The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, November 08, 1848, Image 2
THE WHIGS?THE FREE SOIL P.VRTY.
There is now no mistake, thai the Whigs of
the North, in order to keep their rank and file
from going over to Van Bureu, have taken the
hold ground that they aro the genuine original
rjfii*MH?il party. '" Their argument is, Gen. Tavlor
is S.q^JBVINLY PLEDGED to allow the
'Mjority in C ongress to do as they please ; that i
Jj?it .majority is in favor ot Free Soil ; that
Millard Fillmore is with them ; that Gen.
' Timor can, and Van Burcn cannot, he elected ;
^ ^wlTfiat free soil and nholition of Slavery in
><|Sf 'District of Columbia, are certain iu lite
v . tft&ht of Taylor and Fillmore's election. But
we do not speak without authority. Look at
' ' the following extracts from the address of the
, r Whig Convention of Massachusetts:
, The sentiments of General Tat/lor are be.
liered to be in accordance iciJh those of the
'* WXjjfr.f of Massachusetts, while those of Gen.
Cass are known to be directly opposed to than.
" * * *
Now, if there ever was a question settled by
?v_ nti,?
iuc vaiiu>l9 l/r|;uiiiiirino ?/. %? ? ...
. nod acquiesced it) by the people, it must be that
of life ordinance of 1737. It was affirmed by
the^Brst Congress, and expressly recognized in
the organization of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin. Iowa, and Oregon : and
has the sanction of WashingfWi and his sue.
cessors in office, and has been sustained by the
j highest judicial tribunals of the country, //ere,
then, is a case where Gen. Taylor would br
bound to withhold his veto, in case Congress
A should pass a bill excluding slavery from the
Territories. Nor is this all ?he ha* pledged
* -- himself not to attempt to influence the action
of Congrrss on this or any other question of
domestic, policy. * * * * j
'Under all hese circumstances of the case,
we aug satisfied that tdk election of
Gen. Taylor is tiie most effectual way
of securing the object we all have at
~ iikakt. Such are our convictions, and such ire
believe will be I he conclusion to which ALL
FREE SOIL WHIGS will come on due reI
flection."
Sec too, the address of the New York Whig
^ Convention :
All we have a right to ask upon the subject
of ' Free Soil," or all wo can expect from tho
candidate of a Federal Union, in which there
are as many slave-holding as non-slaveholding
States, arc pledged in the principles of the Allison
letter. If we can obtain a majority in
^Congress to prohibit the extension of slavery,
or-io maintain freedom where freedom already
axis' ?if the democracy" of New York, (?o
culjied.) which has been hitherto opposed us on
this subject, will unite with us now, and create
, that majority, the principles of Zachary Taylor,
who has never broken a pi edge, will secure
-.freedom in a Terrilory which their war con
quercd for us to quarrel with the South and to
jeopard the Union about."
tv. Head again these extracts from a speech of
linn. Walter Forward, a leading whig of Pennsylvania,
and once a member of .Mr. Tyler's
cabinet, delivered on the 14th nit , at Pittsburg.
,.AIr..Van Buren is the candidate of tbc free
soil party. As for their free soil, it was noth.
tug but an old whig doctrine. The. whig*, as a
^ j party, have always been opposed to the extension
of slavery?many prominent whigs in tho
..slave States were with tho Whigs of the North
r -in their opposition to slavery extension. Where
were these men, these free soil men, in 1344?
-f,Were they not united to a man in favor of Mr.
Polk, and in support of the measures of slavery '
... :? u? ? Wl?, ihn.i i
UliCiMIUift WUIVU 11(7 rin.wuivu j .? ..w .
withstood the schemes with which Mr. Polk !
was identified?the slavery, annexation of|
^Texas, and all the issues growing out of it; of j
war, debt, and demoralization ? The whig
. party, fellow citizens ; the whig party did it,
^jithilo not a .word on the subject was heard
.jkorn Mr. Van Buren and his friends. (Cheers.)
was glad to see the principle of freedom I
appreciated by those gentlemen, Mr. Van Buren
and his friends, but their free soil doctrine
was one item in the old whig cr^fid. [Cheers.]
It is our old principle, and their new position.
[I#oud and prolonged cheers.]
Mr. F. would repeat what he had once before
said, the whigs want nothing that they
cannot attain from a majority in Congress.
,They desire to see the will of the people car.
ried out, and not defeated by an exercise of
.'authority as arbitrary as that of the Emperor of
Russia. Thpy were in favor of popular sovereignty?and
Gen. Taylor, in his Allison letter,
and hy various other means, was pledged to
their views on the veto power. Gen. Taylor
said it should never be exercised, except on
..great occasions?when necessary to save the
constitution from violation. The veto question
"was a question betwpen the Executive and the
people?Gen. Taylor was on the sido of the
[people. He will sign a tariff, it passed by
Cong ress.
* t * * *
But let us look a little further into this qnesiion
as to the extension of slavery. Gen.
Taylor has pledged himself to the whig doctrine
on tho veto question. Ho is pledged himiteir
to abide by and submit to the will of the
people as expressed through Congress, unless
such expressions involved an infraction ol the
constitution. What man, the least acquainted
with the constitution, does not recognise the
right ot Congress either to permit or prohibit
tho extension of slavery in the territories? No
question has heen more plainly decided, in
effect, hy the Judiciary. It is a question of
rights and limitation, about which there can be
no difficulty. Slate sovereignties have the
power of controlling the institutions within their
own limits, Congress has the power of controlling
it in the territories. Gen. Taylor, irrre he
" A?// i/ii'/jn/r tho t> riru v/nn nf vlst.
IAJ UfTIM U ri*?- v.v i*u?v.? ? /
very, would be false to the most s-demn pledges.
He will not do if?he cannot?dare not.
,Wh:?l Southern man can resist this evidence?
What Southern man can rejoice over Whig
victories at the North, acquired under such
au?plccs? Who cannot see, that if Taylor
and Fillmore are elected, the South is hound
hand and foot, and that the days of her prosperity
are numbered ? What Southern man, j
will lend his aid in forging the manacles that '
are preparing for her?
Will hot the danger?the imminent peril of
the South, open the eyes of her own sons and
restrain them from the suicidal act, which many
in the madness of | arty zeal, are prep.uing to
perpetrate ?
A SgoHciiRu!?The following is an extract
from an eloquent and powerful letter of CJov.
Smith of Virginia :
" Tho ambition of the nou.Klavehnlding :
State* which seeks its gratification by exelud
ing us from cur newly.acquired territory, ami
which is most strangely countenanced if not
encouraged by a great party in our midst,
leaves me but a hope that our Union will
endure for the ordinary ago of nations. Were
our people united in stern rebuke of the North
for the wrong they would do us, I should have
no apprehension of that great calamity?
disunion. But when did the Whig party of the
??fa?
South arraign tboir party or their leaders for
unjr act ol hostility to the South? They will
bitterly denounce, however, Northern Democrabs
who take Whig ground upon tin; slavery
questim?; they will stoutly argue to show that
those of them who take ground with us are
unsound, and therefore ought not to be trusted;
and if they fail in'making their positions eiear,
ill ay will forcibly denounce them as tiicksters
and tiaitors, acting all the while, too, in close
and cordial Harmony witti those who ?,10 pressing
i 1 determined hostilily upon our common
and most vital interests. 1 have not seen or
heard from whig person or paper a complaint
even of Mr. Weli-ter, for his remit kahle
avowal that he would not support General
Taylor, but for his conviction that he (the
General) was opposed to the introduction ol
slavery into our newly acquired territory; not
one. Yet, with the charming consistency, as
modest as consistent, they affiliate in brotherly
love with Ashrnun, Corwin, the two Smiths,
WebMer, Fillmore, and hosts of such worthies,
and at the same moment denounce Folk's signature
of the? Oregon bill, and rant in good set
plnasc at General Ca?s (or alleged unsoundness
on the slavery question. Oh for a whip
of senqduns to lash such lactionFts naked
around the world !"
RIFLE MAKING AT WINDSOR, VT.
A correspondent of a Rochester paper gives
the following interesting description of Robins
dz Lawrence's rifle manufactory, at Windsor,
Vermont.
They commenced their building about three
years since, and expended in buildings, machinery
and materials, 811 ">.000 before they
made one rifle. About 4000 of their rifles
j ha*e been doing our country service in Mexico,
j Their principal building is 100 feet long and
44 wide, and four stories in height. They
have several other buildings for forging their
work. Hiid lite various other operations connect.
I ?1 - :.r .t.-:- V 1 ......tr-iet wilh
e<i wuri int* i iiuaint-s.'<. nr uw> ......
the United States Government was lor 10.000
rifles. They however, have another, and much
larger contract, made last January, although
the first is not yet completed. They turn out
500 rifles per month, all in complete order.
'I hey employ 100 artizans, besides 35 in the
furnace business, making castings and carriages
for the Rail Road. The barrel is made
from American iron, diawn froin flat liars into
"scalps" of the proper length arid thickness.
These scalps are then rolled and welded around
a steel rod under a hammer that makes 1500
blows per minute. During this operation the
rod has to be frequently withdrawn to prevent
its becoming welded with the iron annealing.
The barrel thus formed, next goes through the
process of "/in/ boringturning, rimming and
straightening, a!! of which are curious enough,
hut the last more particularly so, as it is done,
or rather is ascertained to he correctly done by
the eye observing ft shadow. The next step is
passing through a trial and inspection by persons
appointed by Government.
They are loaded with 130 grains of powder,
two balls and two wads, and tired each twice.
If they stand this test, they pass on to the process
cf finishing inside, which is dune by rifling
machines at the rate of one barrel per hour to
each machine. They afterwards pass through
the process of browning, which requires groat
care and skill to make it succeed perfectly,
i..-;., or., iciwinf.wl ;?nil verv few reiecled
-l-.il.I J ?.V ..?r. - j j
on account of the smallest possible defects in
the. material. Stocks are made Iron) Black
Walnut, which has been seasoned three yoirs
before working. If you have seen .Mr. Curlis's
last machine, you will have a tolerable
idea of the first process. These stocks pass
thro gh six different machines ; and a rifle,
before it is complete in all parts, passes through
more than 100 different machines, a gieat
share of which are tlio invention or improve,
inent of Mr. Lawrence. If he wants a cer.
tain thing, ho first invents a machine to do it,
and then sets it to woik as a man would a hoy.
The most singular machine is the one he
calls the "letting machine." It performs ser.
oral difficult and delicate operations with a facility
and ea?e that is perfectly nMoiiishiiig. It
cuts out the places to receive the barrel, ramrod,
lock, patch box, butt plate, guard strap, side
plate, bauds, slings, dee., so exact that they
require no hand labor.
The mounting is of brass, fini.-died nearly
complete by machinery. The lock work is
forged in dies. It afterwards passes through a
great variety of machines and comes out in the
most perfect shape. These machines illustrate
mn.?t effectually the surprising advantages of
"Yankee ingenuity." Each piece will lit in
any of the numerous rilles made here. There
it no such thing as trying the several parts to
make them match each other. Baits that are
alike are thrown together and taken at ran
dorn, when wanted to make the gun, and so
perfect are they that they need no alteration
whatever.
There are constantly employed three United
States Inspectors in the estalili-hinent. The
rifles when complete do m>t vary two ounces
each from the other in weight.
CoUNTEKFKlTKK A HUESTIM).? V mail who
gives his name as Collins Smith, and says he
lives in Floyd, County, Georgia, though a native
of Spartanburg District. S. C. was arrested
near this place on last Thursday, charged
with having passed Countcifeit Money. He
passed through litis village and exchanged so v.
en dollars ot his spurious coin with one ot our
grocery keepers, hut had not been gone long
In-line the fraud was discovered, and lie pursued
and apprehended. A portion of his counterfeiting
implements were found in his pocket and
a small ipiantity ol the base metal hit used, in
his saddle.bags. He is now in jail?sole tenant
of that building, and the first one it has had
for a lung time. Our County, it seems, would
have little or no use for a prison, were it not
fi>r confining rascals who come amongst us
from other quarters?or else, like the printers,
it cannot get its thtrs.
The; seven dollars wnien oiniin excuangeu
hero, an; imitations of the Spanish dollar, and
dated 18HJ. though lie; Mump found in his pockel
is engraved with 1818, which makes it probable
that he has different stamps; and it is
quite likely may be connected with a gang of
regularly organized swindlers. We shall wait
for farther developemetit.s. ? Mountain liamicr.
Hr.oony Tkauudy in Auk.wsas?A dreadful
afFray took place at Yebville, Marion (bounty,
Arkansas, on the illh instant, in which three
men were killed and several wounded. The
Batesville Knglc of the 17lh furnishes the following
account of it:
The town Yellville, in Marion county, was
on last Monday week the scene of one of the
most frightfid and disgraceful rencontres that
we have ever known. We would premise,
*'?4 /*?? line luinii utoiro/l lin.
lli;u H?r III Illy Illi-Iii II"- in VII nn^vu
tween the Tufts aiul their friends on the. one
part, and the Kvrretls nndtheir friends on the
other, a most deadly fend. The wnr between
tbo Montagues and Capulets did not begin to
?s
equal it. It seems thtPa man namrd Mooney, <
who belongs to the Everretts wing, was badly '
beaten some three or tour weeks since; and (
that the Kveretts and Mooney got tip a kind of t
agreement among themselves, hy which they t
ami their adherents formed themselves in- r
. .. ?...I..,:..,. .i! fin,I flufilfirti) ihnf the t
I HI <1 I r^lllilllll^ ......
! Kings, Shelt, Williams Hampton and Tutt must j
I leave the courtly. Oil Monday llie; all met at S
Vcllville. Hampton Tut I lias a store there, i
. and was prudent enough to keep out -ifthe way. i
] iU Jtnew that a row would lie raised, and that t
they would', jfpossible hill him. J. Turner, j
Esq., spoke there thai day, and after the speakinn,
the two parties armed In i';e teeth,had some i
words, and drew up in buttle arra>; hut the mat- I
tor was quieted, and no outbreak t>ok place, i
A man liy the name of Wailkitis, ofthe. Everett |
party, shot down Jack King. At the same |
time, Sim. Everett fired at Sinclair ami missed |
hiin. Sinclair returned the shot, inorlilly worm- !
ding Everett. King's brother was iliot at by t
liurtlett Everett, the ball grazing his shoulder, l
he in turn, shot Martlet! Everett (bad in his
tracks. After Sim. Everett was shot, he galli i
ered a rock and pursued Sinclair; nit finding i
King, who had been shot in lite beginning of
lite right lie turned on hiin, and inashtd bis skull
iu a shocking manner, and expired while in the
act. King lived until morning, W'adkins was
badly beaten. He was taken into ersloily, but
rnT'ie bis escape, tliat night. It is to be
hoped that the people of Marion vviI unite in
puling down these deeds o! blood. W'e fear,
however, that the matter is not at an Mid.
YOUNG MEN AND MARRIAGES.
The lirst thought of every young man who
I wishes to live an honest, virtuous life, should be,
| when settled out in business, to connect him.sell
with a helper by a judicious matrimonial
alliance. Don't <ay you arc pour. Who has
a good wife has a good helper. Besides, early
iiiitrriuges tetol, when judicious, to ll.c savin"
, of young uien from habit* of extravagance, dis|
sipation?and, consequently, crime. In jiiiti|
fication of the last proposition, examine the
i prison registers. They will show that five.
I sixths of all the convicts are unmarried !
| in forming such an alliance, let judgment
j direct the choice. Where passion guides, irre.
concilrahle inequalities of disposition will he
, Mindly overlooked, and a life of irksomrness
' ensue.
As it is a life-partnership that is formed, too
j much foresight, judgment and discretion cani
not ho used. Look for the woman who is
cheerful at all times?who has been schooled
in habits of domestic economy and cleanliness,
j who is willing to add to the common stock l?v
her hearty co operation. Such a woman is a
merchant ship.
In your courtship, do not raise expectations
| which you cannot fulfil. Nothing is more dis,
honorable. Having gained the affections of
your partner, it is binding upon you to merit
them afterwards by a strict compliance with the
understandings of your plighted faith. But
the young man of good principles and good
j common sense, will know how to perform his
I rliitt.i.1 it,;., mnifer nuite as well as we can
tell him.
It is the common error of a false pride
among young men, that they should commence
: a married lift- in a style at once commensurate
with their hope of success in whatever vocation
they follow. Not so. Let them learn that it
is much hotter to begin humble than to r?
trench a too highly graduated style of living.
As our Uncle Jedediah used to say, "don't
begin to build your chimnies at the top."
Wheeler's Jouruul.
The Taylor Democrats ol Charleston.
The following Resolutions were adopted by the
, Taylor Democrats of Charleston, at a meeting
! held last week.
I. Resolved, I hat while we forego none of
the principles which have hitherto governed ns
in the subordinate struggles of the parties which
have existed in these United States, we adhere
with unshaken devotion to the great principles
| which define the government of our country,
! as one of limited powers; and declare "dint
I ihe powers not delegated to the United Stales
| by the Constitution, nor pro! ibited by it to the
i Stales, are reserved to the Suites respectively,
' or to the people."
, 2. That the increase of power and influence
exhibited by tho Ami Slavery party in these
United Stales, exchanging, as it has done, a
' spirit of political fanaticism for a confirmed
j desire for sectional domination and political
I control, while it must excilo the apprehensions
i ?f all who desire the perpetuation of our Union,
! at the same time admonishes the Slavohohljng
: States that the period has arrived when an
open and direct attack wid be made on (hi ir
peculiar institutions; and nil considerations
which make its continuance and safety impor?
tail must urge them to its determined and united
support against the aggressions so unrigh*
tiously threatened.
3. "That tin? Territories of the U. States
belong to the several Slates composing (his
Union, and are held hy them as their joint and
common property," and the adoption of the
Wihuol Proviso, or any proposition intended to
accomplish the same end, carries with it not
only Ilu* denial of this right or properly; but
moreover decrees tin* political disfranchisement
of tin* Slavcholdiug States, an?l assigns to litem
a po-i ino of degrading inferiority.
4. That Congress, as tin* joint :* ?? nl and
representative of the Stales of ihis Union, lias
no right to make any law or to do anv art
whatever that shall directly, or by its effects,
I make any discrimination between the States of
this Union, by which .my of them shall be deprived
of its full and equal right in any Terri.
I tory of the United States acquired or to be
I acquired."
: 5. "That the enactment of any law," cither
; by the Congress of the United States, or by the
: inhabitants of a Territory belonging to the
I United Slates while in its Territorial condition,
! "which should directly or by its effects, deprive
j the citizens of any of the States of tliis Union
from eminigrafing with their property into any
| of the Terriloiies of the United States, will
i make such discrimination; and would be, there;
fore, a violation of the Constitution and the
j rights of the States from which citizens emigrated,
and in derogation of that perfect equality
which belongs to thorn as members of this
Union, and would tend directly to sulwerl the
Union itself."
G. That the adoption hy the Congress of the
I United States of the Wilmnt Proviso, or the
! adoption or recognition of the same principle
in whatever form it may lie proposed, "makes
1 it the doty of every SJavehohiing State, and the '
I citizens thereof, as they valne the dearest privi- I
i leges; their sovereignty, their independence,
and their rights of property; to lahc firm, united j
and concerted action in this emergency."
7. That to whatever conduct our sister
SlavohohJing States should incline, as most
| proper fir opposing this violent aggression on
our Constitutional rights, we pledge, our hearty
and united cooperation. Thai while wo re
* '
;ard as highly important a Convention of the]
Slaveholding Stales, as affording iho best plan
or a common understanding and concert of ac- !
ion, we express no preference for any panicilar
plan, except in so far as it will conduce to
general harmony, and promise the most effecual
resistance.. And that a Committee be ap>ointed,
to correspond with all portions of this
State, and the Slavcholding States, for promosng
a concert of action, and an Executive
[Committee of Fifty, who shall be authorized to
assemble us together, whenever the great oh
lectofthis organization may require it.
8. That so far as the Parishes of St. Philips
,n i m:?i.ooIo nrn <-nnoi?rned. the Presided
lial election is settled. The excitement growing
out of it, so far as wo are concerned, has
passed away. We have no organization to
preserve, exc?*ot that which will tend to main,
tain the integrity <ind independence of Slaveholding
Stares. And while we believe that
Cien. Taylor will prove fcilfiiM 10 the Constitution,
to the preservation ot our i''ghts. and the
Luaiulainnnce of our political equality "td honor,
yet, if in this we are deceived, we can rccognize
no obligation on our part to support
any man who is not true to the Constitution,
the Slnveholding Slates, and the whole Union.
9. That determined ourselves to devote all
our energy and strength to the great purpose
of combining the Southern people in every portion
ofthe Slnveholding States, we invite the
co-operation of all who believe with us that a
struggle of great and vital importance is beforo
us; one that calls for the union of all men, and
all parlies who are willing to postpone every
other consideration to the preservation of onr
Constitutional and Equal Rights, and the maintainance
of our political independence and honor.
10. Tliat in view ofthe common object, the
safety ofthe South, and the integrity ofthe Constitution,
we respectfully invite the people of the
several Dislrics ofthe State, one and all, to organize
themselves, as we propose to do, in a
great "Southern State. Rights Republican Par
/y," pledged to each other, to the. South, and
to the nation, to leave no efforts untried which
shall secure them in their rights, their institution
ntnl thnir nronprtv.
I?I J '
11. That whatever course of conduct the
people of the State ofSooth Carolina may ultimately
decide on, us proper for their adoption,
in relation to this important issue, wo shall stand
ever prepared to give it our decided and most
hearty concurrence and support.
THE CAM DEM JOURNAL.
Wednesday .Horning, November 8, 1818.
WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON, EDITOR.
O* Lieut. Duryef. will deliver a Temperance
Address this Evening (Tuesday,) at 7 o'clock, in
the Bastist Church. The public arc respectfully
invited to attend.
Agricultural Fair.
The eighth Annual Fair of the Wateree Agricnltural
Society will take place at Swift Creek on
Thursday, the 16tli instant, at ten o'clock. The
public are respectfully invited to attend.
list OF premiums to BF. awarded.
1. A silver nip of the value of ten dollars, for lie greatest
quantity of cotton.
2. A silver cup of the same value, for the greatest quantity
corn.
3. A siver cup of the same value, for the greatest quantity
of potatoes.
4. A silver cup of the same value, for the greatest quantity
of noas.
A silver cup of the same value, for the most meat,
ti. A silver cup of the same value, for the most domestic
cloth.
7. A silver cup of the same value for the beM milch cow and
calf.
8. A silver cup of the same value, for the best two year old
colt.
9. Two sweepstake prizes, each of the value often dollars.
J. BOYKIN. i>ceretarv.
D"T!ic absence of the EdiU r will account for
the barrenness ol our editorial columns this week*
The Markets.
During the past week, the supply of cotton has
been good, and up to Friday l3st, sales were made
at 4 to 5 1-4. On Friday, Telegraphic advices
were received of the arrival of the ilibcrnia, bringing
intelligence of a further decline of 1-8 farthing
which produced a corresponding decline in our
market. We now quote at to 4;}.
Flour is r.vhcr scarce, and in good demand at 5
to x\. Other articles of country produce meet
ready sale at our quotations.
ClMDLKSTON, >ov. G.
We had a very dull Cotton market on Saturday last.
The transactions were limited to some 606 bales, at ori.
ccs ranging front 4 1 2 to 5 1-2. The market cannot
bo said to liavo fairly opened under the advices brought
out by the stonincr Ilibcrnia?llio sales made, howcver,
exhibit a decline of 1 8c. on the prices current on
the proceeding day.? Courier.
The Legislature.
.... _r.t? r : ???,l
i no exini 5c>5ii,u ui iuu li^ioimuic iuu?uiiuu
on .Monday last, for the purpose of appointing Elcctors
of Piesidcnt apd Vice President of the U.
States. We received the following despatch, dated
Tuesday morning, just as we were going to
press?
The Legislature organized yesterday. Angus
Patterson, President of the Senate ; Mr. Middleton,
of Georgetown elected Speaker on the Gth
ballot.
At a meeting last evening, the following gentlemen
were nominated as Electors.
Far the State.? II. F. Perry and Thos. I.ehre.
F?r the rt ssinaal Districts.?.\\ 11 Eaves,
Alex. Evans, John L. Manning, W. J. Hanna, P.
(!. Caldwell, J. IS. Campbell and IS. G. Allston;
who will of course be elected, and throw the vote
of the State for Cass and Puller.
Governor Johnson.
The Columbia Telegraph of Saturday says, "His
Excellency Gov. Joiimson, arrived at that City on Saturd
iy last, to attend ilio Extra Session of tlio Lcgislntre,
which will convene hero to-d iy. Wo were most agroc.
nlily surprised in finding His Excellency in so much
bettor health than could have been expected, after his
long untl serious sickness. He has taken lodgings at
the P\l.metto House.
His numerous friends will he most happy, wc arc
sure, to find him in lino spirits, and ablo to move about
his apartments comfortably, with very slight artificial
assistance."
Foreign News.
The steamer Hibcrnia arrived at Boston on Friday
last, bringing Liverpool accounts to the 2lst
ult. There had been a decline of 1-8 farthing; the
sales of the week amounted to 25,000 bales, and
the market closed with a downward tendency.
O'Brien had not been executed at the sailing of
the steamer. The Jury's recommendation to mercy
had been laid before the Queen. O'Donaghue
had been found guilty and recommended to mercy
There had been a complete failure in the potaloe
croo in Iroland.
' Hon. J. L? Manning.
TVs gentleman, who had been reported to bo den*
gcrouely ill in Virginia, arrived in Charleston on Sat.
urday last, and is now at his post in Columbia.
Col. William McWillie.
The following paragraph from the Mississippinn,
will show in what estimation, our former distinguished
fellow citizen, is held by the people of
Mississippi, lie is truly one of the "brightest
jewels" of South Carolina, both as a man and us
a statesman :
This distinguished and glorious champion ol
democracy, has addressed the people of Holmes
county, at three limes and places, viz al
Richland, on Tuesday, 3d. Raynor's, VVednes.
day, 4th, and at Lexington (al the great mas."
meeting.) on Thursday, the 5th inst. He has
amply vindicated, before the people of Holmes,
the great truths as contended for by the demo,
cratic party; and his speeches will tell at the
ballot box in November.
Right well may South Carolina point to him
as one of her "brightest jewels." and proui
may Mississippi be, that she has given us s<
able 5 man, to battle itt so glorious a cause.
Col. Mcwill not be forgotten by the de.
mocracy of H< ?:nes soon, arid at some future
day, they will assist i? placing him in a situa
lion to which his commanding talents and higf
attainments entitle him.?Mittiissippiaa.
Penmanship.
We invite attention to the advertisement of Mr
IJayden, to be found in another column. We hav?
seen specimens of his writing, and they exhibi
the hand of a master of the art. Mr. If. bring!
testimonials of high character, and we observe ma.
ny favorable noticesof,his qualifications as a teach,
er, by the press, and among them, the following
from the Abingdon Virginian? (?)
"We stated a week or two ago that Mr. Ilayder
was one of the finest scribe* we had ever met with
and it now affords us pleasure to say, after bavin*
examined the proficiency of many of his scholars
that he is as fortunate in imparting instruction, ai
lie himself appears to have teen in receiving it
Wc think we can bespeak for him the confiriuet
encouragement of the people of Abingdon."
Fur the Journal.
LAYS OF THE SOUTH.
Tiib Union.
From Western wilds a La.id hath sprung?a penpli
great and free,
Whose farno is known in every clime, their flag or
every s'o,
Wlios-e heritage and pleasant homes, by mountain vali
and wold
Were won through fields of blood and strife, by patrio
sires of old.
What though this people's history, tells of no roya
line,
No titled ancestry or birth, or kingly right divine !
Bright deeds illume its every page of higher, noble
worth
Than ever graced the lineage of prince or king 01
earth.
Yes, search through the most anciont towers of carl;
feudal lore,
The legend-talcs of chivalry?of belled knights o
yore:?
Bring forth tho annals of the great, of every land am
avo.
And cull Iheir loftiest, noblest deeds, from every glow
ing page?
Recall the proudest names that e'er, have thrilled thre
minstrel's lay,
And choose the greatest and tho best, from out thi
bright array!
And where aro found more glorious names, in story o
in song
Than those who hurled from our shores, lh' oppresso
and his wrong?
Oh ! 'tis a goodly heritage, this glorious 1 nd of ours
Although we boast no ancient halls, their castellets c
towers,
True hearts are found in every home, by hillside, dnl
and glen,
And their fathers tombs around them, record the name
of men!
Out from where that tall battle pile, oVrlooks ol
Fancuils, dome,
Diro sounds of bigotry and hate, with blighting influ
encc come,
Across this fair and happy rccne, and gnlb'ring in thci
train,
A mingling horde of fools and knaves unite to swt
the strain.
Oh ! what would you, Massachusetts ! have tho spirit
of yoar siies
Departed from your classic shades, that Treason thu
aspires.
To desecrate tbeir hallowed tomb, that sacred spot^
claim Y
A birth.placo for her mongrel spawn?a brood^fc" si
and shame W
What would yo, brother freemen, by -the qnifri Ken
ncboc,
Or 'mid your srow white granite hills, hy4he shore
of Mcrrimoc ? A
Why do " Green Mountain boys" fornJ||Uieir sire
deeds and fame,? A|'
Is not ours a common herilngc?our weal o.' wo, th
sarno ?
/*
Has the South proved falso l<y |,onour, or Souther:
valor quailed ! f
Have her gallant sons e'er fullered, or in duty ove
failed ?
N?! that llag so lately' furled, linn been the gloriou
pall
Of thousands of Ix-r noble hearts, who blessed it i
their fall!
'Tis thus tee love the Union and thus her flag revere
And her stainless name and glory, still, s.'.ill to us ar
dear,
Hut for sacred rights and honor, we must not pleud i
vain,
We were equate in the compact, and equate mut
remain.
Belle.
For the Journnl.
SOLUTION OF LUNAR CAUSTIC.
v,?.
Electromagnetic Counterfeit Coin Detkcter.
Mr. Editor:?We wore nr uch amused a dir
or two since, at a scene which occurred be
twecn an itinerant vender of a recent (?) scien
tific discovery, and a gentleman of this place
The vender, a covey, apparently about 25 o
30 years of age, with full face, lair complexion
large whiskers, and "brass enough for fou
men," presented himself at the counter of oni
of our merchants, with the air of a tnan whi
I had much weighty business on hand, he drev
from his pocket a package or lilliputian vials
and with the volubility of a Philadelphia law
yer, began to expatiate upon the virtues o
"the great German Chemist's discovery in de
tecting instanter, all base coin. But Kcce sig
num. gentlemen," a number of coin spiruou
and genuine, were laid on the counter and th<
infallible test applied, which wonderful t
relate, "told the tale in a moment," at this timi
4
- n - - .
the gentle man to whom we have alluded drew
from his pocket a small vial of Solution of Lu?
nar Caustic with the stopple of whicb he also j
touched the different pieces, when lol the same
effects were produced. At this our hero for a
moment looked blank and seemed willing td
"slope" when the gentleman thinking it a pro*
filahle business selling two drams of an article *
for filiy cents, which co*ts a but it fifty rents per
gallon, proposed a partnership, hut his offer
i was politely declined, "he had already supplied
the place and beliered he would now try
p CharlestonA.nti Hujidcg.
,1 ' i .
, 1 Soptu Carolina Rail Road.?We a re ?
, much gratified in being able to r'nte tluit fbe
( ; Railroad is now doirga I letter business than it
( 1 lias done at any former period. Large quanlij
ties of produce are finding their way down to
me cny r?y mt-ans 01 mm important avenue; ?
^ | ami we understand that goods In an immense
amount are transported back in: exchange tor
| i the productions of the interior. We hare not
, the smallest doubt (hat, when the arrangement*
| which are now in progress for the accommodation
of business shall have been cmnpfeted, the
Road will more than realize the largest eipcc}
tations of its fiiends. The Company hare i
made extensive put chases in the neighborhood
j of the present Depot, with a view to its imniw
diate enlargement; and when this is done, its
benefits will be felt not onlr in the increase of
the business itself, but in the facilities it must M
afford to the officers of the road and its cits- I
omers.?Charleston Mercury. |
1
1 Ocn Railroad.?The following stalcmcnt m
3 of the amount of produce loaded at Hamburg, fl
- one of the termini ol our Railroad, tor Charles- 1
ton, during the month of October, will give !
f sooie idea of the extent of its Irostnesa: ?. 20.856
bales of Cotton;
, 13.666 bushels of Com;''' ' .*? - J w
, 330 bar-el* of FliMir;:? . /"' >i A
; 120 head of Beeves; ^
781 Hogs. '
/ . V
' For the accommodation of this amount of
j business, extraordinary activity was necessary
on the road, and we learn that its whole mn.
live power has been working double time?two
sets of hands being engaged night and dar
] fa r>
. : I'dbji; o<!i
Hon. George McDukfie.?We copy with t
3 | much plea ore the following paragraph from the
j Hamburg Journal of Thursday:
1 tiWu liii ifrul iliit/l l/\ nnnitiaitixn nn tkn. fllitka#.
ity of a letter to a gentleman in this place, thnt
3 (he health of this di*tingtii?he<J gentleman U j0j
greatly improved; and that strong hopes are eni
1 lertained by his Plivsirian of its complete restoration.
Should such a gratifying event, occur,
I it would not only he hailed with delight by his
numerous friends and admirers, hut would furnish
the strongest evidence of the efficacy of
r the Water Cure?a system, we truly believe
that is destined to confer upon mankind ouch
signal benefit and blessings." f ' ,
Smith O'Bkibn.?An Incident.,?During
V the progress of the trial of this distinguished
Irish patriot, a gentleman applied to him for
^ his autograph, when he handed him the following
lines, betokening no drooping or faltering
' on the part of Mr. O'Brien : ' ' 1 7 ''1"Whether
on the gallows high, " ''i: 1
Or in tire battle's van, .
The fittest place for Alan to die
, Is where he dies for Man. ..< / J
William Smith O'Brien." ^
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MEDICAL USES OF THE WILD CHERRY.
Ever since the settlement of America, Wild Cliarry
bus been known to pusrcM very important medicinal
r virtues. Every body know this fact, but nobody kusw
how to extract its essential properties. Every mother
gives Wild Cherry tea to her children for worms, I5>r
' cold*, and for almost every disease; and adolls throughir
out our coanlry nre io a habit of making a compound
or syrup of wild cherry bark, urid otlrer ingredients, to
e be used in spring as an antidote to cormijgj?ef1frcident
to that changeful rcason.JU-i*HWrf{dby experiment
* llni^ ?fc* s even fur n.oro important
* " qualities lhan was iis^ibed to it. .For the first stages
a of Consumption, Astnma. no matter how longstanding.
Coughs. Liv?psCoinpl?iiiil?, &.c., it in proved to be the
. beat medicine known to man. Dr, VVUlar'a Balsam of
Wild Cherry in a chemical extract of Tar, which crw
ir hunccs its value. Iu success in curing pulmonary disease,
in almost every stage, ufter our best physicians
1 cuuld do no more, has astonished tho faculty, and led
them to confess that Wistnr's Balsam of Wild Cherry
pos.-esse* a principle heretofore unknown among raedi.
8 cat men.
None genuine, unless signed I. Butts on the wrap,
per. Sold in Camden by J. R. McKain; at wholesale
f by P. M. Coi'ik.v, &l Co., Charleston, and hy Druggists .
0 generally in South Carolina. fll
n WAY&YOUTIHF.I) IT?? If not do n? delay anohter
day, but sTTJri-uiinnsliately: if vou have hern one of the ^
wise and prudent, tuul already bought a bottle, the ques.
lion is settled?yoo Imve recovered yonr health, ?
J.iyne's Carminative Bitlsnin lor Bowel and Summer complaints,
nerve fails. It is the only medicine that will core. ?
r Thousands of persons, have given their testimony in its favor.
No family should ever be without it.
* WIIY WEAR A WIG!?A majority of the wigi wornr
are wholly unnecessary. The use of JAYiNE'S IlAlIt
TONIC will always prevent the hair from falling off, and;
0 its continued use will in most eases rc-elothe the head"
with a beautiful crop of new hair. ' > i - 1
n Fever and Ague?cork warranted?Jatxk's acce:
rti.t^are warranted to cure the worst form* of Fever
and Acne. The money will be refunded in all cases if
r they fail to cure?But they never do fail.
Prepared only I)r. I). Javnc Philadelphia, and ?o!d or*
g agency by JAMES R McKAIN Camden S. C. "*
roon I.. /i| 1?.? C!.. l.....!.Li 1--.
n IS1('j17 III V/lliiril"Sli?ll, nil milium Iiijiiii iaa<i
after an illness ofhut a few hours, Dr. M. IK
I DkLkon, formerly and for some years, an eni?
ine.nt Practitioner of Med'cine in this city. Duo
ring his residence here he was, from the high
esteem enter ained fiir him l?y his fjllou'-citlii
zens, several times called to preside as Chief
Municipal Officer of Columbia.
it Columbia Telegraph. *
CAMDEN PRICES CURRENT. . Rngsiinr.
per v?I. IS to 20 j Lanl, lh 8 to Wt
Bale Hope. lh. 10 to 12 ' Lend. lb 6 to >
Bacon, lh, 71 to 8 3Iola**e*, gnll. 31 to-lU
Butter. lh. 12 to 18 jMarkarel, hbl 8 to 12,
Rmndy, gall. 28 to 35 ; Nails, lh 6f to ft
Beeswax. lh. 18 fo22 ' Onts. bu.-h 30 to 35
Beef, fresh, lh. 4 to 6 ! Oil. Sperm, gal. 1 to H
i; ltv 14 i Linseed, ir.il. TO to 76
. Coffee, ib. 8 to 10 I Peas, hgsh $0 to 55,
Cotton, lb. 4 to 41 ! Potatoes, sweet bu 27 to 50
Corn, bushel, 40 to 45 j Irish bbl
. Flour, barrel, 41 to 51 . Rve, hush 75 to 874
Fodder, cwt. 60 to 75 i Rice, bush. 3 to 4
Feathers, lb 25 to 90 j Sueur, lb 8 to 16
, Class, 100 feet 21 to 31 Salt, sack to 14
r Hides, (dry) lb 8 to 10 Shot, bog ty 11
Iron, lh 5 to 61 I Shindes, mle 2 to 24
3 Lime, bhl 2 to 21 i Tobacco, lb 10 to 75
a Leather, sole, lb 18 to 22 Wheat, bush 78 to 90.
SOWS OF TEMFBRAWaa.
lVatercc Divitioi) Xo. 9.
fl
I The regular meeting of ibis Divaion will be held
' ! on Thursday evening next* at their Hall at 7 o'clock ?
J. K. WITHERSPOON, r. s '
s I i i i i ?
a Dwellings House.
0 j To Rent, my fonner Resilience on Pair ctreet.
21 Sctu 13 (.17 tf) W, ANDERrSON.
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