The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, April 11, 1849, Image 2
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From the N. Y. Herald, April 2. -' l|
VER* INTERESTING FROM CAUFOR. H
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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
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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^?-'.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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>