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y?e?Manasi-mrx.- wma A1 HQLA?.H
pring, and uiil have u right to vote, tliev will
not, however, like abolitionists, return so soon
as they vote, but will remain and Continue to
Vote. Missourians have.believed that without
the Doiiolas bill, and cortainly under l!if> creftta
to exercise:
A ho!P'ociaiihed tlm't jthehvpuK
po^H^HPnty to exclude shnxdralders-'ftoriV
i^ai^.Lut to use Kansas as a means lor
b di?P^ slavery iu Missouri; ?heni* wllh these
: SBFH,lVe ' abol^i1 '* ^r'b'"sas"iUU'
1'fPs. 5\ere_lhey?4o succeed, it'"needs no
;^jfirSJ>het to foretei.1 the. speedy' dissolution of
Union. MUsoui iansdiavc thus felt, that in
Hoieir efforts to- defeat - the designs - of the
^/^^^bolitiouisrs, tliey \vcio not only defending
&flEjhei?own- homes,.'hut the Union itself.. To
' protect ^einhomes^ they have made their homes *
Kansas. .VJ? then, it is intended hv the
charge,vto'.-sar Ahut<- these who once lived m
- Missouri,carried the election in Kansas, there
is some fo(Virdatifu) lor the charge. While the
people of Missouri are not " lawless invaders/'
n|an\'. have moved into Kansas mainly induced
gB^- by the.determination to adopt aii lawful means
to protect-themselves from, the invasion of
^<^^'Ab?oIitr>?ist>. Others are ready and deter^va^ioined;
if necessary, to abandon their homes
Kgrf/ and move at whatever cost of comfort or mo.
ney, We have a deeper interest at stake, and
are not less self sacrificing than the Abolitionists.
In justice to the people of Missouri, I
will aay, (from an experience, as- a lawyer, of
?5&: v seventeen year?, during ten of which I was
prosecuting attorney,) they aro as orderly, as
g^uiorat, as submissive to law, as the people of
Eg&St,-any State in the Union. At the same time,
PfljoCfc-eomposed as they are of the most enterprising,
energetic, if not intellectual, of the old States,
MBS^they are as determined of purpose and as like- j
RgK^v. ly to effect their purpose as any people in the ;
world.* When, then, I say to you, that to them [
Eg^ytiiis is riot as it is to Abolitionists and even to !
S^^XOur Southern friends at a distance, a question !
M^^yofrthpory or conscience, hut a matter of iioine, j
bread, that they have-determined to submit |
mmo any sacrifice which they can as good eiti- j
jP?|PV,xens make, rather than suiter the Abolitionists I
bag^ to- force upon the people of Kansas a system I
&?^<they do not approve, you will readily see that
is not-in the po.wer of emigration societies
effect their purpose. There is now in the
p^^/Territory a majority of more than four to one
favor of making Kansas a slavchokiing State; i
majority w ill, if emigration is to he left to
fc^itseli; be increased; if emigration is to be
Sg&5^forced again, it will he found that Missouri is
ftg5fr->neares to Kansas than lioslou !
believe that 1 may assume that the Spccukfc^lators,
who so freely advanced their money for i
the purpose of colonizing Kansas with Aholi- |
f^j^tionists", under pretence of a desire to make it !
free territory, hut really to amass fortunes j
g^jKjby..laying out towns with the hirelings sent |
Bte&s^out byr liieni^haye found their speculation so i
.failure, that they will permit Kansas to j
p&fe&be settled in the natural way.
If thus settled, it must become a slavehold-'
W^kjng. State.
,;.It is not adapted to the making of towns; I
y^not suited for little farms; it can not he
RffiVaettled by those who have not the command of
y'iabar.
the farmer who has no "help," but is de?^^)endaht
on'his own unaided labor, Kansas is of
?5^-^*ll,the least desirable country; it cannot be set^ied
.by such.
In the timber, the poor man can with his
^ i^-axe erect his cabin, make his rails 0:1 the line
his fence, with his own hands enclose his
. ' ; .'^and,.belt his trees, and with his one horse
g&ggjaaiigfi break his ground and put it in cullivaj^j'Jyiiori.
But in Kansas there is 110 such land for
^/w^ffCUiuvaiiuit-; l-jw?ij iuut ui iimncr is> luminvu
- t-he banks'of the streams, on the bottoms
breaks of hills; hence, timbered land is less
^^rM^fitted for cultivation; while on account of its
^/i^rfScarcityy it is far too valuable for that purpose.
?*^;$Fawns must be made in tiie prairie. The far
S^&nier must: have a team to haul his rails, and in j
?^% ;;ino6t cases they must be hauled so far as to
S^'-vrdnder fencing too costly for little fields.?
fc&^??Large fields alone, by reducing the proprotion
fencing, can render its cost reasonable.?
5sgj&~Dwellmgs must be framed, or of brick or stone.
g^^vPut perhaps the greatest of all difficulties in
way of. the poor man is the first cost of
^^^p'Bureaking prairie. To do this requires two
Pounds and at least six yoke of oxen. If hired,
S^^it will cost at least three dollars per acre; but
cannot be hired in Kansas for \cars; there,
^^^^fevery man will have his own land to break;
I;u ccuici must, ihuit, imvr ma umi icom,
own ploughmen. ' In no instance has prairie
d'been first settled, and every facility is afded,
it is just possible for one here and there
make a farm in the prairie. In Missouri,
:h instances even yet are rare. In northern
npis, with all its facilities, its rich prairies
virtually a waste until railroads were made
Such are some of the difficulties which have
yen those sent out by the Emigrant Ai?l Soties
back to the towns of the East; which
e compelled so many of those who emiijraftoni
the non slaveholding States to return,
those from the non-slaveholding States who
fain, the substantial men of means and inijgence,
a large proportion, so soon as they
enabled to see slavery as it really exists,
;ffecd.Crom1'their prejudices, and from sheer
tncsitv hppnme Tclii vnhi il.lm c fin- tin nfhpr la.
!^bor'jcaii be^hn'd: -/While; then prairie is so imfBuited;t?rthe
poosr man; on the other hand, to
^he man yvho can command lalior, who has one
or ti\orf slaves, it presents many and great in?.
The, outlay,jt is true, demands'some actual
Icapital. -The house1 must-he built by a workjWii
?niost be paid for?>yet it is not to be sup.
fxjsed, that the cost is very heavy .-...At first the
jfcpttlers must be coutout with small houses?
jSfith onJy' the necessary -rooms. A; framed
ij^)OSe(\riJl'dieii?eipost but little. The unlimited
[' -^sjipply of the best'building stone, the blue and
f ^ 'pliepjjMis:framed. The lime can be burned on
^ As L l^av? s^>id,the greatest difficulty is in
t 26 i?-elH >, jiiiif one team will break from two to
W/r. * tw?? and a half ai res per day. The cattle re^
/ quira no other feed but will keep fat. on grass
while utwoik, The proper season foi^reaki
.
?
i11^lay > tho ?111d
?ilI U^tjiIIy >Iiati)jj
^Pr.'iirie may bo broken .as late as the middle
iincl will, if sown, yield, a wheal
r'/?fmi: pourtl to any that can Ijo afterwards grown
on the -ground .
.'.. "'To one who-has sfotk to feed, thr
crop of corn-on the sod is always worth tlir
cost of breaking; and will, in a good season,
pay fur breaking and enclosing.
In-the second year, the farm is in per feel
Condition! There are no stumps, hut tlie sod
is rotted, and your tie Id, clear of weeds and
grass, is light add mellow as an ash-bank. In
the prairie,.too, a hand can cultivate one-third
more land than in the-timber.
A prairie farm will pay for itself three times
over, before a farm can he cleared in the timber.
I find it a very common error prevailing as
; to prairie among the citizens of the Atlantic
j States?it is, that prairie is always flat. Or
| the contrary,.until a country is settled, imicli
; the larger portion of the prairie is high and
j rolling. Tlip prairies are caused by fire, ami
I the low wet lands not burning so readily, art
j more often covered with timber. So soon a?
i the fiix-s are kept down, the prairies will put uj
Umber?in many places the hazel will spiinjj
i up ia one year, timber follows immediately
' and in a few years timber will grow faster thai:
it can be used.
Such are some of the inducements to those
who can command labor; to those who have
say one or more slaves to settle in Kansas.
I ought here to say that both in Missouri
and Kansas the winters are always dry, and
with but little snow and hence hands are able to
work during the entire winter. Consumption,
too is almost unheal ed of among us.
2. Is slave labor profitable, in Kansas? %
As yet no opportunity to asterlain its value
has been given ; I can hence only refer you to
its value in Missouri, and say that, lying in the
same lattitiide, immediately west, alongside ol
Missouri, the. soil and climate of Kansas caino!
diller materially from those of Missouri. I am
""t'""'' K<.li<ivn tlmt K mens vvi 11 nrnvo oven
III \v I 111 VTW IV/ l/VMV? V vimi J-. ? - ^
hcallhcir than Missouri, there being loss low
marshy land in Kansas. Thcie can thus be no
reason why slave labor should not be as profitable
in Kansas as in Missouri.
Anticipating that such inquiries might be
made during my vi>it to Virginia before leaving
home I procurred front intelligent farmers in
Platte, a county bordering on Kansas, a statement
showing the amount, of land which one
hand can cultivate, with the yield per acre, and
the market price of the products at home. I
have no hesitation in attesting its correctness,
j Amount.of land io hand and yield per acre.
Hemp?7 to s acre#. 800 to 1.200 pounds.
Corn?10 to 15 acivs ... ]0 to 20 barrels.
Wheat?10 to 25 acres - - 20 to <15 bushels.
Oats?10 to 15 acres - - 80 to 50 bushels.
Value of Products at home.
TTeinn?2 1-2 ton# at S80 per ton - - - $200 OC
I C<>rn?100 barrel# at si per barrel - - 100 0C
I Wheat?0 acres?1(,0 bushels at fcO cents
per bushel 80 0(
Oats?5 acres?150 bushels at 30 cents per
bushel 45 0(
Total yield at lowest, price - - - - $425 0(
Ilemp?4 1 2 tons at $130 per ton - - $585 Of
Corn?300 barrels at $2 per barrel - - COO 01
Wheat?5 acres?225 bushels at $1 per
bushel 225 Of
Oats?5 norcs-?250 bushels at 40 cents per
bushel 100 0(
Greatest yield at highest price - - $1,510 Of
This will doubtless seem an extravagant es
j tiniate; vet the quotations of the markets wii
1 show that, the maximum prices arc less thai
| (lie pre?cnt market prizes. Hemp has sold du
I ring the past season for$150 per ton. Wheal
is worth ^|.25 per bushel, and corn S3 pei
barrel. I'nt it is not less true that the great,
est yield and highest price are not often togetii
I cr. M v object is rather to show the least vielt
i and the lowest price. Negroes?field hand:
! have, hired Ibr some years in Western tMi<so?r
I at prices which could not be paid, if their labo
were less valuable than as above stated. Mei
' at from -SISO to S"250, women at from SSO t(
S100 per annum, the hirer paying all expense
j and losing all time of siekness, the owner a
I no charge. A woman with two children, wil
| bring from $00 to $00; and girls, from ten t<
i ni'irj t.f uin. (Yum S'10 lO St!0 HOI" ail
Villi ivv.ii y X ??1 .T ... ..p. , _ w - - ,
num. I now pay for one, about ton years o
age, $G per month by the year. I need liardb
say that negroes must be healthy and profita
ble or farmers could not pay such prices,
j 3. Is it safe to take slaves to Kansas now?
Of this there ran be no dont. They are les
i likely to escape than from Missouri; are furtke
from the underground railroads and biding plu
| ces of the abolitionists ; while the people of th
; territory arc more on the alert, and watch mor
, closely those who would steal them.
From the law there can be no danger.i
Slaves are now, and have been for years, in th
| territory, so that slavery, in fact, is already es
i tablislicd. I need not say to you that no law
j ver, unless be be an abolitionist, will preteir
I ih'.r OMIT nnchivo lnvv no/'naS:i r\* to limit ft sl:l
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very legal. But, '"to vindicate the truth of his
tory," I ought to say that the veriest school
hoy must know as matter of history, that al
though slavery existed in all the old States, ii
not one was a law ever enacted to establish it
Laws have been passed recognising its exist
once after it had an existence; never to cstab
lish it before it existed. It lias been abolished
not by the repeal of laws establishing or pet
mittit.g it, but by jaws positively and express
ly prohibiting it. Without such prohihitor
laws, It would now exist 111 every ouue in ui
Union. Until such laws are enacted by som
competent legislative power, slavery is legal i
Knnsn3. Such laws will never be enacted
'Whatever might have been the result il abc
Iitionists had not attempted to force the peopl
of the territory, their movements have "fixe
for sale, the pre-emptor enters it at one dolln
and twenty-five cents per acre. We can est
mate its then value by the present value oflan
iu the border counties of Missouri. In th
counties on the Missouri river, adjoining Kansa
laud is worth from $10 to S50 per acre. I
Platte, the county in which I reside, lan
within fifteen miles of Weston cannot b
bought for less thun $25, while much of it wi
bring $50 per acre. There is no reason wh
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' p*-y >- ? : ? -^J.1 W ^ ~~ 7 ;?- lV<)!n-?uis
i)^ :i river, or only
p'.^iviuKtgi^irrlhrx', should be less valuable. To
r iydjstuuc'e oiv JbO nwles west, the soil is but
r 'raUe, if.any Inferior to that of Missouri. Its
> great staples must be hemp and tobacco?nrtiV
cles for the cultivation of which negro labor
> is 'almost" indispensable. I need hardly sav
that, the grains ami grasses wili all succeed,
w u'kmn limntt nn<] f r\ I im f m \ noli 1i/>
H IICI V.'?IV?H|? IWi/UVVW V??ll l/V/ J^l UW II,
t - I -have said thai Kansas was not suited to
i- the poor man. I only intended to refer to those
I who design t<> till the ground. But to the
\ , poor mechanic it offers great indiieeinents. To
i all carpenters especially, and to stone and brick
, J masons, it will give constant employment at
; high wages. The rudest beginner receives
: j 81 50 per (lay?good workmen, as jounie;,I
| men receive in regular employment from ?2 to
I j 83 per day. Their expenses are light, the cost
i j of living being l. w.
I ; To all mechanics who arc not abolitionists
; I will guaranty ample compensation.
! | Those who have more slaves than can lie pro
i fitably employed in opening a farm, can, in the
j mentiine, hire out the remainder, including the
; ! women and those too young to render much
: ! service in the fencing and breaking the ground
i ! at the prices I have slated, in Kansas or Miss.
! : i... . ni .i.?
I : amii ic I iius in iww imio i m ) \?;u ui vu 111 v.
I I money to enter tin* land they call realize eI
nough tocntcrt all they may lined,
The yi eat facilities no;v ailm-ded by railroads
j and steamboat?, render a removal to Kansas
> even from the Atlantic Slate, a light. matter.
I Rarilroad from Yiiginia, (Carolina and Georgia
, are now extended to the Ohio and .Mississippi
: on to St. Louis; thence, daily packets leaves
for Upper Mississippi river, during all but two
! or three winter months reaching Kansas in
; from three to four days. Emigrants from the
Atlantic States can thus reach Kansas from six
i to ten days, at, too hut little expense, and
I without danger or trouble from the abolitionists,
i Below Cincinnati there is no danger?even
, j there a little caution will secure slaves against I
! escape. The expenses from the. Alautic Stales I
I will be from $50 to *S0?to those, who take ;
i ; cabin passage. Deck passage on the boats, in j
i I which the emigrant provides his own fare, will I
: not cost more than half the above prices.
I find I have made my letter longer than 1
. contemplated. Hut the intciesting nature o|
i the inquiries must be my excuse. You will,
i therefore, 1 hope, pardon me. and.believe me,
Your obedient, servant,
B. F. STRING FELLOW.
. j To the I Con. P. S. Brooks, Tlios. L. Clingman,
Win. Smith, and John McQueen.
Paper ?Ia!tiu;r.
in i i . . 1 r . 1. .
row persons nave an adequate men 01 me
immense amount of capital and labor employed
J in the manufacture of paper. And it is onl\ by
a recourse t<> figmesaud reliable statistics, that
a just conception of the nature and extent of
' the business can be approximated. The rate
at which tin; consumption of theartiele increases
has far outstrippped the most extravagant
anticipations that could have been entertained
and has opened the eyes of manufactures to the
startling fact that the source from which they
i have derived the material necessary for the
i manufacture of paper, and which they had
regarded as unfading has been comparatively
' exhausted ? to such an extent at least, as to
j render them no longer able to keep pace with
l"? <!.? ?% %? /! l??wre n It t?* )i ol miwi t liiti) nent'.'U I
I I I U VUllJiUiU. IKI^O ?? ilivil lli WIIV tllliv j'|\/?V<f
) :i seiious incumbrance to 11ou.<? ki?t?j?ors, ami
" wore thrown out with the daily ollhl, are now
J becoming not only sought after but an article
esteemed almost precious.
) This state of things had boon foreseen, and
the proprietors of the London Times, knowing
' the effect an advance in the price of paper
growing out of a scarcit y of rags would have
in diminishing their proiits offered a reward of
$35,000 for the discovery of a cheap and perfect
substitute for rags as a material lor the maun
facta re of paper. .Many experiments have
already been tried, ami llon^li, as yet, with
out entile success, we may >ti51 reasonably
hope, in view of what has already been ae
co'.opiished, that ultimately the desired result
will he attained. What num lias done in the
past inspires the belief that his genius is capable
of further ami greater achievements, that
indeed whatever his physical and intellectual
wants may crave its essential to the grand pro
grcssivc movement in favor of the true interests
of his race, will in time be procured and
brought within the achievement of science ami
I art. We trust, that (he check experienced in
inciting the demand for paper will soon he re
moved, as great inconvenience has already
j. heen suffered, particularly hy tliu press* Ma
ny proprietors of newspapers have been com
pulled to reduce the size of their sheets, and in
some instances suspend the publication of their
paper altogether.
We know of no more perilous undertaking,
s in a pecuniary point of view, than to attempt
r at this time, the establishment of a newssaner
We have at present in the Uuited States 750
c paper mills, which it has been estimated, manc
11 fact 11 re 270,000.000 pounds of paper a year,
valued at $27,000,000. Allowing that one
- ;iuil u half pounds of rags are required to make
e one pound of paper, we have 405,000,000
> pounds of rags consumed in one year, which
at ihc rate of four cents a pound, are worth
d $16,200,000, and if we add to this the cost
t- of manufacture which, with interest and fixed
>- capital, insurance, expenses &c., has been found
to be 61,050,000, and the cost of labor, making
an aggregate of 623,035,000 as the actual
n expenditure in manufacturing paper worth'
S27,000,000, we find the measure ofprofit by
- tirt innxiie mifoncnii-ililo ;ind U'llich tlliizllt eVCIl
'* be considered small, were not the manufacture
l> comparatively free from those sudden changes
' that effect the manufacture of cloth and metals.
>- If a substitute fur rags be discovered, which
y will keep the supply of paper fully up to the
e demand wo can readily perceive that a trees
mendous impetus will be given to the man
n ufaeture.?Baltimore American. *
t ^
^ children'
|i Port Jarvis.- The cars were inside the depot
11 building and as the train was starting she put
e her head out of the window to speak to some
y one of the employees of the Company about her
ir baggage when, her bend was caught by a post
'j standing not more than tnrce inches from- the
" side of the car, and frightfully crushed, deprh
0 ving her of life almost instantly. Her ago was
s about thirty \ears.
11
d *
e Not Represented.? New Hampshire is
li now without a Senatorial Representative in
y Congress
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tile Cnm&fn ?)tfjili) Journal.
Tuesday, January 23, 1855.
THO. J. WARREN. Editor.
Wanted at this Office,
A JOURNEYMAN PRINTER. One who undertands
Job and Press Work will receive a permanent
situation by applying immediately.
Temperance Meetings.
The Grand Division or tlie Sons of Temperance of
South Carolina will meet in this place on Thursday
next at ton o'clock. A public meeting is expected to
be held in the Daptist Church in the evening, commencing
at about seven o'clock. In all probability,
speakers will address the meeting who have never spoken
before in Camden, so that wo may expect something
new.
A Meeting ol Waterce Division. No. -0 is called for
Wednesday evening, in place of the regular one for j
Thursday, and it is earnestly hoped that every member
who possibly can will attend, as arrangements will be
mado preparatory to the meeting of the Grand Division.
Kon. J. L. Orr
TT ji 1.,. r
JIMS our lllilUMS llll i L'l.'vi: . v>uir.jlt-a?iuil.ii iikmivi.
The Southern Convention
Adjourned on tlio 16th instant subject to the crdl of
the Coinmhtec of Arrangements.
Camden School Association.
We have learned that the Rev. Air. Gilland, recently
of Davidson College, X. C., has been elected Principal
of this school. v
We may add that Camden has as good schools as
any in the State, and we take pleasure in presenting
their respective claims. ,
Cars off the Track.
Oil Friday iast a freight train coming up. ran off the
track a slihrt distance heiotv the depot, one ear was
thrown over, and its contents, consisting of barrels,
etc., were emptied out and broken, causing some ob-1
struclion to the passing of the pa-scngcr train on that
day. Nothing serious occurred, and the track is now
clear.
The Slave Trt.de
TTas recently attracted sonic interest and discussion !
hero at tiie South and elsewhere. It is a subject upon J
which every n;an lias the right to his own opinion, I
whether that opinion bo considered exactly orthodox 1
with generally received notions or not. Discussion,
when properly conducted, is productive of good ends,
and we are glad that in our country, wo may, and do,
discuss important matters without fear or favor. We I
have not the time or the inclination, at present to (lis- j
cuss this subject very minutely, but as we have been j
favored lately with a letter from an esteemed friend ;
and corresponde nt, we shall tako tho liberty of presenting
it in its present shape, ami adopt its sentiment
as ours. The article reads thus:
"I have been much gralilied by tbe publication, in
the Charleston Mercury of several editorials on the
subject of the Slave Trade. I admire the independence
of that paper in publishing its convictions apparently
so much against the public sentiment of tiie South. I
say apparently, for I have my doubts whether it is so
in reality.
"The question has not been before the public, and
what the general opinion on the subject is, remains to
be seen.
"The former prejudice against this tradi?arose from j
the magnified accounts of the " horrors" attendant j
upon the trade afier it was denounced as piracy ; horrors
made by tho enactments against it, not necessarily
resulting from the business.
" "W"c have been taught to believe that the cruelties
alleged, and pictured ny glowing imagum ions, ?nv
inseparable from tlie traffic; and their reiterated accounts
made their impression 011 the public miml, according
to the world's maxiin (as sailh a wise man.)
11 Lie confidently, ami it will alwaysdo soniethimj." Like
other fallacies which at times seizes upon the mind of
communities as well as individuals, a close examination
will dispel the illusion. Make the tinffic in slaves
lawful?legalize the business, jmk. it under proper regulations,
and all the abominations of which we have
heard so much, will iva<0 at onoe, ami there will bo
less of suffering in transporting negroes front Africa,
than there is in bringing immigrants from Mil rope, and
lor this obvious reason, that interest would lead to
sueli cure as would bring the greatest number to niarj
ket, and in the healthiest condition. As to the morality
and humanity of the tiling, there can be no question,
j To take a barbarian slave from the worst of cruel oonI
dago to bis own color, put iiim under a mild system of
servitude, to a superior race, where he may obtain a
{ knowledge of the true God, and have his moral char
actor elevated, his physical condition improved, mm
be subject to religious instruction?surely this is not
only humane but clirislian-like.
" \Vhother he is placed in this situation for this
avowed purpose or not, does not alter the case, if such
be the result to him. The good to the poor heathen
wretches is wrought out, and the design of those who
place him in the way of receiving these blessings, is
[ nothing in the account. I have rend of an Knglish
bishop who engaged in the slave-trade upon these
avowed notions.
"Should it not be gratifying to every human bosom
to sec the benighted negro, destined to inferiority, and
in their own land slaves to their base fellows, brought
i from their savagely cruel masters, anil placed in sub!
jectlon to the white race, wlicro tlicircondition in eve
ry respect would be so vastly improved? This is the
only way in which they can bo raised from barbarism
?and when raised from it, the only way they can bo
kept from relapsing into it again is to keep them in
servitude to a superior rave. History has amply verified
these truths.
" Several years ago, upon a vi.:it to Charleston, I
recollect having a long and interesting conversation
with an elderly and intelligent gentleman on this subject
of the slave trodo; we discussed the matter pretty
much in the manner of the Mercury, and came to the
conclusion that it was highly probable that the trade
would be opened and legalized at some future day.
" The old gentleman was of the opinion thut the
Nortl), having gono to one extremo, would go to the
other, and join us in the .measure.
"Iam pleased to find publio attention drawn to
this subject;- and that thinking men North and Soutli
are examining the question. It is a question that will
bear examination, and will lose nothing by being
brought to the light of calm reason.
Increase of Price.
The Charleston Standard has raised its subscription
price on the Daily from $6 to $8 ; and on tri weekly,
! from $3 to ?1. uur menus are pcriectiy rigui m una
matter. Thoincroaso in the price of materials justifies
.this step.
Fire in Charleston.
A firo occurred in Charleston on Friday morning
last, consuming about twelve or fourteen buildings in
Chalmers Street. Loss, about seventy thousand. Mr
Allen Sponccr, au engineer on the South Caroline
Railroad was severely crushed by tho falling of the
walls of & stable, and has since died.
' <*. ....
The Yorkvlile Enquirer. ^ >*. J
Welinvc tbe pleasure to acknowledge the receptigp |
nf ?"" ""mWa rvf this excellent non'er. whose 1
VI Mil v uuuiuviw w* ..... ___r ,
* K' ? "
prospectus wo this wtek pnblish. We recognize in the I
Enquirer our friend Mr. Melton, late of tit & Standard, i
HTs graceful and able pen bears the mar&'ofife holder >4
We cordially extend to Messrs. Melton.& Miller our
warmest salutations, with every wish for their success
and happiness.
Foreign Periodicals.
We call attontion to the advertisement of-Messrs.
Leonard Scott A Co., of New York, who arotherepnblishcrsot
the Foreign Reviews and of Blackwopd'a *
Magazine. Their prospectus for 1855 will be found in ,
our paper to-day, which will give our readers a proper
idea of the merits and character of the works which j
they republish. ';'v< ,
The Soil c? the South. . .J
| Wc have the January number before us. The reputa [
tion winch this excellent Agricultural Monthly enjoys
| is a sufficient guarantee of its merits.
Published in Columbus, Ga., by Lomax A Ellis, at
i 0110 dollar per annum, or six copies lor live ctoirars.
Kditcd by Messrs. .Tames M. Chambers and William IT.
Chambers, Agricultural Editors, and Charles A. Peabody,
Horticultural Editor. ' .
The Camden Light Infantry
Made their appearance on Saturday last in full feather,
and wo may be allowed to express our gratification at
| tho splendid display which they made. The uniform
is very handsome, and the company made a most capital
turn-out. The marching was admirable, andaltogetber
one of the best parades which we have seen
for a long time in our streets. The corps is well officered.
and the members are all citizens of our town
and immediate vicinity with one or two exceptions.
The following comprise its commissioned officers:
THOMAS J. ANCRCJM, Captain.
| JosEi'ii B. Kershaw, 1st Lieutenant.
James I. Vii.lkpigue, 2d "
Samuel D. Siiankox, 3d "
We.parnestly hope that the Camden Light Infantry
may long continue to flourish in our midst as the pride
and ornament of our town.
Limestone Springs School.
We take pleasure in asking attention to the adverti.-erncnt
of this deservedly popular Female High
School, which is situated, as is generally known, in
one of the most desirable and healthy localities in the
State. We have recently had a visit to our lowu from
Dr.-Curtis, the learned nud accompli-lied Senior rriucipal
For particulars see advertisement.
Greenwood Schools.
Special attention is called to the advertisement op
the Male and Female High Schools at Greenwood
which have heen recently placed under the chnrgo of
Rev.IS. Donnelly. late of this District, as their Principal
It affords us pleasure in making this reference, as v*t
can speak with eonlidence in regard to the excellence
of these Schools, in point of health and desirableness
of location, they are unsurpassed in tho?Statc,and the
community of Greenwood will compare favorably with
that, of any other.
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE*.
Arrival of the SSetmasIiip Canada.
Halifax. N. S. Jan 17.?The steamship
Canada, Ca; t. J. Stone, has arrived hern from
Liverpool, which poll she Lit on the 6th inst.
bringing one week's later intelligence.
Oenkual Intelligence.?The only items
| of general interest received by this arrival are
i the fob owing:
The S ienna negotiations had been postponed
Ibr a fortnight, li.us affording another chance
|br peace.
' 1 in-: Liveui'ool Cotton Maukkt.?The
j Circular of Me>si>. Miiligan, Evans, Leinpriere
I ami Co. show an improvment in the Middling
qualities. The sales during the week comprise
; eil 86,000 hales, of which speculators took 800
! and exporters 8500, leaving 20.700 bales of all
d' si iiplions to tiie tiade. Fair Orleans, was
'quotidatfr 1-24; Middling Otleans, 5d ; Fair
; Uplands. 5 8 fid. and Middling Uplands at
4 8 4d per lb.
f Flour was quiet ami unchanged. Western
Canal commanded 48s. Ohio 17s. ami Phila
deljiliia 40s. per bbl. of 10i3 lbs. Corn was
worth I'roin 4 Is. 64 a 46s. per 4fi0 lbs.
\ The Allies, at the latest advices, had three
! Imndivil gnus leadi to uneii a tire titton Sehas
r ? i
| ;iiid r iMiii.liHiding il for forty-eight
hours, would storm the place on the south side.
: Tliev were only awaiting a lavoralde opportu
nity. >
j The Liverpool Provision Market was firm.?
Lard was easier.
Tin: Statu of Tiudk. ?In Manchester the
I aspect of commercial affairs was unchanged.
Tin: i.onuon Mo.nkv Maiikkt.?Consols
I closed at '.)<> 3 1. American stocks were firm.
Lakui: Taili ki:.?Mr. lingers, tlie extensive.
London Irun Merchant, had failed lor a
large amount.
General 1ntel.lkjknce.~- 1 he London /imc.s
I advocate* the immediate removal of Lord Rag!
Ian Irniii liis eummand in the Crimea, on the1
1 ground of ineouipeteney. It also bitterly assails
the Ministry, and says that Lord Dalhousie,
the present Governor of India, is the
' onl y right person for Secretary of War.'*
In the Vienna Conference, on the 28th ult.,
: the Representatives of England, France and
1 Austria agreed upon and drew'un an inter
priMalion ?if the four points. The Austrian
Minister then carried the document, to the Russian
Minister, Prince Gortschnkoff, who was
i in company with the Prussian Ambassador.'
| When asked whether he was prepared to accept
the interpretation without reserve or modification,
the Prince replied that, his instructions
; were only to treat on the - basis of the four
! points, hut he should like to have-a fqrtmght
in order to communicate witlrthe Czar, -which
was granted to him.. The terms are reported
| to he neither hard or humiliating to .Russia, and
the Russian inteipretation of the four ..points, is
said to differ little from that given-i<Cthem ..by,
-j the Allies. . *
- The siege works of the Allies nt-SebastopoJ>wwere
advancing to completion, and reinforce-.
T'LA AHA oMHii'Sn/* ^lana^ul PanMikanf ?*?
i Tcv^Hh o* v'vucioi vhiii uuvi v vrnito1
tiiflHiik nojjv able to take the offensive and
niake^ob^^k^tf^.Tbe army* also, was
full of C'/nfidHiicej.J'^cawely a night passed
without an attack ttebg^ro^de on the French
linos. The French wnntMialend to the bottom
of Quarantine Bay, but .raMttttssians fierc y
contested every inch oT.*HMid ^before at
point was gained. - .
(,'ommi:h('I \L [' Ti:i,UGENGB?^|Kfct BrnWl)
. & Shipley ijuo'e the demand far.^M^on as
being chiefly confined to Middlin^pP&ffiiflher
: (]11a 1 itie5 were not (.piotahly lower.
.Mulnic ruled at 4 7-8(1., and Inferior at TOpP
. 3 1 2d a 4 l-2d. The market closed quiet on l
i Friday evening, the 5th inst. The saleso'ftnel
) week wero 36,000 bales, of which speculators
took 800, and exporters 850 (not 8500, as pub-'
iv
A '
' I
iahed voeterdiiy, in consequence of an error in
iinsmissioii committed L?y one of the telegraph,
c^opc^atora at Columbia.) leaving 34,350
mles of nl&^crjgtfuns to the tiade. The
stock on hancf eiljjj^rised 542,000 b;ilos, in.
- -.ijHfc.. Congressional. nflfc
TVashinoton Jan. 15.'-The fcentfte passed
lo-day resolutions; in* favbrfof .sendtng relief td^.
:lie,Arctic. Expedition. The
Ocean ,Mail/.'Stenmship "Ap^ropriat i.M^K^;.
Bill was taken nip; * v ' ;V
In the House of RepresentativesfMfcLetch^^^,
?r called up ,a case.'-of privilegerHh^t;ofrW.h
B."Chase, who refused to aiiswer/q^eriea-Befp^.^^-vv.;
<\ Committee appointed last session to TnveSH^HME
gate whether money or qther
ns(?d to influence t1ie: votc^''of:m|rhbers of -V.
Congr^s. The subject, :hdfr?ver, " was -pos^^^T* v
poned'.
.The House went 'into. Committee' of ?.
Whole on the Pacific Rail RoSd Bill. . '"
Air. Stephens, of Georgia, argued ur
of the superiority of Slave over .Tree .labofi5f|fl|jgy(
and incidentally advocated the ncQulsltiqn-qi^^
IV!r. Boyeo, of South Cniolina, replied
ly in opposition 'to the'acquisitioh of CubansCriBbeing
a measure fraught with danger to
JaN'uauv 16.?In tho.House today a
debate took place on the Pacific ,RaiIx|loa,d
Bill. All but the fust two sections wereStrlck??Br
en out in order, to admit a substtiute offeredv'-yy
by Mr. Dunbar, who said it trasJhp same -a*|fe"
that unanimously reported by-the SenatejGoni
mittee. It establishes three different routes for /;*
a Rail Road and "'Telegraph,?the *S6utherji^a^j^
commencing at the Western borderof. -ithe
Central or Western route from Missouri'-? ^/J' '
and the Northern from the Weston
Wisconsin in Minnesota. They are oli^proc-^^;'.'.'
ticahle. Mr.'Letcher moved to strike .oti^
enacting clause, pending the" discus^on'oC .
which motion the Ilouse adjourned. '
The Senate, in Executive Session, contirme^^^^^
the nomination of Mr. Breckeoridge-.nasTllJnisi;^^^'
ter to Spain. , Jaxuauv
17.?The Senate to-day. debated**^;-1
the Judicial Reform Bill.,. . v.- . . '
The Hou-e'was occupied in disctissii
Pacific Rail Road Bill.
It is stated in Diplomatic circles mlliis city,1
that Mr. Soule was chilled into-'liis tesTgri'ati^^^&tas
although in all his official intercourse
I lie Spanish authorities, he received the.. mos^^Tmarked
attention tlmt thorough br.ec^iijyij^jtHHHH
politeness cot.Id dictate, vet .himself and \
iv hoth as regarded tlie offii ialsaxityjje
of./asliiohahle society in Madrid, were socialfy
. The President has decided to - reverse^ liis?jg^/'
policy relative t<> neiv territorial acqoisUionsj^-;%-;Ti
and wiil now go against all the "hfftiexation^^Bfifc;
schemes?even the Sand wich .island
. January 18.?The Bnjfremfe
tli'liv. red it- decision in the case of FonfrAmt^&V.
vs. Ravcncl, relative to the ' Kohite estate,^an$$.r <-J
sustained that of the. Court below in favor
The House was occupied to day with 'tlfis^H?
Pacific Rail Road Bill/ -
J am? a ny 19.-The Senate passed a bjlKoi'day^^||^
Ibr the relief of the representatives of Baronv^^^j
DeKalb, appropriating $66,099 for that pur '
pose. '1 lie [louse hill to erect a light
at riupe Race was taken up, discussed, ntid.^V ^passed
by a large majority; / "
iMr..(r\\Mii into'dneed a bill to eStablish^a
weekly express mail between New Orleans or
St. Louis, overland to California. The Bouirty
Land hill was discussed. The Seimle' thcn'TsSB
went into executive session.
Obituary.
?)I liD?Tn Millodgeville," on the 12th inat. Mrs.
Caroline K. Shannon, Wife of Dr. Charles G> Shan-'_$~?|s
noil, of Houston, Ga. . - Arri
vals at llic Mansion Housc,.^
FOR THE WEEK ENDING JAN.; 20.- - ^
] :. G. ROBINSON, PROPRIETOR.
S N Atkinson. Darlington S II Brewer,<k Ludy.'Ker-'setj^^
Win Mungo, Kerelinw shaw
J J Luchiy, Richland Mrs J C Haile. i child,
B M Thacker. Ya i F D Green k servt. Sura
GR Uodloy, Davio Co., tcr -V^iv
NO 2 Master Greens, . dp.'
Banyan Payne, Tenn J Tillman, Kershaw ' -*
TM Hamilton, Anson N0 M-D Miller, . do
II I Hancock, Lancaster T Duren, Beaver Creok . Sjapgfr-'
G F Cucter Charlotte J Brown & Servt,''L. fiUlBSaqB
S B Hcrron, Virginia W"Dixorir, . do
P F Ingrem, Kershaw, ' S Wilsdn, S.dmterv' a.vT
J B Massey, Longstreet W Wells do.
J McLure, Kershaw J n TVilhcrspoon - do.
John Perry, Liberty Hill WW Smith, New York
II C Bolton, Virginia. J C 'Secres^-Lady
Miss M J Douglas, N. Y. - .Servt.-;Lan'caater~j''*^^^^^
Jas. E Cousar, Lancaster Miss Holleyraan&2 nieces
B C H Pheuix, Baltimore _ . . Camden ,
W King, Munro .Hugh Craig,.Chesterfield,
G B Copeland, Kershaw J Tiller, Lynches Creek x
A Robertson, N. C. W Massey, Longstreet'
W C Prown, Liberty Ilill S B Robinson; New York'
j a neam, i^ancaaier.. jir motuer8uea,^aia.^:; .v?5-y6^k';
J D Young, Kershaw A Cauthen, "
P II Youug Florida- A BBoon, N. C.. ^ jjfpj*^Thos.
11 Benton, N. C.. Jesse Kilgore,' "Kerehair
W H Trull, do. W M Green, Sum tor- .itf&E&t,
J R Dye, Beaver Creek .
CAMDEN PEICES CUBSSOT;.
B AGGING, perynrd,........v. .-.'v.;.. .r 14 to
BALE' ROPE, per pound, 11 to 15 jjSEK
BUTTER 16 to 25
BACON, /...:" ..;.. .'.V ^ j to 12
COEFEE. .-12- to 14
CHEESE, ." via.
COTTON, .. :. 6 " to 64
CORN,... .per bushel, 87 to 101> ' -;
FLOUR,., .per barrel, v .900 to950"
FODDER,... .per cwt 871to 100
LARD, per pound, , .'.- cT2lto lfYSMH
MOLASSES, .pergallon...... :l ^.30. to; 37; . j;
OATS,...... .per bushel, M to WK peas....
:toio?.
SUGAR...;.per pound,. ;.... ...'" 6 to 12
;BALT......per sack.. .' > -ft
O'*" ^ST'-tlVe first Mob<ttVin February next, I .will
befote.theCourt Honserdoof'to CamttenilAt
usual iioutf .of sale, * negro man slave name* Jack;.
Bold to foreclose a mortgage, executed .bynames
vDeoeiaber 18^0A - v -W; Gr MOORB: "? t-Sra
Jar.. 23-r-td. - > ; Agent for Mortgage.-/>
'1:: to the .Bank ?f Camden,
certificate No." Undated 25th J\jne 1310 "for twlfa&i
shnrea, standing in the name W.MefC'Parker. ffiftwflH