The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, May 24, 1853, Image 2
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The I?xplo?iou of the Jenuy Liud. |
THRILLING AND HORRIBLE DETAILS. |
Tito Snn Frain isctpnpers bring us the full;
^ piotieniurs-of the explosion on board the steam- j
ei* Jo?my LimJ, which occurred on the 10th ul-1
liiiio, ?>u the passage from Aiviso to Sail Fran- i
elsci^ with from 125 to 150 passengers. Itap-j
pears that when oil' Pulgas Ranche, and while
the steamer was goiog at ordinary speed, a vio-1
i. / lent tremor whs frit throughout the Swat, like i
the collection produced hy the fil ing of a can-1
[ . non, and, in a >eeond after, a tremendous re \
tv i port was hoard, and the whole vessel envoi-1
i- oped in a dense cloud of scalding steam. The |
plate-on the after?head of the boiler had been j
blown out, and the steam and -boiling water |
rushed!<5tii u ith fearful violence. The bulk-1
bead, separating the boiler from the cabin,!
which was aft, was shivered ipto a thousand j
frngrncaits by tire force of the shock!
- The cabin was a closely confined room, 15 j
by D feet, with small windows looking < ut j
upon a s wt of gangway that intervened be-1
'tween it and the railings. It was just about
dinner time; the table was spread, and a few
minutes before the ladies and children, and the
fc gentlemen in 'charge of ladies, had been introduced
into the Cabin, so that they might not
Ka tno/imin A/I../1 K i? fl?#? ttsli hi tl.c\ t 'I.
Ible when 'lit* bell should ring, ami wero about j
seating themselves at the table when tlie ex-j
plo>ion took place, and a dense volume of
steam rushed into the cabin. All in the room
were stricken as if wilted by heat. They were
scalded frightfully externally, and all inhaled
the fe.tr ul steam. Not one escaped. All were
; cither--'killed instantly, or have 6ince died.
Many of them had their clothes torn front
them and the skin entirely burned off* their
faces and bodies.
The .sight,presentcd was horrible beyond de
scription, not simply the scalded, but all were
utore or less ryangled by the fragments of the
boiler and bulk head, and streams of blood
ffo.wed from the mutilated bodies.
Some few of the gentlemen managed to
grope their way out pf the cabin, crying pi?
t tenu.-ly to those above to save their wives stud
(children. When smneof the passengers who
were"hfrhurt rnshe?f below, a sight presented
?t-<elf which staggered them, and some became
faint. They found the dead and dying lying i
in a confused mass upon the floor, covered
* with fragments of chairs, tables, furniture and
timber., trid horrible to relate, were writhing
Fiu mc seaming wwe.r six mines aeep on uie
floor. -Pout* tittlt? children were crying piteausly
for their "mothers, who Coirld hear, but
biii?d?d, cobld uot see. Mothers shrieking in
SgtVif, artd calling upon some one to save their
ckildretf.* The picture even in our recollection,
P 'ttf* heart-rending. Soch was the scene in the
fc. , cabin. - _ ? r
The violence of the steam struck as wel.ave
stiid" against the bulk-head in the rear of the
boiler, and the greater portion burst through
^ the cabin in its mission of death, while another
portion recoiled, and rushed to the forward
part, killing instantly one of the firemen, who
v. as standing in front of the furnace doors,
mortally at aiding another on the forward deck, <
and killing several of the passengers jvho were
standing on tbe forward part of the lower deck.
Tb<?e of the passengers standing on the forward
part of the upper deck were nearly all
saved, a few only were scalded, and those not
dangerous! y. Those about mid-ship, right over
tiwrhnifar, wen?" entirety uninjured
- But the most terrible destruction was on the
afier-part of the upper deck, ju>t over the cabin.
Here a large number of passengers were
congregated. After the steam hud d??iie its
work qr destruction in" the cabin, it burst up
in the companion way, ana in an instant swept
tho>e in its way lo the deck.. Not a man
around stood- Fifty lay prostrate, scalded
and wounded, sh'iekiiig in agony, and some
mourning out their la-t moments of life.
As soon as the consternation had subsided,
those who had escaped rushed t<> the assistance
of tho-.e of the suficicrs, who were brought up
on deck anrd laid out, some of them on mat
t trasses, and othe.s on tlie bare planks, with the
oorAUw&oc i\f i ni'ttifii'i* i.f iwnr< rMtitntfl *?n tfio
vn. ........... s- "">v" v.. wlv |
.decks as pillow*. The cries of pa it) were j
fearful. Some lost their senses, and raved [
madly; others were seen staggering blindly!
* about, the >kin hanging in threads from their
bod'cs and from their hands, like gloves turned
inside out
Many of them had their clothes literally
torn off theiu, and shivered with the cold while
burning internally and crying fi.r water. Ma !
ny were'literally scalped, their hair melted off, (
f as it were by the steam. Some who were i
? rushing around frantic with pain, had to be
seized to prevent them from jumping overboard.
Their clothes were stripped from theifi
as soon as possible, but horrible to relate, the
skin from their bodies jvealed off with it.
Some one went to assist a poor fireman,
who was scalded terribly. He said to them
' Leave me and go to some one to whom you
can do some good?I'm a dead man!" and in a
few moments after expired.
Mr. James Tobin, late of the firm of Tobin
& Duncan, was standing near the companionway
leading to the cabin, and talking to Mr.
Sheiton. when he felt the tremor before alluded
to. Familiar with such accidents on the Mi*-1
sssippi river, and knowing what it porh-nded, i
even before lie heard the explosion, and sinnt!- |
^?i.. ?i? ..... ,.? (i.?. I
laiH'UllfclJ Willi mc ^uaimi^ ii|> in lill; .-?,! ???II,
wiih extraordinary presence <f mind, ln-jcrketl
apart the fastenings around his neck of a heavy
?lonk he had on, threw it entirely over hi*
head, wrapped it.and his hands in the folds, j
and prostrated himself to the deck. The In- I
rious volume of steam rushed over and around
him, hut he lav with his hand clasped over his
nu>u!h and held his breath. This lie did as
long as he could, when he made a gasp to recover
himself, and again held his breath. Even
through the thick folds of Ids cloak ? through
his bar.tl, l??w down on the deck?half a minute
after the explosion, the air was painfully hot.
in a little more than a minute, be.raised his
cloak to see if he could breathe?found it.still
too hot, and covered himself un again. Ju two
minutes he uncovered, completely unhurt?he
had not even been singed. His cloak was
'I burnt, and almost dropped to pieces. Beside
him lay poor Shelton. to whom he had just
i r^ari'iillv Rf.-ildi-d internally and I
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l externally, and now. poor fellow, dying He
was the only man of that whole crowd around
him who rose up. Hij escape, under Providence,
is due to Ins presence of miml alone.
Mr. St< eking, s|H'akin+ of the good qn diti -s
of a woman, says his wife is tin* nio-t even r 111|>?>rv-.I
woman In cv *r ' i?v -If's always mad. j
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, From ths New York Evening rost.
Important from itlincsotn.
Saint Paul, Minesota Territory, >
April 29th, 1858." \
Tiie relations of the Indians with one alio
er, which have been of so quiet a nature sii
the organization of our territory, begin to :
sume a threatening aspect.
A short time since, a war party of the W
nebatrnes, led on by a \oung chief anxious
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UlSlIllgUISn IlllUSeif, ill litLKC'U UIIU tUIICU l
Chippewnys, and sent their scalps to the Si?>i
The Chippewnys, little thinking that t
was done by the Winnebagoes, with whi
they have heretofore been on the most fiiei
ly terms, but supposing it to have iieen do
by their hereditary enemies the Sioux, raisci
war party as soon as the news reached the
came down to Shakopoe, a small Indian villa
on the Minesnta river, some thirty miles abc
St. Paul, and succeeded in scalping two of I
Sioux.
Some of the Sioux hearing of this itmne
ately started fur Lake St. Croix, near wh
they entered the Imuse of a white settler, a
killed a half bred L'hippcway, by the way
retaliation.
The Chippewnys then formed a second v
patty, came down to St. Paul from Lake S
perior, and lurked around the outskiits oft
town the whole of Monday night. In I
morning they were met by some of the citizc
who tiied to persuade them not to make an
tack upon their enemies- - at least in the villa
?which they promised not to do, and wi
about to start away, when they perceived a i
tioe coming across the river, loaded with si
eral Sioux.
The sight of their ancient enemies, nlnx
within their grasp, banished nil the good re
lutioiis which they had so lately made. I
norcuit-nil lliov Lonl u'llch imli! flip prill
reached the levee, and its inmates, consisti
of one man and two women, had landed a
entered the store ot William II. Foibes, m
the wharf. Then the whole paity, some twel
in number, naked, with the exception of t
breeebcloth and leggings, their hair orname
ed with feathers,, and their faces and bod
horribly painted, came rushing with a sin
front behind the Baptist Church, where th
were lying concealed, and hastening up in fix
of the store, fiivd*in a volley.
The halls entered, penetrating the store a
counters in many places?one striking an ir
inkstand, dashed its contents over the pages
a daybook lying near, and another entered t
arm of one of the squaws, making a sevc
wound, which has since resulted in her deal
Scveial white persons were in the store at t
time, hut none were injured, with the excepii
of a man by the name of Finley, who tool
(lying leap from out the back window a
sprained bis legs by a fall of some twenty fi
or nioie. A spent ball, however, struck n
man upon the heel, and another ball knock
'.be head off- a cane which a young man w
holding in his hand at the time.
The Chippoways were starting away, wli
a oioux (called Jim, by the English) ru-hed r
of the store wiin his gun. The young eh
who led the war party seeing this, placed hi
self in concealment, while his followers retre
.ed. Jim likewise concealed himself as well
he could, and here the two remained walelii
for a favorable shot; presently thev both tin
but without effect. Quick as thought, t
ypung Chippeway cast himself full length up
the ground and loaded his gun in an irista
Jim being unprovided with ammunition. \vb
he saw" his enemy about to fire, threw hiin<
down the steep hank near the store, and
raped unhurt; the Chippeway then took
flight.
The hews having by this time spread tlirou
town, a small party of citizens was rui-ed t
der the Command of Lieut. Simpson. U.S. .
who immediately went in pursuit of the In
ans, but after riding the whole day, did r
uccml in overtaking them. In the nmantii
II I M . O
the governor nan sour me news to run on?
ing, and Lieut. McGruder, with some thii
dragoons, was dispatched in pursuit.
lie hastened with his troops to Lake Sa
Croix, near where he supposed the India
would pass mi their wny to Lake Superior, a
there laid in amhusli. This conjecture prov
correct, tor it was not long before he peiveiv
them coming. As soon as the [:idinu> saw 1
soldie.s, tiny tired upon them and slight
wounded one. The dragoons immediately i
turned the tire; one Indian fell dead upon t
spot, two more were badly wounded with t
sabre, ai d a fourth one was taken prisoner a
brought to the fort, wheip he is now confim
The detachment upon its return was sentdov
to Kaposia, and Little Crow, the Sioux ehi
aud two of his followers, also taken in custo
and imprisoned.
Several of the Chippewnvs belonging to t
same pasty who made the attack tij on t
store, lurked near town during the whole
that day, and came in about twelve o'clock
night, and carried off their blankets, which ih
had left near the new hotel in Keittsou's Aif
lion. They may say what they please a bo
the cowardice of the Indians, hut it contain
was a ver) brave act to come into the ve
licait of a town which is generally filled wi
Sioux, and when lliey had just performed so
a daring outrage, and seemed almost to cot
danger.
The brav? voting chief who led Ihe attack
tin- morning, was a il l iiive of the Chippcw
k.llnl mi L;:ke Saint Croix, and is only alio
eighteen years of age.
Jim, the S.oiix, i-an old Icl.'ow who has se
service. having had one of' IiN legs shot aw
in battle. IJe has had it replaced by a Win
en one, however, and ran navigate almost
well a> ever, where it is plain sailing, hut fin
it very di(lieuIt to do so in the wood*.
It is said that the Sioux were about to pi
form the scalp dance in our streets upon tl
very morning, when their sport was so suddt
|y interi ilpted.
The Chippewa* s, having since discover
that the Wiuiieh.igoes, and not the Sioux, ;i
the ones who eouiuiitted the first outrage, a
highly incensed, t??r they had heretofore he
on the most friendly terms with them, a
there was not the least provocation lor an
tack; and what makes the matter still won
they not only killed the men, hut took th
scalps and sent them to the Sioux.
If they had merely killed them, the CJhipj
ways would have supposed it was to sati*
some personal quarrel, and have thought no
ing of it; hut tu send tlrir scalps to their I
torest enemies, can lie interpreted into nolhi
else hut a plain declaration of war.
The WJnrehiigin-8 know their danger, I
the wli??le tiihe have left Long Prairie, thepla
where their agwic-Y is >iiuate, and procucd
down ilio Mississippi to Ilig lh ml, whero lli
have encamped and commenced throwing up (t&
fortifications, as if they feared an attack. ^
Ho!e-in-the Day, the headjdmf of the Chip- ??
pewnys, though preparing for war, wishes to
th- settle the matter amicably, if possible, having
K-e sent a messenger with wampum and tobacco
as to his head men and braves, telling them to be
quiet, yet prepared for action at any moment
in- The only way for the Winnebagocs to do, is T
to t<? deliver the murderers into the hands of the liaa
wo whites, and then hold a council with the Chip asr
,ix. |>cways, and come.to an understanding about t0 !l
his the matter; for unless they do, there will sure ! 1
jm ly he trouble, for they are inferior by far in j s,rc
id- point of bravery and in numbers. Four of the I few
me relatives of the Chippeways killed have already, j dci]
da without the consent of their chief, started for an(l
tn, the Winnebago camp, bent on obtaining satis- nor
ige faction for their wrongs; and I should not be bon
much surprised to near ot soinc or tneir ene i
[he mies being killed and scalped, although they
have been warned of their danger,
di- The whites have nothing to fear, however, 1
ifli from the Indians; and it is to be hoped that the Wl"
nd prompt measures taken by the military will put
of an end to all difficulties between ih-nnsi Ives. mat
Yours truly, J. V. D. H wlii
,ar 1' S.?Seven canoes are passing up the riv- Tlii
>u- er now, loaded with Sioux. I can see from soie
he my windows their guns gli-tening, and the
[lie scalp leathers dancing on their lu-ads. They
uts *>e evidently jjent on mischief. . ^
ge The British Government Excaoed in tub bis<
?re slave Trade.?The last number of the Libe-i wil1
:a- ria Herald received in this country, contains a j V>oa
?v- proclamation from PresiJent Roberts of Libe- n?t
ria, indiieetly implicating the British Govern- S0U1
->st uient in the slave trade. It is stated in the
so- proclamation that Messrs. H\ de, 1 lodge & Co.
of Loudon, contracted with HerBrianlic iMajes- v
oe t) 's Government, to furnishi.-h laborers from ^cc
ng the cast of Afiica for the Indias, have sent mui
ud some of their ships to the coast of the Repub- I nrc
ar lie, tillering an advance oftendoliars?for every f
Ive poison who may be induced to emigrate; that "hoi
he the extinction of the slave trade lias left large b>"1
ut- numbers of predial and other laborers in the tlioi
ies possession of (lie chiefs and principal men <-f
ut the country; that the offer of ten dollars each,
ey is nearly equivalent t?? the amount former.y ^
nil paid f..r slaves during the peivuleuce of the CS(t
slave trade, and which operated mainly in pro- tc<^
n(j dining and sustaining the wars by which the fiei
(1|l country was dislancted; that certain re- v?h
np factory chiefs are reported to have en- Iris
he with the agents of said company, to fur- use
,rp uisn a number of laborers, and are further oft
^ km i.vn. to have in concealment near Grand Cape grai
I Mount, a number of the unhapjiy victims of thai
(>n I heir predatory exenrsion and Knally complaint G
. n has been made to the government that per the
nfj sons are held to be sent off without their vol. the
,et untary consent, or the consent of their I'titural
uo &,la|d'ans. To prevent these abuses President
)>(^ Roberts declares tliat the law regulating pass- T
,a8 ports must be strictly observed; and iTiat ves <<oU
sels carrying, or intending to carry away end- Bar
grants, rnu>t, come to Monrovia w:ith their em- 512
igrants on board, to obtain jwissports?in order
ihat an op(Hirtuuity may'be presented the Gov
ermnent to ascertain whether tho emigration "V
" be free or constrained.?Bu>lon Journal. whi
as Ax Extkaorinxarv Prkak of NajtubkM
Wlitre is Bar man ? ? X man by tin* name of
George W. Houston, living a short distance ^
'K' from this place, (Sparta) has a cow which has
on brought forth a nvsi uucominoii drill'. The
call is now two week-* ol.i, living and likely to *"n
,WI. lives It has two '<Ji-i<oetly liniirtsj ",0r
four distinctly formed nostrils, two tongues.
c's" and four eyes, and will, I think, have four- mK*
10 horns. In all other respects, it i* formed a- u*n
t usual, and is a playful and very pretty calf.? ^~01
It eats very heartily with either mouth. Some
In" three or four Imudred persons have lieeu to
. iook at it, and all consider it a very great cn ^
rios'ty. Such a mail as Barnum could, 1 have tor^
,0* no doubt, make a fortune bv exhibiting this ficc
? > I H ** m /
calf as a snow. Mr. Houston, to wbom it be- 11
longs, has no turn that way, and would sell it of 1
l3' if he could get a fair price.?Richmond Enq.
jut Life at ax Abbeville Muster.?The duties V
ins of the-day being over, tlie.crowd dispersed 44 to ble
ltd liipior," after their fatigue. An impromptu Per
ed doggery was set up near the field, by an en- into
, d tcrpri-ing young nijiu, who is always ready to We
he aceoimnodalc his friends with li<jUor, or a game j0n
Iy i of rattlcsuap and sweat-rag, commonly called j()],
re. j chuck. The contents of the doggery seciued pro1
I I ... I?, .. l..,.r ..I" til fir tlVll llllllli-S uf Icllloll r
ne i'-> w ?? v ? -
ho svruj', a barrvl of whiskct, and a keg of gin; 8]at
inI As a kind of attraction to the place, a drunken p^jj
:d. free negro was attempting to play " Killie 8jav
vi, j Kratikie" on a squeaking fiddle. The sequel an(j
ef,' proved tlie truth of the couplet? >
ily j " The way to tret the spirits up, vjei
Is to pour the spirits down."
j1(, Having freely imbibed moan v hiskoy, the boys
jlt, were ready for a row. After a few preliminary
uf llourishes, a tight commenced. Everybody was ^
al anxious to see a fight, and determined to allow
Pv no interference. Two peace officers made an atclj.
! tempt to preserve the peace, but were soon disltj.
! posed of. As usual, there were eimugli mag- ^
jv naiiimous friends jiresetit, who in their efforts t(? pre!
r'y see fair play, got themselves into a fight. A 1,1 ^
id, general melee ensued. At one time we saw uee1
about eight couples engaged, besides three per- cxt;
ir? sons who luul one by the hair, ruutimg him
; through tin: woods. Everybody struck somej
body, whoever was nearest, without knowing T
why. We were there as a public chronicler, wlc
ud ? Irving to find the long sought individual " that ' to S
struck Hilly Patterson," hut did not succeed. [ an i
Some one remarked it was a right pretty fight tor.s
t n for a jumped up affair. The advocates of the Orl<
*'j militia system use it as one of their best argil- Mid
" ' i meats, that it keeps up the military spirit of the 'j
'Is pc<*|i)e. The facts seem to support tin* argu- j
meat, since the conclusion of a muster is usual- 9 o(
ly the opening of a display of military (pugilis- f^rr
fr' tie) proclivities. We shall recur to this subject
(the militia system.) at some future time.
A man by ihe uaine of Eislier had his skull ^
broken, and was thought to be mortally wouudec
ed, but late accounts give hopes of his recovery. or^
1,0 Independent Press. cil'1
ne the
vii Sumtervillk, S. C,, May 16.?Wiih a few wer
lid exceptions, our planters are suffering much in niui
"b consequence of the present drought. On the
Ee? many plantations the cotton has come up wri
eir very indifferently, and op others, not all. 'Ihe grai
corn crops generally are promising, tnougn nev
)e small, compared with past seasons at this time.
*0' Within a few days, our District has sustained J
l'' the h'SS-of two of I., r most respectable citizens Cor
' f i ?Dr. Rohcit Mulilinw. who died oaHv the Abi
"? past week; and to-day < apt. Loomed White The
! Peace to their ashes.? Ciwrtesltm Courier.
for j ^ r
co | A young lady with ton thousand dollars, ad- ,nin
?d j vortisos iii the N. V. Tribune fora u Presbyterian 11,0 ,
?y i or Dutch Reformed husband." '
Ijf (Cnttikn tUffklt) Journal.
Tuesday, May 24, 1853,
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
A Drought with Ua.
he excessive dry weather which for so long a time
been upon us, has served to - cast a perfect gloom
t were over every thing. The crops arc beginuing
ook as if all the rain which could come would not
:hem much good; and the dust in our,roads and
ets is almost intolerable. Unless we get rain in a
days, the crops will be evidently past hope, and anaations
of another hard year may bo well founded;
as we have heard it said, "Corn will iecora," and
ni3tnke. We hope however that our worst appro
sions liavo bcea excited, and that we shall soon
blessed with refreshing rains.
News Scarce.
'he dry weather and the scarcity of news wo liopo
! sufficiently explain the meagerness of eur columns,
ny of our readers are dissatisfied and want original
,ter, there is but one way they can get it at preset!t
,ch will be explained by calling at our sanctum.
s much wc will say, in a few days we hope to have
ic good news to tell our people.
Resignation of Mr. Conner.
Vq understand If. W. Conner, Esq.. President of
South Carolina Rail Road Company, has resigned
office, and that John Caldwell, Esq., of Columbia
act as President pro tern, until a meeting of tlio
rd of Directors is beld. The particulars we have
learned, only the above items through a private
rce.
More Spiritual Rappings.
STe observo in an exchange that the New York
ileal Gazette Btates that twenty-nine suicides, five
aers, ana two nunureu ana nine eases 01 insanity,
directly trac.able to spiritual inanifbsta'ions.
3 it not time that these "spiritual manifestations"
uld have an end? If we judge of their characters
their fruits, we shall most unquestionably condemn
m.
' Military Editor.
i"e notice, says the Carolinian, that W.J3. Carlisle,
, formerly editor of ihc Teleraph, and now connecwith
the Charleston Courier, has been elected a
utenant in the "Meagher Guards," cf Charleston, a
jutecr corps formed in that city in honor of the
li paLriot whose name it bears. If Mr. C. becomes
ixpoi t in the use of the sword as he is in the use
lie pen. he will make a valuable officer We consulate
him on his promotion, and lie; may consider
t we "salute" him while we write this brief notice,
live us your friend C. We predict in your case
proverb will be verified?"The pen is mightier than
sward."
Good Price.
'ho Charleston Courier learns that shares in the
tli Carolina Rrfllroad and Southwestern Railroad
ik were sold on Monday. ICth inst., at $126 and
!T?57; shares bringing the latter price.
Carolina Female College.
To have received a Catalogue of this institution,
eh is situated within a few miles of adesboro, in
on county, N. C.
njrU-u->-ru-ll-ll-lj-trLl-l '
Republican Banner.
Ve have received the first number of a large, handle
and well filled sheet, bearing the above title,
lished at Salisbury N. C., by Frank. J. Wilsou, forlyoftho
Mountain Banner. Mr. Wilson is a thorh
going Democrat, a graeefbl and forcible writer,
will give a good account of himself in the battles
ally going on between the two parlies iu the old
tli State.
The Carolina Spartan.
'lie last number of this paper contains the Valedio
of Dr. Wallucc. its accomplished editor. The Of*
litis been disposed of to Messrs. J. V. & W. H.
nmier, and will be under the editorial management
'. 0. P. Vernon aud James V. Trinniper, lisqs.
Westminister Review.
Pe have received the second number of his valuaQuartoriy.
We say valuable, because these British
iodicals are uble papers, and as long as they avoid
TtiiecKliing with our atiatrs we can tolerate ttiem.
are opposed to all opposition or uiteiferenee in our
icstic institution whether they come from burly
n Bu!l or raw-bone Jonathan. We neither ask the
tectioti of the one, nor the sympathies of the other.
British sympathy be expended upon their starving
es at home, and . orlhern interlopers keep their
anthropy for those who need it more than the poor
es at the South who, in a general way liave enough,
to spare, of the substantial of life,
t'c have not read the present number of the Rey,
from the fact that it is impossiblo to keep pace
h the large number of papers, periodicals, Ac., which
are constantly receiving. We have no doubt, howr,
but that the high character o! this Magazine is
y sustained.
The Lady's Book.
lre wolcomo Godcy's Lady's Book for Juno. The
sent is an attractive number ns usual, and is quite
;ccping with the hitherto high posiliou of this pio
Magazine. The Engravings in this number are
client, and altogether it is a ' Book as is a book.''
Later from Europe.
lie steamer Africa has arrived at New York The
a in the Liverpool market for the week amounted
>5,000 bales. The market closed quiet but firm, at
idvancc on Middling qualities of 1-1 Gd. Specului
taking 4,000 and Exporters 3,000 bales. Fair
:-uns, GJd; Middling, 5 15-1G; Fair Upland, Gl;
Idling, 5J.
rade at Manceester had considerably improved.
[avrb Market.?Sales of the week rnnount to
)0 bales. The market lias somewhat recovered its
ner depression.
The People's Bank.
'ho Caroiinian says: "This cause which has been
ned before his Honor Judge O'ncall, has been de:d.
We understand i hat the decision is this: that
subscription of live shares by powers of attorney
o illegal, and that therefore the Commissioners
it re-apportion the Stock, and as a natural sequeuco,
election held for directors was null and void. Both
ts, then, applied for by the relators have been
ated, cancelling the apportionment, and ordering a
, election for a board of Directors.
Jorth Carolina ?Tho Democratic candidates for
igress in North Carolina are William S. Ashe,
rnliam Vcnable, Thomas RufEii, Burton Craige, and
nnas L Clingman.
'cdlic Spirit.?Thirty-three gentlemen of Wiligton,
North Caroling linve subscribed $60,0000 to
applied to deepening the bar at the entrance to Cape
r river.
Bisnors.?The Fayetteville Observer, referring t<
the recent-election of the Rev. Thomas F. Davis, ai
Bishop of this Diocese, says:
"The Coti\ent:on of South Carolina has nutieiputcc
that of North Carolii*. which would meat probably
have chosen the sanio sound and able and pious Mi:',
istcr as Bishop of North Carolina.
There arc now four natives of North Carolina in the
House of Bishops, viz: Bishop Uawkes of Missouri.
Bishop Green of Mississippi, Bishop Polk'of Loui iano,
and Bishop Davis of South Carolina." ' -'
It is stated that so great is tho unhealthiness of the
Isthmus of Panama, that out of 1000 Irish and Dutch
laborers sent out to build the Railroad, not over IOC
are alive at the end of six months, audit is calculated
that there will be a dead laborer for less tl.un every
foot of tho road. . ^
The Western Rivers are all reported to be high and
rising, and, at last accounts by mail from St. Louis, a
flood was apprehended in the Mississippi
Ocr Town.? If the pros) eiity and heahhir.i..
- i* . . i ? i... ? j j ?i _
lumehs uj a | iare uru it# uc oiiii^ueu oy me
number of children in attendance u|ton its
Schools, then \vp put Sumterville against the
world "and all the re>t of mankind.'' There
are, at this moment, in ac>ual attendance upon
our Various Schools, at least Two Hundred
Pupils.
And that venerable citizen, "our oldest inhabitant,"
averts that our Town has been remarkably
exempt from disease, since the time
he shot squirrels and hunted rabbits, where
numerous stores and dwelling houses now
stand. To show our reinaikable growth and
the imposing aspect of our public and private
buildings, we would simply state a single fact:
A lady who had been famiiiar with the lace ol
things here, several tears ago, when recently
upon a \isit to some of her friends in the vicinity
, was so struck with the size and imposing
aspect of our Churches, Hotels-and numerous
Stores, that she concluded she had missed her
road, and had got into Camden. Fact> Brother
Wai.ren?po.-itive fact. Sir.
Sumter Watchman.
Wa sunnose brother Watchman, that she did find
out her mistake in time, ami soon recovered herself so
far at least as to see that she was not in Camden.?
When you talk about health, and give as an evidence
of the iuct that "t.co hundred pupil*" are "in actual attendance
upon yobr various schools," wo have no diffi cultv
in meeting you tUero. for we do expect that no
town for the size o' it in the State, can show as many
good-looking healthy children as Camden can?not
' in attcndanco upoii our various schools," but Nativeborn
juveniles. You are a clever fellow, brother
Watchman, so here's our ?Ko. Jouk.vaL.
MrxisTKit ro Mexico.?We are gratified to
learn thai our distinguished feliow-eitizeti, Col.
James Gadsden, has received official notice oi
his appointment, by President Pierce, to the
office of Minister to Mexico. Tins appoint
uient is wed dcseived by him, and wilt prove
Highly acerptaide to our community, whe.elii*
nigh intelligence, iuteglily, pu'tuib spnii ami
general worth aie duly appreciated and a lively
recoili-etioii is eliei islied ot his galiant servi>
es in the war of 1S12, under tiie hero ol .Ne?
Oi leans, and liis long, able and faithful superin
li-ndenceof the fiJoulli Caro iuia Uai; Road, now
contributing so largely to the jiio^neiity of oui
city and State. Cm Gad-den is yet in I lie vigor
of life, intellect and usefulness, and wnl
.iniintles discharge the deiicate and* responsible
duties of |,is new and dignified station hou
orably to hi.i.self, and to the go-d of hiscouuuy.
In au. i-ptiug luis embassy, he vacates a
uerat.ve post, that of chief su|ieiiiiteiidaui ot
ihe building of our new Custom House.
We leaiii, that ttifc official announcement
has ai-o been received of the appointment of J.
6. Crijips, E q., of' California, formerly of this
ciiy, as Col. Gadsden's Secretary of LegitJat
on. Our young countryman is a man ? f
liberal e iucaliou and high worth, anu .skillet;
in hut It languages and Lite laws of the country
and therefore wed titled lor the di-tmgiiished
ollice confei led uj?on hint.? Charleston Courier
Tin: Soutii.? I am ntttch interested in the
oniiditiou of the coined race in the South. 1
have hecii surprised t?? find that so laige a
poition of them?some well informed people
say that ot.e half, others one-third pail of tin
atfi.Its, can read. Almo-i invaiiabiy they look
a- if tln-y ate well eared foi\ so far as their
phasic. I wants are concerned. There are a
laige number ot them professing Chiistians,
and many, 1 donht not truly pious. The most
of them ate either Mctlmdi.-ts or IJapti-ts.?
They delight in liuM'i g their own religious
meeting-, and it i- really futeiestiug to see
with what nidor they join in til singing, during
the service and at its close, f never heard
such heartfelt ringing in my life, as among
thc-e people. And their prayers are of tunes
very striking. Only think of a good old negro
man, a slave, praying fbr the master and mis
trc-s of a family, at a prayer meeting in thi ir
parlor, that "(tod would help them, and enable
them to live in hi- [ear, and dwell together in
happiness like two tu tie doves in one nest."
Was there ever am thing more beautiful.
Cor. of the Journal of Commerce.
A Rich Editor.?Col. Walter \V. Stapp,
principal editor of the Louisville Times, is about
to make a snug little 'brtuno of *l(J0,0l)0 by the
sale of Illinois coal. An unprecedented circumstance
in the life of an editor, and an i movation
upon the custom of the fraternity which
the public will not tolerate. It was the business
of Col. Stapp, as a disinterested editor and public
servant, to point out this opportunity to make
motley to his readers, who are. in the habit ot
indulging in such tilings, and confined himsell
to bis duties. We don't see what business an
editor lias making money, or what use he has
for it after lie yets it. Hut this is the progres
sivc age, and \\v. are not prepared to be surprised
even at such a circumstance.?Nashville Whig
Southern Statesmen.?"One reason," says
, writer in the Boston Transcript" why the
South has taken nlino.-tall the presidential nom
inatioii-, has been that her politicians are belter
cultivated, socially, than ours, and niaki g
capital with the leaders, at Washington, in the
diawing room andjat the dimier-table, while
our 1101 thern politicians are spending all iheii
force making long and eloquent speeches.?
There is great influence in speeches and orations
undoubtedly ; but there are times and seasons
when smiles and oyster sauce make a greater
iinprcs-ion." Elsewhere the writer observes:
"Tlie true secret of Air. Clay's undying popularity
was that his maimer was so genial and
engaging, that those who had once approached
; h in never forsook Jiini. So. loo Mr. Callioun'|
magical influence in South Carol in ia may bt
i traced maimy to the same cause. All win.
ciaa/lf".JXjryfMtvJ* v?it ^-Jerr-y'i li< .111 n?*i?
>! were honored with, his acquaintance- always
3' loved him. One o?our citizens, whohappened
i at one time to be in -Charleston when Mr. Ci*J11
houn arrived there from Washington, and saw
r bow the' citizens gathered around Htm, and wit.
nessed the frank, easy and nalurvdaoaiiuer with
which all classes sainted him and turtered'4oto
. conversation with him, withput form briLtro(
diiction, was quite ainazqd, itr'was so different
from anything he had seen north." Tbe'wime
writer expresses the opinion that ?)aniely"Webster
woo hi have reached-the PresidentiahCbair,
i if bis manner bad been inore gracious. * "
The Light IIousc Appropriaticffi Bill of the
I hist session of Congress, contains the folluwiug
itcn;s of appropriation for this State:
South-Carolina.? For six large iron buoys for
Charleston bar and channel, three thousand do^
I law; ** ' 7
, For a large bell buoy for the entrance" 6ver
Charleston bar, five thousand dollars; '"'
For a buoy to be placed on Middle Ground
Shoal. Charleston harbor, five hundred dollars:
For light vessel to be placed on Rattlesnake
v shoal, twenty thousand dollars; f:
For building beacon on 'Mo it is Island, Char,
leston harbor, three thousand dollars;
, For changing the present lighthouse at Cape
i Romain," to a first class seacRast light, By elevating,
improving and refitting the same'wjth the
. most approved illuminating apparatus,'twenty
thousand dollars. . .
Southern Baptist Convention.?thii^fc-'
ligious body composed of clerical and i^y delegates
from the various Baptist Churches' of Co -
Southern and Western States, Friday morning
assembled in the Seventh Baptist Church, (Rev;?
Dr. Fuller's) corner of Saratoga and Paea stre^tsj
agreeably to-the previous adjournment, and was
called to order at ten o'clock, Ry-Rev. R. BS C:
Howell, D. D., of Richmond, Va., the president,
i lie read an appropriate portion ot scripture, and
announced a hymn, whicn was sung when Rev.
NT. M. Crawford, of Georgia, invoked^ the'blessings
of Divine Providence of) the ddhbemtWns.
On motion, the convention thefi proceeded- toJ'
the election bf officers, Which resulted as follows:
, Rev. R. B. C. Howell, D. D., president ; Rev^
, Richard Fuller, D. D., of' Md ; Rev. J. B. Jeter,
, of Va., iiev. William (J. iJiK-k, of Tcuri.,'?i.d
Judge T. Stocks, of Ga., vice president*;'Rev.
13. 0. Pressley, of Charleston, Si-'C., treasofer;
Mr. U.K. Ellyson, of Richmond,-Vji, and Rev.
Wnr. Carey Crane, fit MisSifcippi, secretafieSi
Bult. Sub. /
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EXTlUCfRDIXAUY REVIVAL OF RELIGION.?
Some few weeks "ago; we copied from the Fayettcville
Carolinian, a brief aceoUiit of an interest
ing revival of Religion iir that town. ' "Sitiee'iheJii
the revival has continued with increased iptet^
est. In addition to the number whotheh joined
the several Churches, we learn that on tli'e 8th
inst., tliere were added to the Baptist-- Church,
by baptism in Criiss Creek, eighty two persons.
The Baptismal right was perfoimed Ky the Rev.
James McDonald, assisted by the Rev. David &.
Williams.? Chcraw Oazeite. .
* ? .*
Mr, Dr Leon.?Ttic Home Crnxeapondyitt
of the Washiugtwir Repoidic, says: J
A little hi ill has ?hispered.to in? th??" Mr.
De Leohj late c?? editor with Eln.o'd Fight**.,
. >q., of the Southern Pie>s, the gi nitrmaii to
wlidui General Pierce's De Leon leth*r<-v?s
addressed, applied for the Australian consulate
immediately after the inauguration, and ihut
time w as taken to cuisidcr {jie pioj iiefcv of
bestowing it upon him. The little bird says
further that,Titter due icflection-^'he waij," u?
formed that he coal.I have it, ^hWjf?j??jii, he
politely declined it; the hubl.le. jul" immense '
American trade with- Au.-traiia baviiig recently
burst, California proving a gold fiehf sufficient. r
large f<?r tin- enterprise of our fellow-citiaeM#.
This same bipeil insists that Mt Oe LcAimiuw
sets his heart on the p st of C"ii>ui Ueirtnalin,
Egyj<t, and al-o intimates tlmi his chance for
it is not as bright as Mr. De Leon and bi>
fiiends might wish. .
A Caution.? We learn from a late treatise
?u Canees, that the application. of soot jm?oI
tiees, sa ves, ?V<\, has fear folly, increased
the iiumher of cases of in our hospitals.- From
a careful inquiry into the, origin and causes of '
cancer cases ol the eastern hospital s.Jt whs
ascertained that in three eases out of Hve, .'lit*
patients had cots, burns, or bruises, and hail
resorted to the much approved application of
soot for relief. This au: hoc also citied a species
of cancer peculiar to sweeps, and which
I he atliihutes to their constant pmxiinity with
soot.
Fatal Accident.?On Tuesday last a negro
man, ilie property of Caj t. L. H. Bclser was
killed at Ramsay's Depot when attempting -to
get on the freight train of the Wilmington and
Manchester Cars, while they wore in .motion.
His foot slipping he tell on the track, and was
instantly crushed tu-death. ...
Sumter Banner, 17f^.
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Dikect Fokeiun Cotton Tiiade.'?We have
been shown au important letter addressed to 0.
j G. Baylor, esq., late United Stales Consul at
| Amsterdam, and editor of the Cotton Plant, by
I the President of a powerful and wealth) Euiopej
an Commercial Company. This letter is in coni
elusion of a correspondence which has been j*o'
injr on for some time between Mr. Baylor and
I European influences in regard to the importance
J of a Continental Depot for cotton. From the
language and t- ne of the letter before us the
myst favorable disposition is manifested, and the "
President litis notified Mr. Baylor that one of the
company was to sail fpr America in time to be.
at the Memphis Convention. At Memphis the
plan of a tour will be agreed upon, llis tour is.
to enable this gentleman, as the confidential
friend and agent of the European Company, to
inform them of the condition of the cottoii growers,
and their disposition to participate-in any
general movement such as is contemplated by
i direct trade. The object will also l>e to give cer>
tain assurances to the nlauters of the determina
tion of European capital to co-ojterate iu the
formation of a Continental Depot of Cotton.?
; This tour must prove interesting, not only on ao>
count of the opportunity it will give intelligent
> European society to judge of our Southern friends,
but also in regard to a change in the destination
of that portion of the cottort crop which now
i goes circnitouslv to the manufacturers of that
i continent.?Nat. Int.
Tru: Opposition Partv.?It is daily bccom
ing more and more evident that the elements
I of northern opposition to the administration
I ' will he organized into a freesoil political party,
,. with Win. II. Seward and John P. Hale as
>; leaders. The old whig party cannot unite its
i1 scattered fragments. The adherents, respective