The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, February 21, 1849, Image 2
From tbo Columbia Telegraph.
DISTRICT MEETING.
According to the previous notice, a large and J
respectable meeting ofihe Citizens of Richland :
District, took place in the Town Hall in Co- <
lumbia on Thursday Evening, the 15th inst. to
respond to the Address of the Southern
members of Congress, on the subject of the
Anti-Slavery agitation at the North.
Oil motion of Win. F. DeSansstire, Esq.,
Mr. Benjamin F. Taylor was calleil to the
Chair, and Or. R. W. Gibbs and E. J. Arthur.
Esq. were made Secretaries.
The Chairman having explained the ol.ject
of the meeting, and after some remarks by j
Messrs. Deleon, OeSausssure, Tradevvell and
Black, Mr. OeSau<*ure moved that a Committee
of Twenty-one he appointed to report Resolutions
for the consideration of the meeting.
The ('hair appointed the following Committee
to draft Resolutions:
Col. J. Gregg. Col. R. H. Goodwvn, Win.
F. DeSausMire, Esq., I)r R. W.Gibhes, E. JArthur,
E?q-, Edwin DeLeon, E>q . Capt.
Jos A B'.aek, Col. Mascy Gregg. John U.
Thornton, Esq., A. lI?rbeinont, K?q., A. S. j
Johnston, R?q , Win. B. Johnston. E?q., Dr. {
K. H. Pi?h?r, Chan. J. J. Caldwell, Col. J. J. '
Chappell, (ien. W. Hopkins, C. P Bookter,
Col. Jnhii English, Joel Adams, E?q., an I
Capt. Thos. H. Wiide.
The Committee having retired for a short
time, returned and reported the following Pre.
amble and Re.ohitions, which were ununim .usIjT
adopted:
The meeting of the Southern De'egatos
from twe've State? at Washington, is a solemn
warning to the South of the dangers which
await 'hem.
That Convention was imperatively railed
for l?v the unceasing aggressions of the North,
and its action meets with our cordial and decided
ap|u*idmlion.
Sacrificing upon the altar of the public
safety all feeling* of party. it i* our duly In unite
one and all, in a vigorous and manly effort (o
Hive the Constitution and to preserve thi* Union.
W* owe it to ourselves?we owe it to our
safety, to maintain our position as equal* in the
Union as a sovereign Stale, an I upon a footing
of equality with the other States?and we are
determined to ma-nUin that equality. If we
surrender it we are degraded?if we falter we
are lost.
The long series of agression* by the North
upon the right* of the Southern States, in plain
violation of the letter and spirit of the Cnn*ti
fution. is but ton justly pictured l?v our fit it hfii I
delegates. They force upon u* the melancholy
conviction, that there is a formidable party at
tbe North, that are resolved to overleap the
barriers oft lie Constitution, and set its guarantee*
at defiance. What was at first the ebolli
(iim of a few fanatics, which eieited the repro
bation, and, (a* it is was alleged) the contempt
of intelligent men at the North, has cotne to bregared
with a different eye in thiit region, and
ia turned to account by designing politicians.
Relying now but little on the rotten pretext of
a n orbid iihilanthropy, it has been boldly ai
l:?u ?. tliu Vortli lliat this is
oweii na ii?x" - - ..
a question <?f political power. That ii the Snti'h
is permitted t.? <jo into the conquered i??rrit???i-*with
h-r pecu'iar prone it v new Slave State* wil:
be created and they a fleet to fear that the balance
ofpower will lie destroyed. Il i*therefo:e bold
ly and insultingly claimed that this territory
conquered by o?r common blood and treasure,
i* free to the North, but shall not be open to
the South. It i* in vain that we hold up the |
Con si it ut in ii?it is in vain that we appeal in I
+ the \| isxoiiri Compromise ? i: is in vain that we '
point out the va?t domain which can only be j
peopled bv the North, and the rapid increase
oftheir jiopiila'ion compnrpd with the Smith.
The fiat h;w oone firth that there shall tie no
more S'ate* holding Slaves?thai the new
States shall be owned by Emigrant* from the
Northern hive. The result is manifest. In
a f*w brief years, we sha'l he inpre tenants at
will of our property We shall hold our Slaves
by sufierance, and the tender mercies with
which this new power will he wie de I by ih.North
is foreshadowed by tlie past.
ft is our solemn duty now. before these usup.
pations have reaehetl their c n-uurnation, to
?L ?i,, resist ihem. \ sing'*'
ia*r roiii.riii M .IV.
Mep further in this ro Irs*4 of agg essi 01 i*
fraught with Hangar t ?lh North?'<? 'h'* South
?to the constitution oro ir beloved country?
and the Union. Drep'v ijupiwith tin*
conviction. V'.tir CotnttrMee recommended tin*
adoption of the fallowing Resoln'ions:
1*1. R^.!r, I. That we eordiaMv up'.rove
th* action of tin* Southern delegates at their
!a'e ?n"e;<ng in Washington.
2 R"<o vi'd That no evil \vh?t*vr th t
cott'd l?efal os would !? * more intolc : h!e hn
submission to the grievances, injn t <v .hi I dgradation
which we have endured, and with
which we are threatened.
3d. Resolved, Thai the Citizens of Richland
District are pr< pared to unite with tied fellow
citizens of the other Districts of the State, and
nftheother slave balding State*, in adopting
the must" effectual rrieans of arresting the liir
ther progress of sueh injustice, oppie-sion and
degradation.
4th. Resolved. That we have witnessed
with proud satisfaction <he firm and maiih
course ??f iheancient common wealth of Virgini-1
and eheerfu.'lv recognize her claim to he c ?
sidered the leader of the ,Sntlih**rn Stales in ah
that concerns their honor and their just rights
uniler this confederacy.
5. Resolved. That we recognize in the no
hie stand taken hy our sist-r State of North
Carolina, the land of M iron, of D tvii* .triil o|
Cast on, the ?nme spirit which animated the ci'i
zen? of Mecklenlrerg, in the times that tried
men's souls.
fl. Re?ol vedt That a Ci?meniltee of Safety lie
appointed to correspond willi the eiiiznis ol'th
jf other Districts of this State and of the ot|;e
slave-holding Stales, for the |>nq>o-e of devising
the proper measures for their common safety;
and that they have power to convene the citizenof
this District whenever in their judgement th
puldic interest inav demand it.
B. K. TWLOR, Chairman.
R. W flmBKs. J Q .
K. J. Abtiilh.
Cukf. for IJydrohhoria?\t Udina, i'i
Fruits, a poor man lying under the FiighHul tw?
tuft* of hydrophobia was cured with some
draught* of pure vinegar, given him by rni?tal<i<
instead of another potion. A physician at I'ndura
got intelligence of this event at IMina, an<
tried the same remedy upon a patient at thr
hospital, administering to him a pound of vine
gar in the morning, another at noon, nnd tin
third at sunset, and the man was speedily nw
jiorfrctly cured.
The Cherokee Advocate announces the deatl
nf Mich.nti-nn.pee, the principal chief of ih?
Seminole*, suddenly, a few days since, at For
Gibson- He came down upon business, appa
ren'ly In the possession of unusual health ; hu
?r6lbe morning, Mich anmo-pce wa? a corpse
?
INTERESTING FROM CALIFORNIA. ,
Mr. Robert Atherton, merchant, of San i
Francisco, who has resided for ten years on the i
Pacific, left Siin Francisco on the 10th ofDe- t
cember, and arrived in New.Yerk on Monday
last. Ho came overland via Muzatlan, Guadalasara,
.Mexico and Vera Croz. The passage
from San Francisco to Mazutlan occupied ten
days, the vessel touching at only one port.?
From Muzatlan to Mexico, the journey was
made on horseback in six days. Mr. Alhertoti
lias accomplished the whole of this long and
arduous trip with remaikable despatch, having
been ??n!y 01 dav? upon t!ie route; the cost of
the whole, from San Francisco ti? New York,
has Ihmmi about .$700.
The particulars below are copied fiom the
New York Tribune and Herald.
The gold region is now untie stood to embrace
a territory a thousand mile in length
and three hundred in width. The gold is dis.
trilnjted over this vast extent, though by no
means equally, some parts being of surpassing
richness, while others n?e comparatively barre
11 of the precious metal. No limit can be
fixed to the number of men who may find employment
in extracting it, or to the length o{
time fi>r which gold-digging may be profita
ble. There i< room enough for all who may
desire to make their fortune by this new sort
of attractive industr), and a sufficient quantia?
l.i-.# Ir* tin* o-irfli t/i L'lipn
IV oi I lit; jjiiui'inii; uvi.ii in wuitu iw ... ...
th^ni busy indefinitely.
But as we learn from Mr. Atherton, the business
of mining ha* nothing that in agreeable
except the goldlhal it sometimes, nut always,
produces. In short. it requires the hardest hind
of la'air, as only strong constitutions and inns.
e!e< iudmated by toil can undertake with a prospect
of success.
Young men delicately brought up who are
more familiar with the drawing-room, cotin'ing
room, or lawyer's office, than with the plough
or sledge.hammer, had better keep their iinagi
nations free from nil visions of placers, rivers
floating with gold dust, and big lumps of the
real stuff to be hail for the picking up. (Sold
is not to be procured in (hat way even in California
but yields itselfonly to strength and skill.
Cven thest? are not always successful. Mr.
Atherton knp\v one company which went out
j from San Francisco with all the proper tools,
machines and accessories, and whose members,
after digging fbr some time, with better zeal
than fortune, came back each with a flea in
his ear, and not a jot of gold in his pocket.
However, a man of the right sort, in respect
of health, vtrength and ?l<ill mav. with fair luck
and hard and steady work, obtain three ounces
of gold on an average perda\. It is not often
found in lumps. Still VIr. \therton has seen
one mass weighing 7 lbs., and a friend of his
l_ i tW..? 01 tin. The mini
nan M-i-ii iiiMMii' ~
ber ??f persons who had Im?ph to the mine* J
whoo he left is estimated at over ton thousand
bill there had not been more than *2 500 digging
at anv unp time. One man ofhis acquaintance,
a blacksmith, had got ten thousand dollars worth
in three weeks. A good many Indians had
been employed a? laborers by the miners, bill
they are poor assistants. Tliey do not work
steadily, and never can be kept at it above a
month at a time, when they leave for San
Francisco to spend their earnings in dissipation.
Mr. Athertnn brings with him the hills of
lading of go'd to llio value of $200,000, ship
ped on English account, on which he proposes
to effect an insurance here. Mr. Atherlou
?tate.s that the Lexington has on board $500,*
000 woitli oftlie genuine metal. She was athail
to sail when Mr. Athertnn left for the IT.
llileil S'atcs.
There was nothing doing at the mine* when
Mr. Atherlou left, owing to the rains, it heing
the rainy season; there was not much sickness
in the diggings, no robberies and no disturbanCHU,
* r? : i%??
I lie Cost or living ai oau rriiiin^ii n ?the
subject of statements quite a* exaggerated
as some <?l those r?*><itinto tin' gold mines.
Mr. Atherton sav* tli.it good hoard can oh.
taiued their at 810 per week, and provision* arc
plenty at fair price*. The population of the
place is a hunt 1.000. Mr. A. himself came to
\Vw Yoik to purchase goods, hut finding that
immense quantities have already gone forward,
will pmhahly not make very extensive purchases.
An extensive placer ha? been discovered in
Oregon, and it was reported at San Fratteisco
t. it all 'lie inhabitants of Oregon City had gone
out to irv their luek.
I'he whole value of gold whieh Ins Keen
.a t?eied iu Caiitoruia, is estimated l?y those
? q lam'e 1 with the matter, a' three millions of
d>iars, two of which lell there in various
vvtys, and the remainder is oil its way to the
United States.
A pair o| hoots cost twemy dollars, of whieh.
However, there was hut a small stock on hand
when Mr. Athertmi ; common > !:?uk?>t ?*(? ?!s
?re Worth fiirlV dollars and li >?? frock coats
fl-ti'licd one liiniilr-.l dollar*, readily. Mr.
Vth*'itoti him*ell, Mild a coat wiiirli lie had worn
ii interval*, fir two years, at eighty do!las?.?
'.iijnors sold at twenty live cent* pt glass, and
c lampaigue was woitli four dollars a buttle in
Sao Francisco. Real estate, too, was selling
it enorinoii* prices?lots i* San Francisco. runtaming
*25 yards square. 1 iiui; for ten thousand
doll, r* Provisions were very plenty at San
Fran m-co and the diggings. Flour poured in
in <>r?ut quantities from Chili and Oregon, and
ranie down in price, from twenty five dollars
per barrel to sixteen, at San Francisco. The
probability is, tlut the article has (alien still
lurther?peihaps to ten dollars per barrel.
Gr-'at as die. discoveries of gold are, they
are equalled by those of quicksilver. That
metal is (bund in various parts of California. and
the quintity is as abundant as it is in the mines
of Sptio. Mr. Forbes, the proprietor of the
mines, had thirty thousand dollars worth of tlu<
article on hand at Tepee, rcadv f>r market.?
It is found even within three miles of San Fran
cIsco.
Ab ?ut two thousand emigrants have arrived
in Ci'iforiiia from Oregon, the Sandwich Is
tan,la mi,1 ,'illeren. tout* of South America am:
Mexico. In fact, tlip gold fever rnges as fierce
ly in Mexico as ii does in United States, am
there, as well as here, expeditions are heioji
formed to proceed to El Dorado. Mr. Alher
ton says that it is n it advisable for large artne:
1 parlies r?> take the overland route through .Mexi
ro, as the anthoiities will lie likely to inlerlerr
with litem and prevent their passage. S,n il
I companies can go with impunity and security
There were about a dozen vessels, of varioir
kinds, at San Francisco when Mr. Atherloi
' left. The ship Rhone, Capt. If ill, was to sai
I soon for Panama. Mr. Fin Icy, her supercargo
was to go with her.
The ship Huntress was sold for $ 10,000, am
i her purchasers intended to send her to Valpa
ra?o for a cargo. At that place therp was, a
t the last dates, great excitenipnl in regard l<
. California. Every one was leaving, or talking
t of Ipavfng.
. I The cargo ol the ship Undine, which xva
I * ??SSBSS
?
re-ahippcd at Vulparaao, was sold at San Fran- li
:iscc> at five hundred per cent profit. This ves. p
*el was wrecked in th?eStTiflts of Magel an, and Q
Capt. Baker, her master, arrived in this city
with the proceeds ol the cargo in gold bars.?
The vessel was sold at Valparaso for $15,400, c
and afterwards re-sold at San Francisco lor v
$25,000. e
Captain Phelps, or the barque Moscow, nnd ^
Capt. Lindsay and Mr. Meillows are on their
way to the Atlantie, with one hundred thousand r
dollars' worth in gold dust. 1
Edward II. Hanson lias been appointed col.
lector of the port of San Francisco by Colonel
Mason.
The barque Tasso sailed from San Francisco I j
for Valparaso, but could not engage a crew 11
- < - ?; ?? I
nmler Soil per niomn 10 earn man, mm v* t
the steward, with an agreement to take them j,
back again to S.ui Prancisco.
C.tptain Scott, the agent o( Uowland 4* A?- '
pinwall, left San Francisco for Van Coover's '
I-lan<l, for the purpose of arranging for a sun- i
ply of coal for the Pacific steamers. |i
On his route to Vera Cruz, Mr. Athprlon met |
with some of the American adventurers, among
whom were companies connected with which
were Mr. Hoyden and Mr. Jackson. Onpcoin
pany he met at (tuudalaxara. another at Qneraro,
and the third at Vera Cruz.
The minors concerning Col. Stephenson and
Capt. Marry making so much money, are, it
seems, filse. Col. Stevenson did not arrive hi
the placers before October last. Captain Mar
ry, it appears, harl not been at the gold (Jigging?
at all.
The American steamships on the Pacific
have not yet out permission of the .Mexican
Government to touch at Muzatlan or Acapulco
formal, in consequence of the tonnage duties.
The Indians in the vicinity of the Placer have
commenced murdering the whites.?Two white
men were missing, the body of one of whom,
named Hollingsworth, was found, and his arms
in possession of a parly of Indians. Several
murders have been committed in grog-shops at
San Francisco.
Gold has been discovered in the vicinity of
Sonoma and Santa Rosa, and quite a number
<>fmen were reported in the profitable digging
for it.
Thp Californian contains an advertisement
from (Join. Jones, offering $40,000 reward in
specie for the apprehension of deserters from
the |T. S. fleet.
Ofthe Oreognn go'd minp, the Californian of
Nov. 11, says :
' Gold is reported to have been discovered
somewhere on a stream called the Powhattan.
lis existence however, appears extremely
dollbl fill."
THE CAMI)E.\ JOURNAL
Wednesday .Horning, Febnrary 21, (819.
W. TIIURLOW CASTON, EDITOR.
0"The Fiditot of the Journal will be absent
from the State for a few weeks, during which bis
duties will be attended to by a friend.
OCT \ meeting of the Waterce Agricultural
Society will be held at Swift Creek TO .MORROW,
2'2d inst. at 11 o'clock. A punctual
atlcndancc is requested.
Tbc -Markets.
Since our last, there has l>< on a good demand
for cotton, at a small advance on the prices of the
preceding week, which was sustained up to Mon- i
day evening la?t, when telegraphic despatches
were received from Charleston, announcing a decline
of Tc., which inay produce a corresponding
decline in our market. We quote at to 6?.
The Position of the South.
We arp pleased to lay before our readers the
action of the people of Richland at their late
meeting. They have assumed the positi in upon
which must be arrayed the whole, strength o'
the South, if she would struggle successfully
with the fanatics of the north. Appealed to diI
recti'* by our Representatives in Congress, we
I can hardly imagine that any southern commtiiii.
' ty could hesitate tn sustain them in their repeat.
ed declarations, that the South would never sub.
. mit to a degraded position. And, though slow
| in action, we cannot libel the fair fame of South
Carolina, by recording the supposition, that any
, portion of her people are prepared to osiraeise
her entire renresentttlion tn Congress, fitr their
unanimous assertion of a position which alone
I shecan occupy with honor and safety. Some how
ever, seem to lose sight of the only object which
rati properly enter, at this stage of afliiirs, into
the consideration of tin* people. They say, when
the time for ultimate action conies, they will be
prepared to stand by their flag while life lasts,
and we do not doubt this of any South Carolinian?but
we urge, the public and unanimous
assertion of this determination, in firm and un.
'equivocal language, as a means of preventing
the awful and apparently impending necessity,
I of that last resort of injured nations. We urge
: nc ?h,. i,?lv means of nrevetilion we possess,
?'? 1
ami that which nnr wisest statesman have roil.
' orati-d as tlio effectual restorative of Southprn
rights. Bu* we further urge. it, as an art of jus.
' lire to our enemies?upon the. same principle
that we would warn the highway robber, that
I ' the pistol was at his breast, before, we launched
i | his soul into eternity?we would givetliein this
! last opportunity of repentance.
'IV necessity for this action, is rendered yet
greater, by llie divisions and schisms, apparent
in the ranks of Southern Representatives.
' Our readers are aware, that Messrs Stephens,
I Toombs and others, sought every opportunity ol
preventing the Southern Address, and failing in
| lha?, have refused to identify themselvcB with
r any movement, having lor its obj- ct, the main.
- - r? . .t .1 ,i;;
' I tenanre ol ."ytumerii m<rms; m;u mw
' ?io u, have lieeii poitil<*il nt liy the r>j>|>c??iiii{?
, party at thi? North, as evidence of similar divi
i hioijk and dissensions amoiii; the jjrojdr of the
South ; and have served, as an invitation for
4 renewed airuressiun. accompanied with ridicule,
J scorn and bitterness. If limn, any portion ol
the Southern people, from any motive, withhold
their approval of the action of the South'
em Patriots, will not their refusal to approve,
be cited a* a commendation of the conduct o
1 the Southern Traitors?
We can see no other interpretation which
such a course of conduct can hear, nmonj;
s those who are ignorant of the genuine pulse o
Company wu to leave Wilcox County, Ala., if
31st January?Another was to lollow in a few h
days from a neighbouring County. Men are n
leaving from every Village and County in Ala- d
bama and Mississippi. They collect at a given
point from various sections, deliberate, gather p
information and prepare for a speedy departure ; li
, others defer their trip until Spring, like the p
| Company in Carroll County, Miss. Scarcely c
a Steamer passes down the rivers of Alabama o
' ? ' ' ^ 4^**% T*nr\ f b l.llt <1 If 11 f Kna
i ) r Hi r im?m-**?
reedom, which beats in the hearts of our peo?
U. If we were permitted to frame the mode
fresponse, to the great question daily pressed
pon the South, we would say, let every asso.
iation, society, and assemblage of the people,
rherever formed, for whatsoever purpose gnthred
together, whether civil, religious, political
ir moral; let all speak emphatically the sentinent
of their hearts, that death is preferable
o submission, the grave to dishonor.
Accident to the Steamer DeKalb.
We regret to learn that the steamer on her
ta-oagp from this place to Charleston, on the
ivening of the 9t!i instant, ran on a snag, three
niles below the Canal on the Santep river.?
We copy the following particulars from the
Charleston Mercury:
Capt. Lubbock, who arrtved in town yesterday
afternoon, informs us that he left the above
steamer on the sand bar, with from three to four
feet water on her decks. He states that after
being snagged she was run aground, and he
commenced, with the assistance of some pas.
scng'-rs and his crew, to discharge the Cotton
from the hold, consisting of about two hundred
and sixty bales, of which about one hundred
hales, were got out and safely landed, when it
became dangerous in continue the. work. He
then commenced at the deck load, the whole of
which, near one thousand bales, was also safely
got ashore.
The boat, with prompt and strong assistance,
he thinks may vet be saved; and it is to be
hoped that Capt. Lubbock will be aided in his
efforts. We understand that he is not insured;
nevertheless, in order to save the cargo which
* .t?
was insured, he sacrificed his ail anu me iruu?
cfseveral years hard lahor. By neglecting
ihe cargo, it was possible to save the boat, but
with a praiseworthy regard for the interests of
those who had shipped their Cotton in his vessel,
he directed all his efforts to reselling the
cargo, to the negleet of his own property. We
sincerely hope that the necessary aid will bp
readily afforded him.
Hon. Win. C. Preston.
The South Carolinian of Friday last says?
' We are happy to slate that this gentleman's
health is so far recovered, as to enable him tr
go on a short lour for its lestoration. He lofi
yesterday morning, carrying with him the for.
vent prayers of this community for his saft
return in the enjoyment of health. Soutf
Carolina numbers Col. Presto.n amongst hei
most precious jewels?one of her best belovei
sons.
Editorial Correspondence.
Mississippi, February.
About the middle of January a travelle:
passing through Alabama, would find consider
able alarm among ihp people relative to lh<
Cholera. A few reported deaths at Mont
gomery, on Steamers of the Alabama River
and at Mobile produced with mail v,great dreai
.1 .? ?
and consternation, nut mr i-.\uuf<,>< ... ..
short (Juration. An abatement in the di?ca?<
and the published opinions of able physician
(among whom Dr. J. ,M. Sims, of M.mgomerj
is conspicuous), did much to allay until easan
apprehensions. Dr. S. although a young man
has acquired great reputation as a physician
and is scarcely second to any in the State fb
ability as a medical writer. He came to thi
Stale in 1835 from Lancaster, S. C., and firs
located at .Mt. Meigs. lie afterwards movei
to Montgomery, where he soon gained an ex
tensive practice, and the. merited confidence c
an enlightened community. Ten minutes con
vernation with him prepares the doubting t
go into the very midst of the cholera. H
states that it is the most manageable of ul
severe diseases, if proper means are used ii
time, and compares its approach to the deadl
rattlesnake that never fails to give notes c
warning before it strikes the fatal blow. Oi
a late visit to New Orleans his own family wa
attacked, and he asserts from actual experienc
that there is no just cause of alarm, nor an
?eri.his danger incurred in visiting that City
He is thoroughly convinced, that in every cas#
r first shows itself by a diarrhoea for 2 or
days, which if not checked will certainly en
in death, but if stopped by timely doses <
laudanum etc. perfect safely is secured. Th
patient must lose no time in the use o| modi
rines. Delay is fatal. This simple prescrip
lion given with confidence, accompanied wit
instructions to abstain from all vegetables an
fmits, to eat moderately and take regular resi
' .I... ,1... oil,.,, !,in ,,(* -i|| \vh
is rejjaroeu wunnjf me
I ravel near its ravages. Its symptoms, who
it visited our country before, were not so prr
nonitory and uniform. Then it would perfori
its dreadful work in an hour's time, and it i
siid some instances have occurred this seasoi
i i which patients have been swept otr abno
instantaneously.
\ stranger has no conception of the immen<
business done by the Steam lloats on the rivet
of Alabama; indeed the lands of Alahniu
would be almost valueless, were it not for In
many and powerful streams, as it would fie a
most impossible to carry all their cotton nvr
thfir roads durinu the winter. These splendi
floating palac.'s b-ave Montgomery daily f
Mobile freighted with cotton and passenger
The Orlinn St. John, a name taken from th
inliint daiieliter of a wealthy citizen of Mohih
|pfi on Thursday night 1 Sth nit. She is a inn;
nificcut limit, elegantly fitted out, with genth
manly officers and very attentive servant
Shu carried down a small company of Califii
nia adventurers from Boston, under the char;
of ('apt. Pa :l, who commanded a Company i
the Mexican War. They seem to lie the rig1
sort of men fir such an adventure, large ai
strong, in I lie vigor o| youth and in liill posse
sion of every energy. Among them are your
men of fortunes who have sent out large qtiui
lilies of merchandize around by the Cape, an
mechanics of every description, with the
tools of trade. All hjtvc left coniforluli
homes and many profitable employments, I
ca>t their lot among the gold, diggers of ll
mountain*. From their hull dogs, rifles, equi
meets, tools, pickaxes, &r\; they seemed pr
pared for every emergency and rionliiless w
make an impression both upon the hills and tl
inhabitants around the Sacramento. They i
lend to go to Vera Cruz and there pnrcha
horses and mules, and travel to the (tila Riv
hy the City of Mexico. They have every Co
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p fidence iii their own sirengin, aim me sum
their Captain as an officer and his knowledj
of the Mexican character, in defending the
' against robbers and hostile natives. Capt.
, .stated that Boston was in a fever of eiciteme
f about the goldmines, that near 1000 men h
left that City and more |\vere going. Twen
ships were expected to leave that Port alone.
1 The gold fever rapes too in the South We
C em States as great as ever the cholera did, a
f has certainly carried off as many victims.
a 110 Mississippi ior uik ion in..,..,., ?,.?v
aboard adventurers moving off to the placers, h
The Company from Aberdeen, Miss, now in r
New Orleans on their way, goes out well or- i
gauized and equipped. It is composed of 52 I
men, formed as they term it into a " Band of c
Brothcrs," under the command of Cnpt. Fair, a *
gentleman of learning and ability. It is a kind i
of Stock Company, a partnership on a large i
scale,?each contributing $150. f.?r the outfit, c
and the gold when procured is to be brought to i
New Orleans, and there equally distributed, f
Three men were sent before to purchase at I
New Orleans all necessary machinery, and to I
proceed forthwith with it, in vessels, round by t
the Cape. The remaining portion are going <
through on the land route by Panama. The I
adventurers generally from these States expect |
to use the mattock and pickaxe. The various I
routes, to wit : from Missouri or Arkansas over i
the mountains,?up the Rio Grande to the I
Xoitli Pass and then across,?from Vera Cruz i
via the City of Mexico to the Gila River,?
across the Isthmus by lhe Chagres and Panama,?and
even around by the Cape, all have
their advocates, and all will he attempted and
explored, but the majority who leave these
States go across the Isthmus by Panama. May
success and prosperity attend thpm all, and
their golden dreams, be fully realized.
Tti?? irmnte.st annrehension entertained by
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tliem is ow njlo their ignorance of the tests of
the pure coin, nnd they are fearful that the
baser metals will he often palmed upon them.
It is said that the gold of many has already
turned into copper, and that sharper* abound
there to take advantage of the vcrilancy of all
new comers.
(fc?"The Paper Mills of Col. B. Dunham, in
Greenville District, were destroyed by fire on
the 10th inst. The loss is estimated at 29,000
dollars. No insurance.
' The Mountaineer truly remarks that "the de1
struetion of this valuable properly is a public
calamity, especially in this section where it is
in its infancy, and needs all the encouragement
' of good fortune and good management to susr
tain it." We are glad to learn that Col. Dun.
' ; knm is nlrondv making arrangements to rebuild
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his iniiU.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD.
The Stockholders of this Companv, have for
two days past been in convocation, as his been
usual, annually, for ihe purpose of d si ua-dng
the it (furs and prospects of the Company.
On this occasion, from the fact that there had
j been recently no dividends declared, and many
p coniplnintR ?.l mismanagement made, there was
more than usual interest excited, and an oppo
sition to the existing controlling power was
made, by the nomination of a ticket for Presi'
dent and Directors, in which a number of the
name? of the firmer officers were omitted.
' The election look place yesterday, and re'
stilled in continuing the former Board in office
by a very considerable majority.
? What may he the merits of the various quesj
tions agitated, it would be difficult to ascciiain.
j The reports and counter-reports, for a year or
j. two past, instead of enlightening the Stockholders,
appears to have, mr re deeply invo'ved
lhem in doubt as to the policy to be pursued.
The result of the election would indicate that
I the Stockholders have confidence in the present
government of the Road, and we trust that that
confidence will fie wpII founded, and that their
energetic admiiiistiation of its affairs will
prove that they are equal to the task. The fid*
^ lowing are the names of the gentlemen elected
,, President.?James Gadsden.
y Directors,?W. Hampton, W. C. Dukes,
John Bryce, p. II. Klmor*, A. Wallace, Robt.
,t .Martin, R. Caldwell, Joel Aoarn?, A. H. Boy
3 kin, S. Mowry. CI. A. IMagwood, Alex. Mazyck,
, Dr. I. .M. Campbell, Ker Boyce.?Ch. Courier.
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e A Tf.rrwlk Statu of Things.?There
j. have been numerous instances lately in Washi.
inglon, of respectable citizens, while peaceably
h passing along the streets at night, almost in the
- . ._r ,i..? ?:i? l.ainir vintmiilv Attacked
(j very nmri i?i mr n,t, .......... v _
[ and robbed. The Union says :
,, "Washington is rapidly filling lip with strana
C^rs, as the arrival of Gen. Taylor and the
. epremony of the inauguration approaches,
u Many are drawn by curiosity; several by the
[? spoils of office; some by the hope6 of plunder
it of the pocket. To gratify the last propensity,
sf violence may sometimes bo u?ed upon the per
son, and sometimes the skill of the craft will
be exerted by dexterous pickpockets."
rs This, then, is the secret of the late outrageia
ous acts, and. as the Washington Globe says :
" It behooves the proper authorises to adopt
I the most vigorous measures to put an end to
this state of things, and, in the meantime, for
j our citizens to take every precaution necessary
, for resisting such assaults."
It ?
(, Fatal Malady.?The Uniontown (Pa.)
Democrat gives an account of the ravages of
r' an alarming malady which has recently made
1 its appearance in that section. The disease is
g described as being somewhat similar in its
r symptoms to the Cholera, but the nhysicians are
rfi unable to assign it a name. Young persons
jf) and children arc most liable to its attacks.
Il( There have been some fify cases and twenty
deaths within the two weeks since it made its
appearance. When unchecked by medical
|(T remedies the disease proves fatal in a few hours.
Sometimes the first indications of its approach
|(i are pains in the fingers and limbs, accompanied
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jr by violent fever ami heanacne, ?mni is mmnv
|t, oil by vomiting and diarrhoea. Some of the
l() patients break out with spots, like the measles.
1(, and alter death the body nnd face are covered
with large black spots, the legs and arms as(l
suming a black color.
HI Many are of opinion that this disease is
j1P cholera in a somewhat different form from its
usual appearance.
so "
er Impositions.?The most detestable ofimpo
n. sit inns are those appealing to the charity of in
of dividual* by impostors. The most specious
rje garb under which tho?e appeals can be made is
m that of a distressed and friendless female, as the
P. sympathy ofevery feeling heart is at once en.
lit listed by a tale of suffering or destitution from
ad the lips of one of the softer sex.
ity A stern sense of duty would have dictated a
public exposure of a recent case of what we oon.
st. sidrred female swindling, but we could not bring
nd ourselves to the task at that time, and therefore
A left tbo hold mendicant to expose herself by her
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n blushing importunities, which we believe she
as rcry effectually accomplished, as we hardly
icet an individual that has not become her
npe* ' '
A call from a lady, who had been mostogmiously
imposed on, with-a request that d pub*
c caution should he given against aoofbcd'm*
nstor, compels us to do our duty, and .fe!R{0 the
ircumstances, in order that others sbontd be ?
n their guard. J
A female, calling herself Mrs. Hall, Iwt who
as twice before impnspd otT the ehlftltjedf a
lumber of ladies in this rily, under the respect,
ve names of Purse and Davis, arrived here In
he Wilmington boat. She it reported to,us as \
?f prepossessing manners, and not wifbout coniderahle
personal beauty. To add tothecritne
n this case, she makes a strong profession of
eligion, ami hr-r pretensions to piety have entitled
her to obtain letters and documents (Km
various clerical gentlemen; In addition to this
die has the faculty of appearing to "Be in (t|e
ast stages of con nmpfion, and had io lie lifted
"on the boat into a carriage, and thence flito
he comfortable lodgings which bad fern
:haritably prorided for her. Attei^ exposure,
however, the valetudinarian suddenljrcaihMMo
fM)sses?ion of sufficient motive powe^frWiiJf^r ' x
herself with much expedition into an'orhHtfhfc,
and made a rapid escapo, rather than take up
her quarters in the Poor House, which she *?
told was the proper place for her. Wertmst
that our community may he no longer anaojvd M
by either ofihese individual*. ShnoM ?eWilr V
morn of their movements, Are wHI advise our
readers.?Charleston Courier.
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Courtesies between Gex. Tinoi iiio
Mr. Polk.?The Wa>hington Unron, referring M
to a statement that Gen. Taylor end Wnttj wjll
receive every proper attention from' flfr/Vblk
and family, on corning to WasKfcgfri^ fl
We have no doubt that the mnat rdrWletoi Ve- ' 9
lations will prevail between these fdfcb'nlftfcl'i 9
and di.iingui*hed men.
Mr. Polk and bis family trill reiuafii tmftWlei 9
the inauguration. But, we undeWlittffc! Ws-pirr.
po?e is to leave Washington-iW'the-^OWl'of
March, with his family and some of hirtHM&s,
pass through Richmond, and lake theauurtrttn
route to New Oilcans, and then lo NashsrHle.
This is a portion of the country sHuefc'he has
never visited, G?n Taylor is etpeelediaat- J
rive in Washington ivc 21st or 22d Inst&qt. '
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Iowa.?We undrrs'arui, says the Washington
Union, that rcsoluiions instructing her senators
to vote for the Wilmot Proviso, affeV NTwig
passed the Senate by a majority of fbfaV/Ver?
laid upon the table in the House?'jand *ejp6 not ^
taken up lief ire the legislature finally adjtmYiied.
Thus the Wilmot Proviso has failed iSfond'of
the youngest Stales in the Union. v-i ' 'T-i'"*
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ft appears hy an official siatemem, ^rrjmrwi
by the Collector of the pdrt of N&XV4ftMliy18fcat
the imports into that port, by the Ui'S; >"lH?il
steamers Washington and Hsmmw; aawtiw
first of June, 1847, amount to $3,4K*;?49; the
exports of these vessels during tbe same-period
amounted to 8145, 58*2. <':wV?
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Doo Taxes in England.?The total anmher
of dogs taxed in Great Britain, iji 1842,
exclusive of packs of hounds, was 300,386^,
The whole amount of tax and commutation
tax on 9*2 pack of hounds, amounted.to-8014,710.
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H'lle*.?Grejhounds, JE1; pointer*, setter*
spanieN, dec., when one person keeps two or
more, 14*, house dogs and others, wfisn aperson
has but one, 8s. ' ^ *
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Foitth Carolina Collkob.-*1V falltn*
ing is an extract from the Coltrge OuAifcgnMo
which the attention of the pubic- at larpe^nnd
that ifihe Piincipals of Schools in particniar,
is invited: e - T , ;f jitivfjlL
"The stated lime for the examination of^p*
plicants is, the week of Commepcetnept^aiid
hereafter, except in extraordinary cases, none
wiil he examined at any other time. -'
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HARD TIMES. Ll.
A reader of our paper was compelled to atop
his subscrip'ion at the end of the last ysa*. He
was inin h pleased with the paper himself tod
hwflimilv was deliyhted with it ; but tbe-iRhea
were so hard that ho could not fahe-iCjIny
longer. Cotton was low, his taxes were to
pav, and the necessities of his family ffclbo
provided for; besides he really had not tina^ to
read it!?Now?would you believe it-?-?this
economical and time.?aving citizen arts seen
o ?e evening last week, standing at theaoraer
of a doggery, leaning against a sapling, with
liquor enough under his belt?at five cents.per
drink, without sugar?to pay the subscription _
price of our paper for three months at ie^at!
And he has been seen in pretty much the same ,
situation for four times besides, certainly since
the year began.?We hope that the Temper*
ance Society may make a prisoner of him Jx*- fore
long; hut suppose that he rdntirfol^ to
practice this species of economy to the end of
the year, how much will he save for the pay*
? ? - nml tho orlnralinn of his children?
IIICIII WI laniKf ? ?! ?. , f
At n moderate calculation, he will get drunk
thirty-four limes in the twelve months: and at
the sum of fifty cents per stultification, his
liquor will cost him seventeen dollars. He
will lose thirty (our days from his farm* Hi getting
dri.nk and sobering off again; "which _
ought to he worth a dollar per day to to economical
and time-saving a citizen, amounting
to thirty.four dollars more. It may he/easonably
presumed that a man who takes three
hundred and forty drinks of mean wTdakey'tn
thir'y-four days, will have one fight, if no more,
in the time : and he will be a lucky fellow if ho
get out of it for less than' thirty doltart"fn court
costs and counsel's fee; besides he will spend
three days at court attending to hit case, and
two more hunting up witnesses to proWlhat
the other man struck him, or at any rate gfre
him the lie, or grinned at him first.' So that
thirty-five dollars more may be out down on,the *
debtor side of his account. But after thw trial
is over, and he has got out of the SbnrifEYcu*- _
tody by securing the costs, he must trmt bis
witnesses and get drunk himself upon -the
slnngth of his good fiutnne?for realty be had
made up hi* mind to go to jail: and there li another
dollar gone. Well, a man who apertda
thirty four days of the year at the tap, may |x?
pert to have at least two bridles broken and
lost by his hungry and impatient horse, amount*
ing to (bur dollars more; and if he, tha horse do
not lose a saddle, he will at any rate lie down
and wallow in it, and break the tree, or leaie it "*
on the ground where the hogs will find It end
t'-ar the Rent and pad out ot it?so that there
will he about four dollars to pay (or repairs.
Now foot up the bill, and you will hare the
sum of Ninntjsfive Dollars which this carvful
and economical citizen expends for worse than
, naught in the yenr?to say nothing of the shirt
, that is torn from his back by hit adversary in
; the fight; nor of the breeches that are eaten
np by the hogs while he is lying drunk in tho
gutter j nor ot (he shoes that he loses in tho ^