Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, March 25, 1851, Image 2
The Cotton Trrd?.
The decline in cotton, from the highest ppint
of the market this season, has teen three and a
half cents per pound, assuming that middling
has been sold at thirteen and a half cents, which
is the fact, and is only worth ten cents to-day.
With a crop, which will surely not excted 2,250,000
bales, if it reach that, which is very
doubtful in the minds of some of the most Apt
and reflecting, where is the cause to be foun I ?
No one pretends to contend that 2,250,000
bales addea to that which may be on hand from
the yield of last year, as an over-nroducf, and
will supply the wholesome nad increasing consumption
nil over Europe and the United
States. We have no idea but that several hundred
thousand baies more could he consumed,
and at remunerating prices to the planter, if iiis
tkennrrk ktu moiokcnl rllH lint P(WI1.
liVl tOCIllV?3| lUM'UgU Nto MIVI VIIUMly X..W ..?? ?
pel him to sell it at a given time, for the most
it will bring, to satisfy the acceptances of his
factor for (often) imaginary wants. It is sheer
folly to imagine, for an instant, that cotton in
this country or England, will ever realize to the
planter its intrinsic value, so long as he is forced,
under any circumstances, to sell it within
the compass of a certain hour.
Between the speculators in Englaud, and
their numerous agents in this country, the price
of our cotton crop is controlled ; and prices often,
if ndftnvariahly, fixed, without any reference
whatever to the shortness or fulness of the
crop. They closely watch the fiscal condition
of the country, or that portion of it which is
likely to enter into commercial pursuits, and
are free or reluctant buyers, as the case may
be. When they are unable to buy here?the
planter or his agent for him, preferring to ship
?they value the cotton at the lowest possible
price, and advance two-thirds or three-quarters
of the invoice. When it reaches England, or
wherever in Europe it may lie shipped, it is
sold as soon as it will bring the advance and
expenses, and the low figure at which it is disposed
6f forms a prominent port of their printout
nrifos current. which constitute the Staiile
of our English commercial new s. So it will
be seen at a glance that we are so completely
in their power, both at home and abroad, as to
have no alternative but to suffer in the one or
the other position.
What will correct the evil is the next que*,
tion which naturally recurs; and we shall endeavor,
in a few words, to explain what seem3
to us the antidote. In the first place, our planters
must not increase their lands and negroes
faster than the value of their products, over and
above their economical expenses, v ill warrant; |
in which case they will always be able to hold
on to their crops nntil they bring their intrinsic
value. They will then have no imaginary ]
wants but what thej' can personally afTord to J
cherish. Their merchants or factors, in like 1
manner, having no obligations but such as may '
arise out of the ordinary pursuits of business, <
will have less urgent requisitions for money; >
and thence a competition would spring up between
banks and individual capitalists, which I
would make -it of comparatively easy acquisi- (
tion at a fair rate of interest. In other words, <
the planter must place himself in such a situa- 1
tion as to be able to hold his crop at home, in j
the hands of his factor, uulil he can find a pur- '
chaser for it willing to pay its value. Such
buyers would be as numerous as now, though 1
in a shape different from those with whom lliey '
are now compelled to deal. They would be '
stable buyers, and not speculators on news from I f
aUma/I nftan m nnn f\i ntn ?ort ovnrnoelu fne tlxiie i (
AVI UiM.ll IlltlUUIUVVUI VU VAJH t OOIJ IUI MIVll \
especial benefit, and that of their trans-Atlantic i
employers. He cannot possibly anticipate the 4
price of his cotton while growing, by drafts on
his merchant, shaved at onerous discounts, {
without serious, if not ruinous, detriment to ail 1
concerned but the buyer?detriment to his nier- ?
chant in having his name afloat in the .Market 1
for large amounts of money, and detiimeirt to 1
his own interest in being forced to have no 1
election in the time of the sale or price of his '
property. If the planter prefer to ship to selling
at home, let him do so from choice and not 1
necessity?that is, let him do so without the 1
compulsion of drawing against it, when he can (
either limit its price to such figures as, in his [
better judgment, it should bring?taking into 1
consideration the product, the consumption, and r
the pelitical state of the world, or he can in J
struct his agent not to sell until such time as, 8
in his opinion, the market is at its height.? 8
Then and not before, he will he able to form ^
some estimate of what his agricultural labor (
will yield, and be prepared to hurst asunder tli?
chains that that bind him to the golden ear of
foreign speculation, without the privilege of
hailing until himself and merchants are often t
^ landed in the midst of bankruptcy.
yew Oilcans Crescent. i
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Rr-dmon with tiik North.?A suggestion s
has been recently made by the New York Ex- r
press, an influential secular paper, that an el- ,
fort should be innde in this time of political [
compromises to re-unite the Northern and f
Southern divisions of the Methodist Episcopal j
Church. In this it is likely the Express speaks s
the wishes of not a few of the enlightened and j
liberal among the membership of the Northern t
Methodist Church. So far as all this is an ex- ]
hibition of amiable feelings, we are glad to see ! (
it. Hut a more hopelessly chimerical idea was : |
never set afloat. Reunion, in the present cir- i t
cumstances of the Northern and Southern sec- j tionsofthe
United States is a downright, utter, ,
and sheer impossibility. Putting out of sight 't
the fact that the General Conference of the j
Northern Church declined the simple overture .
on the part of the Southern Methodist to open ' .
and maintain friendly relations oil (lie basis of j,
an amicable -confraternity of feeling, and com- I (
failed the latter to re&ort to legal measures to j ,
obtain a fair division of the property contracted i (
for in the deed of separation, the slate of opin- {(
i/\n nronorol Anininn ni*nv<iSliii(r Sn tlio 1vocC.i-m
I'M feV-..V,.CA. Wf/..^ ..D ... ...V. W.I3UIII, (
Northern and Northwestern portions of tlio .M. ,
E. Church is such, and ever will be such, as to (
forbid, absolutely and peremptorily, any future (
coalescence on our part, while the domestic ,
institutions of the slave-holding States remain ,
in their present integrity. ]
There is too much "higher-law conscience" i
amongst Northern Methodist, too much inflamed '
predjudice, quasi religious, too wide spend a i
fanatical virus in the press, tire pulpit, and the
praver-room, to allow the ghost ol a hope to
come from the grave of our buried ecclesiastical
union to tell of any future resurrection. A
united Methodist Church has bequeathed its l^sl
legacy to the political union in the shape ot a
solemn warning to statesmen and politicians,
that submissive as the South may be regarded,
there is a
"Terminating pillar high"
bej'ond which it will not be forced.
And in addition to the foregoing considerations,
there is another which is not without
weight. The exnension and growth of the ori
?.' I c
ginal connection had made the ecclesiastical
machiueiy cumbersome in its working. The
division of the Church into two jurisdictions
| was a measure judicious in itself, and desirable
for other reasons besides the slaveay agitation.
Had it been carried out by the .North in a
friendly spirit, it would have given reliefto both
sections, and presented to the world one of the
noblest spectacles ever shown in the history of
churches. As it is, the resources of each section
have been increased. The annual Conferences
have move on in their appropriate calling,
just as they did before the division. Each
>ectioii has tested its capabilities for independent
action and self-sustaining growth. When
the hand of time ha< softened down the asperites
occas:oned by the disruption, it is likely that
the two connections may stand on a friendly
footing, shake hands across the border, and
inain'ain the spirit of noble rivalay in pul lie
usefulness. But any union closer titan this,
any return to the original regime, is not possible,
even if it were desirable?is not desirable,
were it possible.?Son/hern Christian AUrucale.
The following: article of the Misshsinnian
contains a pregnant truth. In confirmation of
the last part of it, we shouhl remark that Mr.
Owens of Georgia has received the consulship
to Havana, and thu3 " the price of the uobie
and patriotic stand ' has been paid with creditable
promptitude.
THE WAY DIVISIONS ARE CREATED
IN THE SOUTH. ,
We have often argued that it is useless for tM
friends of the South to postpone the adoption;
of measures of resistance to the oppression of
the Federal Government, willi the view of securing
unanimity. It is idle to expect such result,
when so many causes exist to prevent it
Prominent among these, is the power which
the Federal Government possess of buying up
with office, leading men in our own section.?
The doueeur is held out to corrupt aspiring
politicians, and they are sure by partizan appeals
to tike with thein to the support of the
powers tliat, be a sufficient uuinher to create
the divisions which we so much lament
i*j 'hus the National Treasury which is supplied
to a great extent by taxes upon Southern
labor, is used for the purpose of producing dis;ord
in the South and rendering her powerless
n the hands of her oppressors.
Will delay remove this obstruction in the
lath of resistance? Will it destroy the glitter
tf fVrfornl imlrl or lirr>nk tlio charm of Kfiforul i
" ? ... ^ r, ; ?
dhce ? Surely it will not. The nature of man
kvill remain the same, and the means of enticing
lie depraved will but increase with each revolvng
year.
Who knows the extent of the bribes that
ivere held out to the corrupt demagogues of
ioth parties in Georgia, who deceived and miscd
the people of that State ? The Washingoii
correspondent of the Louisville Courier
Whig) openly announces that the President
>rotuised to one of them, the most lucrative
idice in his gift The writer says:
"The consul ship at Havana, the most lucraive
consulate in the gift of the executive, has
>een placed by him at the disposal of the delegation
froin the State of Georgia, prov ided they
iresent a proper person lor it. This of course
hey will do, as there is, no doubt, as good maerial
for it in that State as in any other of the
Juion. The claims of Mr. Langdon, the Whig
Mayor of Mobile, were strongly urged by his
rieiids for this consulate; and, but for the
iromise made by the President to the Georgia
lelegation, there is no doubt but what he would
i:ivi* received it. From tlip noble unrl mitiint. I
c stand, however, that Georgia took during the
ecent slavery excitement, in which she resisted
South Carolina nullification, and disunion, and
tucccssfully checked the headlong course of
;ecession; she was entitled not only to this,
>ut much more at the hands of tho General
iovermiicut."
AN ACT TO RAISE SUPPLIES
For the year commencing in October, one
housand eight hundred and fifty:
I. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of
Representatives, now met and sitting in Genenl
Assembly, and by the authority of the
tame, That a tux for the sums,and in the manler
hereinafter mentioned, shall be raised and
>aid into the public Treasury of the State for
he use and service thereof, that is to say : fifty
lirec cents nd valorem on every hundred dolars
of the value of all the lands granted in this
State, according to the existing classification
leretofore established ; one-half cent per acre
>ii all lands lying within the Catawba Indian
[Jouudary, to be paid by each grantee or lessee
if said Indian Lands, until otherwise directed
>y law;.eighty-five cents per head on all slaves;
-??1. M......I
?rv WWIUU9 uii cnou a icu niuiuui' auu
Vlustizno, lietwecn the ;iges of fifteen nnd fifty
fears, except such as shall ho clearly proved
u the satisfaction of tho collector, to be inca?able,
from maims or otherwise, of procuring
i livelihood; thirty seven and one half cents
id valorem on every hundred dollars of tho
,'nlue of all lots, lands and buildings within any
;ity, town, village or borough in this State;
linety cents per hundred dollars on factorage,
niiploytnents, faculties and professions, (whether
in the profession of the law, the profits be
Icrived fioni costs of suit, fees or other sources
jf professional income,) and on the amount of
commissions received by Vendue Masters and
Commission Merchants, (clergymen, schoolmasters,
schoolmistresses, and mechanics excepted)
; ninety cents upon every hundred dollars
worth of goods, wares nnd merchandise,
embracing all tho irticlcs of trade, for sale,
barter or exchange, (the products of this State,
and the unmanufactured products of any of
t ie United States, or Territories thereof, excepted,)
which auy person shall use or employ
*
as articles of trade, sale, barter or exchange,
, or have in his, her or their possession on the
t first day of January in the year of our Lord
i one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one,either
, on his, her or their own capital or borrowed
, capital, or on account of any person or persons,
as agent, attorney or consignee; ninety
cents upon everv hundred dollars worth of
goods, wares nnd merchandise, whatever,
which any transient person, not resident in this
: State, shall sell or expose for sale, in any house,
stall or public place; one dollar and fifty cents
! on every hundred dollars of interest or profit
i raiseJ or derived on Inoney loaned or employed
by private individuals iti shaving or discounting
notes, bonds, judgments or executions; ten
dollars per day for representing publicly tor
gam and reward, any play, comedy, tragedy,
interlude or farce, or other employment of the
stage, or any part therein, or for exhibiting wax
" figures, or other shows, of any kind whatever,
to be paid into the hands of the Clerks of the
Courts respectively, who shall he bound to pay
the same into the public Treasury, except in
cases where the same is now required by law to
he naid to comoralions or otherwise.
II. That all taxes levied on property,as prescribed
in the first section of this Ac', shall be
paid to th? tax collector for the District or
Parish in which said property is located.
III. The goods which shall be imported directly
from Europe in any vessel owned by
citizens of South. Carolina, shall be exempt
from taxes in the hands of the original importer.
And it shall be the duty of the tax collectors
to require every importer making a return
of stock in trade to produce the original invoice,
whenever an exemption from taxation
shall be claimed under this section.
lYr. In making assessment for taxes, the
value of taxable property used in manufacturing
within this State, the value of the rnechinery
used therein shall not be included, but only the
value of the lots and buildings as property
merely.*
V. The tax collectors shall be entitled only
to a commission of two per cent, upon the in|flrease
of taxes raised by this act over those of
th<> last year, expecting, however, the tax colVctor
for St Philip's and St. Michael's who
shnll be entitled only to the commission specially
provided for him.
VI. Tbnt the Tax Collectors in the several
Districts and Parishes in this State in their returns
hereafter to be made, be, and diey are required
and enjoined to stale the precise amount
of taxes collected by thein for the purpose of
supporting the police of tho said several Districts
and parishes aforesaid, stating the rate
per centum on the amount of the State tax collected
for said District and Parish police pur
poses.
In the Senate House, the twentieth day of
decetnber, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty, and in the seventyfifth
year of the Sovereignty and Independence
of the United States of America.
R, F. W. A LUST ON',
President of the Senate.
J auks SIJIM .\8, ^
Speaker House of uep's. ^
RICHLAND SOUTHERN RIGHTS ASSO- <
CIATION. <
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather this morning, a very respectable nuin i
her of the members of this Association assem- <
bled in the Town Hall at the appointed hour. |
Col. Goodwy11, one of the Vice Presidents ,
having keen culled to the chair, and having
briefly but appropriately explained the object J
for which the extra meeting had been called,
Col. Maxcy Greg?, in temporary absence of 1
i\/ r rv, p?? ?l. ?i,? t
" ? A. L/UUrtU30UI C, IIIC 11?III 11 Id 11 Ul tllC
Council of Safety, submitted sundry resolutions 1
and a report, agreed to at the meeting of the i
Council on Wednesday last, approbatory of s
the proposition of the Association of St Philips -c
and St. Michaels, to hold a-convention of the (
several Southern Rights Associations through* t
out the State, in Charleston, on the first Monday
in May next, and suggesting a list of some
thirty names, as suitable to represent our District
on the occasion.
After a few remarks from Col. Maxcy Gregg, 1
Hon. J. A. Black, Emmit Seibies, Esq., E. J. 1
Arthur., Esq., W. F. DeSaussure, Esq., Dr. i
Reynolds, and Major D. D. Fenley, the Report c
and Resolutions were adopted, and the gentlemen
nominated consequently duly elected as
Delegates to proceed on the part of our Association
to Charleston in May next. I
On motion of W. F. DeSaussure, Esq., it c
was \
Rcsolred, That the Chairman of the meeting
?Col. Gooifwyn?should fill up any vacancies ,
that might occur, prior to the day of meeting, '
in the number of Delegates.
We regret that the Secretary, VV. B. John- v
ston. Eso.. has been unable to furnish us with s
the official proceedings, as i* precludes us from {
laying before our readers the names of the Delegates.
Heading the list however, are those of c
oar faithful Senators in Congress, Judge But- j
ler and Mr Rhett, and our able and patriotic \
immediate Representative there?the Hon. J. ^
A. Woodwnrd. t
The Daily Press of Columbia have also a
place in the picture?Messrs. W. B. Johnston,
of the Carolinian, W. B. Carlisle, of the Tele- '
graph, and I. C Morgan, of the Stute.-Righls '
Republican, being among the Delegates. '
The tone of the meeting was firm and deci- '
ded, and evidently every individual present look- t
ed upon Skckssion as inevitable. ?
One incident, however, is specially worthy ,
of remark. Our readers doubtless recollect that j
some of the Submission Prints?the Richmond
Enquirer among the number? recently claimed
with loud hosannalis, C. P. Bookter, Esq., one
of the Delegates from this District to our State '
Convention, and the senior Vice-President of '
tl.U n (T ninn iritiii \fninp n I
~ - -J"' D.
Fenley, in apologizing for Cnpt. Bookter's '
unavoidable absence from this meeting, in con- ;
sequence oI indisposition, stated amid loud and
continued cheering, that that gentleman had
now come to the conclusion that there was no
longer, in lug opinion, n probability of our obtaining
redress for our wrongs, and that consequently
our only alternative to escape dishonor
was
| r< SECESSION. ,
This gratifying announcement is only nnoth|
or demonstration that instead of subsiding, the I
spirit of resistance is every day becoming stronger,
and that despite the misrepresentations oi
interested parties to the contrary, Sooth Carolina
was never more in earnest than she is at
present .?State .Rights Republican.
_ 1^. , % ?
THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. .
THO. J. WARREN A O. A. PRICE, Editors
?
TUESDAY EVENING", 25, 1851.
Our Market
Cotton is ttorth trom 71 to 10l rents. No nar.
ticular change since our last.
Rail Road.
On Wednesday, passdngera will pass over the
Road.
Oar Court.
The Spring Term of the Court of Common
Pleas and General Sessions, for Kershaw district,
will commence on Monday next, at 10 o'clock,
A. M.', Judge Wethers presiding.
Madame Anna Bishop._
We rtc'd the following Telegraphic Dispatchon
Friday evening last, from Petersburg Va. "Please
announce immediately, the arrival of Madame Anna
Biscop, for one Concert in Camden." No time stated.
We see from a Raleigh Paper, that she gave
a concert in that place on Saiurday evening, and
the probability is that she will arrive here to-night
or in the morning. One piece sung by ber, is
worth at least fifty circus shows, of course the
clown's stump sp'ech excepted.
Since writing the above, we have received the
following despatch, dated *
n at /"i ss i
tvALEiOH, i\. o., ,-uarcn
Please announce immediately, the Celebrated
Madame Anna Bishop will visit Catndeu and wive
one concert, beginning next week.
Rev. R W. Whilden.
On Sunday last, we had the pleasure of hearing
Mr. Whilden preach. He was formerly Pat tor of
the Baptist Church in this place, and soon after
relinquishing his charge, left for China as a Missionary,
accompanied by his family. Unfortunately
his excellent lady died last year, and recently in
company with his children, he returned to the
United Slates. He contemplates, however, returning
during the present year, to his field of
Missionary labor.
During .Mr. VVhiIden's residence in this place,
his ingenuousness of character as a gentleman,
and his zeal as a Minister in holy things, won for
him the high regard of those with whom he became
acquainted. He has our kindest wishes for
his future well-being.
Newspaper Hyperbole and our Rail Road.
We noticed some timo since in thSouthern
Literary Gazette, an article entitled Newspaper
Hyperbole, written in allusion to the fashion, most
31 our Newspapers nave,01 -< r icKtng up an kiiiu
)f performances to an unwarranted extent.
But we think there is another kind of hyperbole,
f we may use so mild a word, which is still more
ieplorable. We allude to the habit some papers
lave, of representing things worse than they really
ire, which has for its effect the injury of another
place or section. Camden was so unfortunate
ast fall as to have three miles of her road fall
iown ; the paragraph in which the piece was staed
had a peculiar popularity, every paper nearly
bought it would be of interest to its readers, and
nserted it. The late fresh has ruptured in a
small degree, a few hundred yards of the Road,
ind one of our contemporaries, herald it forth, in
connection with the last Fall's mishap, stating
hat "then, more than three utiles fell down, and
tow just as it was rebuilt, it has fallen down
tgain," leaving the impression, that three miles of
iur Road are actually down now (when his article
vas written.) Now thit-is a species of hyperbole
vhich we object to. We may say that a man
narta a flnlpnHirl snpprli * puph if if wat# nr?f
"""v - "I I "7 ' '
juite such an one as
"Fnlmined ovrr Greer*.
Fri?ra MamJon to Axtnxcrexes ttirone."
But to 6a) three miles of our Road are down, or
lave been down, since rebuilt last Fall, is a kind <
>f exaggeration, which is extremely hyperbolical, i
iVe understand that the Road is repaired, so that
passengers will without doubt, pass orer it on '
Thursday?this is sure, and if the Editors of 1
hose papers will come to Camden, we will go 1
viih them, over it to Charleston, to hear Parodi
ling?and then we will have a hue subject to display
our talents at hyperbole.
Another effort at hyperbole we noticed, in the
lorrespondence of the Charleston Sun. Some
tinerant "collector, or drummer" *?e WXpect, has <
lad occasion to visit Charlotte, and to throw some i
ighl on tlie affairs of this part of the State, coinnunicates
with the Sun. He first endeavors to 1
iondernn our Road as a bad one, then the accom- 1
nodations in Camden. On this point, we would 1
ell him a little College incident Some of our class
HI'" moot nrtllorrin na UMrr. VrtT (FlO jfl
IldlCS, DUU 11IV" ,l,uo, .. x
linuation by using that auxiliary) be pleased were
ilways grumbling at the fare, which our goo 1 old
steward used to set before us?finnally our President,
took occasion to lecture them on it,concludng
with a sentence, which always after prevented
any complaining, viz: "That he had always
jbserved that those who made the most noise
ibout the fare, were those who had the worst at
lome." He goes on to Lancaster, and very
justly compliments Mr. HasselUoe'e Hotel. But
makes a most puny effort, at ridiculing the citizens
of Lancaster, for raising a " Secession Military
Company"?which he supposes, was to raise
the Charleston blockade. We would t nose, if
ill Charleston, were like one who passed through
Lancaster front thafe, that it would need soldiers
trern abroad to raise it Wtfrtf it ever raised. The
next time he passes thrcugh, if he wilCohly announce
himself, the good country people will prepare
6ome extra accommodations for him, wo
hope.
What will tiga and ba t ?. i
We ire often forced to this, refection, and ate*.,
as often at ab)i t) arrive at a ?> lahitba, as
to the ultimate Mate of tfi&g-j, which a ill exist,
and must terminate at some time or other, soon- f
er later. It is evident that a strange apathy had i
taken hold upon some of the people, and tHatat
aL _ J Jr? _ 1 _ - ?
icr an uie reuerai iisurpsuoiisaiia liuna gtinvuw
of iBe rights of the South, thereof* th^^.rery
conservative in their notions, as stilt to temporize.
and call the present excitement, much ado
about nothing. 'fltose in. onr midst wlio stand
all the dry idle, and are listless ami careless observers?if
they obs?'ire at all?and manifest not
the slightest concern, about matters which elfre
their iicarv*t rights and intrreitUi. Some go W
far as to tell us it is best to let vrp'l enough alone i
that as we are doing very well', it is a pity the
present comfirtable equilibrium should b* disturbed;
that Caroliuians are too tenacious of'
their rights, and that we have no just ground*!* .
complain of injustice, having been done u* by our#
federal copartners. If necessity has pver existed
for the South to maintain her rights, surely there
is just grounds wtw, to resist at all buzzards And
to the last extremity.
We hold that the "argument is exJwtsted"??
the debate has closed, and we have nothing^ ?b?.
solutely nothing to do with abstract questions.
The time to act hats fully come, and if we do1 not
act, and act promptly, let us quit talking; too
much talking as well as too tuucli writiug, Jus
injured our cause.'*''*lf the result is to be a tempest
in a tea-pot, or only a war ot word*, whi*h
will at last vanish into thin air, we had better
know it at once,in order t&fijfcfcnjay, like Ceasar,
(i irn^
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'm
m
I
mocratsor Whigs. But should make all oth^r w
sues give place to that great issue of preparing
the Sta e to assert, efficiently, her independence
and sovereignty.*' Shall we be behind Alabama,
and ask some other State to lead the way! Can
:? i >i..t r> i: i 1 i
u uv iiiai ovuui vMuiuid nod irw uravcijf lumti
Alabama? Lei us show the reverse.
At an extra meeting of the Camden Independent
Fire Engine Company, the following
Preamble and Resolutions were unanitnoosly
adopted:
Whereas, Br the sndden anduntimely de^b
of one of onr fellow members Rtilttt J. Lester,
we are called upon to mourn-Mfr'loss of owe
who, although bat a short timednmpng ns, bed
by his upright condnct and goqf deportment,
won the esteem of a Inrge circle of acquaintances,
and endeared himself in the hearts of orUbMlgr
friends. Be it therefore
Resulted, Is/. That this Company in thefilN
of R. J. Lester, have been deprived of a valuable
member, and the Town of a good citixen.
Resulted, 'Id. That whilst his memory wtB
aver be cherished by all who knew bias, the
Company will embalm it iu their hearts ami
recall it in silence and tears. ^
Resolved, 8.7. That we deeply sympathise
with his bereaved family and friends hi his an
imolxr nnrl - *
miitij ciiu*
Resolved, 4th, That a blank page of the raraf*
ute book be inscribed to his memory.
Resolved, 5th. That in token of oar kigti
appreciation-of -his services, we will wear the '
usual badge of moarning for thirty days.
Resolved, Qlh. That the Secretary iurrrtbe I
foregoing preamble and resolutions published, I
and a copy of the same be transmitted to the ]
family of the deefensed.
W. T. Johkson, See. pro tem. |
CAMDEN PRICES ggRMNT. I
saws'4 S 8 i
Bacon, lb 9 to 1*4 MoiaaN?,~ faH?! ??
Butter, lb IB te SO Mxcktfel, bbl 8 to 10
Brandy, gall 28 to 33 iNails, lb 44 to 8
Beeswax, lb 18 to 22 C)aU, bushel 75
b'eef, lb 4 te 5 Peas, bushel 80
Cheese, lb 12 15 Potatoes,?weet,bu 50
Cotton, lb 8 toll ,rif,l.bn.^ ?
Corn, bushel $1 to 106;Rjre, busbd ? to 1
Flour, hbl 61 to 7 Rice. busliel 3 t? I
Fodder, ewt 150 Sugar, lb 1 to 10
Hides, dry !b 8 to 9 |Salt, * ?aek ^ ^
Iron, lb 5 to 64 shot. JJ
Lime, bbl 2 to 24|Tobaceo, lb 1? te 50 ?
Leather, sole, lb 17 to2i |Wheat, busk 1 *aU
?1^ '
V) UTTER, LARD, BACON * ?MA
la noiuc Ummttin Rotter, fin small Firkins)
do do Leaf Lard, do
North Carolina Bacon, ,
do CORN.
ROUT. LATTA.
March 25, 1851. M tf
BaMitfc
A few Boxes new Raisins, 1?st received hy
W. C. MOOR13.
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