The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, August 23, 1853, Image 2
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IFrom the N. 0. Deltiu \
A Visit to the Cemetery# r
We paid a visit, last evening, to the corpo i
ration cemetery, in the Fourth District, in ortier
to satisfy ourselves of the reality of the : 11
spectacle which was reporter! to he presented v
here.. * \Y e learned on our way thither, that the *
authorities Imd censed to send corpses to this 1
pfaee, in order to give time to hury those which r
already lay on the grounds This proved to be J
n pi uuuiib ui^iiouu) ao u ?mio uic uiiij inrdiio
which the accumulation of unhurried coffins
J. ci?ui<J be disposed of. As we approached the >
| cemetery, we discovered its location' by the f
^-.number of cariiages which were passing ami I '
^repassing. For some distance before we ar- ?
Eft rived at the gate, the odor was quite offensive, ; '
lb and we were warned by persons who were re
.'turning that it would be insufferable within the !
K inclosure. Notwithstanding the cessation of a
l" the corporation coffins, there Iiad been at least e
fifty sent there by piivate individuals, which, t
t as it was a public cemetery,.could not be re- d
k fused. As we passed through the gate, inhaling a
r i most pestilential odor, we noticed a curious 11
R exhibitl ui of the careless indifference loo char- r
jt.m-teristic of our people on occasions like this, v
Hp Before the door of the small Jsouse at the gate v
the cemetery, we saw several little children t
..engaged in the most joyOus merriment, and an e
old woman vending ice cream to passers by, e
H who had to hold camphor to their noses to 1
W avoid fainting, froth the odor. A strange con- t
L : trast with the gloomy spectacle w ithin. There *s
p lav quite a "noinher of coffin^ of rough, uoplan- a
P ,?d jdaiik, p.'tinted a gloomy black, with riiyri- I
fc *ds of ilies hanging around theirs and dis g
Bf tjha-rgingn most repulsive odor. The chain- J
F.^mg, Compiled of negroes -under penal re'- s
fc^struint, were employed quite briskly in depos- f
k Uirig these coffins in trenches, dug scarcely a
Hkfoot deep. All the white laborers who were
Br fcrjgiiially employed in this work have either
fv died or abandoned the ground. As high as live t
dollars, an hour have beep offered for laborers (
L 4|> supply their places, and they cannot be ob- 1
Efc fcn?ed. The trenches alluded to were about \
| six feet square, so that six coffins could be : j
F crowded in one of them. Here they were j t
E? wedged as chise together as possible, and a j s
| ?ro?t ng of quick Rme thrown upon them. The t
| loose earth was then heaped upon the coffins. t
This had to be dime very carefully so as to c
p prevent the coffins from being sfcen, as their f
|t .surfaces appeared to be not over six inches j
to.fmrti the level of the earth. Thisr- labor was |
D ^Nerfortned by the negroes, who could only be >.
c kept -to their work by Ijberal and frequent po- \
r?tii >n?j i,f u hitL-Pv
t-:? ?*vr . r . r
We remained-until all the coffins were thus '
disjKised o? despite the oflensiveness of the *
odor and the revolting character of the special 2
?!e. We had- the - satisfaction of perceiving *
" that at sunset there was no unhurried coffin '
[left on the ground. But what burials they 1
were! To. think that an acre of ground around t
us, therf} weiejiot Ie6s t ban four hundred bodies,
4ying> but a few inches below the surface of the f
ground, in ihe very first stages of decomposi 1
flon. deposited there w ithin the l ist week. And *
this within tin corporate limits of New Or- I
"leans, and "withhi a few minutes' walk oT the fi
^ most flourishing and beautiful part of our city.
\ Is there too much reason to apprehend that
jjj such a disposition of so many dead bodies will t
J' generate malaria and originate diseases that \
& will involve our wh"le population?acclimated ; i
as or uuacelimatcd ? We do not say whose f'ult ; t
L It is. We are in no disposition at such a time : li
^ of gloom and distress, to indulge in strong ! <1
?, feelings or denunciations of public officials ;j.3"
and, if we were so inclined, the utter want of I;
p system and organization, of clearly and dis- h
i tinctly marked duties and functions, for those <i
f entrusted with the Police of the city, in our s
i system of city government, would restrain sucli c
manifesbrtious on oarpatt. o
considering the emergency of the oc j c
> easion, the great responsibility devolving, upon 0
y those whom the people have entrusted with the ('
j protection of the lives, the health, and pros- ()
| perily of the Citizens, we believe that there is 1"
r no functionary who will not be justified, nay, v
applauded, for assuming the necessary powers I1
to supply whatever deficiency there may be in
r the law, in meeting the demands of this present
I afflicting visitation. t y
We take pleasure in saying that his Honor, f
tlie Mayor, was on the ground at this cemetery, k
superintending and hastening the work of in- b
j terments. d
With a heavy heart, and a gloomy mind, we ^
j left thiat lazaretto, only to encounter scenes of e
affliction and death, even more harrow iu'g with- r
out. For the disposition of the body, when n
the vital spirit has abandoned it?the mere li
clayey tenement of the soul?we confess that 1'
we do not fe(jl that sentimentalist!) which is a j "
prevalent feeling. We think that the system ia
of burials, as practiced in this city, is calcula- !l
ted to render thlft mode of disposing of the a
dead, which permits their bodies to rot and i 1
melt away, food for filthy worms, and sources | "
^ of pestilential odors, far Jess agreeable to the ^
thought and feelings of a refined, intelligent j
being, than the Roman custom of burning the j ''
dead and inunriug their ashes. In this city, the i \
introduction of this system, repulsive as it is ^
to a prejudice, which has no reason to rest
upon, would be a public benefit.
But the scenes which touch our henrt< more '
deeply and nearly, are those which met our ! ''
view, as we passed down one of the thorough- j ^
fares to this cemetery, (which is but one of a | c
hall*do'en in our c-i*jr.) Hearses, without
solitary mourner, diven by negroes, who were i
half asleep, and drawn by horses nearly fouti- j
dered by the severity of their toil; others, j''
that were followed by trains "of fi lends?by ; s
women carrying their children, and by men 1 u
with countenances too oft* n displaying more ,v
levity than sorrow! Now and then there would "
be a corpse followed by a single can iage, Coil- "
tabling,the small circle of the deceased's fami- '*
|y and friends, who, in their miserable, woe 11
begone countenances, exhibited real distress. ^
But the most moving of all sights, was that
of the corporation eails driven by rough cart
men, in some eases by boys, beating, geneialio
three giim black coffins, upon one end of, li
tfhicti salt the driver. These were the coffins i 1
..4* si.itl It iit o ll?o r.ii lm n nn/.P u l?n liml ?.? i 4*
|P| 111v ut^i iiuic, (iiv i"i awj ii n uw miivi mi ]
friends to mourn for I hem, and who were con- ' ii
signed to the horrible burial of the corpora u
tion. But even they sometimes have their I ti
* mourners, There, at least was one, which we ' a
confess drew tears to the eyes of many a be- j f(
bolder. In one of the corporation carts was a a
solitary coffin ; it was driven by a hoy who I t:
endeavored to accelerate the progress nf u la- h
7_v hors'-, by blow* and oath-; behind the cart, d
jji tin* bh/Wff sun, walked a girl, nearly grown, h
h
lad in an old mourning dress, and leading4>y
lie hand p suinll hoy, ten or twelve years ol
ige. They were all that were left of a family,
vhich, last week, numbered some half a dozen
Members; this was their father, and they were
it-company iag him to the grave !
Poor creatures! they were inconsolable, and
ill we could say to dissuade them from their
veary journey of more than two miles, through
he hot sun, to the Lafayette cemetery only
ilicited the plaintive cry : 4< Moil pauvre pere!
non pauvre pere!" They were immigrants,
vim hatl arrived but a few months ago from
France.
Such incidents,' nhd others equally distress,
ng, met our eye in every direction. They
n'oelaimcd what alas! is too apparent in a
lundred other forms, that New 0>leans is now
;ronning under one of the most awful pestieiices
that ever scourged a community.
At.l Buwikd.:?We learned last evening thai
i sufficient number of men had been employ
d during the day,.to get all the bodies in all
he cemeteries under ground. For several
lays previous bodies had been accumulating
t so rapid a rate, that graves could not be furlished
for them at nightfall, and until the nexl
norniiig they remained by dozens in the grave
ards, unhuried, tainting the air for rods around
dth pestilential odors. Oil Sunday eveniii"
he number of the unbaried was greater than
vor, tlmugh the chain gang had been employ(1
during the day in the digging of graves.
mvo dollars per hour was offered, but even at
hat rate Then'could not be employed; for the
wolleu dead were bursting their coffin lids,
nd the stench was sickening in the extreme.
i is, moreover, a common complaint tlutt Hie
;raves are not dug anything like the required
iepth, and that the thin earthen covering is not
ufficient to prevent the escape of foul gases
rum the decomposing dead.
New Orleans Delia.
. .#?- ,
Abolition Pamphlets.?We have received
hrough the Post Office, a paper addressed to
Congress, praying that no State, hereafter shall
ic admitted into the Union without some pro<
ision for the emancipation of all slaves with
11 their limits. From its having been sent to
is, and to papers in Savannah, it is to he pre.
tuned that it is distributed through the cotin.iy
for signatures, and although no liann can
tome from its being sent among us, we arc
impelled to say we regret to see it. It is
uriher evidence of the ceaseless efforts which
ire made to wear away our institutions, and ol
low hydra.headed in nature, and Protean in
hape is tlie sentiment which opposes lis; and
,ve feel assured, that in some form or other, il
vill glide about us, until we will loathe the
Union, by whose ligaments we are bound ic
inch association. If we do set upon a magatine
of our own construction, it is hard that we
ire to set from age to age in constant watch
'illness against the approach of those who seek
o fire if. They are shameless wretches, it U
rue many of them are insane; but no matter,
t were a*? bid to bo hoisted by one of these
is by men of the iiest possible intelligence.?
Hie predicament is an unpleasant one, and
vithout attaching undue importance to this
inrticular proceeding, we are constrained tc
ay we are tired of it.?S juI her ii Sluiulard.
? ?.
The Yeah of PkstMlf.xcr.?For a year pasl
he yellow fever has been raging with great
drulenee on the coast of Soutn America ant
n a number of the West India Islands. At
he island of Uayti probably not less than one
nmdred American officers and seamen liavt
lied, besides a large number of the inhabitants,
\l Jamaica, Detnerarn, Antigua, A:e., it has
teen very fatal. The Wont India English fleet
las lost many seamen arid several valuable
dficers of the disorder. In one case a Diitisli
teamer lost seventy five men. In Cuba the
hnlera and yellow lever together have carried
iff thousands. On the coast of South Atneria,
Rio Janeiro has been visited, the British
ousnl, among others, falling a victim to tht
Ircadful disorder. At Bahi> also it has been
[uite fatal; and at last it h is reached New Or
Dans, and already carried off nearly as many
ictims as duiing the visitation of 1847, though
lerhajis fewer persons of eminence.
An Extraordinary Famii.t.?Some thirty
ears since there lived in Montpelier, Vt., a
iimily of the following descriptions: Thehnslaiid
and wife; a son and his wife; the. hus>nnd
and.his eight children?five sons and three
augliteis?the husband's father and mother,
'he ages of the four patriarchs average over
:ghty years each?total age of the grand paeats,
three hundred and twenty-two. All the
rembers of this family sat together at the same
able and worshipped at the same altar. Its
ead was one of the officers of the town at its
rganization, in .March, 1701, and is now living
t the advanced age of 80 in October next;
nd mi vigorous in mental and physical power
s to labor daily in his fine fruit nursery, and
ravel, on foot, twice in the week, a mile or
lore, to attend meetings for religious worship.
Ve doubt whether a parallel to this extraor
inary.and prosperous family can be found in
lie Union. It is the family of the venerable
'la:k Stevens, a member and minister of the
lociety of Friends.? Vermont Watchman.
AcfiDKvr from Fi.irn Exruwnv.?Mr?.
."hnukful P. Patridgc was very seriously burned
y an explosion of burning fluid on Wednesay
night. Immediately preceding the sad acident,
she was arranging to fill a lamp, having
uid for that purpose exposed in an open can.
u aid her in this operation, she was about
gluing another lamp, having struck a match
?r that purpose. At this moment the exploion
m-currcd, precisely by what mcatn the
nfoilunate lady cannot determine, so great
ras her terror. She was instantly enveloped
i flames. Her screams called some members
f the family to her assistance, who only saved
er life by instantly stripping ihe blading gar.
units from h*r b ulv. 01 the recovery ol
Irs. Put ridge some doubts art' entertained.
Portland Advertiser.
A h-tter from California relates many pecuar
sights incidents, one of which is about a
ii-li young man having to turn washerwoman,
I have nu t a \oung man who at home moved
i the best chides of society, and i?> a gentleian
every inch of him, failing to make anyuing
in the mines, went into <1 certain town,
nd actually took in washing, and cleansed
>r his bread, the filthy garments of those who
t home, lie would not ;t< knowledge as acjuainlUiees.
It was rather an amusing sight to see
im at the wa-li tub, soaking and s? nibbing ibe
irty linen of his motley patrons, swearing at
is folly and upbraiding bis luck."
! The Weather at the North.?The column!
f of the Now York Journals conic to us crow dot
, with the names of the victims to the extrenn
i heat. The Tribune of Monday gives a list o
i j about 220 deaths, and 50 or 60 others prostra
i t.;?l in that city, lirooklvn and Williamsburg
j I during the last six days, from the excessive hen
. ! of the weather, and adds;
( 1 The frightful heat of the la?t week seems t<
, I have culminated on Saturday in a degree of hea
i more fatal than any ever before known, at leas
so far as the mortality thereby occasioned shows
' The number is entirely unparalleled, so far a
we kr.ow, in the history of the world. It is per
fectly horrible, and betrays not only uucqualei
| I heat, but, in many cases, most unheard of care
! I ess i less on the part of the victims. There wer
|-j no less than 113 deaths from heat in the city oi
! Saturday and Sunday, besides 18 others win
i were stricken down, and are lying ill. Filteei
|of the dead were natives of Ireland three c
I Germany, two of Scotland, and one of England
j The nativity of many is unknown. On Sutula;
I the prayers of the congregation of St. James
I J Oiiureh, in Brooklyn, were offered up for no les
I than 28 persons who died during the past weol
' from illness produced by the present" unusuall;
warm state of the weather, and for eight other
I who lie dangerously ill.
! We attribute this scourge to several causes
I First, heat; second, alcohol; third, pcstilentia
I filth. The thermometer was above 100 degree
| ' in the shade, almost every day, and the heat en
dured by those fully exposed to the sun, was of
ten as much as 115 degrees.
> In Brooklyn, the number of d.atlis from sin
stroke is OS, besides 13 others who were prostra
, ted but are recovering.
At Troy, X. V., there have been 14 cases o
i coup de solid, nearly all fatal.
I 'ri . 'P ! i
ino in Dune aiso says :
" From various accounts received, we slioul<
> judge that at least a hundred horses have beei
killed in the mean time, in this city alone. Al
sorts of business in the travelling line has beei
retarded ; railroad trains, relays, omnibuses ro
ductal- to half speed, and pedestiuarianisn
, brought almost to a stand still. Another sucl
! week would outrival in mortality the height o
. j the cholera of 1840.
The-New York Evening Post says: "It i
clear that the greatest dangers which we hav
to apprehend for the next four years lie in tb
, | path of our domestic policy. We have toojnud
. money in the treasury ; our tariff" is producing:
i larger revenue than we know what to do with
, The principal business of the next Congress wil
f i be t<> devise ways of spending it, and the cap!to
will be surrounded by swarms of patriots anxiou
I to serve their country and reiieve the treasury
^ each with a plausible scheme ot plunder. Tlier
, is danger that Congress, in its attention to plan
, of expens", will overlook the proj?er remedy fo
I the ease, a revision of the tariff", ami a diinitui
, I tiou of the too abundant sources of income."
'
j Well
i i The Tammany Society of New York celebra
, ' ted the Fourth in a handsome manner, and rc
tjceived many letters from invited guests wb
. 1 could not attend. Among them wo find on
I ; from Charles J. Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, froii
; ! which wo make an extract. In referring to th
i j distinguished Englishmen who have come'ove
' j to this country to atten 1 tlio World's Fair, h
j sny*:
[ J English noblemen, like the Ear! of Durban
and the Earl of Eilcsmorc, are among the m<?s
I useful surveyors this democratic country cai
^ have. They look beyond the mere resources <
, its people and vice of its cities into the vast agri
| cul ural and planting developments of its lie
i?iotitalions, and controvert the silly disparage
| inont of less educator} tourists.
The ear! of Ellesinere is nearly connected will
;! tlit{ Duchess of Sutherland, whom he may in
firm that as freedom is the fulcrum, slavery ha
, b en the lever, of that prodigious national ag
I 1 grandizemciit by which the American colonic
in half a century have changed places with the;
! mother country, extending Burke's fine fancy o
, the daughter near sixty to her al>o clothing he
! parent.
By means of these American pacificators, on
British kindred, instead of hating and aha?iii<
{ us, have become our friends, admirers, and wh.a
blood relations should be; and that is all tin
founders of democracy, Jefferson and Jackson
asked for and fought for. When Great Britain
by Iter government, literature, society, and sei
' ence, treats us kindly, our Declaration of Jttdc
I pendcnce (Iclares that we tire friends.
It is to be hoped that Lord Ellesinere will ex
plain to the Duchess of Sutherland, and he
meddlesome camarillas, that th'-ir oxlravagan
npplause-of gross inisrepreseuttitioiis of Ameri
can slavery will have 110 other effect than t<
deaden if not defeat the growing amity betweet
her country and ours.
Refraining from hard terms applied to thesi
mischievous ladies, we might retort that even
negro slave's dog is better fed, housed, nursed
and taken care of than many of those calle<
; tenantry in Scotland, Ireland and England
| And Lords Shaftesbury, Carlisle and other no
blemcn may learn that there is a better rigli
and reason for assailing the inherited institution
of their privileges than the inherited institution:
of African slavery in this republic. Slavery i
by far the most ancient and extensive of tin
I two institutions, and if there lie nnviliinrr iii tie
unennobled wi-dotn of ancient (Irveee and Koine
and modern France, and tliis country, wliicl
have interdicted nobility, it is more irrational am
injurious than slavery.
I a at, gentlemen, very respectfully, your hum
blc servant. C. J. 1XGEKS0LL.
Tkkmexdocs 'J'iifm)ku Storm.?A telegraph
ie despatch, dated Boston, 15th inst., mention
that a terrible thunder storm occuried in tha
city on the previous evening. At Georgetown
1 says tbo despatch, the Baptist parsonage housi
was struck and the wife of the liev. Mr. Russell
the pastor, instantly killed. Strange to say, i
1 child in her arms escaped injury. AtGrovelaut
i the house of Wm. Fowler was struck, and him
' self and wife knocked down senseless. A ban
was struck at By Held and destroyed. Anothe
bam was also struck at Andovcrand burnt.?
Several houses at Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill
?fcc., wore struck and jwrsons injured.
Kxtuaoudinauy Initiation.?-.The Division o
the Sons of Temperance in, this place, initiate!
' a Deal'mute into their Order, on Thursday nigh
' last. This individual is an interesting and intel
I i r. * 111 vomer 111:1 ii- \\ tin \v:is educated :it lli.
! Asylum in Ximinimi. It was a novel and high
interesting scene and was witnessed and partiei
i paled in by a larger number of the member,
j than usually attended the meeting* of. I lie 1 >i
visions; and there were also present several mem
hers of the, Order from adistanee, who had Colin
las delegates to tlie State Temperance Con von
ion.? Chtirloffi'S*'! 7t' J'fiVnwuin.
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ijcljf (Conilifn lUfckli) Journal. jJ
f j Tuesday, August 23, 1853. sir
* | THo! J. WARREN, Editor.
^ | To Correspondents. 01'
We must insist upon our rule being observed in eve^
; ry instance, where contributions are offered to our pa- ?u
^ pers. We cannot publish articles unless a responsible
name is given. The propriety of this rule must, be 'Ul
. obvious to every one who will reflect lor a moment. *'?
j Documentary History. ?P'
We acknowledge the receipt from the accomplished ou
Kditor, Dr. R. W. Gibbks, of a copy ot the Documentary
History of the American Revolution, consisting of
^ ; Letters and Papers relating to the contest for Liberty, w:
n ; chiefly in South Carolina, in 1781 and 1782, from Ori,f;
ginals in the possession of the editor and from other l'1!
l_ sources. ^'s
Wo aro quite obliged to Dr. Gibbes for this volume,
> | and take pleasure in recommending it to thoso who "??
s i have a relish fur byc-goii9S. Trice in paper one dol- c^(:
k 1 lar; in cloth, one dollar aud twenty-five cents.
jj Hail Road Matters Again.
Two weeks ago, we took occasion to file a bill of
t, j complaints against the Railroad Company, to whicMt ^
1 : appears several exceptions have been taken. Here
s ! we will promise a little in order to state, that in our
| previous article we did not intend any personal offence
to either Mr. Conner or Mr. Caldwell ; nor can the .
... ' nv
charge be sustained ol injustice to them, although j.
l some have tried very hard to '.liink so, as it appears by
- a correspondent of the Charleston Courier over the
signature ol "Justice." As gent lemen wo have hither- "c
f to regarded Messrs. Conner and Caldwell, and shall Dc
continue to hold them in high regard, unless like their ft
garbling apologists, they should become oll'ended at t??
1 what we have written, in which evcut it will be a',1
1 riglit so far as we are concerned.
' This introduction is not intended, as the knowing Mr
1 "Justice" of the Courier would have it, as just praise lot
cnoiigh "to take o(T the rasping edge of our enlightened 18
1 criticism." We have had on former occasions to deal te<
1 with just such characters as "Justice" of the Courier,
whose assumed cognomen is by no means, wc fear, a
sufficient guarantee that his standard in every tiring is
i indicated thereby; at least the inference is clear, from
present evidence, that ''Justice" is very sensitive and su
punctillious in some things, and quite as careless in
i others; forgetting, perhaps, that it is at! easy matter
a : to charge another with "culpable ignorance," but quite
a different matter, and sometimes a difficult task, to
[] prove it. We take issue with this very "well inform,j
ed" gentleman, Mr. "Justice," and will now proceed
s to show that he is the one who displays "culpable ig- SC1
noran.e," in attempting to correct us when it is tnani- ,
(. fest lie knows but little of what he is trying to do. jj*
s "Justice" does not pretend to den}* that there is bad cn|
r management on tbo South Carolina Railroad. For 8C<
- Ijjf especial benefit wc repeat the proposition, in order ^
that he may show the public how "well informed" he
is, and how able to sustain himself as the champion of
the Company. Let "Justice" deny, if he can, this pro- X
. position: There is had management on the South Ca>.
rolina Railroad. If "Justice" thinks lie is ahle to susj
tain himself in successfully denying it, we will leave |i|
e the proposition open for future discussion, and for the in
I | present let the public decide, and those whose lives ,ui
e have been, and are, jeopardized in running over riek- e?J
r etty bridges and tottering trestles. tgi
u . "We said the mails arc very irregular, and for this pr
gross and unpardonable negligence somebody must be pi
II to blame, and whoever it is, ought to be made res pen. p;i
t sible. It should be submitted to no longer. The ex- >e
" cuse given hy the Carolinian (which has slightly cluing- ii
' ed its tunc) is, that "a special I*nited States Mail Agent ti<
has charge of the mail-hags, in a department on the w
(> cars under lock and key, and to which the employees w
on ilie road have no access: that lie ahmc is responsi. hi
ble if any mistakes happen in the transportation of the
1 mails." This applies only to the Hamburg Road, and 111
" i with all tlie sell*importance and information which * ''
S | 'Justii-e" may imagine himself possessed of. perhaps 'n
j he is not aware that ti.o excuse which he borrows "r
h ' from the Caioliuian, is no excuse at all for the irregn.
j. j larity of tlie mn'dj on the Columbia and Camden Roads; 1 <J
and tlie editor of the Carolinian, who "speaks," as t '
r t'i
' Justice* says, "like a sensible and well ialoriued
si I
r nr?.'t." comes about as wide of tlie mark in this case as .
r he does in some of his other shrewd suspicions. Js _
J ! "Justice" or the Carolinian aware that the mail j/
u i agent on the Hamburg road does not go on tlie Co- (l
luiubia ears, and consequently could hardly have our
mails "under loc-k and ker," when thev are carried
. to Columbia one afternoon, and are brought back iu tlie w*i
. down train tlie next morning, and then delivered to the (jt
conductor on our branch? Another little item of in- j?
- formation perhaps may not be amiss. When tlie Co- sn
r lumbia train reaches the Camden Junction, that "spc- (Jj
t cial agent" is man}' miles away. How can you say
- that "ho alone is responsible, and to him must attach
? the blame of any mistakes in the transportation of the
> mails ?" Let your motto be carried out "Justice;"
don't i'i!e the agony of insulte.l, feeling too high upon
~ that "sjttciiil agent;" but give to each their poition of! :l
blame in due season. If the mails were always de- j J
' livered to the conductors on our branch. \vc presume 1
I ('I
i there would ho uo difhcultv. l!ut how are our coti* .
due tors to git them. if thev are not delivered?and in
that case who is to blame ?
t . N'
i Suppose there was a special agent on the Columbia .lt.
j. | cars, (there is none) wh?>se duty would it be to sec I 1K.
s ' that he performed his duty? is ihcCotupnny not paid
[1_ j to carry the mails to their proper places? If the Com- ! (_;|
! pauy is paid to carry the mails?which of course they So
, i are?then it is clearly their duty to carry them at the
, I proper time and to I lie proper place In our judgment j ni<
J j they arc responsible for the safe transmission of the |ik
mails, "Justice" and the Carolinian to the contrary I *>f
- notwithstanding. su<
It is somewhat amusing and considerably presump- p'!
tuous in "Justice" attempting to moralize us in*o n j trJ
- due observance of our duty?upon the necessity of j ?*
s Editors informing "themselves before tlicy venture to l'.'
t make and publish serious charges." As an abstract
> | proposition this rule would hold good; but in the preB
I sent case it is entirely mat aptoposapplied to the "well '
? informed Editor" of the Camden Journal. If "Justice"'J . ,
!i I ... ..... .1.: 1 1 ..I . I l'l?
WOUKl H'Ulii u?i? luiu <11111 uf'H-ni! u uuiiit iiuii.scir, lie
' might meet with greater success when lie attempts to . ^
' correct ami enlighten others, and might possibly avoid '
1 the "culpable ignorance" which is so palpably display- j(
' j od in his article before ns. Hut the truth is clear, that j ?
"Justice" and the Carolinian left the main issue? j a||
' which is had management on the road, irregularities
in the mails, >Vc.?and attempted (it was a feeble at* ^
tempt) to ridicule our notion of a practical business man j,',.
Mnltho head of the road, who, if occasion should do
^ j maud, could (tlist's the point?slick to it,) could get
* I aboard an engine and run it himself. AVo adviso l
-.lusiieo" ami iho Carolinian to put a little more vine. | ()n
gar in tlu-ir ink, or otherwise get supplied with the I
i needful article before the}' try their htunl nt sharp 1 <;e<
tilings. It is n fur fetched, beggarly perversion of the ??r
' spirit of our nrliele, to assume that we want, or ever l?i
I desired, such a thing as ltaving a President who should : | h
act ns engineer or fireman, although in our judgment j
; it would do him no harm, nor be against him in any-1
' wise if he Irr Lev.
I il l flT i mmrn
Such a conclusion as that to which our sagacious obtors
have arrived, could only have been jumped at
(hose whose prolillc imaginations, with a littlb
etching, might twist a garbled extract in their la vor.
e forced construction which the Carolinian and its
rell informed" coadjutor attempts to fasten upon our
liclc, is an unjust perversion of its spirit and fact.
We still maintain that tho President o' a Iiailroad
ght very well know how to run an engine, ,;act as
nnan," or "grease the wheels," without serious iny
to his character, or derogation from the exalted
sition to which he may have been called.
We want the knowing ones, as well as all garbling
oiogisrs, 10 icn us wnai vuiiu uujcciiuii were is 10
r article. "\Vo do not cure particularly who 'Mslikes
and wo presume the editor?no matter how "well
brmed" he is?who undertakes to please every body,
11 find in the long run an endless race.
For the present we leave this discussion, hoping
tt the next time the Carolinian and "Justice" feel
iposed to indulge their shrewd suspicions, they will
at' least "well informed," before they attempt to enhtcn
and amuse the public, or criticise others. "We
ise, not desiring a further reputation as a
"Snapper up of inconsiderable trifles."
Belief for the Sufferers.
The City Council of Charleston lias contributed two
ousand dollars for tho relief of the distressed poor of
sw Orleans.
New Cotton.
Two bales of new Cotlon, the first of the season, arcd
in Charleston on Friday last, from the plantation
Mr. George Norris, of Orangeburg District.
A New Invention.?A Bostonian has invented a
lirononietrical lock," which fixed to a door cannot
opened before the time determined on beforehand*
operates by clock work, and the absence of a keyle
precludes all attempts to piek it*
Charlotte Railroad.
The number of balesof Cotton carried over the Charte
Railroad, from the 1st October 1852, to June 30
53, was sixty-six thousand four hundred and eigh?n
(66,418.)
Edinburgh Review.
This valuable periodical has reached us. The abiliwitli
which these Foreign re-prints are conducted,
(lice to ensure them a large circulation.
Peterson's Magazine.
September has made its appearance early, and we
loome to our table this interesting book. Thenumr
before us has a beautiful picture called "Music and
vc," and lias a colored Fashion Plate. There are
.'cral pretty stones in it?all to please the ladies.
Savanna a RivF.it Railroad?Wo learn from the
unburg Republican that a sufficient amount of the
pital stock of this company, has been subscribed to
,-uro the charter. Tho company will be organized
rly in October, and operations be sbeedilv com
:uced.
?;?
/ For the Camden Journal.
he Express Companies and Rail
Road Companies.
When the Kail Road agents were along the
u\ procuring the light of way for the road,
any fine promises were made to the people,
id this and that accommodation was promisI
as an inducement for them to grant a free
issago through their lands. I low far these
onriscs have been-fulfilled I will n<u say ?the
iIdle know. A few months back, the com
my would carry small packages in the pasnger
trains for twenty-live cents; lately a
fi'eient arrangement has been made; and
>w they have, what they call an express agent,
ho takes charge of these small packages, for
hich we are now required to pay tifiy cents;
>ent\ five goes to the company as tbrmeily,
i;l tweuly-live to the express agent, as we are
formed. These parcels go no quicker now
mi they did ioimeily, neither are they derend
any more promptly. The conductor,
whoever formerly attended to it, could do
as well now; hut the people are subjected
this ihnible lax, that some yrtnkee, or other
lieern, may reap the profit. - In .old-times,
is would have been called a downright impo
[ton upon the politic, who cannot see how
e*y ntv benefitted by paying an Express com*
my fifty cents, for doing what the K. K. Co.
riuerly dill for half the money. I suppose*
id is called uccommOflalioil?icfio It accomodates
any one can tell.
The public did not a-k for this change,?
liich they consider an inijinxiUon - mid which
pi ivcs many a one of the satisfaction of send*
gn friend a small ipiantity of fiuit in its sot**
n, or some other articles which might gratify
chisel ves and he a favor to others. T.
/!<; the Camden Journal.
"Public meeting.
In accordance with a previous appointment at
meeting held at Tiller's Church on Saturday
:* 2d of July, a number of the citizens of
rshaw District, assembled at Pleasant Ili'l
lurch, on the 13th inst. for the purpose of clccig
delegates to the general Convention to he
Id at Tiller's Church on the 2d Monday in
ptcmber next, to exp'ess ihesciiliineiils of the
ople on the propriety or iioii propriety of the
w District measure.
On motion, Maj. K. E. Tiller, was called to the
lair, and C. Mclvimion was rcijuotcd to act as
cretary.
The Chainnati then set forth the object of the
r>r*ti11 rr_ ;iii< 1 lln? :ulv:!litrl.M?i fli.-il wmilil
ely accrue to the people within tlie boundaries
the proposed I >istrict, should the project be
ceessful, and also to the entire up cuntry, by
icing its nearer on an equality to the low coun;
in point of strength in the Legislative boily
the State. The Chairman then announced
at if any one present desired to make known
> tenets on the subject, he was at liberty,
hereupon, tho following ge.itlemon: J. K.
iaw, J. W. Ihwkin, Daniel Uethnno and S. 1'.
iirchison, di>cussed the question with (Oiisidcra
warmth?the two former in favor of, the
o latter in opposition to the. measure.
On motion of J. \Y. ] task in, it was moved
d seconded, that sei'en delegates be appointed,
was moved and seconded, that a committee
three la* appointed to chose sajd delegates,
of which was adopted.
The following gentlemen were elected deletes:
Capt. W. Mimgo, Capt. .1. D. Young,
vin Railey, Capt. NY. Iv'llcv, Maj. E. E. Tiller,
ihius FoLsom Esq., Col. NYm MeSweon.
On motion it was moved and adopted that
It. Shaw, and .1. \Y. lta>kii>, be superadded to
e above list of delegates.
On motion of J. It. Shaw, it was moved ami
oiided that each delegate ascertain whether
not the proposed boundaries meet the approtiou
of tIn* people in bis section, previous to
e general Convention.
(.In motion tho meeting thon ^djniirncd.
K E. TILLER, Chairman.
0. McKissoy, Sofrotai'v.
I The Next Speaker of tub- United States
House of Rkpuksentativesw?There is an on
(lit current, tbat the Speaker of the Houi-c of
Representatives during the last -Congress, the
lion. Linn Uoyd, will not Jbe honored with the
suf! rages of his party friends in the coming Coo
grcss. A lower seat in that political synagogue
wili he assigned to a veteran Democrat. The gentleman
spoken of to preside with ability, impartiality,
and dignity, is the young, gifted, and eh ^
| oqneiit Representative from the Ashland district,
I in Ki'iitnckev, the Lion. John C. Breckenridge.^
| Mr. Bnckeltridge is an esteemed member, popu- -'Jjw
lar with the numbers of both the great parties,
and, beyond doubt, would make n most acceptable
j residing officer. " *
"Wc witnessed a very affecting right jesterday.
A giil was about crossing Mervin slreel
bridge with a wagon containing what a casual
observer would suppose to be a child?a neat
little counterpane folded delicately down from
the " neck" of the innocent, and its focc concealed
by a blue veil. It Was a theme thatmight
have called forth a niyst eloquent outhurst
from the warm heait of" Fanny Fern."
Presently, however, in ascending the bridge,'
the vehicle upset, and out rolled the precious
contents, in the shape of?not a "baby,,' gentle
reader, but a well lilled whiskey jug ! which
was da>hed to pieces against a stone. The
gref of the " old folks at home" for the loss of
the "dear crathur," whose, "spirit" thus unceremoniously
took its flight, was, no doubt uncontrotable.?
Cleveland True Democrat .
The Epinuvir'?Tli# lUf nf rlio !niomiont?
fur the past week is the best evidence one eatiuffer
of the terrible mortality of the fever. The
whole number of deaths may lie stated, in
ii round numbers, at 1,500, and the interments
from y elluw fever, including over a hundred reported
as "unknown/' exceeded 1,350. The
preceding week was not as fatal. The total
number of interments was 1,134, and the. *
deaths by fever barely a thousand, there has
therefore been an increase of about 350 ufthe
whole number .of deaths,and of nearly the same *.
amount in those caused by. the fever.?New
Orleans Bee, 15Ik ihst.
Three Sharks measuring respectively 9 feet
8 inches, 11 leet 4 inches, and 12 feet 2 inches,
were caught on Saturday evening, in our har-t
bur by a party of gentlemen who.are sutuew
hat celebrated for their successful efforts at
capturing these monsters of ibe deep. - IVe
understand a fourth was struck, but unfortunate
ly the harpoon tore out.? Charleston Courier.
?' i..? ' x
At a public meeting "held in Savannah oir
Saturday, his Honor I* Wayne, Esq, the May.
or, in the Chair for the purpose of expending
aid to the sufferers from the epidemic in NewOrleans,
it was resolved uiiatiiiiit>Hsly (lint the
City Council should remit to the Mayor of that
city $1(100, which, we understand from our
Savannah cotempoiaries, was immediately
done. Ward committee* were, also, appointed
to solicit suoscii-'iions tor me same benevolent
object *
An extract from a private letter has found
its way into the papers, which gives a verygraphic
and truthful description of the prominent
characteristics of the President. It was
wiilten in reference t<> his contemplated visit
to New-York to attend file opening of the
Crystal Palace:
" (Jen. l'ierce is ardent in his temperament,
aenite in his sensibilities, and impulsive jn his
fecling3. But di-cipl tie lias made litem subcr-*
diltate to pradeuce. They all spring from noble
aspirations, enlarged generosity, ictive phiInnthropv,
and exalted honor, lie loves his
Countiy us a patiiot should, and he-loves his
fi llow-mnn with a tolerant and generous brotherhood.
lie has no dark turners in his soul
"to hide away resentments and nurse revenge?
lie has no concealments that would dishonor
the purest magnanimity,and he has no disguise
that would triovk praiseworthy gratitude.? the
possession uf exalted station gives him no pride
to pamper and no exelusiveness to offend. He
bows with humility to this attestation of popular
confidence and favor, never forgetting that
though he is Chief Magistrate, he has been
taken from the ranks, and will return to the'
I ranks as one of the sovereign people.
Bring him within the reach of the influences
that c.uster around his heart and guide his conduct,
and Gen. Pierce will exhibit those elements
that most commend, dignify, and honor
the character of man.
He will make these impressions upon the
thousands that will hear his ardent and graceful
elocution ; and more than this, with those
who may come within the range of social intercourse.
.??
llniirniw Pmprrn tTrn *t \*?Titrv.? A
letter friiin C'anti n, China, speaking of the capture
of Nankin, by the rebels, says:
* (>1' the Tartar garrison, more than 20,000,
including the families of the soldiers, women
ami children, were either put to the sword or
committed suicide, it being a point of honor
with that singular people to perish rather than
to yield. Every one of the priests, whether of
the Bndhist or Taouist religion, and who were
vey numerous there, were massacred. Their
numbers could not have been less than 1,560
or 2,000; while those killed in the assault, the
mining of the walls, ami the entry of the rebels,
rre said to amount to over 20,1)00 men. Very
many families were completely annihilated by
suicide. The streets were so blocked up with
dead bodies, that in | assing from point to
point, the conquerors burst open doors of hou
ses, private ns well as public, and threw them
inside, as the Chinese expressed it, as if they
had been logs of wood."
Tub Late Duelling Affair.?Capt. Bernard
S. Treanor and Patrick O'Donohuc appeared
at the police court yesterday to answer
to the charges, the former of sending, and the
I ? t f ? r fit !1 in ff *1 / ) i >i 11 i wr tliA t/>C_
"tv,vr,",B " vuillll 11^*7# A III UIO >votinioiiy
<>t" William F. A. Kelly it appeared that
O'Donohue who received a letter or rather
challenge, requesting hint to meet Captain
Treanor the next morning in New Hampshire,
hut the letter \va? signed by Major Mulcahay
for Captain B. S. Treanor. The witness could
not say that O'Donohue accepted the challenge
and it did not appear that Captain Treanor
ever authorized Major Mulcahay to write the
letter. The court is of the opinion that the
cu<e was not made out, and therefore ordered
; the d. lendnits to he discharged.? fijslon Dai1
!y Advertiser, 13fA
I >1 ED?On Sunday morning last at the resi'
deii< e of his father, Mr. James Ct.yburx, sou
j of William t'lvhum, Esq., of this Ui>tr:et,
agerl^l out 25 years.