The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, January 12, 1850, Image 2
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TIIO. J. WARREN & C. A. PRICE,
KUIToRi? AMI PROPRIETORS.
TBK.V1S.
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From tlie Columbia Telegraph.
LET mi FROM COL. (i A DSD EX.
TO TUB STOCKHOLDERS OK TUB SOUTH CAROLINA
RAILROAD COMI'ANY.
f.Vn//emrn ?On every feverish excitement
ill the Cotton market, which rushes on the in- |
terior termini of your road that product, beyond j
the iinmrdiatc ability of the Company's power
to -projiLibty transport, and within th c^bricf space
which would be desirable to the holders or operators
in that staple, the Road is made the
(heme of some reproof?as not fulfilling its obligations
to the public. It may be difficult to do- j
fine the public obligations imposed by the charter;
but the Direction, in its policy, have endeavored
to recognize a concurrent, if not supe
rior obligation?that which is due to the stockholder.
As many of you never attend the annual |
meetings, and most of you are represented by i
proxies, there is no medium hut through the |
' oliimnc of ih?? nress. bv which yo'j can be ap. j
proaohed; and this is my only apology for avail,
ing myself of its opportunities, to submit to your
consideration a brief statement for your judgments
to act on. A sense of duty to the Company,
and not any desire'to exonerate the administration
of its affairs from charges which
idle rumor may hare carried to your ears, is the
only motive of this communication.
In all the reports of engineers connected with
the aoneals made to individuals as inducements
to embark in railroad enterprises, the cost of I
construction, and of motive and of car power, is
properly estimated as capital; and the calcula.
lion "of the nmount of the latter which may be
necessary, is based on the probable annual bu.
siness of the Road. If, however, it was stated
that the public would require that the entire
annual business which tbe Road might expect
to do, must bfi performed in two or three mouths
instead of twelve months, and that the charter
imposed an obligation to be provided for these
short-lived emergencies, on every exciteuent
in the cotton market, we might well enquire
from what source could the capital necessary
fnr so hazardous and unprofitable an enterprise
bo raised ? Yet such are tho assumptions o11
those who would impress on you the belief that j
your interests have been neglected, and the pub- j
lie responsibilities ot- the road have not been !
fulfilled.
It may be necessary here topremise that the j
Cincinnati Company became the purchaser ol
tho Hamburg Road; and that the stock in that
Company is represented by a debt, guaranteed
by the endorsement of the State, and not by private
stockholders. The capital paid by the
Cincinnati Company was exhausted in the construction
of the Road bed from Rrunchville to
Columbia. No provision was made, and not a
dollar was ever expended on motive or car
power. On tho consolidation of the two roads,
the motive power transferred with the Hamburg
Road was eenerall} of a 3rnnll class of loco
motives, amounting to twenty-four in number ;
and many of these were old. disabled, and par.
tially condemned. The car power consisted of
158 four-wheeled canvassed vehicles, and 38
box and platforms?the whole equivalent to j
about 100 box and platforms of eight wheels ;
each. The Company now have in service about |
45 locomotivo?, the majority of which are of a
large class, and 360 box and platforms, which
by the 1st of January will number 400. The
whole ofthis additional power, (five locomotives
and 115 freight and two passenger cars, which
have been added this year, at a cost of ?111,.
000,) including the construction of the Camden
Branch, the enlargement of depots, dsn., has
been provided from the revonue, and on the
credit ol the Company. Not one cent ut additional
capital, which that expenditure should
represent, has ever been called lor front Stock
holders.
This is mentioned merely to show the restrictions
under which your Direction have been
compelled to act, and the limited means at their
command for the additional locomotive and car
force so repeatedly called lor. Annually the [
complaints (again prevalent) of dtjicicncrs in !
both are brought before the stockholders. They :
hastily consider, and as hastily adjourn, with '
the simple resolution instructing the Hoard to j
provide the necessary means to transact the in- !
creasing business of the Road ; without indi- j
eating the sources fiooi whence the requisite
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sums to meet me expcuunur?-? .m- i? .n3cu.
Credit and the Revenue are the only resort;
and if the Direction have been forced loin*
trench on both to meet obligations therp was
no alternative. Now, has the duty to provide
for the transaction of the Business of the Road
been fulfilled with a faithful regard to the inte*
rests of the Company ?
Performance is the only test.
During the month of November just passed,
there was transported, with the power enumerated,
59.357 bales of Cotton ; 905 o( Domestics;
303 ol Waste; 6,390 bushels of Corn;
1.32S barrels of Turpentine ; 101 head of cat
tie; 1,140 ot hogs; the whole in tonnage or j
weight equivalent to 63,000 hales of Cotton in '
one month, The present power of tho Road, '
therefore, is equal to the transportation of the |
entire crop of the State in four months. If the |
Stockholders accord with the Cotton operators, |
that the Company is bound to provide the means j
to transport the whole in two months, if they ,
require it, the work can be done, but it would
be at your cost. It would involve an appropri. !
ation equal to that which has already been expend'-d
for motive and car power, depot accomodatioit,
and extra labor,?while all these adJi
tional investments, profitably employed for two
months only, would prove a loss from dclcrioration
and want of service for tho remaining
ten months in the year. The power of the road :
is fully equal to the profitable performance of the j
present business if it was distributed. The de- ,
rnand therefore by (be dealers in cotton, that ,
the company should bo prepared for the ctrier-,
policies which their speculations crcaV' be
enntej the tnorsitiir' ..souttVc ' n*:
f
to the road, as being confined to the down freight
a'one. This is evinced by the fact that when
cotton is in motion, tinder an excited and Hue
looting market, two-thirds of the Company's j
cars h;ue to lie despatched empty, to meet the
unexpected demand. The obvious ? fleet of such ,
an operation is to reduce the rale of freight to
the Road, by the enhanced expense incurred in
earning it. Thus during the past month, and
when you were listening to the complaints of the
Company's inability, from mismanagement and
neglect, to discharge its obligations, two-thirds
of the. 03,000 bales of cotton were transported
by empty cars sent op tor said purpose; while
one-third only was by those trains that went op,
loaded. While therefore the company realized
full rates, or $1 per bag on one-third of the
(lotion dcKcendimr. thev made iitile more than
one-half, or 50 cents per hale on tho other two
thirds trai sported. To secure a just retnunoration
for the extra service thus imposed on the
Company's power, and in conformity to the universal
law regulating hade and common carriage,
by the demand, the freight on Cotton was
advanced to ?1 50 per Imle, believing that those
who were most anxious to meet the eaily and
advancing market, would cheerfully award the
most remunerating rates, which they couid not
deny to other common carriers for similar accommodations
extended.
This advance became another source of complaint,
to which a majority of your hoard yield
ed, and the previous rates were restored, in the
face of the fact that the service had to he perfirmed
at an enhanced cost, and gave to the
company a just claim for higher rales. There
were oiher and equally cogei.t reasons which
recommended (his policy. F'reight on (Bolton
had been l?v ' bale, and was so lived when
I he aver . : ''lit of Carolina hales rarely
equallcr pounds, and 2") cents per 100 lbs
fixed (he c.iaroe o"one dollar. Of late, however,
the packages have been made heavier,
and cars which were constructed lor 40 hales,
occasionally loaded up but 30; and locomotives
of a nftU'Pr phDaI to lliP. harilitiir nf 1000 ItuLs
were transporting hut 7 or 600. Raising the
freight, therefore, with tl.fi corresponding in
crease of weight to (he hale, was so obvious a
protection to the Company's interest, that it is
difficult to conceive how it could he esteemed
otherwise. While other interests were pros*
pering under advancing price*, the Railroad
was to remain stationary, under increased ex
I enses for extra services rendered.
It may appear inexplicable to some, and *a
want of foresight in the Direction to others,
not to he prepared to transport every hale of
Cotton as delivered;?but the fact stands recorded
that in two days, at the three termini of
the Road?Hamburg, Columbia, and Camden
?upwards of 12,000 hales were crowded into
ho enclosures. The capacity of the platforms
at the above places (which are now made the
limit of reception for shipment) will contain
2800, 2300 and 1000?in the aggregate 0300
bales?and which coidd not with the company's
force (as large as it may appear to some) he
loaded up in less than two days. To ship arid
transport that quantity oach day, would involve
double the quantity of labor in service?600
additional curs and 30 additional locomotives,
at an outlay of 600,000 dollars ; yet there are
those who would impose this heavy expenditure
on the company as a chartered obligation, and
deny at the same time the higher freights which
the charter grants, and which, in such exactions
on the Company's power, aro the only
sources of compensation.
We submit the above views to the consideration
of the Stockholders preparatory to the
annual meeting in February next, and hope all
will make it convenient to attend, and judge
personally on ihe embarrassments of the past,
and be prepared with their counsel to define the
policy lor the government of those on whom the
administration of the Company's affairs may be
devolved.
As a pioneer in the Railroad System, the S.
Carolina Railroad has h; d to pay heavily for
the experience incident to all early enterprises.
The improvements in the construction of the
tracks?the. necessity of a heavier rail, and the
successful application of steam to locomotive
power, have all conspired to impose additional
obligations on it, to keep pace with the progress
of mechanical science. The gradual and annual
enlargement of the business has surpassed
the expectations of the most sanguine, while the
early disappointments of the stockholders, inducing
the withholding further payments on the
capital, has left to the Direction no other re.
sources lor perfecting the work but what the
credit of the company and a divided revenue.
could accomplish. The progress therefore to
consummation, has necessarliy been s'ower
than a more, enlightened policy would have recommended.
Still, it has been onward: and an
impartial examination will lead to the comic
tton that the South Carolina Railroad will, and
at an early day, realize all the expectations of
those who have never lost confidence in the
success of the enterprise.
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iVUO|/bUiiu? ij niiirmiiiuu *'J1
Yours, respectfully,
JAMES GADSDEN.
Remarkable EscA.rn of a Slave.?We
understand a vessel has arrived here trorn Wash,
ington, N. C., bringing a yellow girl belonging
to George W. Davis, of that city. She was
secreted on board by the mate. A bed was
thrown into tho poop for her to lie upon, and
concealed by piling wood around it.' The authorities
at Wilmington, almost knowing her
to bo on board, made repeated searches, and
smoked the vessel several times, afier loudly
nnnooneine1 that thev would smother her if she
O rf
did in t shew herself. Upon coming out of the
river the vessel was boarded by ihe posse for
the last time, and had the girl been tound the
captain would have been in great peril, notwithstanding
he knew nothing of the runaway.
During the voyage the girl was fed in the
watches, without the knowledge of the master.
At the wharf here the vessel was entrusted to
the care of the second mate; but in the evening
the first mate went aboard, and persuaded
the second mate to go on shore upon an errand.
He returned, however, so quickly that the mate
had not time to get off with his prize, but hid
her in another place where she was discovered
by the steward, lie. told the two mates, who I
were then conversing in the cabin, that there
was a woman on board; but I lie first mate!
laughed at tliu story. Soon alter, the second
male went into his own room, when the mate
tonic the gir! from 11 * ..no.? ! ,! <?) . rtr* ' ran
vv , . i i ; j . : i. 1 >
?TffIENAIL,_ |
CAMDEN, S. C.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1830.
(IT Tlie Rev. J)r. Jones, from the Theological
Semicary, Columbia, will preach in the Presbyterian
Church on next Sabbath /
/
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until the publication of the tri-weekly is commenced,
which will take its place, and toss many new
subscribers as are disposed to give us help; which
toe call the right sort, when the cash comes, or its
equivalent, in the shape of a responsible promise
In pity, with the p'edge, on our part, to make the
Camden Journal every way worthy their patronj
nSeFive
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CP The weather continues unpleasant, and the
prospects are n< t flattering for a change. While
we are writing it is raining "some" and we arc
inclined to the opinion that if it continues a few
(lays longer, the material for the making of any
quantity of bricks may be had in our ItrnaJtony:
judging from appearances, the clay must be worked
up to the right state. We are afraid to consult the
Almanac upon the prospect of fair weather; for we
might find, as Washington Irving did, when cooped
up on a wet Sunday in a country Inn,?(what a fix
the top of the page to the bottom, through the I
whole mouth, " expect much?rain?about?this
time."
TIIE COTTON CROP.
The Mobile Tribune of Saturday says : " It will
be observed that the receipts since the 20th ult
show a considerable falling olf from those of the
preceding week. This fact is taken as conclusive
proof that the Mobile crop will not even reach the
estimates made a month ago. Many of our best
informed business men are now of the opinion that
:3.30,000 bales will bo the extent of our receipts."
GEN. CASS'S SPEECH.
General Cass's speech, \e believe, has been
universally praised, and the ohect produced i? tlic
rejection of Col. James \V...6on Webb as ambassador
to Austria. This is "enmme ilfaut" in two
ways. Firstly; vvc happen to Know eomeinmg
of this Col. James Watson Webb, Editor of the N.
York Courier and Enquirer. We know this much
?that he is " little taters"?that soon after the
election of General Taylor to the Presidency of
u all mankind and the rest of the jtenjile," he, neglecting
his editorial duties, posted for the "city o
magnificent distances,"?for months successive
" boot-licked" old Xuclc for some appointment, and
; finally received uiai 10 nusinu. ouwmu; , ?c
differ from our friend of the Mercury in comparing
the case of Austria with (hose of England, France
and Russia. For we unhesitatingly say, that amid
all tlie darkened cluuds of iniquitous political
crime that has shrouded Europe for many u century
long, none can compare with the late cruelly
infamous acts of Austria. Were all the political
! crimes of England, since the day that Cmsar's
I Eagle was lirst seen upon her shores, heaped together,
the pile would sink into insignificance
whon compared with the ponderous mass of Austria's
late unparalleled acts. As for practising the
"moral sublime," we can conceive of nolhingof the
sort in connection with Austria, or James waison
Webb cither. We should simply term it "practically
grand"?that's a little too high. Wo would
there were room yet to hope that the Hungarian
war cry would strike terror to every Austrian
he-irt, as their never-quailing patriots beat back
the panoplied hosts of their tyrannical oppressors.
Tim following we clin from the New London
I - o
Weekly Chronicle :
" A Washington correspondent of the New Bedford
Mercury, intimates that Mr. Crawford, the
Secretary of War, and Mr. Preston, Secretary of
the Navy, arc leagued with the disorganizes and
disunionists of the South, and that they arc ready
J to sustain them in their infamous proceedings.
This, we trust, is gratuitous and incorrect altogether.
Indeed, we believe it to be so. We arc
grossly mistaken with regard to both those distinguished
gentlemen if they are amenable to any
such charge; but if they arc so?if they have-any !
such feelings, entertain any such views?as have !
recently disgraced the country on the floors of j
Congress ami cls?nvhe:v. Jho-n he hi' ailrjft ?? ,
>! i: !' t ..' ! !'- r ! , i|ti?< act
.. i | > {'|M j'trv will
sustain him?every good man in the land will stand
by him i? the discharge of the duly."
We sincerely hope that is true that these distinguished
Cahiuetariam' are just so true to the
South. If they a e, it cannot be bad ; for it is
charged upon ti e n by " Anti-Slaveryists" as a
crime, which is a sure index io good qualities.?
We are told by the North, when we talk of disunion,
that ^ they have the army?that ituty have
the Navy?very little of it would go South," &c.
Vet when the Secretaries of these Departments?
Southern men?talk of standing up for the South,
they ought to be " cut adrift" by the President?all
" good men" will stand up to him in such an actThere
are Vords in the English language that, although
the satne in orthography, differ in meaning.
It must he so with u<rnnilV. One thin<r is verv
o . p ? <
sure, if it be "good men" who will stand by Old
Zack in such acts, then we intend to be "just as
bad as we can."
U7" YVc notice with pleasure that W. II. Campbell
has taken charge of the editorial department
of the Greenville. .Mountaineer. The Mountaineer
has long held a distinguished post in our upper
country, as one of the Beacon Lights upon the
Democratic .Mount. Living amid the mountains,
its health has always been excellent, and now,
since the association of Mr. Campbell with its former
conductor, it will have still less need of nos
minis, imping mat ooin rn/pneior anu minor
may remain at "pence with all (he world, and mamlain
llieir cherished relations of amity with the rest of
manltind," we heartily welcome Mr. Campbell into
the arena of Editorial disjday.
KIDNAPPING.
The Athens (Ga.) Banner of the 3d instant,
nays: " An attempt was made in tins place on
Friday night last, by a man named Kellogg, a dentist
by profession, to entice and carry away a negro
man belonging to Thomas Hnncoc'-. Kellogg was,
we understand/arrested in the act, and committed
to the county jail the same night. Circumstances
indicate an extensive conspiracy for the purpose of
inveigling slaves from this part of the eounlry.and
_ I? .L-!_
we would warn uie community to ue on meir
guard."
TIIIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Thursday, January 4.
In Senate.?Air. Caps was followed by Mr.
Seward, of New York, expressing his deep, sincere
and devoted friendship to C?>l. James Watson
Webb, and affirming that his reason for leaving
so abruptly was of such a nature that he could not
make it known to tlie world. (Reporters say it
was his secret marriage.) Air. Foole, whom the
Whigs call the "foot" of the Senate, followed in
a tone ef withering sarcatm, a la Foote to the let
icr. Olliail III Slrtiure, ? nil a Illiiniuigi pi?iv>iW
and ever.varying eye, he pit--, like Accident on his
throne of chance, to come when and however lie
pleases. Seward, in the extreme corner, on the
left of the Vice President, with his egotistical look
and peculiar voice, had said last spring that he
"had been invited to advise President and Cabinet
on the all inipoitant Teiritorial question. lie had
at-a single glance comprehended a matter that the
innate had been laboring at for weeks," &c.?
l^otc pounced upoli his victim with gusto unequalled.
" lie (Seward) required no time for deliberation;
the operations of his intellect were like
the movement of electricity. There is really a
tuarvcllous celerity in the action of his mind, as so
uiode?tly described by himself in this epistle?the
dashes of divine intuition can scarcely bt imagined
to be more instantaneous." We wish most l?earlily
for space to publish the entire speeches of Cass
and Poole. Tho Senate, as well as the House,
adjourned over until Monday 8ih.
Columbia, Jan. 10.
Tug RACEs-?-The track yesterday was still in
bad order Iromlhe ra n The purse was won by
Litltgo. The time made on first boat was 3 57?on
the second heat 4 is.?Telegraj-h.
Calku Clark k, Ksq.?One of our most venerable
and valuable citizens, Caleb Clarke,
Kstj., is no more. He departed this life on the
evening of (he 20th ult., after several weeks of
severe affliction.
In his death, the District has lost one ol~ its
most useful and prominent citizens?the town
one of its oldest inhabitants and counsellors,
and the citizens a faithful and unwavering friend,
a public benefactor and an ornament to society.
He died at the advanced age of seventy.three
years, and has been a resident of NVinnsboro'
for the past forty-five years.
Fairfield Herald, j
FROM BRAZIL.
Nkw Kingdom to hh Made.?The corres- |
pondenl of the Now York Express, writes as
follows :
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1VIU 1)K JAAIS1I(U| HUV. ?u, iuitf.
The Prince do Joinvillo and wifo arc expect,
ed by the Emperor very soon, and report has it J
that the three Provinces adjoining Pernambuco j
arc to be converted into a Kingdom, and the
Prince and Princess t.re to be crowned King
and Queen thereof. Lou's Phillippe and the
Emperor have been in c.loso correspondence
for the last throe months, and no doubt the
abovo is the result ol his wiles. General uproar
and republicanism subsequently will be
the consequence, and the Empire ultimately
Doited entirely out ot existence.
Trade has greatly increased with foreign ;
countries, and with none more than the United :
States.
The Kentucky Convention.?The Convention
for revising and amending the Con litution
of the State of Ken'ucky, which has been
in session at Frankfort since the first of October
last, completed its business and adjourned
011 tho 21st inst. Amongst the changes made
by the Convention in the Constitution are tho
following, as we find them stated in an address
of iho delegates to their constituents. They are,
however, to be submitted to a vote of the pco- j
P'c. . . I
Biennial sessions of the Legislature, limited ,
their duration to sixty days.
The protection of tho public credit, by expressly
prohibiting iho Legislature from contracting
any debt, save li>r the expenses ol tho
(iovernment, without tho assent ol the people |
gi" i'ii at polls.
I 'fix ??i an I special ic i??u is ?sba; ' ?<.
and this hitherto source of expense, including
the grant of manifold divorces, so long borifr
and so strongly condemned, is entirely remov.
ed.
Tlie mode of appointing the Judges has been
altogether changed, and for the fir>t time in
in tlie history of this Commonwealth, been giv.
en directly to the people.
The relation between master and slave remains
as it was under the old constitution.?
Public sentiment, so far from demanding any
aciion thereon.
The? free npgro population among us is conceded-by
nil to be worthless, and highly detrimental
to the vn'ue of out slaves, as well as the
security of the owner. The constitution pro.
vulos lhat no slave ahnll be emancipated (Hit
upon condition that such emancipated slave be
sent out nfihe State.
The Convention is to re-assemble on the first
! .Monday in June next, to proclaim the new Constitution
as the orgainic law ol the Slate, pr<?vided.it
shall receive the approval ol the peopie.
NEW.YORK LEGISLATURE.
Movkmbxt against Slavery and Tkx.w.
' ?Resolutions have already liecn submitted to
j the-Senate, of New York by tMr. (iaddes
' against slavery in the District of Columbia ami
; the Territories, and the following new one :
j Resoled, (if ihe assembly concur,) That the
; territory lying between the Neuces and Rio
' nenmlit !c tlm oAmmnn ninfiArlv nf tliA fTnitiwf
, .o WW r,wl"-,V *" """?"
i Stales, and that oifr Senators in Congress be
| instructed, and our representatives requested to
| use their best efforts to preserve the same as
j such common property, and to protect it frdm
! the unfounded claim of the State of Texas.
i . ?
A plank road is talked of between Fairfax
| court house, Virginia, and Georgetown, D. C.
i A writer in the Fairfax News urges a meeting
i in the country, to confer with Georgetown,ahd
select the be?t route, now that the Alexandria
I and (iordonville Railroad hat been located on
| thp southern route, leaving Fairfax county seat
i and most of the county in the back ground.
Tiir North kr.v Prf.ss with Souther ?t
j Pri.xctplks.?The New York Herald la*t turn,
i mcr smt out a special agent South in procure
correct view# of Southern affair# (not to men.
t'u n subscriber^), and for a time was exceeding.
I)' Southern in its tone. The letter* of it# eor.
respondent, "Northcrnor," ami the editorial
comment* thereon, where all thai could he de?
sired?hut " a change has come o'er the epirit
of it* dream," and an editorial in the paper xereived
last night thue heads iu the opppsite di.
rection. [The italics are our own.] Will the
Herald explain whether it is tacking or steering
in the opposite direction ??Telegraph.
" The Senate was engaged, it would appear,
indirectly with the great question of the day?
that ofslavery. The hall has heen opened by
Col. Benton, who delivered a long speech, in
t . f _ n .1 ! . 1* !_ j
wnicn ne arprccaiea ine ooum Carolina principle
of resistance. This is the commencement
of ihis great discussion, nnd we hope that similar
sentiments will he propounded by the other
able men ofihat body, as well as by the House,
il the latter Ixnly should succeed in electing
their officers."
(IT The iinprovemont in the complexion caused by
the use of Dr. 0>gond'.i India Chulngoguc, is one of
the prominent tests of its healthy action upon tho bills,
ry organs. The appearance of the skin denotee with
much certainty the condition of the liver; especially if
:|u derangement of this organ has been of long stand.
| ing. It is mallei of common observation that WesUrn
I nnd .Southern men carry in their countenances tlta
| marks of their residence, from the almost universal cf?
j fuct of a bilious climate upon the liver, and through
??' II
l!iis organ upon Dig complexion. The anove cxccneni
nicdicino may be found at the Drug Store of Jomea
R MeKain.
Tl.is eorld is inded a world of pain, disease and
! dc h, a id wore it not H>r t e improvements c< nslnnjly
| til i tg place in tlio medical science, which lend to mii
tig ilc i|r?*e sufferings, li!c would almost cease to bo
| a bles l-ijr.
[ Thai clays of our citizci* who arc suffering with
Weak B cks, Rheumatism, Gout, &c., should lose no
| tine n making use of the celebrated " Jkw Darin's
o- Hebrew Piaster," wh'ch is literally sweeping that
class of disotsc* from tho Ltid.
O* Sec advertisement on fourth page.
To Driij^lxtii nad Dealer* In Medicine.
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This celebrated and infallible remedy fi>r tho euro of
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covered some ten years ago. Since that time it Ins
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it has gained for itself a uiost enviable popu.
larily and established itself in the confidence of an in
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head of all other medicines for the cure of diseaes for
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the United Slutos, Canada*, and British provinces,
None genuino unless signed I BUTTS, on tho wrap,
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hy Druggists gonorally throughout tho Stale. .?.
MARRRIED?Oii the 18th tilt., by the Rer,
J. T. Cope land, .Mr. Josrpii J. IIuckahkr to
Mist Rachel J., daughter of William J. Wil,
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CAMDEN PRICES CURRENT.
Bagging, |wr yd. 18 to I-nrd, |h 8 to HI
Hale ito|ie Ih to 1*2 l?a<i, |b t to T
Banon, lb <* ! to 7 Molnwe*. pall 31 to 40
Butter. Ill 12 to IN Marknrrl, bhl 8 to 13
Brandy. pall 28 to 3.1 iXail*, lb 6 to 8
Beeswax, lb 18 to '2*2 Oatx. slimf. cwt 50
Bert'. Ill 4 to 0 IVo*. bushel 50
Cheoso, Ih 12 1.1 Potatoes, "weet. hit 37
Mil ton, Ih 101 to 111 Irixh bu 7.1
Corn, bushel -JO to live. hiixhcl 71 to87
Flour. hh| ti to f>| It lei*. Iiuxhrl 3 to 4
Fodder. r\yt 50 to 7.1 Sugar, lb 7 toll
Hide*.dry Ih 8 to 9 Salt. *aok II
Iron, Ih .i to n: .shot. lwp 11
l.iiuc. hhl *2 to 21 iTohaero, Ih 10 to 71 M
lrf*alh?r, sole, Ih IN to*2! |Wheal. hush 90
CllAKLKSTAN, Jail. 10.
Cotton.?The Upland market yesterday was
-j t i*. *.' I! ui'endr.! Ii; l.it'.ets, ami with a sjiir