The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-09

ALARM IN ANOTHER QUAETER.-Thc Lon
don Times thinks Euylisi,mrm not sufficiently
unhappy, through their fears oil what the En-
pcror OF the French may o:e 'ay take it il to
his head to do-wipc cut England, and make
trance the greatest power i'll the world. 1t
endcavors to add to the general misery Ly
showing that the crop of cotton in America
may some day tail, when England most want
it, or the Amcri>ans themselves will heal their
sectional troubles by some compronl:ss between
the North aud the South, by which the latter
will forcgo the advantages Of free trade, ard
tue former establish u manufacturing suprcma-
cy OH Engands ruin. This is certainly avery
dismal prospect, but considering how very re-
mote it must be before it can be realized, there
docs not appear any immediate necessity to be
miserable J.! consequence OF 1t. The South
will have some Ucttcr assurance OF the adval,-
tages OF restricting a market for its great st;;-
pie, before it undertakes to cut off one Of its
best customers And the North will have to
acquire the ability, the capital, and the market
for The manufactured goods, before it will u,l-
dcrlakc 10 consnlnc all the cotton production
OF the South. The North is doing its best to
consume as much us it can: but it is long way
off yet of working up all the cotton that can
bc lroGnccI. When the Nurh NAV he able
to make such 'compromise" with the South,
it will be alter it has driver the English man
ufacturcr out ul the markets of the world, hv
cheaper production, and not before. Then the
South may also be ready TO agree 10 such an
arrangement. There is no use Of English man
utacsulcrs alarming themselves low with 50
remote possibility, Tor it will only distress
them without producing any relief. There are
no cotton fields which can DC substituted for
those of the United States.-P,I Ledger.
The RrssIAS FLEET.-At 4 inc when
Russia is again inclined to take an active part
both in European and Oriental affairs, it may
bc advantageous to see what is the number and
the distribution Of her naval forces. From
official sources it is asccrtained that she has
227 ships of war, Of which 1s6 are steamers
and 4 Are sailing vessels, and these are srs-
taincd as follows In the Baltic, lGl; White
Sea, 6; Caspian Sea, II ; Black Sea, 33 e;
Pacific and Chinese waters, 10: total 227. In
addition to which size lIas 3Ol gunhoal$, or
vessels of that description; and besides the
officers actually employed she has 203 who arc
at present in the merchant service, whom, lis
well as 3O7 ahlc sranlcn similarly engaged, she
could at once render available, whenever tleir
services might be required for the purpose ut
the navy. it should also be kcptin mind that
there is generally one or more Russian vessels
of war in the Bay Of kicl.
CouRFcr SpEAXIxG-We advise all young
people to acquire in early life the habit of good
language, both in speaking and writing, and
to abandon, as carl Y as possible, any use Of
slang words and phrases. The longer they
i've the more difficult the acquisition Of such
language will be; and if the goldcnagc ofyonth
the proper season for the acquisition of langu
age, be passed i'll its abuse, the unfortunate vic
tim of neglected education is very probably
doomed to talk slang for life. Money is not
necessary to procure this education. Every
man has it in his power. lie has merely tc
Use the language which he reads, Insl cad o.
slang which hr'hnars to form his taste from
the best speakers and poets OF the country tt
treasure up choice phrases in lbs memory, al'c
10 lahit,ate himself to their Use avoiding, al
the same time, that pcdamtic precision whicl
shows rather the weakness of a vain ambition
than the rolish Of an educated mind.-Hoan'
Jour"0L