The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, January 25, 1853, Image 2
Congressional. h
? SENATE.- n
Washington, Jan. 14, 1853.?The Clerk il
3 presented the credentials of the Hop. John M. b:
1 Clayton; Senator from Delaware for six years, c<
from 4th of March next. }'(
Mr. Jones, of Iowa, submitted a resolution in
I ..calling for a copy of tho awnrd made by the fii
Emperor Louis Napoleon, in the case of the c<
brig General Armstrong-, referred to him by> tc
the United States and Portugal, which was hi
- adopted. ' - ? V' , h
L Mr. Mason. Mr. President, I hope it will be' ol
: ..^,0 pjeasii/e of the Senate to take H|> bill No. m
5-17, for die. relief of the heirs of. Will iaaMIaz- tc
L; zard-Wigg. There is a repott accompanying ci
p . the Bill, which wrtsnisdeby the Committee' B
- * onjlevolutionary Claims; and it: is a case of d
.... s.uch. exceeding mterest, that I think the.Senato n<
W\ : u"v (b' wejl to.put the lull upon its passage, 0]
& >- -dnd aflo\v. lttto niass at 'this tone. 'sl-more'that* -ty
jPk th'e bill be now taken up. at
, The motion being" agreed-to, the Senate it
proceeded to the consideration of the bill au- fr
thorizing the adjustment xtn&- payment of the 8<
claims of - William Hazzard VVigg,'deceased, C?
for hisses' sustained hy him during the war-of b<
the revolution ; which was read a second time, si
|l and considered as in committee of",the whole. :ta
fc. It^provides thatdjie^proper .accountiug officers,; N
ft under the direction of the Secretary of the K<
A . Treasury, adjust and settle the claims of Maj. hi
."William llazzard Wigg, deceased,lutetkfcifche &
A State of South Carolina, for losses sustained id
Be by him, the said Wigg, while retained as a B
hostage by the British officers during the war in
the revolution ; and that in payment there- w
, ' 3 for, the sum of $30,117, with legal interest c?
ftp. from November 14, 1782, to the day of sta- ju
iu/ ' ting the account of said losses, r be paid to the tP
K grandson of. said William llazzard Wigg, de- p<
ceased. p<
I Mr. Bayard asked for the reading of the re- d<
R&--' port accompanying the bill, and it was accord- h<
8L. ingly read. is
' --V ' - v * .fcf
do not mean to odjcci 10 uns ?
3^WP^^VTs^PilBp|Liita^?? I view it, or to enter er
JP^L into the quest^^P^Byiropriety of this bill <h
Hr ^ for the relief of the heflBfifa|beciistinguishecl cc
J officer, who, according to ftiBBM^certainl v fe
V did sustain losses during tnd^HHM^iary In
W war. Hut 1 do object to the allowa0p(
r terest in this case from the year 178$5IWHH^|
j|'- to the present time; and I therefore move to n?
*- strike out that portion of the bill which allows
k that interest The services of this officer may G
kN. have been very gallant. I have no doubt they to
? \ were, and I am willing to go as far as any one if
S J in the way of allowing gratuities for revolu- ti<
jfe J tionary services, and remuneration for losses 0(
fw / sustained in connection with these services, ot
This claim, as far as I have been abl^ to learn,
B" is now presented to the Senate for the first H
B . time, after a lapse of more than seventy years, th
aT during all of which time interest is asked upon
r,JT. this claim. Now, I know of no principle upon ni
BL;* which we can allow this interest, as the gov- sii
BA ernment has been able, and uo doubt willing, &
p | to pay all of this original claim at any time Pi
B J during the past fifty years, if it had been pre1/
sent> d. 1 therefore move to strike out all of /a
r-r that portion of the bill delating to the allow- to
Li nnce of interest from 1782 down to this time, to
f x Mr. Butler. I am glad that my friend from 'n
I \ Delaware, [Mr. Bayard,] whose name is asso- Pl
Ifr" yiated with the revolution itself, has conceded
B fa principle which will save me from some r&
K2. . marss ivmcu * ? uum vwv>-~?. -- ...
p But it is necessary perhaps that I should preI
sent this case in a very few words, so that it
\ roay be intelligible to the Senate, and appeal "
| to the heart of the nation. 6'
I IF this case was not exempted by its peca- yi
F~ liarty from the general class of claims for
[ damage arising in consequence of the war o^
p the revolution, I presume I could not ask L. 00
the indemnity provided for in this bill. But, tv*
^ after the execution of Andre, it is very well ar
known, that the British were looking out for a
victim for retaliation. The condition of Maj. a*
Wigg and other persons, men of property and w
J position, men who had been educated in Eng- st
; ^Mand, and who occupied a highly responsible se
position in the society of Charleston, was that ar
f of prkouers of w^r, after the capitulation of J ^
I Charleston?prisoners of war, recollect?and *s
they were upon parole either in the city or upon ^
their plantations. After the execution of ^
3 / Hayne, who was executed by the British in CI
i retaliation for the execution of Andre, howev'
er, Gen. Greene, yielding to the dictates of 9J
honor and indignation which influenced the ^
whole army?and let me here thank the hqn- ?*
orablc member from Rhode Island [Mr. James] to
who is the representative of the birthplaceofi $
that brave man, for bringing forward this bill.
Gen. Greene, yielding to the dictates of
honor and indignation, determined to retaliate
r upon the British for the execution of Hayne,
r %hen this gentleman, Maj. Wigg, vas at the 8'
..... . j_ j t? .L l SL
gaUows Diuaing ins comraue aim uroui-uwuw
farewell. The British dared not to take his w
life. But wbatjdid they do ? They imniedi- n
ately sent emi&arius, to his plantation, de- .
spoiled his house, earri&koff his property, and ,s
left the man who wrote the*noble sentiment w
embodied in the report upon yoar Uible, without
the ordinary means of subslsWiee. The |a
sentiment is this: when Col. Balfour, who 111
took upon himself the office of civil Governor w
of Charleston at that time, reduced thena from
the condition of common prisoners of war and
placed tliern upon board the prisonships, and vl
told them that their lives would be held re- ?st
sponsible for anything done by Gen. Greene 01
by way of retaliation upon the British, they ei
wrote to him (Gen. Greene) not to forbear in
% the performance of what he might deem to be
b s duty, as they would be sorry only that they
c?.uM not perforin a more acceptable service ?.'
to their country than offering up their lives and
blood as a sacrifice for the honor of the coun
. try and the success of its arms. I will, bow- w
I! ' e\ er, read it in order that it may be made more
conspicuous by its own words: w
' We have the honor of enclosing a copy of ai
a letter from Col. Balfour, commandant of ^
C harleston, which was banded us immediately tc
on our being put upon board of this ship. The ?J
letter, speaking lor itself, needs no comment; J,'1
your wisdom will indieutc the notice it merits. ,
\Y o would just beg leave to observe that should P'
. it fall to the lot of all or any of us to be made ^
ih<> menaces therein contained we V
IYICUnio
have only to regret that our blood cannot bo
disposed of more to the advancement of the *
glorious cause to which wo have adhered:" tp'P'
That is their letter! They were then hfs- !f
tnges, notpiisoners of war; their condition 1
was changed, and changed by the fyrawncal W
policy of the bloody tyrant who then apferned ^
Charleston under the form of civil Authority I
They were willing that their blood utiould be : tr
spilled in the cause, and that tliey should be e(
held to answer for the acts yf Clen> (;r(.e?0< g
They were hostages; and the Jaw laid down C
j- r |~ ?0
' *' )'- ,.. *
.' v'v
y Gfotius is, that where hostages sufTe
jury, it is to tie indemnified. 1 do riot
lat they became hostages by the declar.i
f Balfour, but they became so by the acqi
jnce of Gen. Greene in their condition, 'i
nmined/as hostages. Yet, from the.posi
which this gentleman was placed, his in
rmness, hi3 Roman firmness, his unshrin
>urnce-^a courage that would have disda
) allow him to~become a* prisoner of war,
?. knpwn that his condition was to be chat
om that of a common prisoner of .war to
f a hostage upon board of a prison shiplay
well believe that he would haveprefe
i have.fallen in.the midst of the ruins oi
ty sooner than to have changed his posii
ut it was changed, and in.consequence of
iahge" these itjjuries Nvere inflicted upon. 1
5 well as upou others, but more particul
aon him.
X ,have not the time to go into this sul
; JargAj I have a great deal of feeling i
, for more reasons than one. And 1 hope
i end from Delaware [Mr. Bayard] willj
; least some' portion of the interest in
tse. MaJ.' Wigg "returned home as soo;
j-'had effected his release from the pr
lip, in company with" bis fellow prisoners
kip? possession of her, and running her
orth.Carolina; and as soon as'l.eretui
3me he made an affidavit, and filed it ant
sr hhncrs. of-the'-amount of his losses.
hich he intended to prosecute a claim ei
gainst South Carolina or the United St
ut be died very soon thereafter'; his broi
-law also died immediately, and the p
as mislaid, and has only been found ven
jntly. If there is any claim founded i
stice, this is one ; and whether the whol<
rest' is or is not to be allowed, I think in
)int of view honorble senators should be
>sed to give interest from the time that
>mahd was made upon the government
>pe the Senate will pass the bill as it is.
a bill which has emanated from a coromi
Ho have bestowed upon this case due cot
ation; and permit me to say that it (
ieir heart and judgment equal credit,
imes from a committee that has no nort!
eling upon this sulyect? a committee w
is yielded to the honorable impulses of
;art; and those impulses generally die
nations should be. . I s
ia will neve^reH0fc|hj^i'vices of Get]
reene. whose birx^MH^Mh^^iblc s
r who reported this bill [Mr!j9MBA|||C
p represents. And at the end oftneTW
tnary war we made him a donation on!
)0, when we were scarcely able to pay
vn ragged soldiers.
After some remarks by Messrs. Bay
ale and Butler, the further consideratioi
e hill was postponed until Friday next.
In the Senate on the l?th, after the u
orning business, and a short Executive
an, the bill providing for fclxsconstructio
railroad from the Mississippi River to
icific Ocean was debated, but no action
The House of Representatives passed s
1 hillc innliiHiiifr fine nnnrnnrintinrr fefiO.
. ? ) o ri r o, - - '
enable the President to employ Ciark i
execute a bronze equestrian statue of W
gton, to be placed in n suitable place in
iblic grounds of this city.
Terrific Scene.
'xplosion of a, Vessel by. Gunpowder?Los
<- Thirty two Lives.
The Mona's Herald gives the pRrticulai
ie stranding and subsequent explosion,
inpowder, of the brig Lily, of 180 tons,
issel left the Mersey on Thursday week,
sr the command of Cnptain John Owens
,e southwest course of Africa. The ci
insisted of about fifty tons of gunpow
renty puncheons of rum, a quantity of ai
id some bale goods, containing articles
irtef on the coast The vessel was bca
>out the channel till Monday morning
hen she was driven by the violence of
orra to the Sound of the Calf of Man.
a was running mountains high at the t
id, despite all the efforts of the crew, al
I o'clock the Lily was stove on Kitter
land, which lies between the Island of
alf of Man and the mainland of the Isl
fan. With a desperate effort most of
ew (thirteen in number) reached the r<
f the aid of the boats. The waves beat
isly upon the wreck and the rock. Cop
wens and three of the crew got on the h
' a rock, from which two of the seamen spi
i the land; but the captain, in atternptin
\ Ka cnmA urac ctrovrnAck Tho crook
ro lads also met with a watery grave,
irpenter was killed by the mast falling u
m. Thus five of the crew were lost.
Early on Tuesday morning, Mr. Enos L
ocer and shipbroker, of Port St Mary, b
ib-agent for Lloyds, repaired to the w
ith 31 men to see what could be saved,
quarter before eight a violent shock
;ard throughout tho southern district of
land ; and a sheet of fire and a pillar of sir
ere seen to be hurled into the air, hund
" feet high, from the wreck. It seems tli
rge portion of the powder was placed so
t the vessel that it did not get wet by
aves breaking on it. The explosion da:
le vessel to atoms, and blew to broken I
tent some 30 human beings! But one i
idual near the fatal scene escaped to tell
orv, James Kelly, who is still alive, althc
ac cheek and ear are taken ofi", and he is
wise much injured. Hopes are entcrta
f his recovery. Many of the deceased \
ie active, energetic men of business of.
t. Mary, and were engaged in the fishing
thernautical pursuits. Thirty-two men
de3 the five of the crew that werb lost
fonday) were killed, leaving twenty-t
idowa and seventy-three fatherless child
Thfr' explosion was heard in Douglas,
as supposed by many persons to have 1
i earthquake. Fragments of the wreck >
irowfc as far as the Bed Gap, near Ca
(wq^Dciiig a distance of six miles. Port
f the ve ssel and cargo, consisting of c
nks, portions of gun barrels, swords, c
agments of wreck, shirts, &c., have also 1
ioRed up in various parts of the paris
pshen. .Sonic portions of burning co
ere actually found at Poolvasb, near B
wle, at least six miles off.
It is not probable that the cause of the
losion will ever be correctly ascertained,
is supposed that the powder was fired I
ght from the pipe of some of the men
ere smoking on board the vessel.?Livet
rper, 20th.
More Progress.?Resolutions have bee
oduced into the Ohio Legislature in favor
:ting three United States Senators from
tate, and the Cabinet officers and Snpi
ourt Judges by the people.
i mi iiiji
r an IIkaltii 0v- ?The official report o
say the.City Rtgist?#rjlt-be found in another col
itiori umr, by whichiflyjiltc perceived that the death:
iiies- during the we^k^idihg on Saturday last, fron
'hey all causes, amounted to only 19, and from wha
ition is called; Cbolera^to 4. Of these, 2 were white
anlv and-2-Vvero'coined, and all of them occurred it
king the "earlier pprtio^of-the week. We are assur
ined ed, and assure our friends in the interior, tha
had there is now no (^olera in the city, and if the;
lged were here they would need jio other assurano
that than the elastic ahcP^racing atmosphere, and
-we the glow of ruddy health visible on every coun
rred tenance: *'
"'his* - Our country friends will perceive how impos
tioni. sible it was to compffife.with their solicitations t<
that give daily reports of*the deaths by Cholera.?
him, Four divided by seveh, gjye3 rather an awkwar<
arly quotient, and even thefjRbur were so distan
from the business portions of the City that wi
)ject did not hear of them until, two or three
ipon ter their occurrence. Tl^ey will perceive, also
. my . that thero were as many deaths of white person
rield by Apoplexy and Consumption as by Cholera
this and, therefore, if theyjjjM been in the city th<
n as chances for an exit by,One or other of those 5is
ison eases was just as by strong as that which thei
by imaginations have ccmured into such a bug
into bear. _
mcd But, seriously speaking, we hope they wil
long perceive by the bill of mortality, that Charlestoi
, for is now the healthiest locality in the State. -Tha
ithjsr there is no ottfer portion of it, comprising fift'
ates. thousand inhabitants, that has fewer deaths
[her-* and, therefagjg^if the fear of death is sufficient t<
aper disturb tliei?r?est, or interfere with their busi
Y r8. ness arrangements, the sooner they take refug
ipon 'n our city thfifbetter.?Chas. Mercury, 19/A inst
3 in- Jj.?:? <.
any Foreign Trade of the United States
dis- We copy tTret^llowing from the "New Yorl
the Economist, a pgper edited by one of 'he mos
I able financial'-jwiters in the country:
It The actual gj&ting trade between this coun
ittee^ (try and Groat^Sritain is immediately in favor o
isid- "this country. $y?br the year 1851, the apparcul
3oes balance in fa^or of the United States $12,202,
It 754, yet there was a balance of specie sent t<
hern England. One^cause of this was the fact thai
hich our exported jgoduce realized less than it was in
the voiced at! Another cause was that the balancs
state of trade between the United Suites and France
.hall Spanish WesfrTndies, Brazil and China wai
'aro- against .this ccnpitry?these bills were to a verj
ernl .Large exlen?jRwng on London for settlemenl
ena- "At the sara^&me a great many West India ant
irth- provipcjal biltfou England are sent here for sale
according to (lie balance due from the depended
^SLcies to the mother country for goods bought, as
OUi<ML?V"- government purposes, jiiic saics o
wHfeduce itSjEpgland alone pay that which
ard, w& ra&Oln^eh goods, pay for the purchase o
n of tea iin^jMaafid uoffee in Urazil, as well as goods
of the stataHEor^pe, through the intcrventior
sual of bills. HoSMfce old theories of an unfavorases
ble trade withSv country, because official rcn
of turns show an j^Arent amount to be paid tc
the her, have long sH| been exploded,
had. The export of produce, cheese, hams, <fcc.
eve. to England has ifiofcsed within ten years neai
,000 two millions. Tb5j?hns a credit against whicfc
Jills long bills may be drl^kand transmitted to Canash
ton, and given in paWtat for teas. The tes
the merchant pays them WajMr sells them to the
purchaser of opium from twEnglish East India
merchant. In the hands owthc latter, they art
. the best remittance to Londttp, for. whiter there
s of is constant demand. On the^arrhral in Bonxioti
they are discharged with tiiOFails of Western
s of produce sold to the people onfcgland. Similai
by bills are running upon Londojjfcoro almost everj
The point with which the United Hates hold inter
un- course. The effect of this is^Rxtcnd the basis
, for of our credits, and to improwBie means of buyirgo
in<r from all the nations of tb9Rrth.
der, What London is to the cotnercial world as
rms, the common centre of exchange? New York t<
for the United States. All the balfMs of the tradi
ting of all the States are here ultimjjAr settled, and
last, from this point the final settle^K with Europi
the takes piace. At the present i^kment there is
The nothing due Europe?that is, A) supply of bills
ime, 's equal to the demand, and tljj^pto is at par.
land U0XPAnAT1VESAFETY of^'Lways in Fob
tj]e eign Countries.?A corres^fcdent of one o!
e 0j- our N. Y. Exchanges gives?Fifollowing sum
tjie mary of railway accidents :Xne number of pasi>cks
sen?ers transported on tpFPrussian railways
furi- 'n was 9.901,681. jfcf this number, onf
person was killed by iui^?g out of the cars
tft,n r ..... j?.j. r.JK
, J IUUI WCru W UUIIUUU) uihou utiu kuiuv
' | wounded by being on tjKrack when the can
' passed. Of officers ac^Korkmen in ernploj
anfj of the different compatMRightcen werekillec
<l^e and twenty wounded.^Mle person was killec
on by voluntarily throv^Rhimself under th(
wheels of the cars. I^Bnglnnd, during the
same year, the numbefcqfcassongc.rB was 78,
eing 9G9,G23, of whom d^Re killed and 37c
reck woun<ied. Sixty-one WHRa, not passengers
were killed, and fonrttnMHnded on the track
was Of officcrsand workmis^^tloyed by the com
t^e panics, there were uj^HMnd4S wounded
tokc ^our Pcr50ns committ^p^k^y throwing
reds themselves under the wheels cars. Th<
iat a Austrian government hajt ofWT^that wher
high ser,ous accidents shall occur on(any of the rail
the wa.va belonging to the State, a "daguerreotyp*
sjje(j shall be immediately taken of the train, in or
fra<T. ^(>r to facilitate the investigation into th<
ln(jj causes of the accidents. For this purpose,tin
the daguerreotype apparatus is to be sent
ju^h stations. This system has already beer
adopted in Prussia with marked advantage.
" The Sugar Crop.?The past season has beei
pCnj indisputably the most productive for sugar can*
' ever known in the State of Louisiana. Unlik*
a many of its predecessors, the crop is unusuallj
' prolific throughout the entire cane-growing coun
' on try. Accounts from all quarters are of the raos
e cheering kind, not only as the quantity but th*
quality, which, as a general thing, is of unusua
excellence. We have heard of some very laig*
11 yields in our parish which is noted for its pro
Atjro ducliveness, but that of Mr. James Watford, o
. " Buyou Ramais, beats them all. We have beei
10Vs told on {rood authority and corroborated by oth
1,1 ers, that from a tract of forty acres, that gentle
tlcman made one hundred and ninety hogshead
^ee,l of very fair sugar. Several of our planters havi
made three hogshead, and but even more to th?
"J acre; but this far exceeds any, being an averag
of 4 3-4 hogshead to the acre. Many of ou
planters are now through their boiling process
^x" and others are fast drawing to a close?all wel
pleased with their success, and wishing the sann
y a result for the coming season.
K! Planters' (St. Mary's) Banner.
jhjoI
The Weekly NdVs, and Southern Literar
n in- Gazette, is an admirably conducted Fa.mih
of el- Newspaper, edited by P. II. Ilay lie, Esq. I
each is handsomely printed, and is published by W
rcme Y. Paxton, lit) East Bay, at two dollars pc
annum.
I
f Cl)f (Cambfii Dufelp janritfll.
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! Tuesday, January 25, 1853.
. ,cTo Correspondents.
t The linesinicted to us by our youngfeend, are not :
1 quite as smooth in their. measuro as we should desiro,
2 by practice he will b^able to do hotter. > * *.
i ' HoT^Twallaoey^^Bfer
Wo are under obligations to' Sir. Wallace for a
i- copy of Woodward's Speecnin* the House, on the
> Tariff, anf fcr. other favors.
1 Pine Cigars.
t We are obliged to Jfr. B. W. Chambers for speci3
mans of choice Cigars, of the "Rio Hondo" and "Ben"
jatnin Franklin" brand. We are by no means an exj
tensive consumer of the article, but are'sufficiently
3 acquainted with their use to determine the question of
I quality.?^ ' , ,
Portrait of Washington!
r We have been^iolitcly favored with a splendid pof
trait of the "Fathe^bf his Country," by tbeA^nt,,Mr..'
Jonx T. Kemp^wLo may be found ^ flhojlahsion*
1 House for a few days.
i It is engraved by Welch, (by permission) from Stut
arts original Portrait, in the Atbeneum, Boston, under
7 the superintendence of Thomas Solly, Esq., tho emiy
nent and highly gifted Artist We pronounce it a
} magnificent picture, and mast believe it to be, an ex"
cellent likeness, from every thing that we have ever
p heard or seen written of this truly groat and good man,
who was empirically "first in war, first in peace, first
in the hearts of his countrymen;" We subjdin the
following extract from a notice given the work by tho
1 Washington National Intelligencer, and would state
1 that Nr. Kemps will be pleased to wait upon gentlemen
who desire the picture, and submit specimens for
~ their inspection. The following is the extract to which
f vra mil Attention; ~ "
fc k "On the whole, wo cannot bnt congratulate Mr.
"Welch on bis happy success in a most difficult under*
taking. It will identify him, in "his place and degree,
" with the widespread fame of the work of our greatest
painter, and thus iar give him to share, as for as perishable
art can be a sharer, in the immortality of
' Washixqtqr 'This
prifit, supplying as it does all that can bo dosired
in its way, must of course, have a wido diffusion.
I It should adorn the dwelling of every American who
can afford to procure it; and the publishers have wisely
I set the price as low as the cost of such an enterprise
s will allow. Would it not be a very becoming and no
f less popularact should Congress order a supply for dis,
tribution among their constituents? What more suitaf
ble or worthy prosent could bo made, for example, to
j a public institution for education ? What fitter to bo
t placed before the eyo and the ambition of the youth of
. America, than this exemplar of all the civic, all the so.
cial, and all the domestic virtues?"
, wyvywMAW I I
4 Janney's Hotel.
It will be seen from an Advertisement in our paper
! to-day, that Mr. Jaxnet?so well and favorably known
, as the gentlemanly andaccommodating proprietor of
. the American Hotel in Colombia?baS become assocint
ted with Mr. W. D. Hakiub, and Dr. T. J. Goonwnr,
> in the futuro management and proprietorship ^>f the
t long established Hotel, known by the "Congaree
! House." Messrs. Jakmet &, Harris arc remarkably
> popular with the press of South-Carolina, and there is
I i tt good reason -for It, tlwy treat' Editors andx Printers
i (whenever they deserve it) as gentlemen, and look as
r mucji to the comfort of one man as another, so long as
r eacn individual is entitled to respect and good treat*
- ment
? "We extract the following notice from our neighbors
of the Carolinian, in whoso judgment and good taste
we are quit? willing to confide. They say:
> "The 'Congaree House,' has been taken possession
' ofbyMr.Janneyandassociatoe,.andInailling.tbeat:
tcntion of our readers to the fact, we need not say
I anything as/to the qualifications of Messrs: jfannoy and
5 Harris for conducting such an establishment?their ex* .
5 porience and wide spread reputation in the conduct of
' the American Hotel are sufficient guarantees of success
in their new location." '
P The Cash System.
' " Our brethren of the Carolinian are right, in the new
regulation which they havo made. We hope every
. Editor and Proprietor of newspapers in South Carplina
, will do likewise.
"All the readers of nowspapers in South .Carolina
are, by this time, well acquainted with the regulations
' , .wbicli the press of this State have with such extraor*
dinary unanimity adopted. These regulations are for
[ their readers' benefit as much as for their own; for it is
[ an undeniable troth, that without the prompt payment
, of dues to a newspaper establishment, its press cannot
5 turn out a_good journal. That is what readers wantr
?to have it they must fall in with the cash system
> and unite with tho publishers in building up the press
t of the South.
"We have not much to complain of. Tho readers
. of tho Carolinian havo possibly been better paying
. aabacribers than thoso of a majority of newspapers in
~ L-iL 4t.;?
r uio soutn, yei were are sumu, uum m ium uwk uuu
5 at a distance, who havo several years subscription "dei
bitedtothem. "We give notico to all that by the end
- or tliis month wo will commence to purge our subsorip5
tion book of all names who owe us over a years' sub
tion. "We desire new subscribers, wo like a largo sub5
scription list, but wo must have it composed of those
i who pay. No other sort of names will bo placed or
r retained there, Aspecial edict"
1l Respited.
e KPio Anderson Gazette learns that Allen Hutchings>
l ' oowJtyed for the murder of Tippens, at the last ses3
sion of* Court, and sentenced to be hung on the first
i Friday in February, has obtainod a respite until the
j 1st Friday in May/' v
j. f High Prices.
3 At Mon(<|pomory, says the Macon Tdtgraph, Negro
] fellows, not unusually likely, were sold for nearly
5 *lm .-?
* Peterson's Magazine
For February has been received, and, as usual, ombraces
a variety of good reading for tho ladies. Mr.
J. Thornton Randolph, tho author of tho "Cabin and
s Parlor," has contributed to tho interest of tho present
a number. A
O ?i... .
B Unlonville Journal.
B B. F. Annum, Esq.^jins rotired IVora tho Editorial
r charge of this paper, and its conduct now devolves
l? upon Mr. 3. A. McKniqht, its practical and ontcrpri'
sing proprietor. "We wish hint success?ho deserves
0 it. .
The Free Press.
This is tho name of a no#, pnper reeontly started iu
"Wilmington, N. 0., by LIJurknck U tiifticu, Esq., fur.
^ morly Editor of tho "Hornets' Nest and True Mouth^
ron," Charlotto, N. 0. Kri"P a intuit Is well and favorably
known as a good writer, and Is a slroug istntos'r
Rights man. Wo wish him tmioli suoeosajll his now
enterprise. f ~
Judge Dmglass.Las ;been ro-elceted tniled Stat
Senator'MRi Illinois, for six years from the 4th
March nexfis The vote stood?Douglass 75-GiUi
pie, wkigfojS; and Cullens, frecsuilcr.
At tho recent PflfeftT: exhibition at Binninglia
se^ropfflSrable IttffifeS'-carried off prizes for the b<
Bpecjmens ofgame fowls, ducks and liens. Some pa
of fiiT&to breeds sold for .$200'each. .
Thprn i? n hill before the Now. Jersey Lecislatu:
providing that a commission maybe issued jn t$e~'cs
of a habitual drunkard^, to prevent him frdim wasti
liitrproperty, in a manner similar to commissions j
lunacy. '
??'*fi
For the. Camden Journal. , Mr.
Editor?The friends'of W. W. Boyco, JEsq.,
Fairfield District, beg you to announce hinaasacati
date for Congress, from the Districteomposedof K<
shaw, Sumter, Riclilnnd, Fairfield," Glieafcr and Y^i
Mr. B. is strictly a gentleman' of -the- Southern Rigl
school ofpolitics and is'peculiarly1 adapted by educ
tion,- manners and tned moral firnlnesaftb^presie
this State in the Federal Legislature. He$anulmi
ican and a South Carolinian of principT^^nd^onor'u
turnished in any respect?at tlio same'; time, ho is
Sntleman of conciliatory, easy and popular manner
nee, tew men are calculated *t'o j^orye in Congrc
with morebbility and usefulness, or wield more infl
ence there; and none could be more faithful active
Vigdani m mamtamg the interests, principles, instil
tioos, and, more tg|p j$,,j^M^ed reputation'o^o
beloved State. .#? '#;
Mr. B., wo boliotCj^lias already been " an newnced
triot, and wo are^jfqt^ without- hope that lie-wfll r&Oi
a liberal and lair sowing in Old,Kershaw. Ihejefo;
by announcing hixn, oven at this 'late day, you. w
obligo - ~IIIS jp&ENPS.
K - .WAsniXGTON, Jan. 17*1853.
The reaolqtigna of-Mr." Ca33,re-afSrming_the ,;ilc
roe doctrine" as it is.now yclopt jn -relation to "Cut
will be take* up in the Senate on >tounorfi9?i^&
Sonle,of Lai having the floor. /Mr.- Soulef?who
speech will most assuredly bo an honor.to^y?manwill
be followed by Messier "Cass, Butl?^atid"ipth
prominent Semfton : < '
The debatSfcn this vital qneationj as fkr As the Son
is concerned, ?s been prolonged' ifrv tfie Bb'usp,'0^)
the doctrine of *^aianifest dfisth!^"J&twjbwtf blabijis6
urged. The Es^Soilers?and thoy are no smattBdl
?have isaued^Kir/ectthafrw more'dive territory sfu
be annexed, and%l this determination they wi'rt die.The
Compromise l&scouted at, and 'in tfieir estimatii
the "liiglier law" is^bove tifo Constitution. TJhoy 'si
^ v- -L-11 tja' n of/trwiir't^fryfin ni
v^uoa auuu ubyw .w uhhcaw w <? ?
Mey triff resort to <^s to'jprtfcerif it --This'is afl'jias^
Tho miserable and deluded followers of the ,"Woo
Heads," Hale, Sej^rtTand Giddings, can net-er intin
date tlie South, 4M. Cxitik must be annexed as asla
teiritory, if even/ These men wfl^&dvocato Free So"
ism, aro not limest in their opinions. |The^ have be<
long sineq..Jacked out.of decent whits society, and ho
they are claims ol.tue runaway slaves, whose, person
veracity wwild B#nd good at the North or South, wb
the words of their whttebrothcrs, such, as Seward
Hale, wxKjJjd be thrown out of court, and no man con
be found Sybase, even among their own. citizens,,
swear citherW them .ever told the truth, as far. as i
gards slavery!*^,/. .
The House has jLssed tlie Bill to extend the Po
sion act of'48 and other similar acts for'five years.This
is nothing butjoacc, hnt instead of allowing tl
widows and orphans arfhosoldier a pension of one In
tho pay proper for fi^jRrears, it should be allowedi
life. Justice howev^f is not included in the acts
Congress?for the ifflow of Gen. "Worth, who was r
duced to penury Wa want by-the ,-oxtravagamco. 0M1
husband who dida a natural death, is allowed a pcusii
of $50 per 'when the widow of the private 's*
dier is allowed the sum of four . dollars per mout
amounting to the enormous sum o(forty-eight dollar*
' -v
Cabinet stock is still declining, and is decidedly'u
der par.' Mr. Cobb has most respectfully decltoed tl
honor conferred upon him by bis friends, by aoHcitji
a place for him in the Cabinet?a petition was preset
ed and signed by every Free Soiler and Abolitioni
and by several quasi Southern men in the House, 1
commending him as a fit subject for 'tho Cabinetmost
suitable subject he is for the mcrf who signed tl
petition, but a dernier resort for true Southern men.
.... : cat<5>.
Correspondence of Oie Camden Journal.
\ WJan. 18, 1853.
Mr. Cass has delivered "bis long looked for speech <
the Munroe Dpctrine and "Manifest Destiny." T1
opinions of this old "Fogy" coincide with those
"Young America,'r each wish' to see Cuba annexe
but in different ways, the one by purchase, the oth
by filibustering, which, in ray estimation, is badstoc
The argument in favor of this question is summed i
in one word; and that word is Destiny. If therefoi
Cuba is destined to be under the protection of tl
American Flag, why alHhis debate. I confess I am
hearty believer in predestination, but my faith, is m
yot strong euough to believe that Cuba wasfmy-ordai
ed to belong to "Uncle ?am."
Mr. Butler replied to Mi. Cass and placed quite,
different construction oh the "Munroe doctrine" in r
lation to Cuba, and he proved conclusively that tl
reasons which imlucqd the Munroe Administration 1
declare the policy of the American Nation, in Foreij
Relations, was an issue botween England and thaUr
ted States, relative to Spain. As I have before staU
the slavery question has been "lugged in" with tb
Cuban debate, particularly in that unruly body of Co
gress which Mr. Benton calls the lower House. Tl
Compromise is urged by the Union Men as being
"finality,*' and the abolitionists as strongly contend f
the reverse, and say most emphatically thatnlave
mustand will be abolished. t ,
The South is comparatively quiet, on this questio
but the furor is gaining ground rapidly in tl^Nort
and the most agitation on tho subject is found on tl
floore of Congress.
Tho Equestrian Statuo of Washington may now I
?J 1 dKA KnaJiAan anrtsnn
consiuureu tw ll iiauu luvbj gwu|?vu ti^wwu tf^i7
ntcd unanimously by both branches of Congress, ai
Clark Hills is to be tho artist His celebrated stat
of Jackson is still the chief obiwst'of attraction in t
city, and many visit daily, and
And now charms for each sqccooding day."
Tho Cabinet has not been formed, though attomj
havo boon mado over and again by tho out siders, 0
havb as often failed, and as 1 am not blotted with i
Insight flta). futurity, I shall keep dark and drop tho su
Joct. **
The soason for gjuoty lias. fairly opened, and bal
hops, solroos, Ac., ?%iaanbuncoa for the "rest of t
season." Tlio Cod flsii aristocracy are not all in Sou
Carolina, for wo havo a sprinkling here, and if it, w
not "incompatible with the publiodnterost," I might
talo unfold. Gen. Piorco will not ax$ve here befo
tho middle of next month, much to tb*/tocuuiary lc
of his Irionds, the Hotel keepers. i".
Corrosjwntlence of the Camden Journa]\t*
Chaklkston, January J23.
A few years ago, and your correspoiWe
could have done some service with his peri^i
and paper?now, thanks to this prurient age'
to this " whirl, whirl, all by wheels, and whi
whiz, all by steam," every scrap of news, gra
or trivial seems a tale thrice told?does a chit
ncy happen to take fire? hot yon have it
to-days Courier; is there a row among <7end
men who driveJhe omnibus? the intcrcstir
W
X *?
e* particulate are forJarded in a tw ihWiiig^
fit 'gather \yifp; the name, birthplace niil1 parent
J8-' tif the f>TrtpnaUjbitiwljo was cnalilecf to giveH
- 5'tli<* last W
The C.if'y CSiVitK iHiiavje at. last1 commenced J
*fc Meeting .street after-fCrnin, wbich.tbe1ate.City
irs Administration cQuld not .be-brought .to comprebend.
Ily/ui Aetpas^d at the/'ecerit sessipn
of '.t be "Lcgi statu re, i he Qity elGttiuns 'will
^ take place in Nov. apd^JLe^^.J^iniJIj.^he
rnana|ed^^.^y, Um? there was
5# i n o Pf^g-the tisure, which
y^'i -lajtbe coih-sc of
-erection. 'I'bat once gffod hostelry known as
the Mansion Ifous^-has given uKifcc to a hnire
1 ?T; ? Ii,":"!
Pp aireeu.iiiiu yfip.vny jtrv-uving,}fpiu:u uown anu
b3; 'up.will gothe-new Statei3nhktin their stead.
;a- If^pcKl'irrtnds^Sind^iarelfttettarji} embellishnt
;of .civilization,
3r- Charleston .has a. /good deal of jea wny to
n- make up, with.a fewexceptions,-there is great
ila carelessness in the external, decoration, and unBp
accountable deficiency of taste, 'The people
as of <Jolumbi:i 6l)Ow a good example iii this respcct^lhere
is nijnji^takingtheiVpnv^ate dwellor
ings for'unibrellas/cpflDtry'jaijs, or Lilliputian
^ Jo ves or lNep
ThB^ Bate^rien children have been- amusing
fa themselves'and every body whohas witnessed
CT thefr: ^perfomrfancef; cotrid Shakespeare; have
ve seen his own Shylock ' as rendered by '^gk
Kate^erWOOid- certaifilytTiave damaged-bis
inr- Vflfite k idsr, -a ppi auding. * /
AVe have had'sea tTbns and sea Cows (iner- V
' maids being quite tint of fashion) b^&re now*
arrivfa?Wtb'eterident seaport y permitr me to
v introduce a " sea tigr^ fresh 'frnm: the arctic
jdngles^he-iwly winder is, he did not* bring
'dispatches from'- Sic Johrt'ViFrin.Win;; perhaps
they willduly come to hand by the sea' Rhifir
nocerbsC" :" * >'/'" .
60 It,is unnecessary Id'.'femmd yq.hr readers
~ that'thfe^o. 'Ca. Jbbkey Cl'bb master strong
cr for the races, the begmhrflfg'.bf'hext-month.
The-miCrf who wntebes tfi'e-Weather t</l!s us,
? that it lins been cold-jfnd 'briSlit-b]ue tkic
^ .and frosty* pavements?he ' thinks however,
there.is i -Tendency : to rain daring the last
til * The^n^^d'has^ab eye ftJri^lth and a
? disiinguishea^fenibcf of the Awful society,
in c-ivc t \i -it1- ff/cirri '*fnnr'h-ni"\\ao /?n i >-r. I w /41c
iy appeared but'tbat hydrophobia' Is alarmingly
id.-'prevalent-aofong the colored-population, this
?. th e' savan a at tri bu tei nn gpd^ j|f8fcsa re to the
x
rev }
$ Thk Ten MillYoxs.?Tiie'lfouse of Rep.
in resentativcs in 'Congress on iMotply last rew
fused, by a very large vote, tojfraspend the
al rules in order'to permit Mr. Marshrll to premi
sent Rts rcsolotion' providhigj?r the appropriate
tioil of a fund of ten millionjjgf dollars in orId
der to'eb^d Gen. Pierce to An e'et any eraerto
gencv thai might arise dorwE the recess of
c- -Gbnjgrees. This, however,New York
Hefaldy is byljo means unden%od as having
u. been a test-vote. ',. Many m'grnWs who are
_ known to'be favorable to the pr?^piltion w?re
ie ?F^S(fd tojts intfodOctiJn a|jHkrtime, when.
w Session.'stilflvibap'on th^Sp&^er^^ble^hdreof
of. -;n,ey also wjslp U ascertain what..
are Gcn.T. h sentiments ort the subject, in or?
der lIut thc^ act uMersfandingi^
j. Cold ra tub Sioc.x Oocjtiiv:?Th^JCanesh(
ville (Iowa).Bugle, of Dec,-22, gives,the- fob
onnnnnt aP o mnn ffnooinif /J/% -it, ?? XOX '
2 'y " WVWMUU v/j ? iiiau IV VICIM.W U4IW<;the
Sergeant's Bluff, on the Missouri. Two
n?: men, Philips,and Mayfield, started, torn the
3e Lam V settlement, on Ihe Little Siofljj^to go \x/
jthe Mormon Crossing on the Missouri . jjg r.
' They traveled-the greater Wn otjheJfay,
when they, sought the bluffs for pjgpction
/ against the freezing blast on the bottap land ;
e~ but the cold-was more intense among Jp bluffs
"a than on the opeu prairie^ and PhilipsJ^ercome
byr*he cold, coOtd go no-~further?.JBe urged
his companion to go on, and send muie one
back for his body before, it was dev-cwred by
the wolves. Accordingly, May field wkvelcd
a quarter of a mile, when he, toq^?rame so
bennmqed by the cold, that he dtmtped upon
m the ground, unable to proceed My further.
^ While he lay thus insensible the Sow formed
dt a deep drift over him, which, brefc. the action
er of the wind,-and saved his life. JHe revived
k. after the lapse of a few hodrs, anapltimately
ip reached the house of Mr. Sisson . jhase, and
[I directed .a party out in searchjbf Philips,
a May-field. relates, when he left Philips, his arms
-jt were both frozen up to. the P.
n' is lately from California. E
a
9- \ PAy is the Navy.?The newnJf ^l reform
^ bill proposes tho following as tjj^pay of the
^0 ?u>?iv/oir/ r\f tbo no?Ov? ?
^/OVIHfr ut lire umj ,
The pay of midshipmen asmv allowed by
^ law, boutswainsjjunners, carplfiters, and sailis
makers, newly appointed, and wfore having a
Q" warrant, on duty, per annum, S300?on leave
^ of absence, or waiting orders, $?0?after five
or years sea service, and having agwarrant, on
ry dqty, $800?on leave or wniti&orders, $000
after10 years sea service, on ^fcrty, $1,000?
? leave of absence, or waiting orders, ?700;
armorers in shipsof the line, $& per month ;
armorers in Agates, $30 per iqrah; armorers
be ip sloops, $25 per month; masn&s' mates, ?30
ri* per month; all other mates, $25-uPer month;
^ master-at-arms, $29 per month, Jpip's corpo[j0
ral, $25per month; coxswainsjquartermasters,
quarter gunners, coptainsfcof forecastle,
captains of tops, captains of af?t guard, captains
of hold, coopers, paint^u, stewards,
rnntfi and mftfitara nf tJiA hand. JR24 Der
[in month; musicians, $20 per month^ seamen,
ib- $18 per. -month; ordinary seamen, $15 per
month;. landsmen, $12 per* month ; $8
per month; firemen,hrst class, $35 per&onth;
tll firemen, seoond olass, $30 per moathjyioal
as heavers, $20 per. month. ' w
5 n 0 11'
,ro Executive Clemencv.?.One of the mosUtieli,S3
cate" and difficult responsibilities devolving bpon
the Executive is that of the pardoning po\ve|?
Every Governor is more or l^yCensured formlio
, exercise of this prerogative, and although it is IWit
blato abuse, and possiblyimay have been abusedV.
nt. in this State, y6t there-are cases- which justify
its merciful interposition. ,
?: We observe in the Georgetown paper, the Pee (
i?? Dee Times, a communication relative to the par-..,
dou of a slave, who had, been^tried for killing '
Jkj another slave,.and had beenfoOTdgirilty of rrikuina
slaughter. The accused had been senteneecUa,
WJ four years imprisonment a year of which hj?tl_ ^
1{Selapsed, wlic^applioation w$g made to Gov. 1