersburg,
Moscow, and til" o,hcs cities, fling aside with
disgust every article Of western manufacture, and
adypt the new created national garb Of loose
trousers ani easy jacket Of gray cloth with green
collar and cross upon the breast. Hatred will
thus 20 down, and passing from sire to son pen
citrate all the EJrcs of the heart, and faculties of
III" lrird.'
To Us it appears less as an indication Of ma.
+tinnal hatred, than as declaration Of indepen-
dcnca OF the rule Of Parisian tailors. 1t is
movement oi common sense that we would faln
hope will visit more countries than Russia.
| SnELLs.--Many shells naturally possess 50
fine Il Polish that no preparations is considered
necessary for placing them in the cabinet. In
! general, however, it happens that when shells
become dry, they lose much of their natural
! Insrn This may be very easily restored by
washing them with Il little water, in which
small portion of gum arabic has been dissolved,
or vii the wl.ite of an egg. There are many
shells Of very plain appearance on the out
side. by reason of n dull epidernis, skin with
which they are cover ed. This is removed by
stepping the shell in warm water, and then
rubbing it of with brush. When the epider.
mis- is thick, it will be found necessary to min
ole with the water a small portion of nitric
acid, which, by dssolving part Of the shell dc.
,lrovS the adhesion. This last agent must be
EN- ploycd with great ca%tion, since it destroys
the lustre on every part exposed to its infu'
r..ce. The lino surface must he polished with
leatI e, assisted by tripoli, but in many cases
where even these are Intellectual, the file and
! even the pumice stone may be employed TO
rub o.f the coarse external layers. that the
concealed beauties may be disclosed. When
this i, DONE tho labor and care, though great,
have reward propor'ionatc.
PL,xrs IL a BED. RooM-Mr. d. Bcaton, in
the Cottage Gardencr remarks that although 1t
is quite true that plants do vltiate the air OF a
room to comparatively q fractional degree, it is
equally well asccrtained that they consume and
destroy Il very great deal Of foul air; and that
without foul mir, such as would kill man, plants
coull not be kept alive at all. We gardeners
know this fact from every days experience, we
cannot grow plants 50 wei, or 50 quickly, in the