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<* The Camden Joornial. PUBLISH El) BV TIIO. J. WARREN & C. A. PRICE, EDITOR* AM) PROPRIETORS. TERMS. Forllie Semi Weekly, Three Dollars and Fifty Cents if,,, id in advance,' or -Four Dollars if payment is dc ( iuyod three month*. For llio Weekly, Two Dollars nnd Fifly Cents in j advance, or Three Dollars after tin i-xpirutidu of three months. I ! ! I JJ | nil? II ! Ill | IIMaPjj???? Correspondence of the Baltimore Sttn. Washington,. March 24, 1850. Mr. Day ton's speech in the Senate, on Friday ' A '- ?-Al" .?o a now nnrl nnivor. jasl, IS JUSUy UVIISIVlCl^l Iko i* >.v " |.? .. . . ful proof of thegood feeling which pervades both houses of Congress in regard to a compromise, and the preservation of the Union. The speech itself did infinite credit to Mr. Dayton, both as an orator and a statesman. " We shall have in a very short time a new division of parties; those who believe in the sanctity of an oath, like Clay, Webster, Dayton, &c., and those who don't?like Seward, Weed, Greeley, &c. I believe thatThurlow Weed is the true founder of this new sect of Later Day Saints, (Mr. Seward getting his principles only second-hand,) and it would not be inappropriate, therefore, to call the anti-oath party, "Weeds" and notwhigs any longer. Mr. Foote, as soon as Mr. Baldwin, shall have made his speech in the Senate, will call up his : resolution for the appointment of a compromise ' ? '**? -"J tkn /.nmmiaaa ii'ill nnrlniilihwlli' ! VU1I11IIIUCC, U1IU UIC LUII1IIII111V au?v?v>v..j be appointed. It may also be, that Mr. Douglass may present a series of bills to-morrow, based on Mr. Foote's compromise bill at the be- , ginning of the session, aud agreeing, in substance, with the bill about to be oilered by Mr. McClernard, of t!;e House, the resolutions of Mi. Bell, and the suggestions contained in Mr. Webster's great speech. I should not wonder if the bill proposed by Mr. McClernard were to I be introduced into the House before the Senate | bills. If a coir.p omise committee bo appointed, | which I think highly probable, it docs not follow, as some believe, that the committee feel it self called upon to report a single bill, in which all difficulties are adjusted at once. The com *li' " -* onrl rn) t? /-> n ! nilltfH lliuy fl'jiun st^ai (lie win , Oim n,M Vil the faitli of Senators an J membeis that they will pass one after the other, in the order agreed upon. A movement is anticipated to udmit California first and then legislate for the territories. If the hills proceed jMripa-txu to a tiiird reading, it is easy- to put ib^ question on the passage of them so as to have one hill pars the House first, and the other the Senate. I fed*confident that Mr.Clay will once more epea!: on his compromise resolutions, and I feel equally certain that a compromise v ill eventually he agreed to. There are liut two under ' currents which it is important to avoid. One , is, the attempt io leave the territories as they 1 are,in order to make capital lor the administration; the other is to insist on the Missouri com promise resolution, with an express recognition of slavery south of30 cleg. 30. Neither ofthese plans are satisfactory. The former is no complete settlement of the question, and would not put an end to the agitation ; the 'latter would j never obtain a sufficient numlier of votes to pass J the House, even if it passes the Senate. Allow me on this occasion, to quot* a pas- | sage from a letter lately* received bv a member J from Indiana, from Gov. Wiiglit, the patriotic ! and highly intelligent Governor of that State. " I would vote for any fair propo -idem," says i Gov. Wright, "to compromise the question, and if any such compromise is passed at this ses- i sion. the men who vote arminst it. will jto down I * ; ? **o *? o -in Indiana. I am aware that many of our friends think differently ; but I am firm in the opinion that any settlement will be sustained in Indiana that does not affirmatively establish shivery. If the South are exjiecting a comjj-omise j that in any part establishes slavery, they will he disappointed, hut any coinpromise that { leaves the question to he settled bv the people ; of the ten itoiies. will, in in v opinion, be fully sustained, even if it were to divide the present j boundary of Caii.ornia, and admit her into the L niou wit.i her boundaries north of 30 J10; leaving the people south of this line to come into 1 the I nion as free or slave Elates as they deter- i mine." 1 I - .1 ..1 A it i .1 . i nave iiu uounr, mat inese conciliatory sontinioiits arc- sha.ed by the far greatest portion ! of the people of t!ii> northwestern States?of! that portion of the Union, which acts as a cement between the North ami the South, ami ( without which the pros jut difficulty between those sections could, perhaps, not easily Ik; settled ? i Capoht. ? Ilenry, a slave, the- property or Mr. A. II. L'.ieo, of this city, was yesterday recognized as Cook on hoard the hrig (Jon. Jonoo I from 'button. He ".a> accord. <: lv arrested \ and ioturnr 1 to Vis owner, fhe negro h.us ; been : :>iwa\ iho it four months, during which i ti.ne he V I \,-w Vork ?nd I'.o-ton. He ! k 'i ' > i d "ion ?. wl ??*< .] ' i nsol'* off I UK '>,. i - ' ;r.: t n;:'l j : ''M-. i i ' ! . rv" 1 idesor ! '! When nrrt..i"/i li a i * -s' <??have no knowledge whatever ofhis master. We are informed tiiat tile ! Captain of the vessel was entirely uii njnaieted with the fact the man being a slave, and that! t .is is |'i< fir-t visit to this port. ?Si". flrnr?i- \ an, ii..t> K ut. Ro\? A rciDKNT.?The passenger train i on the Central Railroad was thro /n from the t- iek near the rr<t station o Friday oveuinp j i i?*, l?v the displac* of *!u? switch l>v somo i evil ni iHo.l scoundrel. ami Air. Pat "irk Cotter, n traia hand was ions!;* hut nut dangerously injured. Mr. C'a"r from Se lveri county, wlio was standi'!" on the platform at the time, had his foot badly jammed. The train was some three hours behind the regular time, having been detained by the washing awav ??f a erdvc* rv? > the 7d mile station, and lni?-' ;*t I f "I > ( (,*?| \f ) : ji tv. i * 1 ?' " t. !. ! !. :? ii i'j'i'. :i'.i - w ii'M e. I- ' -i i > ' !' d !?v th in ' j' r i .1 i'O ?/.*? U.i* | nah llcpubliraii, 2ot/i, 11 Slavf. Cask.?The Superior Court of Bibb county, Georgia, has mulcted the Macon and Western Railroad Company in damages for cutting oft'the leg of a slave man who had taker, passage in the care, showing a general pass, but jumped off and was injured while the train was going. The point decided is, if the Company take the negro on the cars, without the knowledge and consent of the owner, and he be in jured by negligence or otherwise, the company will be liable, though the negro have a general pass. The Supreme Court have affirmed this decision. TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY, 4 * 11 1 " l! ? i*Oa.?nrJ /W Itnr< ! At rnc last Hireling wi mc u?um ... , . held, on the 20th instant, the following resold- I tions were adopted: " Resolved, That the exigencies of the Com- | pany require that the remaining instalments up- I on the existing shares shall be called in. " Resolved, That the same Committee Ire au- j thorized to arrange the details, and advertise the ! calls, accompanied with an addrc6s.to the Stock- 1 holders explanatory of the advantages of the ; measure" ! In obedience to those resolutions, wo beg leave to submit to you a short statement of the i condition of your affairs; and we hoj>e it will have the effect of convincing you that the calling in of the remaining instalments is a measure which, though demanded, it is true, by our ne cessities, is supported equally by the soundest considerations of policy ; and we are the more anxious to convince you of this, because we earnestly desire a united and spirited co-operation on your part in the measure, as essential to impart efficiency to the administration of our efiairs, and sustain, by the confidence it will imply in the enterprise; the market value of your shares. The able report of your own Committee, submitted through their Chairman, Mr. Ravenel, at! the last Annual Convention, renders it mine- ! cec?ary for us to g > into any details. It was | ' ere shown that the aggregate deb's of the | Company amounted 011 the 31st of December, ; WW. 10 93,r?K*?.5:i7 J We lielil certain securities, Jtc. of the amount of 232,U3u Which reduces the actual balance of indebted: ties* to $3,2^3,177 1 | The improvement* actually in progress and in ! contemplation, e.ill require a f;rtlier outlay of (a* per .Mr. Ravoiiel ? lleport) 63f>,000 j Forinintr an nggrairaic iii-li-btcdncxs, actual ami proximate, ?>f ga.illV, lii Of thi?" mun 'here will be paid out of lite pro< ? 1* of the ii'>n Kold to the Greenville Company 210,000 ; T eavina-finally a debt, permanent and floati.i?. I ..f $3,703,177 This is the diiticitiiv with which \*e have tu j contend. The Board caused an elaborate re| port to he prepared and submitted to them by tnis Committee; and though predetermined I against calling in the instalments, after a carej ful consideration of that report, and pafient inI vestigation and discussion of tite subject in all I its hearings, their judgment became entirely 1 coiivinced that it was a measure imperatively demanded by the emergency, and strongly sustained by wisdom and prudence. We will endeavor to 6ho\v you what the operation will be upon your present condition and future prospoets. We have tdiovvn yon that yournj?;?rvjiatedebt in ?3.702,477 Your present capital cunxixts of 33,310 Share."", at ?73 2,910,7f>0 $0,014,227 Of the above debt we find alxmt 2,733,227 lobe of a permiinent olmracter. or sticli as may be kept in existence without embarrassment to the Company. The remainder, viz: 970,250 | 3,703,477 We propose to pay hv railing in the remaining $25 per shnre on the 38.810 shares as ulwve. Vottr capital will then consist of 8?,810 shares at $100 $3.8*1,0o0 i I And your permanent debt will be about 2.779,000 ! In round numlHTS, $0,000,000 j With these cert.tin data before us, ami with the experience of the past to sustain us, fortified j by the views of your own Committee, we have j made the following calculations respecting the I future dividends. k We estimate tlie average gn?ss income at $1,000,000 The current expenses sil 45 per rent $ 150.000 The rcMTved fund for wear and tear of iron and machinery at 15 percent. 150,000 000.000 ; r-caving for the ncti annua) earnings $ 100,000 1 'In payfi percent dividend and interest on $0,Ooo.iKi) will rciyiirc 390,000 By t!iis nu.isu.v, then, wo shall he enabled to pay all pressing demands against the Company ; fix definitely the extent of the debt to be I'm.-md ovontnnllv disi-barired. hvn new is .r O ' - ? I sue of stock ; complete all the improvements in I progress, ant! bring the capabilities of the Road ! into full and erticient action; enter upon the i payment of regular and certain dividends, and i give the shares an appreciable and permanent I value. Relying com the soundness of these conclusions, the Hoard have instructed ns, in an- ! nouncing the call of the instalments, to apprise ; vou iiist) of thy confident expectation they en- | tert'iin that in July next they will commence,! and continue regularly, as tli y b<dieve, the pay. j meat of semi-aii.-.ual di .i lends out of ihe car- ! mugs of the company; and we are directed to j express the hope tliat this statement of your af- I fairs will inspire \ou, as it has thesn, with re-1 ...u'iili-n'??iii the cnternri/.e. and nrevent my a -rinre ?:'t!ie shares 'i'iio moderation of .mi" . it-ws (iiu'.s not permit them to eiu oura?. i the er^erlnti'm of larger divi i.mds than 0 per! coal. out oven the most prudent will readily ad- J mil that it is very far tiom unreasonable to ex- j poet that the income will he greater, urn! the J expenses iess, than the sains stated in the fori!- : going estimate : rev ;!! - that would, oi course, | mat riallv enlarge the dividends, pnrtie.nl n lyas j the interest on the permanent debt v ould he j f ii ni*i rr It .\il! also bo borne in mi-.itl, iliat very g?eat | o* 'elisions of on: comtnnuicati hi will soon talte ( place by the Creonville : 'id Anderson, Char, j lotto and Mario!; .-tor Roads, anil by the Roads j ' ia Upper (?eorpi.i, Mibiina and Tennessee,' 1 which are co. 'i ;.i t i-nmpletion, and that \cry considerable additions i>< the transportation and j tra\e!. :oid coiimmontly to the profits of our j Rn.u!, riiiiRt, hereafter, result from their complo-1 I ti->< Che extent of tin-inture increase of in. 11 en thes- ?oi: . s, we do not pi - lend to i i i ,.n. ' t every intelligent tnind v.ill per. 11 : ?t-upon t:.v ;>tv .out value of our * : VI: . ( "^i:: o - <-i.il-. i.i < i et, not a share : ought |o be sold at any sacrifice, nor should ne cecity force any to make such sacrifices.? Money is abundant everywhere, and cannot be scarce here. This is a great public work, in which the State, the City, and many of our Bunks ami other public institutions, are largely interested; and those private stockholders who require some aid to meet this call, cannot, under such circumstances, and ut such a time, fail to obtain it. In order to facilitate the payments as much its possible, the calls will be made as follows: On the 1st of June next, 85 " 1st of July, 5 " 1st of December, 5 " 1st of January, 1851, 10 ?* I ZO ! <;. A. THENHOLM, 1 F. H. ELMORE, j Committee WM. C. DUKES, [ of the Board KER BOYCE, | of Directors. AND. WALLACE, J Charleston, March 23, 1850. _ #lns wrakAiL. | CAMDEN, S. C. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1850. | TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. ! Reported Euprcwly for llic Journal. Charleston, March ?8, 8] p. in. Tlie market id quiet, and holders firm, prices being more full, with an upward tendency. Sales of four hundred bales at 10^ to 11 J. Week's sales 7700. Receipts 3900. W. From the Uiarlexton Mercury. Xkw York, March 27. The Cotton market to-day was firm at yesterday's prices, the sales amouutinir to 1200 bait's, and closing in favor of sellers. At Boston to-day, 0:1 t!ic trial of Dr. Webster, three anonymous letters were identified as in his handwriting. Webster exclaimed to Jailor, "Guilty wretch t'wit I anil" and asked if all of Dr. Parknan's body had lieeii found, thus intimating a knowledge of its having been cut uJ).' Washinto.v, March 27. - A difficulty occurred in the Senate to-day between Benton and Foote, which it is believed will result in a duel. A Committee has been appointed in the House to adjust the difficulty between Mr. Speaker Cobb and Preston Kilig. Nkw Oni.kans, March 20. Our Cotton market has not been affected by the Niagara's news. There were 5,000 bales sold ycsteJilay at outside prices; Good middling 11 3-4. F air 12. The receipts arc decreasing j rapidly. , New Orleans, March 27. The rainy weather yesterday was unfavorable for operations in the Cotton market, and the s;tles amounted to GOO bales at easier prices DISTRICT MEETING. Again, and for the last time, we call the attention of the citizens of Kershaw to the District Meeting of next Monday. Recollect that the people is the source of all power. And those who may be appointed Delegates, will feel that they are expressing the views of their constituents if there be unanimity of action among themselves. Let no man be careless \\ hclher ho attends or not.? The North believes we are not in earnest?that it is all wind work?and the tide of their aggressions, knows no ebbing. But let us, from our primary meetings to the Convention itself show ardency of purpose and perfect unanimity?and they will learn that the South was never made to bear a NT ?1. .^UI UIllll > um . Snow.' The weather recently has been exceedingly changeable, presenting rain, hail, clouds and sunshine; and lastly, a slight sprinkling of snow, which fell on the night of the 27th instant,?the first we have had this season. The weather is by no means settled; and it is but reasonable to u expect?much?rain?about?this?time." J-jjP'.The Regimental Parade of the 26th came off with all the "pomp and circumstance of glorious" military movements. Gen. Chandler com-! plimented the Regimei t on their excellent performances, and then :u a short, pointed, and ele rant manner, addressed them on the all-absorbing question cf the Jay; adopting the watchword " Equality dr IridepenulMice.*' Democratic Review. Mr. Z. J. Delfay is tlie agent in Camden for this periodical. Those of our friends who desire lo subscribe for it, will leave their name? with him. Tire Charleston Mercury says: ' The Democratic Review is not only distinguished for its literary merits, but it maintains a , position in politics that commends it to general fa-1 vor and support at the South. The extracts we I have heretofore made from its pages, show that it J may be reckoned among the true, as well as aide i ? ?*" i"i<t!nr> ninl the eoualitv of the States. sll i'i'ui 1<:i "* ui j Enclosed in the following note, we received a bn bill, which we will take pleasure in aj>plying as requested by our unknown friend? Blackvii.lf., S. C., .March 2<?, 1850. Messrs. Editors?Vou wili confer a favor on j the writer of this note, by receiving the enclosed i mite, and applying the same to the benefit nf the : liltie Orphans of the unfortunate Mrs. Sizer. whom j you have so kindiy recommended to the sympa-1 ihy of the riti/.cns ofCainden, in a late number of! your Journal. Very respectfully. Plank Road.?A Plank Road between Cn-j thage and Murchisnn's 1'irry, iNortli Carolina, Iweuty-live miles iirlength, lias been contracted j for ut $1,205 per mile. , Mr. Caliioun's Health.?It will be seen by the following extracts of a letter from a 1 gentleman in Yv ashington whose opportunities , make l:'ni the best authority, that there has been a decided improvement in the health of Mr. Ualnoun. His illness has been the topic of '' Miiial.mt and anxious inquiry among our people 1 md his leeovcry will dinuse a universal joy. I ' Char. Mercury of Thursday, i \ ? |j .wggg|M Washington, March 24. Yesterday a great change took place in regard to the health of Mr. Calhouu. He is better? decidedly better, and 1 have no doubt but that he will recover. His fever has left linn, his appetite has returned, and he is gaining strength slowly but surety. As soon as he feels well enough to travel, he will leare this city for Lynchburg, Virginia, whore he will remain until his health is completely restored, when he will return and resume his seat iu the Senate. Editorial Gleanings. Mr. Webster is about to receive a solid chain of gold in acknowledgment of his services in the cause of the Union. The chain is o<" pure gold. ft volnu < ivonml iucr luiiirlf.ifl rlnllnro nc it V/J U * II1UU C.lVCbUlllg IV/ VIA liUIIUIV U UVIIUir UU 11 came from the mints. Its workmanship reflects much credit on California!) skill. It was manufactured for the donor, Mr. Gt orge W. Eggleston, at San Francisco. It should be called " Mr. Webster's Union Chain." Our citizens will have an opportunity of seeing it for a tew, days, at Ball, Tompkins & Black's, corner of Broadway and Murray street, where it has been sent to be engraved with an appropriate inscription.?JV. V. Express Wild pigeons are said to he quite numerous in the woods back of Detroit. A brace of thein were taken recently with rice in their crops. The nearest point at which theycould have obtained this food was about 700 miles: which distance they had probably flown in less than a day, allowing 24 hours for digestion. On February9tli,says "the Spirit," Mr. Macready took his farewell of the Dublin stage. Rail Road Instalments.?We are happy to learn that the stockholders began, yesterday, to answer, with great spirit, the call of the Directors for additional instalments?several persons having paid up the whole amount called for, in anticipation of the periods assigned for payment, in order to avail themselves of interest at the rate of 0 per cent, per annum, tendered by the company iu all such cases. Should this example be numerously followed, the company will soon be relieved of all pressure, and assume, iu advance, the "high and palmy state," which sooner or later it is destined to attain.? ( liar. Couriei ,27/lt insJ. The House of Representatives have been very much excited, growing out ot a charge of John A. King, from New York, who accused the Speaker with having mutilated a resolution offered by him. Mr. Cobb immediately left the chair, calling on Mr. YVinthrop to occupy it. when a committee was appointed to investigate the matter.?Ibid. Trial of Pkok. Wcbster.? The testimony against Professor Webster is more unfavorable. Dr. I'arkman's teeth have been clearly identified. Ibid Washington, March 23.?A Naval Court of Inquiry composed of Commodores Morris and Shubrick, and Commander Dupont, has been ordered to assemble at Annapolis on the 15th of April, to make an investigation into the capture of Alvarado by Lieut. Hunter. Good W;..;es.?It is said that the clown of the pirpua nt Snu Praiifisco. pets iSl3.000. The trial of Albert G. Gaskinp, the young man who was arrested in January lapt,by aspecialagent of the Po6t Office Department, charged with robbingthe U. S. Mail, took place, on Monday the 25th instant, before the U. S. Circuit Court in Charleston, and resulted in his conviction on four separate indictments. He was sentenced to forty years imprisonment at hard labor in Edgefield jail?ten years lor each otfence. Atheists put on a false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions: like children, who when they go in the dark will sine for fear.?Puve. I never knew any man in my lite, who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a christian.?lb. / Then? is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. Irving. " A man of wit," says Pope, " is not incapable of business, hut abova it. A sprightly, generous horse is able to carfy.a pack-saddle as well as an ass, but he is too good to be put to the diudgery." "I wonder how they make luciter matches," said a young lady to h-r husband, with whom she was .always quarreling "The process is very simple?I once made one," iie answered. " How ? ? im n n.. 1 1: ..4 i t? Ulu you manage u ; uy iruunigyun wcuuitii. Leisure is a very pleasant garment to look at, but it is a very bad one to wear. The ruin of millions may be traced to it. For the Camden Journal. A" TEAR. BV CONSTANCY". A leaf is a beautiful tWng?beautiful in many ways. Night sheds her tears upon the leafy grass and petailed flower. And so beautiful are they, that Aurora woos them in the opening morn; and as j her brilliant r ys snatch the sparkling gems away, j there seems upon the robbed flowers to linger a i tint of grief. But what is a tear ? Where its : source,?ami what its language ? It is a material thing, speaking an immaterial language:?a liquid j gem?the e.sencr of a thought, its chemical com- j pounds, are the oxygen of memory, combined with the hydrogen of trrief, diluted with the salt of sorrow. But there is a tear, thai knows nought of grief;?born in a sunnier clime, and reared beneath a brighter sky, it conies at joy's call, and mingles with a smile. But from whence does it come? Let us ask Fancy, which visits the inner shrine of the soul: " I saw there a thought, just from the laud of Association, amid whose varied scenery it had roamed. It sat upon a chameleon stool, and the authors it read, were Joy and Grief* The balmy, but sometimes saddening, zephyrs from the land of Heart, sang in gentle murmurs around, Hid hope's starlight glittered upon the flowers of the soul. When Memory approached, and with the tvand of sorrow touched it. In a moment it melted, md formed a brilliant gem, upon the enamelled indexttf the soul." But what is the language it speaks ? 'Tis a strange thing?the influence of a tear; and often does it outweigh a lengthy speech. A single tear has thrown a tyrant from his seat, and melted the "wildest ferocity into pity. There is a kind of mournful eloquence in the tear of sorrow, which a savage could not pass unheeded by. Like a withered rose in the sunlight, it tells that the heart has been shorn of some cherished affection. But it is on beauty's face that a tear is most eloquent; speaking a language only for fancy's ears:?a radiant pearl in love's enamelled coronet ?an angel's smile glittering upon the rainbow's ' brow. IIow softly sweet is the memory of those tears?tears which wo would never dry,?liquid stars on which we'd never have the day to rise.? gem.-?, drawn from the sea of feeling, before which all Golconda's pearls are. common dust,?the sweetest words that earth has ever found: For Ix-Hiny"* learn are lovelier than her smile." I have heard of a husband who would cause his wife to shed tears for. the exqui-ite pleasure of 1 kissing I hem off; and Byron remarks , , " So hriclit the tenr in IvuuiyV rve. Love half regret* to kins it dry'."* I've heard of a lover, who for years of deepest? anxiety and warmest devotion, asked as the prico* of his love, a single tear. And better paid was h(* than monarchs with their coffers tilled, or ambition's devotee, wreathed with the laurels of fame. DEATH. Olt ic it nnt n nnliL tfiiiicrtn iltn w.i, .u II ..VI u IIVV.V *MIII9 vw I..W As dies the Christian, with his armor on ? What is the hero's clarion, though its blast Ring with the mastery of a world, to this? What are the searching victories of mind? ' The lore of vanished ages??what are all The trumpeting* of proud humanity, To the short history of him who made Ilis sepulchre beside the King of kings ? Camden, S. C. WILLIS. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. <?a.mden, March 27. At a meeting of the citizens ot Camden, called by the Town Council, to pay a tribute of resjiert to the memory of those of our town who lost their lives on the 5th instant, by the uufortunaie burning of the steamer Orline St. John, on the Alabama river, ami iipikb preparauoii 10 receive me bodies of J. R. McKain, Esq., and his mother*expected to arrive by the evening train of cars, on motion of John Ro.-ser, Esq., Maj. J. M. rfeSaussure was called to the chair, mid \V. Thurlow Caston and A. G. Baskin were appointed Secretaries. The Chairmap, hi explaining the objects of the meeting, paid an appropriate and deserving tribute to the memory of the deceased. In the death of J. R. McKain, he remarked, our town had lost its honored Intendant?one whose efficiency as a public officer, and whose life of undeviating rectitude and great usefulness, challenged the admiration ef all who knew him. On motion of Col. Ja?nesCliesnut, Jr., a committee was appointed by the chairman to submit suitable resolutions to effect the nil rnoses nf tl? > I meeting, consisting of Col. James Oiesnut, Jr., Joint Rofser, Esq.,Thomas Salmond, Esq., Col. T. J. Ancrum and E. W. Bonnev, Esq. The committee rejwrted the following Preamble and Resolutbns, which were unattiinousiy adopted : Death, at all times full of solemnity, and in all instances bringing in its train loss and sorrow, comes to us on the present occasion with far more than its usual fulness. The town of Camden seems of late to luve furnished many shining and attractive marks to this destroying angel. The last melancholy incident which has called us together, swells to overflowieg the measure of our misi >rtunes. JLiie loss at one tell swoop of wx ot our citizens, friends and neighbors, who hare perished in a manner so fearful and shocking, induced by the burning ol'the steamer Orline St. John, on the Alabama River, will excuse, and even demand the public expression of our sense of that loss, and the feeling of our regret. The sufferers, not only from the calamity which has befallen themr but from their own virtues, and the lives of usefulness they were leading, are entitled to our esteem, and will command the flow of our sympathy. It is true that our words cannot reach the dead, but we may' soothe the living, while we gratify ourselves by the utterance of sincere praiseand profound grief. Resolved. Tliat wo deeply lament the recent and' melancholy death ot Mrs. Elizabeth McKain, of Mrs. Vaughan, of Miss Virginia Vaughan, and of Mrs. II. II. Sizer and her infant daughter, wfrtr perished on the Alabama River, closing their lives amid more than usual horrors, and frightful scenes of fire and water; and we do hereby tender to their respective families our sympathy in their misfortunes. Resolo d. That in the death of James R. JIcKain, our friend and fellow citizen, the town of Camden and the people of Kershaw District have sustained 110 ordinary loss. His character was full of the highest virtue. I11 private life he was kind; pious, liberal, and sympathetic. He-was possessed oflhr noblest courage, which was sanctified by principle, and always guided by generosity. In public life he was fearless and impartial, suffering no considerations of personal peril or convenience to deter him from the discharge of every duty. He was stern towards vice, inflexibly just: yet, with the happiest discretion, ever tempering mercy with justice. Ilis life was full of honor to himself and of utility to his fellow man. It will belong, tt/li.o.l In l\??i tlin tTAlfl tnllioll lllO lltltlllioll' ilootl* iimi < lit 11 iun; mi" i win iiiiiv.ii uiii itniiiiu M uvtiiu lias caused, will b.< tilled in this coninuinity; and we, who knew his worth, now deeply mourn his loss. Resulted, That a committee of seven citizenshe appointed to proceed to the Junction this eve| ning, to meet the remains of our friends James R.. McKain'and his mother, and to attend them to theplace of their late residence. Resident. As a further mark of respect, \re will attend their funeral ceremonies on. Friday morning at halt-past!? o'clock, at the PresbyterianChurch, and thence, in procession accompany their remains to the place of burial. Rooked, That we will suspend our usual avocations during the funeral service and burial. Resulted, That these proceedings bo published in the Camden Journal, and that copies thereof bo presented to tne tunnies ot me deceased. The following were appointed a committee ot' seven, in accordance with the third resolution: \V. Thurlow Caston, T. J. Warren, Col. James Che.? nut, jr., W. F?. Hughson, Col. T. J. Ancrum, Z. J. Del lay, and Capt !t K. Shannon. On motion, the meeting adjourned. J. M. DESAUSSURE, Chaiiman. W. Thurlow Caston, ) a . . A. G. Raskin, J Secretaries. Tnh^vninimti !? ?? Knnn fnonii<A/I loitni \\ *1 :11_ 1 I I M ' I IIIIIIMIII IIIIO WVVII IWVPVW IM'III " ? " ington by telegraph, that Col. Cndsden has been appointed a Commissioner to suporintnid the construction of the Custom House in this city, in the place of H. V. Dawes esq., deceased. Ch.tr. Mercury.