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JM**$ *" * 1 ' ?I:'?*,t! From the N. Y. Herald, April 2. -' l| VER* INTERESTING FROM CAUFOR. H NU. P 5?" P?iii/<!o(in Pdllfnrnla. In ' .nu?igo9 IMMH v/uii A luuviovyi .? tbe 7th'of February, reached town yesterday * afternoon. They were brought by Edward A. Suwerkrop, who has made a very qui< k trip ^ overland through Mexico to Vera Cruz, thence ^ to Mobile, rikI thence to this.city. We IftstyYotiirtg Had the pleasure of a brief ^ conversation with Mr. S., at the Irving House, j where he stops, and olitained from him some N very late and" highly interesting intelligence ' not only from California, but from the SandwichTslnndsj'andlVfrtico. y We are happy to hare so intelligent a gentleman to converse with. We found that he bad visited the -mines with Gov. Mason and Capt. Folsom, and had been over about three I league* of the digging*. Me confirms all that those officers have written relative to the gold b region. t The trip of Mr. Suwerkrop through Mpxico ] was it'qoick one. He left San Bias on the 1st t of Mircb,-and reached Vera Cruz on the 10th, f tra,]rejfing a distance of 990 miles over exccrn. | blo^pads, and was robbed en route, in sixteen I day^.He left Vera Cruz on the 16th, iu the a steam, iliip Great Western, and arrived at Mo- i bile on the 24th. Itc met in Mexico about t 1,000 Americana, Mexicans, Englishmen. &c., t on their way to the coast, bound to California ; The Mexican banditti levied black mail on all s hut thfc annwlJfHrlt-s ot Americans. ?t mi i them twf-htfd seen ihe "elephant." , The mail steam ship California passed ,Mr. ; S. about two hours sail from IMazatlan, on the night of the 15th of. February. There \va? t no coals at^tbat port for her, as she bad only ( coitl enough to take her up, it is a matter of | uncer?H:aty as to her arrival at Panama on the ( 15ih of March, as was expected. The vessel ] that carried the coal for her to Mazatlan reach , ed that port about 12 hours after the California 1 left. She.proceeded to San Bias to discharge. | Mr. Suwerkrop, who. by the way, was Danish CoristiF" at the Sandwich Islands, lelt , San Francisco on the 30th of January, en route t to San Bias. He touched at Santa Barbara | and San Jose. While at San Bias he receiv. , eddetters from San Francisco of the 7th of Feb- t ruary, which, by his Kindness, gives us forty \ three dope.- later intelligence than any previously j recehoedfrom the gold region. < .-.The latest letter states that, after a winter of , the greatest severity, fine weather had set in. i tne snow had began to melt, and many digg'*is j had started, and were on the eve of starting, for , '* niuratmnc and thai t WW 1UIMCO) IV ICWVUIIIIOIIVO W^V I > <? the sales of goods bad in consequence, begun to increase. The firm, ^Messrs. J. B. & Co., by whom the letter was written, Fad purchased a considrable quantity ol gold, on commission, at $14 50 p^mmce; but eould not purchase another par eel at that rate. The price of gold had risen, in consequence of the huge arrivals of specie from San Bias. | "Valparaiso, dzc., and which has been placed in the hands of the merchants at San Francisco sW'iowesiiBent. > !?fee whole of Lower California was deserted hy4ie meo , who bad gone north to the placer, i When Mf. Suwerkrop l uched at Cape San Jose hd found scarcely any males there. khbou^ seven hundred persons had arrived at j ( ? ?*i iso. and about four hundred from the Sanfiwictr-n?~_^_ were about seven thousand in California, ready ^to commence operations in tho mines the moment the weather would permit. There were not many in Sari Francisco; they were scattered over the country?at Sutter's Fort, encamped on tfejp&icrrt, &c., dec., &c. House room ^ W4*,' ofeoufse, very scarce; many diggers had ( ^ftc'Scd fbdir tents around the Bay of San Fran cisco. . . There werej>arties of gold seekers at Mazatlnn, waiting a passage to San Francisco, but v* could not get any. Those that had gone up, ,*?Mh*200 in the-cabin and $30 in the steerage s * ft stbUnce about 1500 miles. V - The price of provisions had become more moderate. On the 30: h of January, flour in carrels was selling at 810 ner barrel; bv the tingle barrel at 916. Pork was dull at ?30 \ ?*.per barrel. Salt beef could scarcely be sold, ?j jSo ope woukJ give 914 per barrel for it. s ^ *? .Vlarge amount of goods was daily expected t ? -Jbuj cargoes from China; two cargoes of Kng- a -iliah good* from. Sydney New South Wales; seventeen vessels from Valparaiso and the West , coastof/Mexico, and several vessels from Ta. s bitis There had been no arrivals from the U- r spited States. The sloop-of-war St. Mary was r ?,lbe only national vessel at San Francisco. , ?it appears that, notwithstanding the many re- e . ..perls to tbe contrary, the U. S. store-ship Lex- p iogtondid not sail from San Francisco fir the s V U. Stales, till tbe 25th of January. She had (| 9400,000 in gold on board. The largest lump that Mr. S. has scon ^ weighed fourteen ounces. He knew of a piece 0 that weighed with the dirt about sixty ounces, which had bepn sold for thirty ounces, it con- ; v taining about that much of pure gold. ^ The waste in the gold obtained in the dry (| diggings would not average two per cent, while thai in the wet gold would would average from 0 HB to 3 1-8 per cent* 0 The barqoe Undine, lately wrecked near the c Strait* of Magellan, and sold at Valparaiso for j, $1*2 ,000, and afterwards at San Francisco fur : j; $24,000 had gone to tho Columbia river, but s, > was daily expected hack. On her return she j, tk would proceed to China. The murderer of Mr. Von Pfisier had not [ been taken. It was supposed that he had (led >. to the mountains. n Affairs in California were, taking everything j, into consideration, quite peaceable. n c,t Noaeof the Oregon gold had been seen in [ California. There were still reports that gold ^ bad been discovered ia that territory. j -1 The gold that was in the hands of the mer ^ chants at San Francisco, was held for the pur- 0 pose of making remittances by the steamship fc California, to lake advantage of (he market. n There ware many persons waiting for the Cal- | ifornia, to take passage in her to Panama. a The British ship ot war Calypso was at Ma- |, cation, to leave soon for England. She would I jj take'away over $20u0,000 in specie. Of this there were over 5,000 of California gold, and ? s*:.of this 1.000 ounces belonged Mr. Suwerkrop. 0 v The reason be put it on board the California was, that be could not find a conveyance for it 0 direct to the United States. Those who think tl U strange that the gold does not reach this j( M.X.U in *iiRnlitipB. shnolri Inlrn lhi< fno! into t isideration. The California gold put on board the Cairo a* was brought down, by the Mary Frances j| from San Francisco. p While Mr. S. was at Mazatlan, California gold was sold at $15 per ounce, and the proceeds put on board any vessel free of charge. g After going into a careful calculation with v Mr. S., we were assured that about 04.000,000 ji in gold had been obtained from the mines. Of t li rTff : r ^ t 1^?-'. '/ i ?.* ? ... 'J HPT* "/.-* TjV' his, Si,300,000 had passed through the custom ouse at San Fhwcisco, valued at $10 to 813 er ounce. 8700.000 had gone off in driblets,, a trunks, boxes, and on the person ot its ownrs, to Oregon, Valparaiso Sydney, N. S. W., iaudwich Islands, the United Slates, England, cc., &r., to save freight. Several lots of$20,. 100 each, had gone off in this way. S1,000,100 was scattered over California, in large and mall parties, miners, d:c., that had not been ent down to San Francisco. This Mr. Suwer rnp assured us, was a vpry moderate caicuia ion. It was made with lite greatest care in rder not to deceive the public. VO.MEN AND (MATRIMONY IN CALIFORNIA. A letter dated San Francisco, July 28, written ty a lady to her friend in Massachusetts, says : Since my husband went to the gold region iousps have become vacant in all parts of he viliagp, and the entire male population has eft us. The women have been obliged, in he absence of tbe males, to congregate logeth t in large numbers in tbe large houses, and iving together and do their own cooking, &c. am now living, or as we call it messing with i company of fourteen. The experience of he world, men have said showed that women :otild not live together without quarrels and urmoils, but our sisterhood at this time, gives i plain contradiction to this slander upon our >ex. When not interfered with by men, and tvhen permitted to drink our cup oi tea "under jurown vinu and fig tree," we arc as quiet and is peaceable as iambs. The demand for marriageable women seems o lie as great as for goods. This is the only jountrv in the world where women are propery appreciated. The proportion of males in he territory is five to one of females, and the abor of females is as much needed in cooking, it the gold region, as the males. There have tieen more marriages the last few months than in ten years previous in this country. Thp ?qaws before they will go to the gold region make efibrts to get white husbands, which they soon obtain in the present state of affairs. Fathpr Manaqne the Catholic priest, has inform?d me that last month he married one hundred in 1 ten white men to squaws. The consequence is that the poor Indians will soon be left without my class of females from which they can :hoose?as certainly no white woman of whatever condition in society will marry an Indian, when Rhe can readily marry a white man ol >ome wealth and prominence. Some of the most ugly and slovenly servants here marry raders, who have accumulated fortunes in a "ew weeks. A woman who conies here with ?ne tooth in her head has a great capital to be;in on in the matrimonial line ; and I have hought if a cargo of girls were shipped from Lowell here it would turn nut a great speculaion to some enterprising Yankee- Hy all means induce Peggy to come here by the first ressel. Ugly as she looks she would be readiy taken by some enterprising trader in the iresent brisk stale of the market. L'OL. WEBB'S CALIFORNIA COMPANY. In our pnper of Wednesday, we published, "romthe New Orleans Picayune, ail account if the progress of this body tf men, on their oute to California via Brassos and the Rio Grande, and the melancholy statement that the Cholera had attacked them, causing the death of mr party. n ? We had yesterday an interview with Mr. jraham, one of the gentlemen who returned, md passed through here on his way to New York. lie gives us a most melancholy picture of ofTiiee of fhrt limp ho 'I'lll* IIU BliUU W? (MKtlia Ui ?IIW Uholcra broke out when the party were entamper] nt Davis' rancho, about 350 miles above he mouth of the Rio Grande, ant] three men lied that night. On the following day, took a >oat lor a point 35 miles higher up, two died icfbre 5 o'clock, and a number were taken i:ck. Col. Webb, the commander, left the encamprentlfor the purpose, it was stated, of purchasing nules or horses for the party, taking with him he principal physician, and leaving Mr. Auduton in command of the men, 96 in number. This conduct of Col. Webb created great disatisfaclion among the members of the Compa. iy, and a great number of them concluded to .bandon the party. When our informant?who was among those hat returned?left, ten had died, and there was ome twenty sick. Mr. Audubon, who was nucli heloved hy every member of the detachnent. did everything in his power to alleviate he sufferings of the sick. Fearless of the dis. ase, he was continually at the bed-side of the atients, soothing the. dying, and administering uch relief to the sick as circumstances perniited. The loss of the money in the possesson of 1r. Audubon annoyed him much. The great, r portion of the amount was a joint stock lund ?some ot it was the private properly of indiiduals who had placed their funds in his hands ir safe, keeping, ho being the business man of he detachment. Mr. Graham gives most deplorable accounts fthe progress of the Cholera along both banks f the Rio Grande. The. boat, on which he arne down, lost in three days her pilot, clerk, ar keeper, carpenter, and one hand. At Irownsville and Matamoras it was awfully deIructive, the interments from this disease shew, ig an alarming per rentage on the population. A letter in the New Orleans Picayune, dated j Srassos, March 24, says : 44 1 have been to Brownsville, where I found lost of the stores closed in consequence of the eople having left, (caring tho cholera. Mataloras is most awfully afflicted with this malady, was there three times and could not see a usiness man ; forty five deaths occurred the ay I was there, and sixty one burials took j lace there yesterday out of a population of nly 7000. Here the deaths are two or three | very day, and we have lost some of our best j ten. F and myself were both taken in j Irownsville, but immediately procured attendnee and are now doing well. I have just earned of the death of the clerk, mate and ar keeper of the steam boat Tom M'Kenney. "Camargo contains 3000 people, and thirtyve have been buried in one day ; there are nly five Americans left in the place. 44 Most of our little population hero have left r died. No business doing, and it is useless to ry to do any thing until after the plague has jft."?Charleston Courier. r, . 'n,.nn II ? 'I'll V\V rvvvuvrtl r A l 11 imv :un i iiiio uwiuiMUi The Pittsburg Gazetto publishes the follow, rig letter from this great Irish Apostle of Terncrance: Cork, Feb. 21, 1849. My Dear Friend:?It affords nie much [ratification to receive n letter from one to rhom I consider myself, with the distressed ob?cts of my solicitude, deeply indebted. Your ludable and benevolent exertions contributed much to alleviate the misery by which I was surrounded; and your friends were right in assuring you, that the fervent prayers of a suffering people, with the aspirations of their pastors were offered to the mercy seat, for your welfare, as for the happiness of your other generous co-operators. The aid afforded by the high-minded people of America, to my countrymen in the hour of their calamity, will ever be gratefully remembered. Now that the position of Ireland bears a brighter prospect, and that my health is sufficiently re-established to permit n>e, without risk, to cross the Atlantic, I promise myself thatjong desired privilege in April. During the ensuing month of May, I hope for the hap nf enciiKT voli and mv other friends in B j ,.v Pittsburg. Grateful fur your much prized invitation, and presenting kindest rcmemberance to nil my ' friends, 1 am dear Mr. Allen, yours devotedly, THEOBALD MATHEW. Fron the Charleston -Heronry. SUNDAY ON THE RAILROAD. We may expect before long a petition from the working men of our Railroad, asking for an occasional uso of the Sabbath day, as on that day many Railroads at the North have stopped transportation work. A friend inter! ested for them has drawn up a protest, and I will thank you, Mr. Editor, to print it. The press in n free country, is a corrector of abuses, k Email it mores nee si nil esse fcros "The Petition of the Engineers, Firemen and others employed on tho South Carolina Railroad, respectfully showelh: "That your petitioner admit that a corporate body has uo soul?its sole end and aim is to make money ? the soul of an enterprise. But they do believe ft....- Inkmcalvm h:iVf? souls to ljO >aV'cJ SOfTie years ago they thought so?lately they have lad less time to think of it. On datk nights they have felt afraid; and confess they have used spirits, such as cock tails, gin twist, and Idue ruin, at I'ranchvillc and other places, to drown thought; and then, with the shrill whistle and the rumble of the cars, they have felt hold again. This lear has mostly daunted (hem on the Sabbath day ; they were, taught at Sundav schools to keep it holy; now it is wholly spent on 'the road to ruin.' "Your petitioners have not for years seen the I inside of a church. They have seen the out. side, and heard the bells which called good men to prayer and meditation. They do not know a clergyman ; they sometimes think ol one, when they see a black coat. The cate. chism, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, are seldom in their minds; they have no time to think of these things. "If there be another world and a day of set tlemenl, will Railroad receipts pass ? Will 'running' accounts be admitted? Will worli done on Locomotives on Sunday be numbere-; among their 'good works V Will ' firing up here, save them from fire hereafter? Youi petitioners humbly request your worships Ir answer these questions. They are poor soul; who tru>t in you?they arc noi 'conspirators, j nor do they wish to be numbered with tho*e j Stockholders who have given your worships sc much trouble with their Whig tnalearh's, and with no right?except merely owning the road? they forgot submission to the powers set ovet them. "Y aOL cent rcvcrnnco to the Sablmih. Are these matters of form, or arc they necessary to salv.i lion? If the latter, how can you jeopard the souls of your petitioners, whilst you take sr much care of your own? You have assumed ;i fearful responsibility?their blood will be required at your hands. Think of this when you pray 'lead uu not into temptation.' They might address you in the language of Louis 14th to his Confessor: 'Tether, il I have d >ne wrong, you have much to answer for.' ' Instead of bearing on the wings of the wind tho glad tidings of salvation, your petitioners are using fiery speed, the greatest dis. I coveryof modern times, to give the people tho worst lessons of the dark ages. From the Christian Metropolis of Charleston to the capi. tal of the State, and to the borders of a neigh, boring Slate, they turn to the Fast; and what does it avail them that a star once roso in the East ? "Your petitioners understand that the com rnand is positive, and without reservation of any kind, 4 on my holy (lay thou shall do no manner of work.* Now, if they obey Cud's Law, they are His servants?if they do your worships' work on that day, they are the Devil's servants. They have tried in vain to calculate it by the rule of three ; if any number of bales of Cotton are the worth of one soul, how many for all their souls 1 Our Saviour has said, the whole world is light iu the balance against the 6oul. They ask counsel of your worships. Fn the issue is involved an eternity of happiness or misery. To doubt is dangerous?to procrastinate may be fatal. "Your petitioners would urge on your worships' attention the neglect of their families, and the injury to their health, consequent on this unceasing work ; but they hope other and more momentous reasons will suffice ; and they pray that the Hay of rest may be allowed them, , which the Almighty ordered in his wisdom for i the good of his creatures." Wateu W'iikki., and Steam Exorxic.? We called yesterdiy at the Machine Shop of Mr. William Lc.bbv, at the foot of Husell street, to witness the operation of a wheel in elevating water from one level to another. We found it simple iu its construction and efficient I in its operation. The wheel was about seven I feel in diameter, with buckets somewhat like a mill wheel, and a segment of its circumference working in a box, the water was delircied on a level with its axle, or about three and a half feet nbovo the lower level. Tho quantity delivered, with three horse power applied, was about fifteen hundred gallon* per minute. Of course this quantity, and the elevation at which it could be delivered, would bo increased by : increasing the size of the wheel and tho motive power. The engine by which tho wheel was pro. polled, was well worthy of examination. It resembles very much a locomotive, and is apparently very substantial and compact. It is of eight horse power, and can be sold for ?1,000. Passing into the shop, we noticed other steam engines in process of construction, and witnessed the operation of several machines engaged in punching boiler plates, cutting screws, drilling cast iron, &c., and upon endeavoring to trace out the motive power for all these, wo found a miniature engine snugly ensconsed in n corner, which was pursuing its avocation so noiselessly that we would nover otherwise have discovered it. We were much pleased with our visit to Mr. Lobby's establishment, and hope that ho will find ample and profitable employment for his i energies and his talenls.?lb. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. Wednesday Morning, April 11, 1840. was w. tiiurloVv^astoxTeditorT ^ four reduction in priced ,;cc We are gratified in being able to announce to * ? _ ene our readers and friends, tliat the accession to our zen list of subscribers, and the prospect of a still greater increase, warrant us in reducing the subscription price of the Journal. For the abili. ^ ? ? Kso ly to take this step, and to procure a iarg? useun- ? ^ ment of type we are indebted to our friends and ,0 ' patrons, and our thanks are hereby tendered ",,r them for their kind offices. Arrangements w^' have been made with a correspondent in Char, 'h'8 leston, a gentleman not unknown to the litera- a,,(J ry world, and monthly conimunirations may be ^uc expected from that city?besides occasional n,)d correspondencies from other scclions of the onc country. It new names continue to come in q011 through the year, and if old scores arc prompt- ' ly paid up, we expect at the commencement of PRS| the next volume, to procure a complete sett of ,nu' new type, nnd mnke a lurther reduction in the price. What say you, subscribers ? In 1 The paper will be furnished to new subscri- ket, bers at ?2 50 per annum, if ptiid at the time 'boi of subscribing, or within two months thereafter, ''ift it not paid within that time, S3 will bo charged. fro' ' From old subscribers, who pay by the lirst ol 1,0,1 Mav next, .32 50 will be received. n>a' J 0^7" We arc compelled, fur the want of room, j,er to omit some editorial and other matter prepared for this week's paper. ^ Attraction nt the Odd Fellows Ilnll. bro Dr. W. Fostku, who has much celebrity as r()i a Lecturer, will deliver two Lectures nt the ?$ir Odd Fellow's Hall, his first commencing on WOl this (Tuesday) evening, at half past seven. vaj, Chemistry and Astronomy will be subjects of (f,e illustration. He will make all the Gasses,and 0p | perform many brilliant and beautiful experi- m? ments with them. xvh Astronomy will be illustrated by means of g|j ' his extensive Phantasmagoria. |)C( J We see from our exchanges, that much use* am | ful instruction and rational amusement may be ^|a . obtained at Dr. F.'s Exhibition. Let us go OC( ' and see. olj, i . ! Rail Road Celebration. 80r I Last week we designed responding to the R,r< ' suggestion made in other papers, that the 10th r,(* ! May?the day the British evacuated our Town ^r0 . in 1781,?be set apart to celebrate the opening ,0 > of our Rail Road, but the little 4,irnp of Satan." ,na 1 that dances attendance upon the Printers, like l^e the arch fiend himself, is sometimes given to ( | blunders, and mislaid the notice. We hasten | to give the assurance, that we believe the sug. eV( gestion meets the approbation of our citizens \y r generally. 44 Belter late llian ncrcr." As it se, lias been postponed this long, we belipve, no ; .?? . . --i?. .i. .? ?' ? - ,i . growing prosperity of Camden, nnd her ins rrpased facilities of trade than the recurrance 1 | of that day, when by the hand of a ruthless invader, she. was sacked and burned to the j ground, and all prospect of future greatness J utterly blasted. > - ir ,?7 T1 i I "I'lie Ullizens OI wir. muriumciuui auu.ii, am ever ready to reciprocate the civilities of her ' ... sar | neighbors. r The Bible presented to the Sons of Temper* nnce, on last Wednesday evening by the ] La lies, is a most splendid and magnificent pal Boolt. Dr. iMcudenhall of Charleston, acted as v;Mj their Agent, and procured the finest copy that der could be fiiund in that city. It cost thirty.five fn;( dollars. What stronger expression of respect, exj could ho tendered to that Institution by the jnv Ladies of Camden ; and what more appropri- |)|s ! ate gilt could have been presented than the holy words of inspiration ? Negro Stealing. sir* The Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw nf District adjourned on last Friday evening. Bu- fj, sinoss was despatched by his Honor Judge 0'. scrj Nhall, with his usual promptness and ability, a()C and the interests of the State were well atten- ce? ded to by her able officer, Solicitor Fair. p0r The dockets were thoroughly cleared, leaving but little old business on hand. The Ses. ? sions docket occupied an unusual share of at- _ tention, for this District. A remarkable case jon of aiding and abetting slaves to leave the State In f was tried, and one of the defendants, Jaotes je'< I R-au-h ?jh u'h? convicted bv the testimony of sf,n * ? ' f 1 - . an accomplice, James Brown, jr. The facts. a as developed on the trial, are, that on Sunday, ^er 23th of January, the private de.sk of" Mr. John OU8 Trursdel, of this District, was broken open and Pro money, between three and four thousand do]. us* lars abstracted. That night he missed his ne* nev groes. A family of Browns, in the neighbor- sire hood, were strongly suspected as aiders and w'1' abettors, and were closely watched. Two of Wl1' * I I them, James Brown,.sen. and Thos. i\l. Brown, R j brothers-in-law, in a few days left home, giv- N. J ! ing out that they had work to do on a mill in Darlington, where they were afterwards arres- T ted. The other, James Brown, jr. brother to Qu, Thomas, was taken up under the assumed name An of McConnell, in Tazewell Co. Va., to which poli place he had safely got the negroes, and lodg- (ion ed in jail. When arrested, he had abandoned we! them and was returning home. The negroes, wis three in number, were furnished with a free pass, and continued their routo for the State of Ohio, from which they were not far distant, call- -j ing themselves Jacobs, a name common to free in t negroes in the upper part of the State. Mr. Inst Truesdell gained possession of them, but has 'am not succeeded in getiing hack any money. Under a requisition from Governor Seabrook up- |)er on Governor Floyd, James Brown, jr. was glei brought back, and on the trial of tho other two whi volunteered a full confession, He charged J. Pre Brown, sen, wilh being the leading spirit in the l,tu commission of tho crime, and that be himself j was only hired for the sunt pf $500, about halt eni ? ? ?m?? vhich be had received, to aid the negroes in ing to a Pree State. Thomas i\t. Brown acquitted, and James Brown, sen. was id guilty. His sentence being that ofdeath, not pronounced, as hi* attorney gave noof appeal. In these critical times, when mies are. around and among us, our cili. s should look well to their slaves. A VatiAibte Machine. Ve have been requested by J. S. Bossard, [. of Sumter District, to state that he claims ave produced a machine for pounding Rice, insically novel in its operations, and with ch ho can perform the labor of preparing valuabla grain for market with more case facility than by any machine heretofore pro* ed. The striking difference of this machine what marks its superiority to all former s, is the great diminution of the power re* ed in the operation. This is effected main* >y the introduction of twelve lifters to each lie, instead of four, the former mode. These linlied lifters are so admirably constructed. I ? [ not a fourth part of the power is required he process of preparing this grain for mar. The machine has been in operation more n four months, and the article produced is not trior to the best Rice exhibited in Camden n the Charleston market. In its construei, it can be applied to watrr, steam, or aniI power. V more minute descr'ption is promised us eafter. Fire in Charleston* )n Tuesday evening, 3rd instant, a fire kc out in Charleston, on the North side of jndary, between Mectirg and Elizabeth pets, and destroyed some twelve or fifteen ixlon framed houses?none of any great tie. It is staled, there was but little wind at time, else, from the combustible condition the neighboring building*, rendered even re inflammable, bv a lonrr drought, the . T - 4 o CT * ole square, bounded by Meeting, Boundary, zubeth and Henrietta Streets, might have :nme a heap of ruins. The fire originated ong the premises of Charles Legare, a ck man, which, together with other houses :upicd by scrcral families of negroes, and ers loo, owned and oocupied by white peris, were greatly injured, and some entirely deiyed. Very few were insured. The Cour says?that a number of young gentlemen, m the Citadel Academy, attached themselves one of the Fire Companies, and worked n fully in assisting to arrest tho progress of i flames. Sons of Temperance. The following bicthren were on Thursday ming 5th inst., duly installed as Officers of uterco Division, No. 0., to servo for the pre:t quarter. A. M. KENNEDY, VV. P. UJ u. U' t | Z. J. Dismay, r. s. S. D. H VLLFORD, A. R. S. W. M. SHANNON, F. S. F. L. ZK.V1P, T. J. B. KERSHAW, C. F. L. VILLEPIGUE, A. C. G. B. SHIVER. I. S. VV. VV. DEANE, 0. S. Brother A. M. Kennedy, VV. P., was on the ne evening unanimously elected a member the Grand Division. Father Xathew. [n another column we give the letter of [her Mathcw, expressing a determination to it our country this Spring* We feel confi it, that should he come, the Executive Comtee of the State Temperance Society, will end to this venerable Apostle a pressing itation to give the Palmetto State a call in travels. The Sooth Carolinian. The Carolinian is certainly on the progres r. Last week we received the first number the tri weekly issue, of diminished size, e weekly is to lie furnished to country subibers on a larger sheet. These changes I improvements evidence success in the finan, and increase of patronage for our cotem. ary. The Somter Banner, ifr. M. M. No An. Jr. has assumed the edial department of the Banner, and last week, i graceful bow, trade his first appearance ire his readers. We understand he is the of Major Noah of New York, the able venerable Editor of the Weekly Messen, whose battling* for the South, and strcnuadvocacy of her rights and institutions have bahly never been fully appreciated among From what we have seen we believe our 7 neighbor to be "a worthy son of a worthy ," and fully identified in feeling and views >i the South. We augur for the Banner, ti its new dress and Editor, and enlarged el, increased success, and we extend to Mr. a hearty welcome into the corps editorial. Mecklenburg Jeflersonian. The JefFersonian has fallen into (he hands of jntin Busbee, Esq., formerly of Raleigh. Exchange states, that Mr. B. is a spirited lical writer, a gentleman of liberal educa. i, and has the proper esprit du corps. We come him into the ranks, and cordially h him success. For the Camden Journal. Education, rhere is not anything of more importance he acquisition of knowledge, than that the iruclnr should be well qualified. It is a entable fact, that, although Legislature after rislature have assembled to enact laws and te appropriations for the welfare and pros* ity of the people,?'they should have nested to establish a *' Normal School," arein Teachers might receive that kind ot paraxon, pf which, alas! so many are des. te. Qf the propriety or necessity of such :hoo) there can bis no question, t is cheering to observe that a few of our inent men, are beginning to feel that we are "behind the time*," and that their chiidrrtP^1* are growing up witboot that thorough know* ledge, which can only be imparted by qualified instructors, yet, there are many, aye, too many, who, despising ;? innovation*," are satisfied If their children are taught in "the good old way/' if at all. Progress is the order of the day; improve# ment are made and being made lit eref* thing} scarcely anything is so good '6aW*1ft? better. Had \vc been satisfied witS'l'tfltcmV ? steamboat that went but fire miles an 'Vahf^vitt nevei would have had a stearmhip, that plows the ocean with a speed fbtir times as great# 4' Had we been contented with Mibe slow and toilsome stage," we never would bate goon from Camden to Charleston in a day. If this * be true, why is it, that education is so neglecft ed and children grow up to man's estate with *"' no more book knowledge than grace* the beads of their sires? Why is it that chitdftn'Srif" still sent to receive instruction of him tor hei*, ? a __ a . 11 who is qo badly qualified, an a wno. wouiu we more appropriately employed in nqitm rtker vocation? Indeed, there is n sad want of con?pelent instructors, and this want can In* the bertt '-?m and most speedily supplied only/by the'ttfifti?'*!lishrnent of a Normal School, endowed and cdo1ducted after the manner of siruifar institution ' ' in other States. It woufd reflert hohor bpn? our next Legislature, if an appropriation .trrr* made for this purpose, and alao if tE^jr'wfewW1^ make a change in the present system, so that each District should hare one Superintendent, whose duty should be to visit each School bHfefc ' ' Di>tiict at least twice in a year, and to taini* ;.>? ororii Tonohpr nnrl emn! him a license-OIT- -l ",v V"V > - h?ly, whom he should judge competent. There should also he a genera) Superijalendahl," to whom all the Deputies should iqake yearly report. The idea that one Superintendent hi sufficient for the whole State is ridiccfeu*; arid recalls to one's mind the bias! of AfrMthktfllK; .! If any one should think that thfrahott'pbfi would44 cost too much," let him eobsAfe - with the reflection tbatt.ihat the State bf Suttb Carolina, with her half a rniUini?~n3r j*?pp cm purchase a good thing if she is futly peraoa* > ded of its utility, and that she never floodbade when her generosity or ureliare xria at ittlwfcl Beaver Creek. jU ^ For the Cam-fen JbrmwJ;'' "+> **'. '<* /?; , SONS OF TEMPERANCE?PUBWC MEETINCJ. Pursuant to notice, this body assembled a< Odd Fellows Hall on Wednesday evening Wl? and with the " Cold Water Ktmy'9* and* Co*., dels of Tempera nee* finmedii posing procession, whence they*marched^the'; Piesbyterian Church, under' the direction-of Brothers K. S. Moffat and F. L. Vtltepigue, mMnrshalls of the evening. Oil entering the' Church a large number of the 44 6ir?i^ tmi found already assetnlried to grace thesccsdns with their presence. The eiercisi,a,nf,'i)the.*Evening were commenced with prayer hfjiW Rev. W. T. Capers, Chaplain of >be'fl$vj*ietwi afler which W. T. Caston Esq., W/P. arose and explained the object of the meeting, wbicb was the presentation of an elegant- Bilde^y4 the Ladies of Camden to Wateree Diemrow No. 9. Rer. S. S. Davis, iriliti iwotrf toHfli* ous and happy style, presented the BiWetwk bee half of the Ladies, which was received hy tot* W. T. Capers on behalf of the Piv'raioH, trbo responded in a short hut chaste and feeling manner. ,. ', '^h . . .. -^i-ihia_aLace of the proceedings his Honor Judge O'Neall, who was to address the meeting was called away to attend to some doty hf his official capacity. During bis absence tbo audience was agreeably entertained by Ren T. B. Russell, a member oftho Order. Judge O'Neall on bis return, proceeded to adfosnlfcp meeting in a manner, which to attempt to-OMO inent upon, would be ** to gild refined gold or paint the lilly,"?he portrayed in rtstridst.^fow ing colors the ecif, aye, the purser of mtetnpora nee, and the happiness and peace of miid to which a life of Temperanee, Virtue and-R?Mgion leads, and concluded bis address by? an earnest appeal to the Ladies to cbnthxtafontw ert their influence in this great and noble<moie. It would bo ungratefut to close these remarks without alluding to the a Glee Club," who ad. ded much to the enjoyments of the Errnmp? by their vocal powers.' After the audience was dismissed, some few names were' added Ii> the Pledge of the Washi?gtoniaii*;jhnae*tlk<t an evening that will long be rememberedtby every one present. ^ Z. J. DERAY, R.S. Protm. For the Camden Jonrosl. ,h ,, PUBLIC MEETING IN LANC\STER. After a short notice on Monday the 5th day March ult.,a portion of the citizens ofLancaster District assembled in the Court Hotoe' lor the purpose of responding to the address of die Southern Members of Congress upon the sub. " -f ?51 ... iatl.^ jpci ui oiftverjr, t v ui? utiu iwmw"wh to the Chair, and George Mc. Wltbeftqwun appointed Secretary. John Williams plained the object of the meeting and tooted the nppointment of a committeo to prepare re. solutions frr the cunsideration of The meeting. *l*he Chair appointed the following gentlemen to compose the committee, via: Johtf WlHfom* E*q., U. Sykea Massey, Wm. McKenrta, T\ K. Cureton, James Robinson, John Browrii Col. D. Barnes, Tho*. J. Wright and George Mc. Wiihcrspoon. The Committee, after retiring a tew minutes, reported a Preamble and" Resolutions. Inasmuch as the notice was a short one, of only a few hours, and the-pttople gen. erally not notified of the mating and as mw? nimity and concert of the whole Dtstrict was altogether desirable on this occasion, on motion, the meeting adjourned to nfeet'"again on Sale day in April. According to adjoam. ment, a large and respectable meeting of the people of the District met in tl^e Court Home, Wm. A. Moore E?q- was appointed additional Secretary. The following preamble and reso. lutions were then taken up and adopted mously. "* Whereas, the \ddresa of the Southern M'mu, bcrs in Congress, to their constituents, giving a narrative " of the whole series of aet? f aggression, and encroachments by tber At*- i. tionists, as well as by the great body' of the North, upon the rights of the South, and the great dangers to which we are eiposed" sounds the tocsin of solemn warning, that the march of abolition is onward, advancing with fc giaot'a 1 " I lL ?Ilk iL. sinur, auu iiiiriivn vim u?ii<ivim?| un greatest and most vital of all the interests, and ins'itutioni of the South n In Utter disregard, alike of Law and Constitution, and if remain unchecked must sooner or later end fn the total overthrow of the free instirutions under which we live, and the destruction of our free and happy form of government, Therefor?' Resolved, That the citiims of lAfceaster District, cordially approve of the address of the Southern Member* in Congress to their consti. tuents, and the recommendations therein contained ; and also of tho conduct of thorn Sena- . tors and Representatives who have signed lb? same, '" * v>