The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-02-12
GIPSLE'S.

:. At the last meeting Of the chronological So
'cicty, paper was read "On the Origin Of the
Gipsies," by the President. The origin, as cdt
old English has it, of the "outlandish persons
calling thcmselve of wandering impostcrs and
iugglcrs," is at least subject ofgrcat curiosity
not to say of chronological import. Although
though their first appearance in Europe was CO.
eral with the century which witnessed the dis
coverv Of the New World and the new passage
to the Indies, no one thought Of ascrbing them
a Hindoo origin, and this hypothesis the truth
of which the author now proposed to examine
was of very recent date Their Hindoo origin
was not for long time even suspected; he has
however, Of late years received general crcdence
The arguments for it consist in the physical form
of the people in their language, and in the his
tory OF their migration. -;ach Of these topics
tie author examined separately in detail. The
conclusion that the authcr came to was that the
Gipsics, when above four centuries ago they first
appeared in Western Europe, were already
composed of a mixture Of many different races
and that the present Gipses are still more
m1ngrel.
!: In the asiastc portions Of their lineage there
is probably a small amount Of 1lindoo blood
-bHt this he thnnght twas-t most that caiA~be
predicted of their Indian pedigree. Strictly
speaking, they are not more IIindoos in lineage
than they are Pcrsiaus Turks Wallachians ol
Europeans, for they arc mixture OF all these,
and that in proportions impossible 10 be a$ccr,
tanned. Dr. Short alsc read paper. entitled
,i , , ,.on,,. &c ,bo Nou,d;r oT .Ln rb;uolnnri
District" Interspcrscd over not only this dis
trct, but also ovcrmost parts G! Southern India
is a rude class Of people. .by some supposed tc
have been aborgincs OF the peninsula. TlIi
tribe is known hy the names O; "lcnadi
"EilIce," "Vadcr" anfHAlaranur." The WORD
Ycnadi is a corruption Of Analham, or poor
man WHO has no guardian Or gHidr. lllIc'
and Ea,lcr mean huntcrs and Savagcs. Mara
nur, hunters or savagcs who live in the woods
These people speak the language Of the dis'ric
in which they ire located, but somewhat cor
rrtted They for the most part follow no trad'
or uccu patton, but generally GAIN a rrccariou
living as wopd-cutlcra, or by selling dyes, root
and medicinal herbs, collected in the Jungle
In the Neore district, they go about with lon!
bamboos sllarrcncd to point, with which they
transfx harcs us they squat in the bush will
great agility. DR.. Short had made trial o
some of the these people as servants, and thinks
that these AS well as the Ieandis Of the Stri
haree-cottah. might he made in few years
through philanthrop;c efforts interested in ag
riculture, and so redeemed from their arbarou
condition. Liverpool Times.
When is plant ike a hog' When it b'
gins to root. And when is it like soldier
When it bccinS to shoot. And when is it lik'
an editor! When it begins to blow.
ESCAPE OF PRlsoHERs.-A dispatch from
Quebec; Canada, says: Marshal Kane of Bal
timorc, and thirteen rebels, mostly escaped of
frers from Johnson's Island and Camp Doug
las left here this morning by the Grand TrunI
Railroad for REVERE du Loup, to take the over
land route to Halifax.
A duel was fought in Texas between Mr.
s. X. Shott and 4. ". Knott. The result wa
that Knott was shot and Shot was not. Under
these circumstances We wouldn't rather bC
Shot than Krott ?-John Happy.
4 Mr.. Shot and Mr.. Willing also fought
a duel, in which both were wounded Thi
circumstance gave rise to the following lines
Ehott aud Willing did engage,
| In duel fierce and hot:
shott shot Willing willingly,
| And Willing he shot Shott.
The shot Shott shot made Willing quite
~ A spectacle to see,
~ R5Se1S While Willing willing shot went right
3 spgh Shots anatomy.