The Camden Weekly Journal, 1853-10-18

P. Plnir, csq.,( the old editor of' the Globe) tc the Agiicultural Association of Montgomery county, Maryland, delivered at Uoekville, on tin 8th instant, from which we give an extract thai may be read with pleasure and profit : Men who have made fortunes in our cities, be gin now to appreciate the value of country life however averse or unsuited to it they may hav< been rendered by habit; The common guide book of Paris, which is put into every traveller's hands, has this note under the head ofpopula tiott : "Families constantly residing in Pari: soon become extinct. The effects of thii mor tality are observed to be more active upon males than upon females." What is true, of Paris i; true of every city in the world. There is not probably, a man in London, Paris, New York 01 Philadelphia, who can say that bis great-grand father, bis grand-father, and bis father, successively lived and died in the city of his residence There is no such thing as the survivor of three generations that have undergone the decoinpos ing pc wer of a city atmosphere, assisted by city pursuits. A city, then, may be said to die $u1 once i:i a hundred and fifty years, so far as regards those roofed generations that live, anc move and have their being only in a city's pro cincts. Whoever, then, would have succession in his family?that desires to transmit his nanu and wealth by perpetuating Ins race?should al some period of his life take his leave of walls am pavements, an.1 crowded thoroughfares, and ti> his abode in the midst of the rustling foilage the given Hp!<ls, clear streams, and sweet air, un tainted by stagnation in the walled streets ant alleys and sewers. 'There is another observation in regard tocitiewhich induces thoughtful men, who take pride in their posterity, to remote from them wlioi they have accomplished the objects for wliifcl they are sought. How many millions of clii! dren educated in cities with flic utmost care have passed away without reaching distinetioi among his'countrymen. It is remarkable !ha' children born in cities, generally exhibit pre cocioiis talents; they have the easiest access <! every species of learning ; they arc stimulates to exercise in the schools bv pride, vigilance, am |* ? i :~i. i .... i... \i..,

uutli-ache. I can never-find in her deportment i nything to forgive, and I am tired of praising rhere correctness senilis inevitable. '.Besides j he don't care for praise. She was wound up | t birth, and her heart pulsates with the rcgn- | iiriiy of a penduiutn. If I should hang m\ self, onie morning of puree?t/t?/t, I know she would ! rrnnge e\entiling for a respectable burial. ! d v condition is desperate. In passing through l Sew York last winter, I religiously avoided ! Ceiug Lola Montez for 1 knew I should be. sinit- j en at aglanee. The slightest touch of human iailtv seems absolutely refreshing. Speak, milia r," he added niter a biief pause, and in nercv point out some defect in .Mrs. Charley Spike.!' "Mrs. Charley Spike," responded the person ! idJri-ssed, "is not absolutely stupid,norentirely ndiflerent in matters of feeling. She gives some ariety to life in point of temper, and permits ne to hope to please, as well as fear to offend. Jut like your Kectiua,she has, alas! one para- j nouut idea. 'Order is Heaven's first law,'and it s not the less that of my immaculate Vesta. ' Specially does she insist upon the most spot- J ess neatness, at the expense of all other con- j iideratioiis. J discovered soon after rnv mar- j iage that the woild was a little too good to i ive. in. The parlors were shut up fo exclude 1 he fli-'S; the chambers to avoid tin duer. The ] lining room" furniture was robed in Holland :overs, ai d ugly mats deformed every square \ rard of carpeting. Canaries were banished be- j muse liny littered their cage, and my pet, pavid distni-sed for neglecting to wipe his ! < ? !. Then pickles spoil tLc cutlery,and eggs ! orrude the silver; coffee is liable to stain the J ilieu, an 1 i veil'butter, if incautiously used,; nay be the parent of a grca<c-spot. Cigars i have long since gbjured, because spittoons | ne an abomination. Il l sit, it is, \Mr. Spike, ! our chair mars the wall,'or 'Charles you are !

ovr* IIIO LW HIV ^l^aivuaix J y " to kill and rob Americans as natural enemies.? H In these particulars tlicv have suffered some \ Ll)'1, themselves. " tl n!' The late decree of Santa Anna, pronouncing ft the natives having had anything to do with u CarvajaFs movement 'traitors an/l unworthy n Lnr the name of Mexicans',?denying them the pri- it ?? vih'ges of citizenship and pronouncing the )>en- y 1 I a'.tv of death against them upon conviction,- it is a L,n" I said cannot be cnfoictd in the frontier States C ;c" : without producing a revolution. A large pro- r< a" | portion of the ofiicers commanding the 'Mobiles' tl ien | liave relatives implicated with Cnrvajal. tl ?!1- i The Mexicans are said to regret not having b aided Gen. Cnrvajal in his slnigglc for liberty, b he Had he succeeded, Santa Anna could not have ft rei- cmne into tlie country. Taxes are enormous, the The accession to our forces on the llio Grande osc will have a good effect in preserving tranquility, t( iro ami protecting the lights of our citizens. o am G.'ti. Cmales.?It is rumored on the Rio p vas Grande that Santa Anna has had this old arch art traitor put to death. We fear the news is too ? net I good f? he truo. ji |)a- Gen. Cnrvajal is engaged in surveying lands c en- in Starr county. He is reputed to be an excel- v the lent mathematician. Ho design* establishing a ft crs rancho at Lo^Ojuelus, forty miles east of Lace- r tin* do. He still has hopes of being able, some day, p s it to free his country, and give her a constitution t cut ami laws similar to those of the United States. J do Hi* revolutionary projects have stripped him of t] a large property, lie has an interesting and t tail intelligent family, chiefly dependent upon his c out exertions lbr a livelihood. v all; - *t? ? j I > ot Dedication of the New Hall by the Con3 of , t in- Temperance. ! c ' 'i- i ii..it : i ! t

of ! s mie time since, copied from the viaii Antonio ' :lie ' Journal. *\Ve make the fallowing additional of j confirmatory extracts: ^ 1" | Santa Anna is raising an ariny ol 94,500 men. I,ie i The Mexicans have a thousand conjectures as to ,() at" J his intentions?a war with the United States? L'" | an imperial crown and a desire to support his Vj Ml" : present position, are attributed a4 probable mo' (> tives. The common class think he will invade jr 1 tiie State of Texas. They indulge in glorious {j lltl | dreams, when they make an imaginary division yj ' v , of the spoils. Tiie better informed think Santa r' > Anna has too much sen.-e to venture upon war il ! with Uncle Sam. All concur in believing he w "e has b. en tampering with Spain, and is backed t| rt'? by that power in his vitwsand objects. w ir* i Santa Anna will doubtless place garrisons in all u ,u" ' the towns on the Rio Grande. Troops have been s ! already stationed opposite Laredo. ' w } ' ; A very general feeling of disaffection to San- w "l^ j ta Anna's government seems to pervade ail clas'.?* j sesthis side the mountains, st l[' Th -re has been an increase of tbe forces this ji side oft lie Siera Mad re. An intelligent gentleman ti LM1. returned from Monfeivy to Rio Grande. City v< ' about the middle of August, and reported 9000 \\ men at the former point on half pay. There are four or five companies in Uamargo, and seven j pieces of Artillery. The force at Matainoras was tl ' not far from its usual number since the demon- h ^ stratiuu of Carvajal. There may be near 12,000 g men on this side of the mountains. C " There is no friendly feeling for Americans.? q They are not safe in property nor in person, in s: ,)SJ' anv part of Mexico or close to it. A disposition tl ne .........-i \r nvtnotic rri?Ti<"?r?iIIv* I L

lie enterprise, and larger dividends than havb cen declared by what are presumed at least'to e better n ads, and through a better country, )!' railroad purposes.?Fairfield Herald; The Present Corrox Crop.? A Tex.-s'Plmr?r, suys tbe Galveston News, who has had ah pportunity of seeing much of the present cotun crop, writes us as follows after his travels. "I have travelled through all the Southern Itates except Florida. I live on the Bj.-feos riv^r ii Texas. From Jluntsville to red" River the otton crop is very poor. In many sections.the reed is high and looks fine, but the bolts cr jrms are scarce. Farmers tell me the heavy ains cause it to shed. One half of a crop is as inch as will be made along the road I have ravelled through Eastern Texas; FYom Grand Score, on the lied river, 15 miles befoW Alexan- * Iria, the crop is worse than ever before grd-w here. S i sav the planters. I have known that ountry for twenty years. " The growth of the reed is luxuriant, tut there are very few tolls, u the Texas Valley, the best cotton land in he world except the Brazos, there is the same ompi.iiiVt. Too much rain has caused the w<fed o lie rank, and the bolls few and far between, 'he same is the case in the Rodney Hills: All hrougli Ilinks and the adjoining counties die rop is also very poor. Through the eastern ouutios of Mississippi the cotton will not overgo more than 18 to '24 inciies in height. The ame i? the case in Green county, Alabama, Only rorse. Theie is not a crop of Cotton from Jainesvilte to Greensboro', that will make o60 lOuiuU to the aero. In Georgia and South Carolina, the cotton i< not over from 10* to 24 aches high, as f ir as I have seen. If the States hrougli which I have travelled do not average nore than present appearances ind cate, or than

loss foe lost their commando!1, (Jon. Ross, a I : about GOO of tlieir men. The American li -1 was about one-fourth that of the Brtisli. '1 i attack on Baltimore was made by over 000(1 ; i well disciplined English troops, while the i I merieati force was chiefly comprised ofmilii 1 The repulse of the invaders was most eo ; plctce , The buttle of Chapultcpoc. fn the war w Mexico, commenced on the l~th ol'Septelnl I j 1817, the storming on the 10th. C ha puke) j was a glorious victory, so far as it illuslral > . Ameiican heroism i:i battle, but whether, i i der :i mote politic general, it would have b< i ; necessary, to open the way t-? the. Mexit i j capital, is a question upon which military n ! as well as civilians are sti.l divided in njiiui 1 | Tier Knoi.isii and French Protest.?'I 1 ! Nation;.1 Intelligencer of Friday morning, i . tenites its rumor of the previous day; that ^ Ministers of Britain and France did join th< 1 of Austria, Prussia and Russia, in virtually |i ' testing against the conduct of Captain Itigfah > ?holding now, however, that their action \ ' n mere expression of the opinion on the ji ' of rne respective Governments that the corn! ' j of Captain Ingrahum at Smyrna was a vi? "I tion of the law of nations/' As the Inteliig ! | cei's editors have hotter means of knowing " : exact views of the .Ministers of the five Row ; above named, titan any other journalists in United States, the Washington Star take 1 for granted that they are correct to the ext " of their intimation that England and France * not like Ingrahani's conduct. 1 The masses of Europe, w ith one accord, 1 1 it as a harbinger that at least one Govornm 1 , will not Permit Russia and.lie.1 satraps to w

loved nothing in the whole of his miserable | | life (lit a strange pleasure in the duties of this , t new and unsolicited relation. The docility < with which the little fellows accommodated ( themselves to the. oddities of the eccentric \ humorist. their unquestioning faith in his most j startling dogmas,- and their artless exhibitions ? - of personal attachment, on upon his isolated j i nature to* a*degree that Surpiiscd himself, li 1 f seemed these helpless children \vere destined 1 uncotieiously *to fulfill to the lonely old man t that feminine mission without which human | life is a frilure,and happiness a mythe. With 1 f a devotion and patience hardly to he expected ' t of-him, he rea'red the fragile boys to manhood, "r - gave them a'l needful advantages of books, and 1 . schools and pocket money, and at last raw them | all established in business, and in a way to do j credit to themselves and their connexions.? ! t Judge, then, of his painful astonishment when jc all three waited upon him in a body, to an- r lioutice that they had jointly and severally | formed the audacious resolution of committing J matrimony. Neither would have dared np- ( proacii the subject alone, and though countenanced by each other, they felt, so much grati- t tude, re\ erence and compassion for the pre- t judiccd old man, that they fairly trembled for , the result. . ; y When the confession was made to .Mr. Jedu t thus Spike, he turned his hack o i tlie agitated ( young men, and walked quietly to the window. ' j After standing silently for some minutes, he ( turned and said very calmly: , , t " Well, boy's, I have nursed you through the ( 1 i ? ? 1..i on,I tl,n ulinnn. i ,

luru her out." Abby Ke.lv made a speech, in bicli she bitterly attacked churches and minisy, which excited more discussion, and attempts' < ; ere made to ] lit her down by those who were" . j ot yet prepared to go the same length of folly. Abby, however, maintained Iier position, and ould not yield the floor, declaring that she. onld not be put down. . lien?another terrible scene of confusion' aiid .rife of tongues ensued, in ifie midst of which a- , lotion to adjourn was*]?ut and carried, when ^ le Presideiitcss fled the Hall* to escape.tlie ' iigeance of some portion of tlife CocveritiblV liotn she had offenclcd. ' ' , f/ * Lancaster Rail Road.?We perceive oi le-Camden Journal that the sum 6f ?77,50.0 as been subscribed to this road; vhich was orb inally intended to unite either at Chestervillif, r'h amden or Ridgwav. How riiiiuh will' be reuired to complete the road we rite unable to iy, but if it depends upon the subscription <if le respective points where the bedks: \yere to e opened, we arc sure neither Chestervillenbr tidgwnv "will have a place in the picture."? Ve are inclined to the opinion, however, that if lie road does not goJbeyond Lancaster. that'dor lends who did not subscribe acldd"* wisely, for ithin our limited knowledge df.the' dount-rfc ortli of piinden, there is but little to pay cither 1 freight or passage; and even if it extend beond the town of Lancaster it has a very f >rmidblo rival to divide the profits with in the Sbu'Ri ' .'arolina and Charlotte Rail Road. But! if .ttie . jad can be built, arid the means furnished' on hat side of the river, we wish tliem success fir.