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\ II ?HI ??I III I IMMT ? I I 1 rnmm 1 ?? I ",r ??????m VOLUME 2 CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, JUNE 24,1&51. NUMBER 50. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. rVBUSHED BV THOMAS J. WAR RE A. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Is published at Three Dollars and Fifty Tents, if paid in advance, or^Fonr Dollars if payment is delaved for three , months. THE WEEKLY JOURNAL Is pilfollslieil at I Wo l'oliars II paid iri mvance. ur i nv Dollars and Fifty Cents, if payment is delayed for Six I months, and Three Dollars, if net paid until the end of the year. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the following rates: For one square (14 lines or less) in the semi-weekly, one dollar for the first, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. In the weekly, sevenlv-five cents per square for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single insertions one dollar per square. The number of insertions desired, and the edition to be published in. must be noted on the margin of all advertisements. or they will be inserted semi-weekly until ordered to he discontinued, and charged accordingly. Semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a single insertion. K7"All communications by mail must be post-paid to ; % aecure attention. The following gentlemen are Agents for the Journal: Wit. C. C'astox, Cleneral Agent. CqL. T. W. Hi'KY, Jacksonham, lancaster Dist. S/H. Rows*, Esq., Lancasterville, S.C. I . *'.^jrcv-RrwMEN, i annage. iv W. C. .Moork. Esq., Camden. S. C. And Postmasters are requested to act as our Agents. C. JIATIIESON, B A X K A G E X T. At his oi.d stand opposite Davis's Hotf.l | B. W. CHAMBERS, Receiving and Forwarding Merchant, and llnyer of Cotton and other Conntry Produce, , CAMDEN, S. C. WILLIAM C. MOOllE, j H A N K A G E X T, And Receiving and Forwarding Merchant CA MDEX, S. C. References?-W. E. Johnson, Esq. Maj. J. SI 1 DeSaussure, T. J. Warren, Esq. paul tTWllepigue, FACTOR, And General Commission Merchant, ACCOMMODATION WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. CLiberal advances made on consignments of Produce, and prompt attention given to the forwarding of Goods, at the lowest rates. Aug. 20. 63 JDS. 11. KEIiSIIAW, Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity, C A M DEN", S. C. Will attend tin* Courts of Kershaw, Sumter, Fairfield, Darlington and Lancaster Districts. W. If. R. WORKMAN, Attorney at Law, and Solicitor in Equity, CAMDEN, S. C. (Office immediately in rear of the Court House.) WII.I. ATTKXI) TIIK COritTS OS Darlington and Sumter Districts. Business entrusted to him wil. meet with prompt j and careful attention. July 26. | F. BOOT, CAMDEN, S. C. PAVILION HOTEL. (BY II. L. BUTTERFIKLD.) Corner of Meeting and flasell Streets, and in the immediate vicinity of ilayne and King Streets. Charleston, S. C. RICE DULIN, ? - ? ? * * AaaaaainAirtki k I r D A I I A k I T FACT UK ANU UUMIVU35IUIN rvitnunmin i , CENTRAL WHARF, CHARLES TON, S. C. May 2. 35 tt J O A . B. JlK IiLE. Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity. WIXSBOUOUCif, s.c. (Office in the rear of the Court House.) may 6. 3G 4in COURTENAY & WIENGES, BOOKSELLERS, STATION EUS AND DEALER" INCHEAP PUBLICATIONS. CHAKLESTOX, S. C. Opposite the Post Office. Agents for the best Green and Ltlack Teas, and Patent Medicines. 8. C. COURTENAY. O. W. WIENGES. .Uarine, Fire, and Life Insurance. BY THE Commercial Insurance Company, OF CHARLESTON, S. C. CAPITAL, $250,000, ALL PAID IN. OFFICE, NO. 1, BROAD-STREET. president. WILLI A iU U. IIERIOT. directors. JAMES K. ROBINSON, HENRY T. STREET GEO. A. TRENHOLM. W.M. MCHCRNEV, ROBERT CALDWELL, J. II. BRWVLEY, A. 1L TAFT, T. L. WRAGO, A. M. LEE. Secretary. E. L. TESSIER. Inspector. B. C. PUESSLEY. Solicitor. 11. A. KINLOCII, Medical Examiner. The subscriber having been n,?,Hjiiit??<l agent for this Company, is now prepared to receive Pio|h)sals for Fire Risks, and will effect Insurance on lair and liberal ttrm*. WM. D. .McDOWALL. Camden .S C. ..Mav 5, 1801. !U> 'f CHARLES A. PRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAMDEY, S. C. Will Practice in Kershaw and the adjoining j istricts. Feb. 4 c. a7 price, ( FFICE AT THE COl'RT-HOL'SB, CAMDEN, S, C. m ~ NEW STORE. rpHh subscriber is now opening a large assort i nient of Groceries and Staple Good*, in the Store lately occupied by William J. Gerald (south of the Bank of Camden.) which he will dispose of at Charleston prices for cash. Those wishing to purchase would do well to call and examine the stock, consisting in part, of the following, viz: Loaf, Crushed, Ground and Granulated -Sugars S Croix. Porto Itiro, and New Orleans do Nw Orleans, .Muscovado arid Cuba Molasses Java. Latrttira tttid Kin Coffee Gunpowder, Von rig Hyson and Clark Teas Sperm. Adamantine and Tallow Candles No. 2 and 3 Markarel, in Barrels, Half and Quarters Wine, Soda and Butter Biscuits and Ctieesc Soap and Starch, assorted Pepper, Spice, Gintrer. Nutmegs, Mace and Cloves Pcvder, Shot and I-cad Hardware. Ctitlerv. Nails and Oastine* Paints, Linseed Oil, Sperm. Oil and W in (?!<? a r.so Blenched and unbleached Shirtings and Sheetings Blankets. Bed Ticks. Apron Checks and Oznaburgs Together with a large assortment of Rope and Ttvine. J. W. BRADLEY. Caindcn.S. C. Sept. 23. {fc?"Cnsh paid lor Cotton and other Produce. NEW STORE. THE subscriber would inform his friends and j the public generally, that he lias opened an j extensive stock of GROCERIES, at the stand ; formerly occupieo by Joseph \V. Dohy, one door south of Campbell's Bakery, and opposite H. Levy &. Son, where may be found all articles usually kept in the Grocery line, consisting in part of the following: Fulton Market Beef ^ No. 1 and 2 Mackarel in kitts, for family use; Rio and Java Coffees; crushed and brown Sugars; New Orleans Molasses, (new crop) butter,fwine and soda crackers; cheese, buckwheat, raisins, currants, almonds, English mustard, filberts, pecan nuts, assorted pickles and preserves. a i.so A few doz. old Port Wine, Ueidsick best Champagne, London Porter and Scotch Ale in pints, together a large stock of Bagging, Rope and Twine, all of which he offers low lor cash. Jan. 1. S. E. CAPERS. THE SOUTHERN STORE.' ALL who wish Bargains, are invited to call at K. S. MOFFAT'S new Southern Store, third house above the Hank of Camden, where they will tind a complete assortment of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES AND HARDWARE, consisting in part, as follows: Fancy and mourning Prints 7-tJ and 4-4 brown .Shirtings Dluc Denims and Marlborough Stripes Sattinetts and Kentucky Jeans Cloths and fancy Cassiineres Negro Keseys; Bed and Negro Blankets Mous. De'aines, Ginghams, 4*c. <*roeerie?. Brown, Loaf, crashed and clarified Sugar Rio and Java Coffees New Orleans and West India Molasses Mackarel, Nos. 2 and3 in barrels Cheese, Rice, Flour, Bacon and Salt Raisins, Pepper, Spice Tobacco, Segars. &c. &c. Hardware. Dr.oLnt Vtiittno niwl PnrL'c Britannia and Iron Spoons Trace and Halter Chains Axes, Hammers and Hatchets Spades, Sliovjlsand Hoes Hand, mill and crosscut srws Vices, anvils and blacksmith's bellows Nails, brads, tacks and sp igs Knob, pad closet and stock locks Iron squares, compasses and plane irons Brushes, blacking, cotton and wool cards Broaila.vcs and steelyards; pots and skillets Bioad and narrow Iron &.c. Ready Hade Clothing of every description. Saddles, Bridles and Martingales (.'rockery and (ibssware Gunny and Dundee Bagging Kentucky Rope and Twine Together with every other article usually fnuu l in a well selected stock of Dry Goods, Groceries and Hardware. All of which will be Bold exceedingly low for cash. fjyThe highest market prices paid for cotton and other country produce. r\ill 1." C l?nr,K'\'P L/eC. vi? *v. ki% i'l'M i a i . Darlington Hotel, DARLINGTON COURT-HOUSE. THE above House having been purchased and fitted tip anew by John Doten, is again opened for the accommodation of the Public. .Strict attention to the wants and comforts of guests will be given, and no effort, calculated to merit the pattonage of all who may favor the establishment with a visit, shall be spared. All that the market and surrounding country afford will be found upon the table. Cotnforlab.e rooms, for families or individuals, are prepared. The Stables will be attended by careful and attentive hostlers. Drovers can be well accommodated, as any number of horses and mules can be opt in the stables and lots expressly prepared for them. Nov. I, 1850. 86 tf MANSION HOUSE. CAA1DJ2X, S. C. I^HE undersigned begs leave to return his grateful . thanks to his friends, and the travelling Public, for the lilierul sup|s,rt which he has received since he. has been opened, (four months) and hns entered upon his duties for 1851, with renewed energy to endeavor to please jail that may call upon him. both rich and poor. 11 is House will be found one of the most desirable, situated, and best furtiislied Hotels in Camden. His servants also will be found respectful and attentive, and the table will be supplied witli til* hesiil?. market affords. Ills Stables and Carriage Houses are roomy and nlways fully supplied will, Provender, and an experienced Hostler. An Umntlms calls at the House every morning for pas- J sengers for the Itailroad. <ii\me a call and test my inotto. i As you lind ,?t!) So recommend mo E. 6. ROBINSON. I'roprietor. Camden, February ?tli, 1851. II tf Just Received, WHITE Lump Liinc, a fino article for Whitewashing, Piaster Paris, Cement. Stone Limo, and Land Plaster for agricultural purposes. For 6ale by C. L. C1IATTEN. Feb. 28 17 THE LOTTERY OF LIFE. AN INCIDENT OF TIIE MEXICAN HEVOLUTIOI Sharp's Magazine for May contains a tram lation, from the "Revue ties Deux Mondes," ( several "incidents in the War of Mexican Indt pendence," from which we select the followiu thrilling scene. A cajitain in the insurgent ai my is giving an account of a meditated nigl attack upon a hacienda, situated on the Cordi lorn, and occupied hv a lanre force of Spanis soldiers. After a variety of details, he contii ues: , Having arrived at the hacienda unpcrceived thanks to the obscurity of a moonless night wejeame to a halt under sonic large trees, a some distance from the building, and I rod forward from my troop in order to reconnoitr the place. The hacienda, so far as I couli see in gliding across tho trees, formed a hug massive parallelogram, strengthened by enor mo is butresses of hewn stone. Along tlii chasm, the walls of the hacienda almost form edt.be continuation of another perpendicala oneb chiselled by nature herself in the rocks, t< the bottom of which the eye could not pene trate, for the mists which incessantly boiled u from below did not allow it to measure thei awfpl depths. This place was known in th country by the name o("the Voladr.ro." 1 had explored all sides of the building ex cept this, when I know not what scruple o military honor incited me to continue my ridi along the ravine which protected the rear of th hacienda. Between the walls and the precipic* there was a narrow pathway about six feet wide by day, the passage would.not have been dan gerous, but by night it was a perilous enter prise. The walls of the farm took an exten sive sweep; the path crept round their entin basement ; and to follow it to the end in tin darkness, only two paces from the edge of j perpendicular chasm, was no very easy tasl even for as practised a horseman as myself.? Nevertheless, I did not hesitate, but boldlj urged my horse between the walls of the faro house and the abyss of the Voladero. I ha< got over half the distance without accident when all of a sudden my horse neighed aloud This neigh made me shudder. 1 had reachec a pass where the ground was but just widi enough for the four legs of a horse, and it wai impossible to retrace my steps. " Halloo!" I exclaimed aloud, at the risk o betraying myself?which was even less dan gerous than encountering a horseman in fron of me on such a road. "There is a Christiar passing along the ravine ! Keep back." It was too late. At that momenta man 01 horseback passed round one of the buttresses which here and there obstructed this accursei pathway. He advanced toward me. 1 trem bled in my saddle ; my forehead was bathei in a cold sweat. "Tor the love of Hod ! can you not turn I exclaimed, terrified at the fearful situation ii which we both were placed. " Impossible !' replied the horseman, in a hoi low voice. I recommended my soul to Clod. To tun our horses round for want ol'rooin, to back then along the path which we had traversed, or evei to dismount from them, these were three ini possibilities which placed us in presence of: fearful doom. Between two horsemen sc placed upon this fearful path had they bee: father and son. one of them must inevitabh must have become the prey of the abyss. J5u a few seconds hail passed, and we were already face to face?the unknown and myself. On horses were head to head, and their nostrils dilated with terror, mingled together their Jierj breathing. Both of us halted in a dead silence Above was the swooth and lofty wall of tin hacienda; on the other side, but threo feet dis tance from the wall, opened the horrible gull Was it an enemy I had before mine eyes ? Tin love of my country, which boiled at that perioi in my young bosom, led me to hope it was. "Are you for Mexico and the insurgents?' I exclaimed, in a moment of excitement, readj to spring upon the unknown horseman if hi answered me in the negative. "Mexico e, lnsurgente?that is my password' replied the cavalier. "I am the Colonel Cuar duno." " And I am the Captain G'astanos.,' Our acquaintance was of long standing, am and but for our mutual amtutinn we shouh - o ~ have had no need to exchange our names. Tin colonel had left us two days since at the heat of a detachment, which'we supposed to be ei ther prisoners or cut off, for he had not beci seen to return to camp. " Well, Colonel," 1 exclaimed, "I am sorn you are not a Spaniard'-for you perceive ilia one of us must yield the pathway to the other.' Our horses had the bridle on their necks and I put my hand on the holsters of my sad die, to draw out my pistols. " 1 see it so plainly," replied the colonel, witl alarming coolness, "that 1 should already havi blown out the brains of your horse, but for tin fear lest mine, in a moment of terror, shouh precipitate me with yourself to the bottom o the abyss." 1 remarked, in fact, that the colonel a I read j held his pistols in his hand. We both main tained the most profound silence. Our horse: felt the damrcr like ourselves, and remained a w immoveable as if their feet were nailed to tin ground. My excitement had entirely subsided "What are we going to do ?" I demanded o the colonel. "Draw lots which of us shall leap into tin ravine." It was, in truth, the sole means of settling tin difliculty, "There are, nevertheless, some pre cautions to bike,' said the colonel. "ilo who shall 1 e condemned by lot, shall re tiro backwards. It will be but a feeble chauci , of escape for him, I admit; but, in short, it is 2 chance, and especially one in favor of the winner." ^ " You cling not to life then ?" 1 cried out, terrified at the 'sang-froid' with which this propo5. sition was put to me. ,f " I cling to life more than yourself," sharply replied the colonel, for I have a mortal outrage ,r to avenge. Hut the time is slipping away.? r. Are you ready to proceed to draw the last lottery at which one of us will ever assist?" 1. How are we to proceed in this drawing by I, lot? By means of the wet finger, like infants, or by head and tail, like the school boy I Both ways were impracticable. Our hands, impru* | dently stretched out over the heads ofour frighten'ed horses, might cause them to give a fatal start. Should we toss up a coin, the mgnt was e too dark to enable us to distinguish which side Q fell upwards. The colonel bethought him of an L| expedient, of which I never should have dreame ed"Listen to me, captain," said the colonel to s whom 1 had communicated my perplxeities; . "I have another way. The terror which our horses feel, makes them draw every moment a 3 burning breath. The first of us two whose . horse shall neigh " p "Wines!" 1 hastily exclaimed. r Not so?shall be the loser. I know that you p are a countryman, and such as you can do whatever you pleaseawith your horse. As to . myself, who but last year wore the gown of a f theological student, I fear your cquestraiu s prowess. You may be able to make your e horse neigh?to hinder him from doing so is a a very different matter." We waited in deep and anxious silence un. till the voice of one of our horses should break . forth. This silence lasted for a minute?for . an age! It was my horse that neighed first e -The colonel gave no external manifestation of 2 his joy, but no doubt he thanked God to the vca ry bottom of his soul. t "You will allow me a minute to make my . peace with Heaven?'' I said to the colonel, f with failing voice. 3 "Will five minutes be sufficient i" J "It will," I replied. The colouel drew out his watch. I addressed towards the heavens, brilliant with stars, which I thought I was ] J looking up to for the last time, au intense and 2 a burning prayer. 5 " It is time," said the colonel. I answered nothing, and with the infirm hand f gathered up the bridle of my horse, and drew .! it within ni) fingers, which were agitated by a t nervou^ tremor. , "Yet one moment more," I said to the colonel, "for I have need of all my coolness to t carry into execution the fearful manoeuvre 3 \^hich I am about to commence." | "Granted," repled Garduno. . My education, as I have told you, had been j in the country. My childhood, and part of my earliest youth, had almost been passed on horse. back. 1 may say, without flattering myself, I that if there was any one in the world capable of executing this equestrain feat, it \vas my. self I rallied myself with an almost supernatural effort, and succeeded in recovering my entire self-possession in the very face of death. Take it at the worst, I had already braved it too often to be any longer alarmed at it. From that instant, i dared toliope afresh. As soon as my horse felt, for the first time since my rencontre with the colonel, the bit compressing his mouth, I perceived that ho trembled beneath me. I strengthened myself t firmly on my stirrups, to make the terrified ani nuil understand that his master no Ionizer _ . o n trembled. I held liiin up with the bridle, as every good horseman does in a dangerous passage, and with the bridle and the spur, succeeded in backing him a few paces. His head was al? ready at a greater distance from that of the . horse of the colonel, who encouraged me all * he could with his voice. This done, I let the , poor trembling brute, who obeyed me in spite \ of his terror, repose himself for a few moments, and then recommenced the same manoeuvre. ? All on a sudden I felt his hind legs give way unf der me. A horrible shudder ran through my j whole frame. 1 closed my eyes as if about to roll to the bottom of the abyss, and I gave to ' my body a violent impulse on the side next the . hacienda, the surface of which ollered not a single pi ejection, not a single tuft of weeds to check my decent, lins suuaen movement, J joncd to the desperate struggles of my horse, 1 was the salvation of my life. lie had sprung 1 up again on his legs, which seemed ready to | fall from under him, so desperately did 1 feel . them tremble. ) I had succeeded in reaching, between the brink of the precipice and the wall of the buildf ing, a spot some few inches broador. A few t more would have enabled me to turn him round, but lie attempted it here would have been fatal, , and dared not venture. I sought to resume my backward progress, step by step. Twice the horse threw himself 011 his hind legs and fell ? down upon the same spot. It was in vain to 2 urge him anew, either with voice, bridle orspur; - the animal obstinately refused to take a single 1 step in the rear. Nevertheless I did not feel f my courage yet exhausted, for I had 110 desire to die. One last and solitary chauco of safety f suddenly appeared to mo like a flash of light, - and I resolved to employ it. Through the fass tening of my boot, and in reach of my hand, s was passed a sharp and keen knife, which 1 2 drew forth from its sheath. With my left . hand I began caressing the mane of my horse, f all the while letting him hear my voice. The poor animal replied to my caresses by plainf live neighing; then, not to alarm him abruptly, 111 v hand followed bv little and little the curve 3 of his nervous neck, ami finally rested upon the spot where the last of the vertubnc unites itself with the cranium. The horse trembled, hut I calmed him with my voice. When I felt i his very life, so to speak, palpitate in his brain i beneath my fingers, I leaned over towards tho wall, my feet gently slid from the stirrups, and with one vigorous blow I buried the pointed blade in the seat of the vital principle. The animal fell as if thunderstruck, without a single motion; and for myself, with my knees almost a high as my chin, I found myself on horseback across a corpse. I was saved! I uttered a triumphant cry, which was responded to by the colonel, and which the abyss re-echoed with a hollow sound, as it felt that its prey had escaped from it. I quitted the saddle, sat myself down between the wall and the body of my horse, and vigorously pushed with my feet against the carcass of the wretched animal, which rolled down into the abyss. I then arose, and cleared at a few bounds the distance which separated the place where I was from the plain; and under the irresistible reaction of the terror which I had so long repressed.! sunk in a swoon noon the irround. When I re-opened my eyes, the colonel was by my side. REMARKS OF HOW. J. H, ADAM3, Before the Convention of Southern Rights Associations, in Charleston. Mil. President : It is no idle affectation, when I assure you it has been with great diffi- j culty I have mustered sufficient courage to fol- / low our distinguished Senator (Judge Butler) in this great debate, whose patriotism all of us unhesitatingly admit, and who is far better qualified, by superior wisdom and experience, to guide and direct our counsels; but I feel that we lvt\e reached a point in this great controversy, when mere personal considerations should not be allowed, for a single moment, to conflict with an honest and fearless discharge . of duty to our country. -. ~ Although wd have been invited to meetnere for the purpose of consultation, it is not to be disguised, that the result of our deliberations, be they what they .r.av, will exert a powerful influence over the acii'/n of that higher body, to whose assembling, at no distant dav, the whole country is now looking with such intense interest, and in certain quarters, with such fearful anxiety. Nor is it to be disguished, that hut one feeling pervades our whole Confederacy, and this is, that so far as South Carolina and the Federal Government are concerned, matters are fast coming to a serious circle. Under such circumstances, whether wisely or unwisely called together, now too late to inquire, we owe it to ourselves, we owe it to our constituents, that we deal with each other in plain English; that we do not separate without thoroughly understanding each other; that we indulge a free and frank interchange of opinions and feelings on the grave issue before us.? While we should studiously avoid the use of epithets and insinuations calculated or designed to irritate and embitter, let us have no concealments. no faltering, no quibbling, no resort to phraseology that will admit here or elsewhere of a double or doubtful construction. Let us, in a word, endeavor to prove ourselves equal to the crisis in which we lind ourselves, and discarding all considerations of self, rising superior to all unworthy struggles for individual mastery, let our high and sole purpose be, to pursue such a course, to indicate such a policy, as shall, under the solemn sanction of that high . 1 -.1 *._ . 1 _ 1 ? 1 1 iriounai wnose interposition nas ueen lnvoneu, fully vindicate our honor, and restore, if possible, security to a deeply insulted and wronged people. With these general rernatks I shall proceed at once to submit my views upon the great question before us. I shall state my position briefly, without arguing thein at length, which neither my own inclination nor the time of the meeting would justify me in attempting. I shall begin by announcing certain fundamental propositions which will not be disputed by any member of this Convention, and which I shall assume as points on which we are all agreed: First, we all agree that any State of the Confederacy has the right peaceably to withdraw from it, whenever she thinks proper so to do. Second. We all agree, that the General Government has deliberately legislated us out of our share of the common property of the country, and we feel that the effect of this legislation has been to degrade us from the rank of an euual to that of an inferior member of a common Confederacy. Third. That under a vile pretext of a regard for the right of petition, Congress has usurped authority over the institution of slavery, and under a forced and unwarranted construction of the words " exclusive jurisdiction," has already legislated on the subject in the District of Columbia. Fourth. That the Northern States have not only failed to comply with a plain provision of the Constitution, expressly inserted for our especial protection, but by vexatious legislation, have rendered it worse than useless. These propositions I shall not attempt to fortify by argument before this body. And fortunately for our cause, there exists little or no division of opinion in relation to them throughout our entire State. Those in our borders who are I.. rnvnrt tlntm nr thn nncf acts of the General Government, in numbers scarcely constitute a corporal's guard, and thank God, they never have had, and 1 trust never may have a place in the confidence and I affections of our people. The next proposition I shall announce, is to my mind equally clear with the foregoing, and 1 shall he disappointed if it does not meet with as ready assent from this body, viz: that a settled purpose pervades a large portion of the .North to destroy our property, and ultimately degrade and ruin us, and that this purpose istlestiu'-d speedily to become the fixed feeling of a whole section of the Confederacy, which by mere force of numbers can control the action of tho Government.? Does any ono doubt the truth of this position * Does any ono ask for proof of this assertion ? -:'ja