The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, September 27, 1853, Image 2
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From the Carolina Spartan. oa,
Messus. Editors?Why are wc always more pltl
ready to blame than to praise, and why is it that
we Hiv not equally just in speaking of the virtues sjr
| '?a* of the failings of our fellow men I I have to
fcecti led to these reflections by hearing of the vei
f presence of mina evinced by an Engineer on the it.s
tJreenville liailroad last week, by which a fear- j)C
ful accident was prevented.* thi
I" 1 1.. _4.
f. 1 ue up ? null Wil? MUHIJ cwvtuviiii^ U.v j I QJ
grade near Newberry when the Piston of the 'evi
' Locomotive suddenly snapped in two, the short pa,
end revolved around with fearful rapidity, and ur
the Train .dashing on with awful speed, was up- SpJ
proaehing a high trestle; at this moment both (|,i
" firemen jumped off, had the Engineer done like- nn
wise, a sudden and shocking death might have co
I. been the fate of the passengers. Notwitbstand- se,
' ing the danger, the Engineer remained at his te,
; post, and with admirable presence of mind, .-hut Up
the steam, so that the Tram was gradually ro
stopped. Such a man deserves well of his fel- hi<
; low citizens and especially of the Company by Sf,
, whom he is employed, liis name has not reach- t|1(
. ed us, but it deserves to"be known and respected
; wherever-the names of the wretched Comstock co
J and Putnam are execrated,
r Engineers of all other men should be sober,
I" intelligent and respectable citizens, men whose
f lives are of some value to themselves and to qj
i. their country. They should be mil paid, other- ne
* vise, such men will not be fouud to occupy this pr
post of responsibility and danger, and it will fall a?
jt into the hands of those who are as reckless of p^
their own lives as of those of the public. A an
f small additional fee for every safe trij), would
" also have a wonderful effect in promoting care on
' any caution. jy|
I was much pleased during a recent trip to \j
- Charleston with the management of the Laurens wj
\ Railroad, besides running with admirable smooth- VV(
I ness and regularity, we found the gentlemanly
i Conductor, Mr. Jones,Was always at his post s;(
. and attending to his duty. The Train never c
; stopped or started but by his-signal: the whistle t|,
always sounded whenever passing through a t|,
deep cut, or turning a curve, as a warning ; and (je
[ he really seemed to think that his business there to
was to attend to the running of the Train, in- ai,
1. stead of carrying on long conversations with the on
I passengers. Coming up, I understand that the ;s
' Engineer then on the Road, would never run a w]
Train without a man on the Engine to look out! an
' Tltf.1 is tke man for us, and when our road is in fv
operation, I hope the Company will retnemlier to
the name of tho Engineer?Purse?lie will pro- thi
bubly save them tlie price of a Locomotive the tjr
first six months.
Such men should be valued and respected by ^
the community, for tho lives of many are in their |,j,
[. hands. Justice. p0
Rents in New York.?A New Y'ork Cor- ;id
respondent of the National Intelligencer has pr.
t the following statem-nt relative to the enor- W
mous amounts paid for rent in New York : nc
"I am perfectly astonished at the rate of Se'
f rents in this citv. I "know a sinirle basement en
room on Wall street, to reach which you must
descend five or six steps from the footway,
with a low tew foot ceiling, and the room not ty
more than thirty by twenty feet, which rents eafor
$6,000 per annum. A lot twenty five feet plr
: by seventy-five, as high on Broadway as the tlx
i corner of Fulton street, was recently leased II*
for twenty-one years at ?14,400 per annum, at rei
?tW?end of which time the ground landlord is ? <>
besides to have the building which is now be- his
ing erected on it, and which will cost ?20,000. an
A building on Broadway, Immediately adjoin- W
ing Trinity church-yard, forty feet front and iuc
two hundred deip, opening on a side allev, and ret
put up into corridors and offices, brings an hg- Joi
gregate rent of ?00,000 per annum; and a ci[i
. gentleman who has built himself a splendid tlx
dwelling as high up in Broadway as the neigh- Is'
borhood of the CityHall, says lie plainly sees tal
- he uiust be driven away in a few years by the be
encroachment of hotels, stores and shops, and izc
? told'H'ie he had already beon offered a rent of his
?10,000 per annum fur his house." tlx
The Government of the United States vve
Contrasted with European Governments.
? Tribute from a Spanish Journalist.?One of
the Madrid journals, El Clamor Publico, in an
I article entitled " Diplomatic Review," thus
l speaks'of the Government of the United States: th;
Whilst absolute liberty of worship is proI
claimed and practised in Washington, the capi'
tal of the New Woild,-men are persecute*! and
tor. ured in Rome on religious pretences. In
the foimer, State prisons, political prosecutions, anJ
and military commissions, are uukunw-n. On Wl
the banks of the Tiber more than thirty thousand
persons groan in dungeon, victims of ,
impeachment and of calumny. In the former
? r, r\l 1 * . (fa
there exists no otate Church, and conlrtbutioiis ?
for worship are voluntary. Not so in Rome: "J
the vaults of the Vatican still re echo these
: words, "* Wc protest against a Catholic king, ?
who. since three years, has failed to pay the ^
tribute due to the Holy See." In the former, *"''
the fir-it magistrate" of the Republic is governing
with the prestige which 'morality and justicc
give. ^
In some nations of Europe they strive to
I shelter that prestige in a pernicious strife or in
an' absurd explanation of the principle ot an- ^
thoritv. In the former, the honors paid to the
President of the republic are the spontaneous |
manifestations of a people who never humble
t . i , , wi
r themselves to persons, who oniy pay nomage ,
to principles, whilst the huzzas of that city are '
belied, which, anxious for gold and material j
enjoyments, acclaims whosoever adapts him J
self to one, whether he be called Napoleon or
Alexander, Charles X. or Louis Philippe.
President Pieree travels through the towns ^
of the republic without retinue, without para- ^
sites, without fear, of the homicidal dagger
b-ing raised against his breast: with the Kin- ^
perm* Napoleon neither his precaution, nor liis i j 'j
wtaff-tnajor, nor his prctoriaus sufliee to protect {
him from this danger. The one occupies him- j
self in visiting the New-York industrial Mx
position, in so acting as ttiat his country tnav
exercise a salutary influence over European
destinies, in consolidating republican in>iiin- sni
tions; tiie other in assisting at ridiculous shams
in the military camp of Satory, in tenniiiatinir
thp Eastern Question in a manner humiliating >u<
to France. and in perpetuating the dominion of
jiis u-retehed dynasty.
- di<
The Pacific Kailroad excitement seems fair j lo?
Jy to have died out. That is the newspapers j hi:
tint Loftg since almost entirely devoted to the in
subject already.rarely allude to it. This is in lie
part nvrimr ti? the fact, we presume, that the ' wr
position of tip administration upon it is no 1 ?n- tei
fier a problem; it b.-ing now conceded on al! to
hands tlia* fh??y have anived at no definite d?. tm
r
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initiation as to the recommendations tliey
I essay concerning the project, or whether i
>y will make any such or not. As lar as we j
i judge from the newspaper demonstrations i
hlic opinion is settling down .in favor of the
xas route, as running farthest through a deahle
country, as presenting fewer obstacles
the construction of a railroad, and as being
y sure to be less subject to impediments to
free use, from snows and frosts, which must
more cmbrassing on a railroad constructed
ough unsettled territory than anywhere east
the Mississippi in a similar latitude. ITower,
the set of persons who, for so many years
st have been plundering the people and t reasV
of the State of New York, by obtaining
?cial legislation at Albany, have seized upon
s route, evidently as their own property, and
d ore moving heaven and earth to get up a
inbination of lobby wire-pullers from every
Lotion of the country, to aid them in their en prise
of inducing Congress so to legislate
on tins question, as to mane ine proposed
ud for tlieir especial benefit. Wc shall have
;h times next winter over this question it
ikes us, without the slightest probability that
3 House and Senate will be induced then and
ere to initiate the work on government acunt.?
Washington Star.
Bank of Chester.
We are requested to state that the Bank of
lester will be prepared to commence busiss
on Thursday next, the 29th inst. The
ospects with which it opens are very encouring,
and we have every confidence that it will
uve nighly remunerative to the Stockholders
d serviceable to the community at large.
The building to be occupied by the Bank is
e erected for the puipose by Mr. Thomas
'Lure, on the same lot with the store of
'Lure & Harris. It is of plain structure,
th no display of architectural beauty ; but
;11 adapted in its internal arrangements and
; security, for the purpose.for which it is dejned.
We have been kindly permitted to examine
e hills about to be issued. The 5 s present
e eminently national features of the "Surrenr
at Yorktown," and the heads of Washingn
and Jetferson. The 20's, 50"s, and 100's
c designed with more taste, and present, upthe
whole, rather a neat appearance. There
however, in all of them, (unless in the 10's
iich we have not seen) an entire absence of
y thing local?any thing dint would identithem
with the District or the State. It is
be regretted that, through some oversight,
e bills are all dated at "Chesterville." From
ne immemorial, our place has been known
the plain and simple name of "Chester
it have we been known post officially and
it have we been incorporated into a body
litic. And now, even whilst aspiring to be
own as a town, to be clogged down with the
dendum of'ville,' is too much of a backward
agression be altogether acceptable to us.
liith these exceptions, however, they are very
at, both in deMgn and execution, and after
veral quite obvious amendments, will pass
rrent like a a charm.? Chester Standard.
A Cote Chap.?A small specimen of liumatu*
with whiskers annexed, bailing from " down
;t," visited our village a few days since, and
lycd a decidedly clever trick upon some of
. good citizens ot Abbeville (quorum jxirsfui.)
j professed tobe the exclusive possessor of a
:ipe for making the most beautiful ink, which
itivl only evet trr\j Wills H gallon. He gHVP
; recipe, with several others for the household
d toilet, for the small sum of three dollars.?
e slighted his first overtures, but were finally
meed by an 41 enthusiastic man" to get the
:ipe with him. .In looking over a medical
urnal six mouths old, we find the identical rek?,
which ,our down easier is palming oft' on
; gullibility of 4" the race" for three dollars.?
ut this another proof that if people would
;e the papers and read them, that they would
forearmed against imposture ? We authorthe
uext man to whom he attempts to sell
. recipe, to pull his whiskers and tell him that
> Independent will be responsible for it.
However, it was a cute and clever trick, which
can laugh at, although wc are one of the
pes.
' For sure the pleasure is as great,
Of being cheated as to cheat."
The following is the recipe, and we arc told
tt it will make excellent ink:
K. 12 oz. avoird. Ext. Logwood,
1-2 oz. 44 Bichromate Potash,
5 gallons Water.
Dissolve the ingredients separately in water,
d-mix together, and in a short time the ink
11 be til for use.?Independent Press.
Allkx II. Lvttle.?Some weeks ago we pubted
a deserving tijbute to the memory of this
llant young man. The Spartanburg Spartan,
republishing the article, gives us the following
sasing intelligence. All honor to the ladies
Spartanburg:
4,\Ve are gratified to learn that the ladies of
artanburg have made up a subscription for the
i pose of erecting a neat and appropriate Monu'iit
to 11 if? liK'tnol'V of this hravf* nrid tnli.ntrwl i
lUtli, why only ? tew weeks ago found a grave
our village. This is as it should be. WhenL>r
opportunity offers, women should show their
ipect tbr the brave soldier who is ever the denier
of the defenceless?and who but them
>u!d lay a chapb t on the graye of the ''Brave
ihnetto Boy," who has left neither mother,
fc nor sister to weep his early death ? Kverv
ly who has contributed to tills monument
wt feel I bat she has honored herself, and cernly
she deserves the respect of every one of
r sex who has a heart to feel.
"The public spirited President of tlio South
irolina Railroad Company kindly consents to
ve the Monument transported over their road
c of charge, and should the Presidents of the
oenville and Laurens Roads do the ladies the
lie favor, they will be able to devote the whole
their fund to the purchase, ami consequently
iciire one every way larger and more elegant.
Mr. Caldwell in his letter says:
Con:miiia, September 10, 1853.
It. is with great pleasure that I a fiord the
mil assistance requested by tlie ladies of Spariburg,
in carrying out the laudable purposes
perpetuating the memory of one so worthy of
.|, notice. John Cai.dwki.i..
President S. ('. R. R.
' ?
A ini-i r, named Noah OJelI, sixty years old
d on Suiidav, in Boston. So fearful was lie ol
dug his nioticv, that, lie wore a chain around
i body, t<? wliieli was fastened u stout, bag,
wliic.ii the treasure was denosited 'i bis lie I
j>t I?v him (luring liis Mi kiu-os, and uj?oii it |
i> fixed his dying gaze. in winter, it is rcla!
lliiit he weal t?? church three times a day, |
save flic I at iiotiu'. on! v leaving liisbed to rein
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Cljc (Emutini ll'ccMij Journal.
" stalks.
Tuesday, September 27, 1853. stand
THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Thi/il
To Printers.
A good Compositor will liud a permanent situation
at this ollice.
"* In |
Humiliation and Prayer. sioner
It will be seen that his Excellency Governor Man- the ca
ning has appointed Thursday, 13th October next, as a a "00(
daj' of fasting, humiliation, anil prayer, tnrougnoui mis assoni
State. motioi
Ros.se
Camp Meeting. of Tin
A Camp Meeting will commence (providence per- qUest(
milting) on Thursday the Gtli ot October, at Smyrna, af|dre!
in this District, vlout 11 miles from Camden. jows.
? mi ,
Another Rail Road Meeting. . c
notice
An adjourned meeting of tiro friends of the Lancas- j ^
tor llailroad will be held on Wednesday, (to-morrow.) casjer
TIic question will then be brought up whether or not
the town shall subscribe towards this enterpnze. Wo sifjor
do not propose here to discuss the propriety of- this Qami]
measure; it is obvious that something ought to be a roacj
dono lor Camden, and we know of no better plan than |3 noj
for Camden to do something for itself. We cannot seo tovvar
that-any one who owns real estate in the town can be turnin
injured by this movement. If the value of property what I
hero has decreased, and we cannot doubt it, it is worth feeder
the effort, and the sacrifice, to do something to in- (o sus
crease the valuation of town property. Suppose each Cai
owner of real estate is assessed ten per cent on his benefi
property, that will not make the taxes, even then, un- the la
rc.'isonablc. There is no town or city in the Stato i-hed
where the taxes ^irc not much larger than in Camden; be the
and yet, the people are willing 10 be taxed when it the st<
becomes necessary. If it is not neccssaiij now, we w
should like some one to tell us when was it ever no- busiiu
ccssnrry. Something must be done. If Camden does ehanic
not, will not, help itself, who ought^to help it? school
I lis hardly reasonable to expect that the planters r
in the vicinity of Camden, whose interests are below Permi1
the town, should feel that ardent, burning zeal in the 'las "
Lancaster Railroad which some are disposed to expect .ine r?
of them. AVe can only appeal to such upon motives of 'n'?
patriotism and pride?that some have come forward Provis
nobly to tho work aDd subscribed liberally, is to us ^econ
gratifying in the highest degree. AA'o think in this cn- 1"^
tcrprise that all should feel themselves interested, and ^ S!'
without urgiDg come up squarely to the mark.
If a majority of the real estate owners are in favoj ^.jj ^
of the proposition that tho town take stock, then it ?
,, . f ... . . , '. tion h
should be done?if the majority agree that the interest i
of the town would be promoted thereby, then it ought now
to be done. It is doing no injustice to any one, if by no ^
taxing him upon his property, that property is to be j
improved and made more valuable. It is unfair to ask j.0|J
those who are willing to labor to do all the work. when*
AA'o suppose the matter will be fully discussed attho wjj| ,r
meeting, and all the necessary light and information \\e
will be given for the benefit of all interested. vnntn1
A largo attendance of the citizens is desired, that ever t
matters may bo fully discussed. Individual subscrip- a thin
tions have been liberally made towards this work, and talked
we do hope that the enterprise will not be allowed to nect v
fall through because there are a few opposed to it.? YVher
There never was, there never will be, any thing start- iuvigi
cd that was not or will not be opposed by some; but there
that is no part of a reason why the work should be than t
abandoned, but rather a reason why the friends of the turc \\
enterprise should redouble their efforts, and go on un desigi
til complete success shall crown their efforts. progn
Editorial Change. comm
Mr. IS. TI. Bmttox has disposed of his interest in know]
the A\rinnsboro' Register and Fairfield Herald to D. tensiv
AVyatt Aikex, Esq., who, in conjunction with Mr. F. show
Gaillarp, will in future conduct these papers. Our still p
kindest regards and best wishes attend Sir. Biuttox bolter
wherever he may go; and to our new brother of the our ai
quill, wc cordially extend the right hand of fraternal tend t
:?i? i
regard. . ' 'I"J 1
? - mean?
Southern Quarterly Review. out ni:
The October number of this able Review is before us. ted at
The table of Contents exhibit Ten articles from able iwpor
pons, in addition to which is the department of tho on a '
Editor 8 Critical Notices, which is of itself a rich and e'cyat'
entertaining treat. their
Such articles as wc have read, display much thought Penc*r
and research. The 3rd, on British and American s^a'n
Slaver}', by General Jamison, is worth a years' sub- ? lc '
scription, and is tho ablest review of tho subject which j j '
we have seen. It is an able and truthful defence of tho j. \
institution, and should serve to shut tlic mouths of
those canting hypocrites, who profess such unbounded j.1 ' ?
sympathy for black slavery, whilst their poor white .
slaves arc allowed to live and die in the most abject
state of wretchedness ami starvation. The article is a j
triumphant answer to the Westminister Review for j
January, 1353, on the article there of American Slave- ge]f ^
ry and Emancipation by the Free States. blood*
Art. VII.?What Moves the Table??Is a satisfac- (v c|,
tory explanation (at least to an unbiased mind, we unpnri
think,) that this modern humbug can be easily explo- fellow
ded, if we have a mind to look sufficiently close into t0 J0o
causo and effect. It is ull a delusion, and the veriest 'J'hi
fraud ever practised upon sensible men and women. dnv h
We commend the Review most heartily and earnest- good
ly to the patronage of our Southern friends. It is a bcliev
standard work, and should be sustained by tho whole take t
best p
We will furnish to any one the Review and a copy finishe
of either of our papers, the Journal or Advocate, for Cat aw
tivc dollars and fifty cents. Tho price of the Review two C
alono is $5.00. It v
The Lady's Book. Caroli
Tho October Number has already arrived, and is in Southkeeping
with its former character. No work of its is the
kind possesses greater attractions, or seems to hold its ??'t.
claim so strongly, as the Lady's book docs upon pub- J,ai
lie favor and patronage. rciltnr
Peterson's Magazine 18-10,
lists also appeared for October. It is quite an in- carino
tcrcsting monthly, and the engravings are generally now li
very good. Tho "Unconscious .Sleeper" is very hand- her lui
some, and the colored Fashion I'late makes it interest- earne*
ing to the ladies, for whoso entertainment the Maga- ly to
zinc is published. ever h
North British Review.
August has just arrived. The republication of the us the
Foreign Reviews by Messrs. Leonard Scott k Co., in and si
this country, causes the delay which takes place so our at
often in tlieso being received. t he .icknowieugcu lyvuci.
ability with which those are conducted, renders it un- ! public
necessary that we should say more than merely to ac- i this <1.
knowledge their reception. j purse
l)B.vruoTivi: IIailStokm?A terrible bail bom 1
Stoi m ptisseil about 10 miles above Sumter- | ^';V
ville yesterday about o'clock wliieh swept ! rose, i
everything before it. It parsed from North 'been
West to South Mast ami ranged over a space ',ovs"of
country about live miles wideand thirty miles explai
long. The hail stones we learn were in some circun
pines as large as a < ininea fowl egg. I'lion ' ;,".v
plantations after the storm swept by there
uireely a leaf to be seen upon the cotton (
Upon these, the destruction, we under- t
is complete; geese were knocked down i
ippled, and turkeys were killed outright. I
3 a rare occurrence. ? Black liivcr Watch s
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For the Camden Journal. t
Rail Road meeting. 1
mrMiance of a notice from the Cmumis- I
sappointclto procure subscriptions to
pital stock of the Lancaster Rail Road, j t
tly number of the citizens of the District *
bled this day at the Court li>>usc. On s
n of W. Thurlow Caston, Major John I
r was called to the Chair. On motion '
o. J. Warren, Esq., Z. J. Dellay was re- {
;d to act as Secretary. The Chairman '
?sed the meeting, substantial!v, as f'ol]
s object of this meeting as stated in the ]
issued by the Commissioners, is to conn
the propriety of subscribing to the Lan- '
Railroad.
; construction of this road is, as I con- '
it, of vital importance to the town of 1
en as a place of business. True, we have
I now terminating here, which report says *
paying its own way. That road acts '
ds us as a drain ?carrying off, but re- '
g nothing. What we want now, and i
the Lancaster Railroad would he, is a
?something to keep us up?something *
tain us as we arc. 1
nden as a town, is to he the greatest
ciary in this cnterprizc. Camden will be
rgest town on the route, even when finto
the North Carolina road This will
s point of trade from above, and one of
opping places fur travel. Ruild this road,
ly word for it, you will see every kind of |
?ss increase among us?mercantile, me- i
al, and prof'ssion-il; foundries, factories, j
Is and banking institutions will spring up
eceivc fresh vigor, and there will be a (
inencc in our establishments then, that (
ever been felt before. The building of
ad itself will put a great deal of money
le Camden purse. The purchase of tools, j
ions, clothing, negro-hire, dec. dec., will ^
isiderable. In other sections of the coun- ,
s see towns built up and flourishing on
les of rail roads. ,
las been urged as an objection, that when
>ad is built, every thing that comes on it ]
o on to Charleston. I meet this objec- {
v telling you llrat it will be no easier or ^
er to get to Charleston then than it is
We are 120 miles from Charleston, and '
vn between here and there. We might ]
!l say because people can get to Charlesf
steam they will go on to New York, or (
they get to New York by steam they
o on to Europe.
need not expect to reap any great ad- j
*e from the terminus of a rail road, when- }
here is a demand for its extension. Such (
g as a terminus to a rail road will not be' (
of in a few years; they will either con
vith another road, or with the sea board. '
ever there was intercourse by inland j
ition or mail-coaches twenty year* ago,
li i ;i I :.. i
win ue ran ruau cuiiimuuiuaiiuii in iua*
wenty years from now. It is second na j
itli our countrymen to make progress, to (
i, and carry out improvements. Progress, ,
ess, like honor, is a first principle with j
rhe establishment of our government, our (
ercial history, the increase of agricultural .
edge, the advance of education, the ex- '
e use of steam and electricity, all go to j
this. There has not been any stand- (
oiut arrived at yet by Americans?good,
, best; great, greater, greatest, has been (
m. These internal improvements do not j
0 make the rich man richer, but to nuilthe
number of the rich ; they enlarge our
i, our power, and our enjoyments, with
1 increase of territory. As we are situapresont
in the South, the enlargement is ,
tnnt. They bring us as a people more ,
evel; they have a tendency to equalize, j .
e and emulate. Figures cannot calculate ,
benefits. They are too broadcast, and
ate too generally for that. The use of i
for every purpose where it can he ap- ,
is the order of the day in these United
i of America, and may it increase.
lvg riot heard of any man who has ruined j
If by Ids efforts to improve his country,
lcasure alone of doing good is something
omponsntion in itself. "Well done thou j
and faithful servant, or thou good and ,
il citizen, friend or neighbor, will ever he
eful greeting, while the scornful reproach
vinir lived in vain, or entirely for one's
vill be excruciatingly painful. Cold j
?d selfishness in ibis happy land of libcriristianity
and abundance, is an almost J
dutiable sin against ourselves and our
men. It is a social deformity, hateful
k at.
s is a work in which we are called on to
) help. I think its completion will be
for Camden and for Kershaw District. I
e it will finally he good for those who
he stock. I think it will be one of the t
'nying roads in the Southern States when j ]
id , carrying the trade and travel between J J
ha and Peedec, between Georgia, the j t
arolinas and Virginia. I .*
rill not be a long road, and can be built 1 (
ly. It will be the. central road of South , 1
ma, taking the most direct course from ! i
west to North-east, Travelling custom [
best for rail roads, and ibis we hope, to J ,
leaster is our old neighbor, and what is
kable, hitherto we have gone together in
thing. In 1814, in 1832, in 183(5, in !
and perhaps in other instances that I I
t recall. She wishes us to unite with her j i
y new and stronger ties. Let us meet | t
ill-way?she has shown us that she is in i 1
;t, and we admire her spirit. This is like-1 i
be the, last rail road cnterprize we will i
ie called upon to aid, and if we succeed, t
we it will promote the prosperity ami the 1
less of ourselves and our children. Let ]
n march up to the work boldly, like men, i
io\v to the world that we are worthy of |?
icicnl character, that Camden is not de- (
ite. Let us show our patriotism, our c
: spirit, our love of country, by uniting ]
iy, with all our strength, heart and hand, <
and policy, in a long pull, a strong pull, 1
pull altogether, in behalf of the Railroad : ?'
Camden to Lancaster,
j. J. AJ. DeSausstire being called upon .
ind gave, a statement of the exeitions of (
mmissluners to obtain snb-ci iptionsin I be ]
and the result, and also proceeded to ,
n and enforce the necessity, under the.1 j
nstances, oi omb,'lilting Ireely ami liber-1 .
i tin' entorpsise. ' ,
??BMB?iji ! ii a?rao?II ii
Col. Jos. B. Ker>haw being next called Hpjn,
rose, and in a very animated strain of clojnonce,
demonstrated to the satisfaction of the
uecting that the people of Camden must take
iold of the matter in earnest , and by their subicriptions,
hold out inducements that will constrain
the people of Lancaster to consent that
he Hail Road shall be built to Camden instead
>{ either of the other locations; and was- folowed
by Tlio. J. Warren and W. Thurlow
1'aston, Esqrs.
Maj. Jno jVI. DeSaussure then moved that
,hc Chair appoint a committee of twenty whose
luty it shall be to canvass the town for subicriptions
to the Capital Stock of the LancaS:er
Rail Road. The motion being carried, the
Dhair appointed as the Committee the following
gentlemen: Maj. Jno. M. DeSaussure, W. T.
Caston, Benj. Perkins, Tho. J. Warren, Jas. I.
V'illipigue, E. G. Robinson, A. M Kennedy, C.
Vfatheson, Maj. K. S. Moffat, Col. Jos. B. Kershaw,
Thos. J. Workman, M. D., W. Anderson,
W. M. Shannon, Capt. W. H. R. Workman,
foseph Lee, M. D., J. K. Witherspoon, E. W.
Bonney, J. F. Sutherland, and Z. J. Dellay.
3n motion, Maj. John Kosser was added to
the committee.
Tho. J. Warren, Esq., gave notice that at the
idjourncd meeting to be held on Wednesday
lext, the 28th inst., at the same hour and placy,
te would move to instruct the Town' Council
.0 take stock in the contemplated Rail Road.
The meeting then adjourned, to me?t again
it the Court House-on Wednesday, the 26th
nst., at 11 o'clock A. M.
JOHN ROSSER, Chm'n.
Z. J. DeIIay, Sec'y.
For the Camden Journal.
On Wednesday the question is to be considered
whether our Town Council will be auhorjzed
to subscribe to the Lancaster Railroad.
What will our citizens db ? How much should
:he Town subscribe ? Not one cent less than
:hirty thousand dollars, which is 10 per cent
jpon the assessed value of the Real estate in
Jamden. There is nothing gained now by
weak counsel and timid action. We must
make a bold effort. A crisis is upon us and
let us meet it like men. Let us submit manfully
and cheerfully to additional taxation. Il
we want the Road let us show it. If we believe
n Railroads let us show "our faith by our
works." Why go plodding along with the
subscriptions at a snail's pace? If we are in
aarnost let us act so. Eight men of this community
conld be named who could easily take
^70,000) in stock, proportioned among them
iccordin?t to the value of their Real estate, and
imountof annual income. Othercitizens could
is easily go ($80,000,) and the Town Council
[$30,000.) If such could be the results of the
meeting next Wednesday, if the minds of our
people coul I only be aroused to the magnitude
>f the enterprise before them, and the interests
involved, Camden would soon doll' the garments
of old age and decay, and step forth in
the race of commercial importance with all
the freshness and energy of youth. Let not
gentlemen be startled by these figures. Something
after this sort is to be done or we are
lost. Let the Camden Bank, the DeKalh Factory
and the Bridge Company take stock?all
are to be benefitted, and especially the Cam
Jen Bank. Let tlie Directors of that Institution
see to it, that the new Bank in Chester
will not be discounting notes to their patrons
in the future. Let the South Carolina, Manchester
and Wilmington Railroad Companies,
md the citizens of Charleston be solicited for
lid. Let Camden follow the example of Columbia,
whose lap is daily receiving the wealth
af thousands. Look at our Capital?how
proudly and steadily she is bounding along on
tho highway of wealth and importance. Who
is it that is not proud of her? Iler citizens
never hesitated to pay.high taxes for Railroads
ind they aie refunded threefold. Is it impossible
for us to do likewise ? Let us look for
i connection with the centrel Road of North
Carolina, and then with Danville in Virginia,
md Jonesboro or Knoxville in Tennessee, and
prepare to take our share of the increasing
ivcalth of the country. Lancaster is. aroused
md is looking lo us with intense anxiety.
N orth Carolina is waiting on us and holds herself
ready to co operate with us.
The Town can subscribe much more, now
ban in 18-1G. Tho burden of the Camden
Branch was upon us and the weight was heary,
and besides lands and negroes have insreased
in value. Our commerce is almost in
ln? mmnipq of rlontli. Everv other Town and
tillage in tlio State is improving and many ve y
rapidly, and Camden alone, is retrograding,
linking every way?last tending to shanteos
mdempty houses " for o? Is and bats.'' Come
ellow citizens let us be active and make a bold,
i decisive movement. Instead of the small
igufe of $44,000 let us at once throw it over
he $100,000 point. Next Wednesday decides
jur fate. Let us strike now and we are saved.
PROGRESSION.
Fbr the Cinndoi Journal
Mu. Eoitok?An impression has gone abioad
.bat the citizens of the North Eastern portion o!
Kershaw District are desirous of forming a new
District, by connecting with a portion of Cheserfield,
Darlington, and Sumter Districts. Such
i change is not desired by a majority of the
utizensof Kershaw, living within the proposed
Kiundaries; and 1 think the same may be said
>f the citizens of Chesterfield.
I see published in your paper that the citizens
>f Kershaw have had two meetings on the subect?the
first at Tiller's Church, on the 2d of
Inly, and the second at Pleasant Hill Church,
.lie'J'Uli of August. The meeting at Tiller's
Jliurch, as 1 have understood, was, the people
isscmhlcd for Religious worship, and after Diane
service, a meeting was called to take into
lonsideration the propriety of forming a new
I il-lini.l mill f..w l.ni'f ii?m*ifsw1 in if on.l ent'ovol
i IV?, | *? ? % ix | ?i. t-v ? . ... v. ....
e>olulious won; snl??]?to?l; ami it was published
n your paper that the citizens of Kershaw agreed
i) meet at I'leasaiit Hill Church on Saturday
K'lbrc the second Sabbath in August, for the
nirposfi of electing delegates, ifce. In your number
of the 23d of August, I see published an nc'ouut
of the meeting held at Pleasant Mill
Jhitrch on the 13th of August. In that ac!onut
it is stated that according to previous ?ipHiiuliiieiit,
made at. a meeting at. Tiller's Church
?n the 2d of July, a number of the citizens of
\crshaw District met at Pleasant llill Church,
kc., A*e.
Yes, a number, (or the iiumher of IS;) and
wording to the best information I could m-t,
> 111 y six of that number were in favor of the new
>isni< t measure; for at that meeting it was
noved and seconded that the vote of the meetng
be taken as to whether a majority was for or
igainst the now District measure ; and the chairnan
decided the move as being nnparliamento v.
jjj'ajMUT-mm\* ^wnrMninwTn^iiw * 11^^>wwTnMw~Br?TWi
Ac., and accordingly did not take the vote of
1 the meeting as proposed.
! I am satisfied that the majority of the citizens
of Kershaw, living within the proposed boundaries,
are for old Kershaw to stand as it is-?
! Our motto is to stand fast in the liberty where.
with we arc free.
KERSHAW AS IT IS.
; AbvKRsrrv.?A late writer . says, "Nobody
i hears adver>ity like a woman. Remove, her
Irom the parlor to the garret, and instead of la'
king arsenic, as a man would, she' actually be|
comes more cheerful.' Like a lark the nearer
| she approaches hcaveir the more she seems to
; 5>'"g" . *
Death of an Editor.
The last Abbeville Banner comes to uS
clothed in mourning for the death of its editor
and proprietor F. W. jCelleck, Esq., of whom
flmf r>;i nor ni'ikoc (}io itL\t?rinr* nni\PAm>!..tA
? ??% |'??fvi iiiiiuvw hiv viivtTHig it]r^lUj;iiaiU
notice.
Death of C??l. F. W. Selleck. ?It becomes
oar painful duty to announce the death
of Co! Frederick VV. Selleck, the Editor of this
paper, who. breathed his last 011 the morning of
Tuesday, the 20th inst. The deceased was in
the 29th year of his age, and has thus been cut
oft'in the prime of manhood.
Col. Selleck was a native of the city of Augusta,
and there his boyhood was passed. Removing
to our village about ten years ago, as a
I clerk in the store of the Messrs Wardlaw, he
won the confidence of his employers by his
strict attention to business, while he ingratiated
himself with all, by his singularly pleasant
and winning address. Upon the breaking out
of the Mexican war, he joined the volunteer'
company from this district, under the cotnmnnd
. of captain Marshall, and was immediately elect-.
ed a Lieutenant. Iu that capacity he passed
through the war with great credit, and his nalr.e
has become matter of history?as the hero of
the Garita de Helen, the first American who
; planted Iris country's standard on the walls of
Mexico. At the close of the war lie returned
to this district, where his fellow citizens exhi-.
, hited their approbation of his services by elect
| mg mm to uu office oi urdinary, which he held
at the time of his death.
Nature had done much for Colonel Sellecki
Gifted with a fine person, an engaging manner,
a clear and active mind, and a companionable
disposition, he possessed in an eminent degree
the qualities wiiich fit men for success in fife.
He had his faults?and who has not? We
would ru flier dwell upon his virtues.
" Be the rest forgot;
For it is joy to speak the best
"VVe may of huitian kind.
VV'e would rather dwell upon iiis lrigh sense
of honor; his respect for sacred things.; "his
admiration of "the good, the beautiful and
true;" his affectionate regard for his mother;
his devotion to his faintly, and his liberality to
his fi lends.
We drop a tear to his memory?the chivalrous,
the noble minded ! Peace to his ashes,
Ax Outrage.?It will he perceived by an
advertisement in our present issue, over tho
signature of our Sheriff, Col. John C. Rhame,
that a small negro boy is now in his possession^
in this place, who says that he was caught upon
the road, neur his master's residence, by two
wagoners, who gagged, blindfolded, and coni
concealed him in their wagon, and carried himsome
distance? how far he knows not?whenhe
escaped, and found himself near the planta
tion of Mr. George McCutchen, in our district,
The boy seems to be quite intelligent and
i gives apparently a correct statement of the .,
whole transaction. He says he belonged to a
Mr. MeGee, a house painter, and his master
i lived near some town where he often saw the
smoke and heard the whistle nf the em-e h..t
i as lie had been bought by McGee only a few
weeks before he was stolen away, he docs not
know the name of the town where his master
resides, lie says that the widow McCulltini
and John Seaglvr are near neighbors of his master.
If the boy's-.statement is -true, and we
have every reason to believe it is, oar citizens
shotil I be on the alert, and endeavor to arrest
the unprincipled scoundrels who have . been
guilty of this gross outrage. It certainly merits
the severest punishment. We sincerely hope
tWc oHeaders will be ferreted out, ;yid be made
to suffer for tlrt;ir unparalled effrontery an 1
impudence.?Black Hirer Watchman.
Religious Revivals,?Reviralsofthis chary
acter, for the last five or six weeks, have been
both numerous and wide spread in our country.
We have partially noticed this matter in' the
! last several numbers of our paper, during its
progress, and would not refer to it again, hut
that its importance demands at bur hands something
in details: of every one,. Christian or
philanthropist, liveliest gratitude. The ono
because of the success of his pthieiples, and
the consequent advancement of bis Master's
Kingdom, and the other beeaii9e the condition
of his fellowman is so greatly improved.
This revival influence was first felt, perhaps,
somewhere in the neighborhood of Kingston,
.1 next in the 17th district, then at Fine Log, at
1 Cassville, and now at Cartersville. First and
last, n6t very short of 1,000 have been added
tu the Churches in our country.
In relation to the work in the 17th, we last
week received from Rev. M. A. Cltxvfz, a short
note containing particulars, which should have
| been published, but was unavoidably omitted.
I Taken altogether, no work, of this character
| lias ever equalled it in this section ; and front
j it we promise an inHuenee that will be felt,
] when the last one of thpse engaged in it will bo
] taken to his long homo.?Cassville-O'co. Sftindard.
A Cit>oi) Movement.?A general meeting of
the Presidents and Directors of the variousrail
roads in the United States, we see it stated,
' will convene at Washington, during the month
i of October, to consider the adoption of a code
of laws and the establishment of such general
measures as shall guard .against accidents on
i rail roads, and give more confidence to travellers
and assurance that precautionary measures
of the most reliable kind, are hourly exercised
upon every road throughout the Union.
This meeting will have a salii.arv effect upon the
ntiblie niiinl tomliiwr ?/ ! <> >Umh
tion o| a tiniforut system of rail roail regulations.
? (Joixo
Fartiibu and Kakinu Woksk.?A
Southern merchant, the other day, after looking
through this market, went on North to purchase.
When lie got on there h?? found every thing1
higher. It will naturally he a>k<'d, '* where iliil
lie buy f"' lie bought. in New York?because
j lie was tli iv. II learned what many are learni
ing. that the ultimate market, is generally the
1 highe-t. P.at there is another sid to this story
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