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: - x - ' - |-' ; | VOLUME XXV. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1866. NUMBER 20. f PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY ULAIR & PEGTJES. . 1 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. .'Three Dollars a year Cash?Four Dollars if payment is delayed three months. rates or advertising, per square. For the first insertion. $1.50; for the second, $1.00; for the third, 75 cents; for each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Semi-niontlily, Monthly and Quarterly advertisements, $1.50 each insertion. The space occupied by ten lines (solid, of this size type) constitutes a square. Payment is required in advance from transient advertisers, and as soon as the work is done, from regular customers. MISCELLANEOUS. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. Banquet to Cyrus W. Field.? The Stoiiy of the Great Enterprise.?Mr. Cyrus W. Field was fitly honored in New York on the evening of the 15tli, with' a banquet, given by the members of the Chamber of Commerce, as a tribute to his exertions in the laying of the Atlantic Cable. ^ Mr. Field, in a long and interesting address, gave a history of the un/Invfol-inir ir>t<ivcmnvsnrl with mnnv in cidents illustrative of the difficulties overcome and the indomitable perseverance by which success was achieved. The enterprise was shown to have been of purely American origin, the plan having been conceived and considered thirteen years ago, when about half a dozen gentlemen met at Mr. Field's residence, and those who came first to the work stood by it to ] v T the end. It was not till 1850 that . the enterprise had any existence in i England, and then the British Government began tbat generous course ] which it has continued ever since.? < The expeditions of 1857 and the two 1 * of 1858 were joint efforts, but for the, i ' time they ended in failure. ' When the scientific and engineer- i ? ?i?j ? i. i. ; ing prooicius were suucu ?e iuuk ji heart again, and began to prepare s ' for a fresh attempt. This was in 1 1863. In this country?though th<? s war was still raging?I went from < city to city, holding meetings and 1 trying to raise capital, but with poor 1 success. Men came and listened, 1 - aud said " it was all very fine," and J "hoped I would succeed," but did ] nothing. In one of these cities they 1 gave a large meeting, and passed i some beautiful resolutions, and ap- ] pointed a committee of "solid men" 1 to canvass the city, but I did not get i a solitary subscriber. In this city I ? did better, though money came, by ( the hardest. By personal solicita- 1 tions, encouraged by you, sir, and other good friends, I succeeded in 1 raising <?70,000. Since not many. had faith, I must present one exam- 1 ' pie to the contrary, though it was not 1 till a vcar later. When almost all J deemed it a hopeless scheme, one gen- 1 tlcraan of this city came to me and t purchased stock of the-Atlantic Tel- t graph Company to the amount of > $100,000. That -was Mr. Loring f Andrews, who is here this evening to 1 >>cc his faith rcwared. But at the ? time I speak of, it was plain that our ( main hope must be in England, 'and J I went to London. There too it < dragged heavily. There was a pro- ' found discouragement. Many had ] lost before, and were not willing to < throw more money into the sea. "We > ^ needed ?600,000 and with our utmost s .efforts we had raised less than half, j and there the enterprise stood in a ] dead lock. It was plain thaf we i must have help from some new quar- 1 tcr. I looked around to find a man ! who had broad shoulders, and could i carry a heavy load, and who would 1 be a giant in the cause. It was at j this time I was introduced, to a gen tleman, whom I Avould hold up to the ; American public as a specimen of a : greut-hdhrted Englisliman, Mr. Thos. 1 Brassey. You may never have heard his name, but in London be is known as one of the men who have made British capital felt in all parts of the i earth. I went to see him, though 1 with fear and trembling. lie re- < ceived me kindly, but put mo through 1 such an examination as I never had 1 'before. I thought I was in the wit ness box. He asked me every possi- ' ble question, but my answers satisfied i him, and he ended by saying " It was 1 an enterprise which ought to be carried out, and that he would be one of ten men to furnish the money to do it." This was a pledge of 60,000 pounds sterling ! Encouraged by this noble offef, I looked about to find another such man, though it was almost like trying to find two Welling tons. But lie was found in Mr. Jno. Pender, of Manchester. I went to to his office one day in London, and we walked together to the House of Commons, and before we got there he said he would take an equal share with Mr. Brassey;. The action of these two gentlemen was a-turning point in the history of our enterprise. For it led shortly after to a union of the well known firm of Glass, Elliott & Co., with the Gutta Pcrcha Company, making of the two one grand concern known as the " Telegraph Construction and Maintainance Company," which included not only Mr. Brassey and Mr. Pender, but other men of great wealth, such as Mr. George Elliott and Mr. Barclay, of London, and Mr. Henry Bflwlov. of Dublin nnrl -whinh thus reinforced witli immense capital, took up the whole enterprise in its strong arms. We] needed, I have said, <?600,000, and with all our efforts in England and America, we had raised only ?285,000. This new company now came forward and offered to take the whole remaining ?315,000?besides ?100,000 of the bonds, and to make its own profits contingent on success! Mr. Richard A. Glass was made Managing Director, and gave energy and vigor to all its departments, being admirably seconded by the Secretary, Mr. Shuter. Mr. Mr. Glass has been recently knighted for his services in carrying out the Atlantic Telegraph?an honor which i lie most justly deserves. Mr. Field thus referred to the do-11 parture of the Great Eastern, July j i loth, 1805, on her memorable voy- < ige; i For a week all went well; we had j )aid out 1200 miles of cable, and had | :i J.I A-' - i mi ly uuu miies iu.ri.iier to go, wiien s lauling in the cable to reinedv a fault, t t parted and went, to the bottom.? 1 fhat day I can never forget?how j nen paced the deck in despair, look- ( ng out on the broad sea that had j swallowed up their hopes; and then t low the brave Canning for nine days < mil nights dragged the-bottom of tlie c iccan for our lost treasure, and though ic grappled it three times, failed to ( jring it to the surface. Tlie story of 1 hat expedition, as written by Dr. ] R.ussell, who was on board the Great j Eastern, is one of the most marvel- [ ous chapters in the whole history of t nodern enterprise. We returned to f England defeated, yet full of resolu- { don to begin the battle anew. Meas- t ires "were at once taken to make a second cable, and fit out a new exper lition, and with that assurance I came ionic last autumn. In December I went back again, o! all our hopes had sunk to nothing, flic Attorney-General of England iad given his written opinion that we iad no legal right, without a special tct of Parliament (which could not >e obtained under a year), to issue ihc new 12 per cent, shares, on which vc relied to raise our capital. This vas a terrible blow. The works were it once stopped, and the money which! iad been paid in returned to the subscribers. Such was the state of things mly ten months ago. I reached London on the 24th of December, md the-next day was not a " merry Christmas" to me. But it was an inexpressibly comfort to have the counsel if such men as Sir Daniel Gooch and Sir Richard A. Glass, and to hear stouthearted Mr. Brassey tell us to 50 ahead, and if need were he would put down ?60,000 more. It was fi: ( nalltr nrl fliof n/mvon x nwi.jr wuwuuw "VJV wutov t was to organize a new company, which t should assume the work, and so orig- r inatedthc Anglo-American Telegraph ] Company..- It was formed by ten x gentlemen who met around a tabic in ( London, and put down <?10,000 ? apiece. I hope the excellent Secreta- ^ ry of this company, Mr. Deane, who t came with me across the ocean, will 2 its history, and tell the world what t life and vigor were in its Board of j Directors. The great Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, j undaunted by the failure of last year, ] answered us a subscription of ?100,- ; 000. Soon after the books were ] opened to the public, through the em- j inent banking house of J. S. Morgan ? & Co., and in fourteen days we liad ] raised the whole ?600,000. Then ^ the work began again, and went on ( with speed. Never was greater en- , ergy infused into any enterprise. It ( was only the first day of March that ] the new company was formed, and" i was registered as a company the next \ day, and yet such was the vigor and dispatch that in five mqnths frqjn that , day the cable had been manufactured, ; ' ' shipped on the Great Eastern, stretch ed across the Atlantic, and was sending messages^ literally swift as lightning, from continent to continent. The next effect was recovery of the old cable with the deep-sea grapnels: At first it was a little awkward to fish in such deep water, but our men got used to it, and soon could cast a grapnel almost as straight as an old whaler throws a harpoon. Our fishing line was of formidable size. It was made of rope, twisted with wires of steel, so as to bear a strain of thirty tons. It took about two hours for the grapnel to reach bottom, but wc could tell when.it struck. .. I often went to the bow and sat on the rope, and could feel by the quiver that the grapnel was dragging on the bottom two miles under us. But it was a very slow business. We had storms and calms, and fogs and squalls. Still we worked on day after day. Once, on the 17th of August, we got the cable up and had it in full sight for five minutes, a long, slimy monster, fresh from the ooze of the ocean's bed, but our men began to cheer so wildly that it seemed to be frightened, and suddenly broke away and went down into the sea.? This accident kept us at work two weeks longer; but finally, on the last night of August, we caught it. We had cast the grapnel thirty times. It was a little before midnight on Friday night that we hooked the cable, and it was a little after midnight Sunday morning when we got it on board. What was the anxiety of those twenty-six hours? The strain or every man's life was like the strain on the sable itself. When finally it appeared, it was midnight; the lights of the ship, ind in the boats around our bows, as ihey flashed in the faces of the men, showed them eagerly watching for die cable to appear on the water. At ength it was brought to the surface. \11 who were allowed to approach ( crowded forward to sec it. Yet not i word was spoken, only the voices of 1 ;hc officers in command were heard j jiving orders. AlLfolt-aa jf-Hfe ana hratlr-hung on the issue. It was onlyvhen it was brought over the bow .and m to the deck that men dared to ( jreathe. Even then they hardly beieved their eyes. Some crept toward t to feel of it, to be sure it was there. Then we carried it along to the elcc- . i :rician's room, to see if our long sought s 'or treasure was alive or dead. A 'ew minutes of suspense, and a flash ;old of the lightning current again ; let free. Then did the feeling long j rent up burst forth. Our two cables do their part well. Chcre are no way stations between [reland and Newfoundland, where nessages have to be repeated, ana the ightning never lingers more then a . second in the bottom of the sea. To hose who feared that they might be - ~ ~ dl T irAiiIrl eov -frvr ibuu ujj ui nvui vuh, a uuuiuouj) 1.vm. heir relief, that the old cable works l little better then the new one, but hat is because it has been down longer, as time improves the quality >f gutta pcrcha. But the new one is , ;onstantly growing better. To show * iow delicate are these wonderful cords, t is enough to state that they can be c vorked with the smallest battery lower. When the first cable was aid in '58, electricians thought that 0 send a current two thousand miles t must be almost like a stroke of n iglitning. But God was not in the sarthquake, but in the still small c roicc. The other day Mr. Latimer s 31ark telegraphed from Ireland across ? he ocean and back again, with a bat- f ;ery formed in a lady's thimble! And t iow Mr. Collett writes me from Heart's Content: "I have just sent ny compliments to Dr. Gould, of Cambridge, who is at Valentia, with 1 battery composed of a gun cap, ' * ' c ,1 i ,vitn a strip ox zinc, cxcueu uy a uxop i >f water, the simple bulk of a tear!" v <V. telegraph that will do that, we c ;hink nearly perfect. It has never "ailed for an hour or a minute. A word about the tariff. Complaint has been made that it was so f ligli as to be very oppressive. I beg ill to remember that it is only throe t nontlis and a half since the cable was 1 aid. It was laid at a great cost and j; i great risk. Differ cut companies t lad sunk in their attempts twelve c nillions of dollars. It was still an jxperiment, of which tho result was loubtful. This, too, might prove anpther costly failure. Even if successful, we did not know how long it would ivork. Evil prophets in both countries predicted that it would not last c i month. If it did, we were notsme a pf having more than one cable; nor I how much work that one could do.? Now these doubts are resolved. "VVc have not only one cable, but two, both in working order; and we find instead of five words a minute, we can send fifteen. Now we are free to reduce the tariff. Accordingly it has been cut down one-half, and I hope in a few months we can bring it down to one-quarter. I am in favor of reducing it to the lowest point at which we can do the business, keeping the lines working day and night. And then?if the work grows upon us so enormously that we cannot do it?why we must go to work and lay more cables. tcrnmmj??wmmrm^mrnmrnmrnrnmmm?? ? NEW STOCK. THE undersigned is now opening an entire new stock at the store formerly occupied by Mcroncy & BosttelT, at the corner below the Bank of Camden:? DRY GOODS. PRINTS, DELAINES, FLANNELS, (Bed and Wliite.) Common and Fine BED BLANKETS, ' CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, SATINETTS, JEANS, . * . AND KERSEYS. Hosiery, for Ladies and Gentlemen ; Jaconet and Cambric Muslin; Brown Shirting; Long Cloths; : Sheeting and Pillow Case Cotton; Brown and Bleached Table Cloths; \ Towelling, &c., &c. Heady Made Clothiug?In Suits. COATS, ' - PANTS, AND VESTS. . HATS?for Men and Boys. , SHOES?of different qualities. y ZS AJlJ U 1^1 K, Jet X . Saddlo9, Britllcs, Filling, Whips and Sudlle-TJags. '~t CROCKER? AND GLASSWARE?Common ind Fine. ' V* HARDWARE.?Axes, Spades, Shovels, Lj^flJ^gkgr&nd F<fHts. ?c. GROCERIES. . O SUGAR?Common Brown, Clarified and ( Crushed. ii COFFEE?Rio, Laguira and Java. B TEAS?A fine assortment. * Superior Family Flour- v CRACKERS?Fresh and of superior qual- I ty. With many other articles, which will be old at the lowest prices for cash. A. M. KENNEDY. c Oct. 12?tf. !' 1,4 iffiss D, H, M'Ewen & Co, . /ItE NOW RECEIVING A Handsome Supply OF MILLINERY GOODS, i fnv CICTTtfG 1 vr t BONNETS, HATS, RIBBONS, J rn3TT>>crr>\ ty? ? n-i cg?.D V AXD v, EVERY THINGIX Tlltlrt I.IXE OF BUSINESS, ALL OF n kmusw mt&z?* c ?ALSO? Dress Goods and Trimmings- s They solicit a call from their frfends and luslotners. October u. 12 tf 1 JTS. Memoj^EY,' 3 V ii c t i o n e er, ? ITT LL attend in person to the selling of a V V Ispecies of property at public sale, cith ^ :r in Cumden or surrounding country. Perons having property .of any description to lisposc of, and wish my services, will be waitid on by giving me timely notice. My charges or services rendered will be in keeping with he times. ] Oct. 2G,?tf. , I justate in once. tv, A LL persons having demands against the p ti estate of the late Wat. McKAIN, will trcscnl the same, duly attested to J AS. 31. n )AVIS, my Attorney, and nil persons in any tl vay indebted to said estate will make immc- b liatc payment to him. p MARY 11. SIIAW, ] Oct. 19?tf. Adm'x.. b Notice. rHE Notes and Accounts of Dr. TITOS. . AY. SALMOND, for the years previous o January 1st, 1862, having been placed in r oy hands for collection, all persons indebted . hereon must come forward and pay the same ii >r make some satisfactory arrangement before <? he next Return Day, or said notes and aclounts will be put in suit. W. Z. LEITNER, ^ d nov. 9,?6t. ; Attorney. n : ti Special Notice. A LL persons indebted to the late firm of ti. MATIIESON & CO., cither by note or >pen account, arc requested to come forward ind effect a settlement., or the papers will be ^ daccd in suit for immediate collection. MATIIESON & CO., Oct. 12?3m. In liquidation. Drugs and Medicines. tWo arc now receiving a large and well selected stock of PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES, OF TIIE VERY BEST QUALITY. also FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, In large variety, Cologne, Lubin's Extracts, Powders | and Soaps, Bloom Youth, Hair Grease, Lilly .White, Sozodont, Tooth and Hair Brushes, Dressing Combs, Toilet Setts. &C. &C. &C. I : | Also?a large assortment of KEROSENE LAMPS, Chimnies, Shades, Burners and Wicks, Kerosene Oil, Of the very best quality, always on hand. All of which will be sold as low i t i J __1 I as tney can De Dougnx any wnere wiinin tho State. HODGSON & DUNLAP. Camden, Nov. 16. ( T^RENCH CONFECTIONARY, Of the very best quality. For sale by HODGSON & DUNLAP. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, AY inflow Glass and Putty. For sale by HODGSON & DUNLAP. PURE FRENCH BRANDY and 3 WINE, for medicinal purposes. For sale by HODGSON & DUNLAP. , TV"ON-EXPLOSIVE KEROSENE OIL. This has been tested, and is free J rom danger. For sale"by i HODGSON & DUNLAP. [ pOXE'S GELATINE, COOK- ? ing Wine, Cooking Extracts and Spices, of all sorts. For sale by HODGSON & DUNLAP. rXRANGES?Fresh Havana ORU ANGES. JAMES JONES. Y. YGLESIAS, KSS&iMBV WMmWLs J 52, Broad St. Charleston, S. C. 8 LATE FOEEMAN OF < g EDGERTON & RICHARDS, 1 lTTl .1 r n>v ~.1~. ?1 r*ll I. W-, WJL.U.I i LU J-UO ViiJJ i liiK2T37!3 aud Custodiers, or will serve them bv >I1DER, at.the SHORTEST NOTICE. He s enabled to do this, having hept copies of neaaurcs of Patrons for the last six or eight 11 ears. Having also just returned from New York p rirh a full supply of the best ENGLISH, ? RENCII and AMERICAN G GOODS, 0 )f the -Latest Styles qualities, carefullj* sc- n uctcd under his own personal supervision, he 3 prepared to offer udvantagCB seldom ob- n runcd in this country. Will either make up p, uits or sell by the yard. Nov. 10. (s5) lm ?100 REWARD. TOLENfrom tlic subscriber's lot near Flut !!5 Rock. Kershaw District, on the night of lie 271 h wit., a BAY MARE, about 15 hands ligli, with a scar 011 (I think) the left hip, bout 15 lutuls high, has very small feet, and ras unshod at the time she was taken. She rorks well in harness, and lias a very brisk rulk. I give fifty dollars for the delivery of the t larc, and fifty more the thief with proof to ^ onvict him. S. A. B. SHANNON. Nor. 16. 3t JO^g^Yorkvillc Enquirer copy 3 times and S end bill to the Camden Journal Office. LABORERS WANTED, r 7 ?7 PRIME HANDS, to work on tlie McRac It) Plantation adjoining tlie estate of Mr. f "homas Lang?one of the richest and most roductivc plantations on the Watcree River. 'or information, or to make contracts, apply 1 o John Cantey, on his plantation, or to A. I. Kennedy, Camden. . JOHN CANTEY. A J. D. KENNEDY. Nov. 1C. ' tf Sheriff's Sale. BY virtue of sundry writs of fi. fa. to mc J directed, I will sell before the Court J louse in Camden on the first Monday in Deember next, within tlie legal hours of sale, . 5 the highest bidder, for cash, the following roporty, to-wit : One tract or piece of LAND, containing incty (00) acres, more or less, situated in :ie District of Kershaw, on the waters of ounded by lands of Thomas Davis, Lewis ecblcs, et al. Levied 011 as the property of !. B. King nt the suit of Elisha Atkinsou, carer, for the benefit of his assignee. E. SILL, S. K. D. 1 Nov. 10. ($4.87) 3t J GUANO. o, rllE undersigned, being the oldest importors and dealers in Guano in Charleston, c' aforin their friends that they expect to rccivc a regular supply of Pure Peruvian Guano ] ircetl'rom the agent of tho Peruvian Govcrnlcnt at New York, which they will sell at all ' rncs at the lowest market rates. Orders promptly filled. T. J. KERR & CO., Kerr's Wharf. Charleston, Nov. 0. Gt Notice. ti iTTM. M. Shaxnox, is my authorized agent VV during my absence from the State. W. D. JIOGAN. ' "1 Nov. 16 3t* tJ South-Carolina R. Road. CSSUGL GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, Charleston, Nov. 5, 1866. ON and after Nov. 6, 1866, the Camden Freight and Passenger Trains will run as follows, viz: ' Leave ICinsville, at. 3.45 P. M.' '* J , % Arrive at Sanders' at 5.40 P. M. 711 Leave Sanders'at 6.30 A.' Arrive at Kingsville at 8.80,P. M. Leave Kingsville Tuesdays, Thursdays anil Saturdays. rl Leave Sanders' Mondays, Wednesdays *atl *' Fridays." " i . ; '-? dii H. T. PEAKE, Gen. Baptii; GROCERIES! .v W' " ' ' GROCERIES til (vines, ; ; ;; v t t/\tt/-\t>cl . . JUJL^uvxvo. r. . J1 CIGARS, TOBACCO, ' ' PICKLES, ' ? ' HERRINGS, : '; * MACKARjBE, CODFISH, / " - ' . . CORN, V * PEilS,- ":j>. POTATOES, kcr,'; At "low figures," for cash. At .% - T. S..MYEES' Nov. 9. , * if PHOTOGRAPHS! 7"T PHOTOGRAPHS!! Great Reduction in Prices! *oiv is the lime to get Pictures! f^ARD Photographs of DAYIS, LEE and JACKSON, on hand for sale. Call s6on s my stay is limited., " H. C. BURR. > nov. 10,?tf. S. P. ANCKEtt, Auctioneer AND Comniissicm Merchant:; CAMDEN, S. C. . ; 1 r EN DEES his services to the public for th'O' sale of Eeal Estate, Cotton and other ( 'roduce, Furniture, Horses, and every dd- i cription of Merchandize. Special attention ;iven to out-door. sales. '-.'v i-j irr.Tf NoT-i ? ' r *. ? .. -.11 < ' i : v -? NOTICE?^rHE undersigned, after an absence of a few months, has returned to his old stand, nd is prepared to purchase COTTON AND OTHER COUNTRY PRODUCE,^ 'or which lie will give the highest market vice. He is also prepared to furnish BAGING, ROPE and TWINE ; also FAMILY 110CERIES, at lowest prices. He resnectfnllv Rolieit* n uluirp nf hniL < css of the District and surrounding country. He will also make advances on consignicnts of Cotton to Charleston, New York and ivcrpool. GEORGE S. D0UGLA8. Oct. 12?It. JOHNSTON, CREWS & GO- < IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Dealers in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Rio. 41 Hayne Street, CHARLESTON, S'. C.v ' ..ni; Nov. 9. / lm,, ^RCHANT'S HOTEI* CORNER OF KING AND SOCIETY STS. Charleston, ,So? Ca; Mil . ^ I AY AGE & ENSIGN!, Proprietors. JESSS 1. SAVAGE. IDWIN D. EN8ION. Nov. 9. 8m . r pavIlioiThotelY * CHARLESTON, 8. C: rHE above POPULAR HOTEL is open for' tho accommodation of the TravellingTubc. Board per day, $3.' Mrs. Ii. L. BUTTERFIELD, , . Proprietress. ~ Awtiu v. BUTTERFIELD, Superintendent. % Nov. 0. 3m; GUNPOWDER AT REDUCED PRICES,. ^ pN kegs, half kegs, quarter kegs and conisL tors. . Quality warranted cqiial to any made. Apply to . \, '' * . CIIAS. H. MOISE, Wholesale Dealer in Groceries and Liqnor' No. 0, Ilayne Street Charleston, S. C. Nov. 9. lm Fine Cattle and Sheep FOR SALE. 3Y permission of the Court of Ordinary for Kershaw District, I will sell at ? Putolic Sale, ~ i Monday, the third day of December jxextf 11 o'clock. A. M., at Mulberry, near Camin, about fifty head of'very fine ' / (J DEVON CATTLE, COXSISTINF OF ^ ' VIILCH COWS WITH YOUNG CALVES, OXEN, &c. Also?Seventy-live head of very fine /.J iaSIKEC m ^ Terms, Cash. 2 JAMES CHESNUT, Ex'r. Nov. 9. it. The South Carolinian and Sumter atchman will insert twice., and send bill tolis office. Fresh Lemons:. rUST Received and for sale. at V. II. MOORE'S... v