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VOLUME XX VI. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1867. NUMBER It./'
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MISCELLANEOUS.
l-'rom tue .ncw wricans nines.
BENITO JUAREZ.
In the years 1852, '53 '54, and
1855, there lived in this city, on St.
Anne street, between Daudhinc and
Bourbon, a middle-aged, quiet, dark
r complcxioncd, gentlemanly personage
who,, either by himself or associates,
conducted a small manufactory of
cigarrettos. A very small, select
p coterie of friends knew the history of
this individual and cultivated his
society. Ilis life was that of a student,
a close and silent* observer of
men and- events, and his habits were !
those of great simplicity and reserve, j
He was a careful reader of the newspapers,
and to gratify his curiosity,
a frequent visitor at the editorial
sanctum of the old Courier, on CharJtrcs
and Customhouse streets, when
it was conducted by that amiable, intelligent
and energetic citizen, Emilc
? O
LaScre?whom we arc happy to meet
frequently on our streets, in well preserved
vigor and good spirits. There
was a cordial intimacy subsisting between
Mr. LaScre and his visitor, and.
in their conversations they always
cmploved the familiar appellations of
( lAnlla"
UUIIIC UIIU
. Mr. LaSere's friends Benito Is the
ftwac geiiifleorarrt^oifl recent- and in- .
(deed previous events have assigned
(the principal part in the interesting
drama now being enacted in Mexico
?Con Benito Juarez, President of
the Republic of Mexico, and the head
.of the party and the people, who have
the scheme of impcrializing
that long (hcsolated and unhappy
country. At the time of his cjuiet
sojourn in St, Anne street he was an
exile and refugee from his native land,
having abandoned it to escape the
penalty which the invariable but detestable
policy of that people never
fails to inflict upon the chief of a de?
- j Athirbml
ieaiea or uuiiuiikj [/nnj.
to the administration of Comfort, un- J
til the downfall of that chief through
the intrigues and partisan triumphs
of Santa Anna, Juarez had followed
the example of many other defeated
chiefs, and found an asylum in this
country. The time of his sojourn
was usefully and industriously employed
in the study of our institutions
.<ind laws, so that on his return to
^Mexico he was well prepared to apply
to the administration of his own country
a mind stored with sound republican
ideas and much valuable information.
There is perhaps no Mexican
cf position now in that country, who
iis better unformed in regard to our
political and judicial systems than !
Juarez. He may not equal in resources,.an4
general accomplishments, to
Almonte?now in Paris?who was
also a long resident in this country
and served his time at a mechanical
trade in Cincinnati, but in the com.
bination of moral and intellectual
qualities, in tenacity of purpose, lion
esty and parity of personal character
and habits, he is unquestionably the
-first of the public men in Mexico.?
Those who conclude from the fact of
his being in Indian of pure blood that
he must necessarily possess the craft,
cruelty, yindictiveness and savagery
yhich are generally attributed to the
^(9,rigjnj?,l race, will, we think, on a
iple.^rer view of his life and character,
find nothing therein to justify their
opinion. Indeed, the histpry of Me?r
jco does not support this idea pf the
aboriginal character. The best, the
post honorable, honest and patriotic
of'the.chiefs who have figured in the
Jong, train of bloody revolutions in
that country, have sprung from the
^aboriginal stock, and from Cortez
4own to Miramon and Marquez, the
principal actors in the tragic scenes
which haye disgraced t\ie country,
^ave been of those who boasted of
their Castilian blood,
Juarez is the only pure civilian who
ever been able to maintain himself
in power in Mexico during a revolution.
lie is a lawyer by profession,
was elevated to the Chief Justiceship,
ar d by the death of the President;
succeeded, under the Constitution of
Mexico, to that position shortly before
the beginning of the French intervention.
At the expiration of his !
term as President he held over, and '
was popular vote. Through all the
trying scenes and sad reverses of the
Liberal cause in Mexico, he has remained
true, faithful, patient and
hopeful, never despairing of his cause,
and encountering all the hardships
and perils of an exile from his family,
and from the far-off scenes of his native
sunny home in the extreme Southern
State of Oaxaca. As a civilian,
lie has managed to secure a moderate
degree of harmony among the turbulent
chiefs of the Liberal army, and
to disarm the jealousy and fierce ri- j
valry which seem to be chronic among j
them towards each other.
Benito Juarez's resembles, in its
leading incidents, that of our own
President, lie was born on the
Isthmus of Tehuantepcc, of Indian
parents, and managed, when quite a
boy, to get some menial employment
in a store in the city of Oaxace. Ilerc
he learned to read, and manifesting a
great ardor for learning, his liberal
O ^ C'
and sagacious employer, a wealthy
merchant of Oaxaca sent him to college,
where lie devoted himself with
such assiduity and ambition that he
soon became the first scholar in the
college, and graduated with the highest
honors. Returning to Oaxaca,
lie married the daughter of his employer,
and removing to the City of
Mexico, commenced the practice of
law, and soon secured a large and
lucrative business. After some years
of great professional success, lie finally
attained the highest judicial position
in the country before lie had
reached middle age. His after career
i:r.. i.A ,1,.
Ill pUU IIU li 11', llll-u nuil'ii uu mis iiiunii
by events and riot by his own will and
ambition, is already known to our
rantcijsr ?? ?r
Juarez is a small man, with all the
physical characteristics of the aborigines;
of mild, gentlemanly and kindly
manners, and by no means harsh,
cruel, or vindictive. Whether, however,
he has the power and sense of
security in his position, that will enable
him to curl) the truculcnce of his
followers, remains to ho proved.
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The Encouragement of Manufactures.?'Whatever
(hrffbt there
may be as to the future profit of c.v?
?i. ^?:? nn/tAi* +!,<-?
tensive emiVH jjimmug uuubi n'v
existing system, there is r:odoubt that
grand an vantages are to be gained by
those Southern States which turn their
earnest attention to the encouragement
of Southern manufactures. In
mills and factories, in the loom and
the workshop, lie a certain fortune:
and the fact that the South dues or
can produce every raw material that
is required, gives her a place at the
goal which the North did not have in
the beginning. The North in building
up her manufacturing trade fought
against precedent, position, and the
fact that she could not produce herself
one of the most necessary articles
of her consumption. Her merchants
and millowners were encouraged by
protective tariffs and class legislation;
but, as these alone would not have
given them success, it may be justly
asserted that Southern manufactures
can be made to flourish if the South
i will turn to the best account the opportunities
that she has. and will strive
to draw some good from even those
measures which were intended for the
exclusive good of others.
The South can produce every material
that is required, and only the
establishment of factories and the
encouragement of laborsaving in -cntions
is needed to give an impetus to
their sufficient production. Every
article manufactured in the South is
a direct gain to the South. It is a
011,i
I consumption ox ooumw u umvti <ui, u.ii?
an employment of capital. The cost
of the material is paid to the South,
stages of the mechanics or operatives
are spent >n the South, the machines
when made are sold to the
South, the money paid for thGin goes
into the pockets of Southerners, and
is invested or spent in the Southern
States. Hence it is a sound policy
to encourage the establishment of
manufactories of different kinds, and
our efforts should be so directed that
we may become our own suppliers and
our own millowners and manufacturers.
A self-acting hand loom has been
for some time on exhibition in this city.
Its advantages and the manner in
which it can be used for the benefit of
the State and of individuals have already
been discussed. Doubtless it
could be freely sold in the Carol inns;
but, great as are its benefits, it is far
better that it should be made here
than that it should be constructed in
the West and then brought here for
sale. Capital is scarce and credit is
riot always available, but the Carolinas
can still, perhaps, find the means
of organizing a company that shall take
this atid invention in hand commence
in this city its regular construction.
The capital required is not large, and,
while good dividends might fairly be
promised, it would insure the ability
of selling to the people of this and
our sister State an invention .that
promises to work a revolution in the
whole systems of domestic weaving.
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Cotton* in* CiirxA.?A consular
report, forwarded by the foreign office,
was received from her Majesty's
Acting Consul at Ningpo, China,
upon the cultivation of cotton in that,
district. According to the native
Gazetter, Cheliiang contains about
85,000 square miles, and it is believed
that cotton is cultivated over
about half, such cultivation being, of
course very partial. There is no prac- :
tical limit to the extent of land suitable
for the growth of cotton, and did
sufficient demand exist, all the plain
could be devoted to the cultivation.
Cotton flourishes on thcalluvialplains 1
which have been left by the great rivers
of the province. The best is 1
grown near the sea. No land has :
been reclaimed during the last three
years, the people not having yet recovered
from the effects of the civil
war. An experiment made with American
cotton seed sent out by the i
Association has not been successful, i
It was planted in gardens, in ordinary i
cotton fields, and in sheltered posi- 1
tions on the islands, but only a few 1
pranra wpi iwig U)r,~Uirtt fuu "iiuiitiw~
from them fell off as soon as formed.
From experiments tried elsewhere, it !
is believed that American seed does 1
not answer, as the flowers always
drnn off. Thr> Amnvienn War ffAVC
:i great impulse to the production of
cotton, but the imports to Europe
have now nearly ceased; the supply
is falling off every season. The
country being thickly populated, there
is no trouble in obtaining agrieultral
laborers, who arc usually paid lOd.
per day. and-under ordinary circumstances,
7 l-2d. or 8d. per pound for
cotton would be remunerative to the
growers. The crop this year is expected
to be fully as large as the last.
The deputation appointed to present
a memorial to the Secretary of State
for India, -urgin'g the adoption of further
/n'easures, already proved to^be
4fttfcessful, for extending and improving
the growth of cotton in India,
reported that they had a successful
interview with Sir Stafford Northcote,
on Friday, May 24, and.that lie promised
to give tlie recommendations of
the association his best attention. It
was resolved to present the medal of
the association to several individuals
who have rendered valuable service
in connection with cotton cultivation
in Turkey. This concluded the business.
Fruit Diet for Warm Weatiier.
?Let us have a little talk about
orchards and gardens as life-preservers.
Many a farmer thinks he "can't
fuss about a garden," with vegctaI
K 1 r\c A cmo 11 in nmnln vnviA
I Kf I I/O (bliu CUKill II UlbO 111 UUI j/IU * l?i IV |
{ty, hardly an orchard, especially beyond
apple trees. So he goes on to
wcighter matters of grain, or stock,!
or dairy, and eats potatoes, wheat
bread, pork and salt beef, all summer
long; no fine, variety of vegetables,
no grateful berries, no luscious peaches
or juicy cherries. By October, fever
j coincs, or bowel complaints of some'
kind, or some congestive troubles
most likely. He is laid up, work
stops a month, the doctor comes, and
he "drags round" all winter, and tho
I doctor's bill drags, too. The poor
; wife, meanwhile, gets dyspeptic, constipated,
J<as fever, too, perhaps, and
she "just crawls round." "What's the
matter? They don't know, poor souls.
' Would they build a hot fire in July j
and shut the doors? Of course not j
?in their rooms; but they have done
just that in their poor stomachs. How
so? They have been eating, all summer,
the heat-producing food, fit for
j a cold season, but not for a warm one.
A Grcenlander can cat candles and
whale fat,;' because they create heat.
In January, wc are up toward Greenland
in climate.
A Hindoo lives on rice, fruits,
juicy nnd^fSopical vegetables, cooling
and opening to the system. In July,
we move toward Hindostan, in a heat
almost tropical Diet must change,
too. v'*
Have apples, pears, cherries, &c.,
from the orchard every day, of early
and late lands. Let there be plenty
of good vegetables, raspberries,
strawberries It takes a little
time and trouble, but it's the cheapest
way to pay the doctor's bills.?
And bless your dear souls, these
things taste good!
You study what feed is good for
pigs and cattle. All right. But wife
and children are of higher consequence;
and it is a shame if, with all
our groat gifts of intelligence and intuition,
we do not obey the Divine
laws in our . own physical bcins so
well that the doctor shall visit"the
house less than the horse doctor gfles
to the barn.'; Don't fail of vegetables.
berries and fruits. Try it, and
you'll say we haven't told half the
truth.?Ihiral New Yorker..
Important to Planters and
Others.?Captain Hawkins, commanding
the' post at Darlington, has
submitted thejel lowing points to the
Commanding General for his opinion:
"Frequent.'eases of theft arc reported.
Corn, , fodder, etc., arc found :
missing, and traced from the premises
of the owner direct to a neighboring
plantation. ; The owner desires a
search warrant from a magistrate to
recover his jjropcrty. He is sure
that it may be found among the laborers'
quarters on said plantation,
but he does mot know on whom to fasten
suspicion]! The question is, can
a magistrate'so'frame a search warrant
as to entitle the holder to entry
into and updn' any and all premises
on said plantation, or must the owner
of the conjj^dtc., obtain a separate
n a/1 an t?h:'i nn.u'"m 1 .
By contract, the planter generally
that he is to be permitted to
enter any house on his place at "will,
because of tluir being all his own
property. Now, can a neighbor who
lias lost the corn, etc., look upon the
different negroes' quarters as constituting
one and the same premises, all
subject to action under the one warrant?"
From the reply of Gen. Sickles, we
extract its main paragraph :
"In general, search warrants can
only be issued upon form by affidavit
showing probable grounds for the belief
that the stolen property is on the
premises designated for search; the
warrant should be placed in the hands
of a constable, sheriff or deputy sheriff,
and by him executed. If the affidavit
describes a plantation as the.
premises where the property is secreted,
the authority to search would extend
to the dwelling and all appurtenances.
Premises held by agree
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mum, uciwucu itiuuiuiu am* ^uum,
would not be appurtenant, and a separate
warrant must be issued to authorize
a search thereon."
So.ot as a Fertilizer.?Every
occupant lias soot at command, whose
presence in stovepipes or chimneys is
not unfrequently the cause of tires,
occasioning the loss sometimes of both
property and life. This agent for evil
is one of the most valuable manures,
and nothing but the most culpable
cai clcssncss and indifference will suffer
it to remain a standing menuco to
life and property, when it can bo easily
removed and turned to good account
in the field or garden, Twelve
quarts of soot iu a hogshead of water
will make a powerful liquid manure,
...:n tlio crvmvfcli of flow
W J1IU11 HH1 UI V v?v 0- -?
ers, garden vegetable or root crops.?
In either a liquid or a solid state it
makes an excellent top-dressing for
grass or oercal crops.
An editor haying stated that lie
never know a person to be an honorary
member of a church, one of his
correspondents repliess "Two-thirds
of the members of my church are
honorary members. They don't come
to prayer meeting; they don't attend
Sunday school; they don't add to the
life of the church. They are honorary
members1?they are passengers in
the Gospel ship. They bear no burdens
and no strength. We have their
names. You must have been a for-1
tunate man, never to have been in a
church where there were no honorary
members." '
Rumored Demand for the Release
of Santa Anna.?The United
States steam frigate Susquehanna
was dispatched by the government from
Hampton Roads on Saturday last for
Yery Cruz, with sealed orders. It
is now understood, says the National
Intelligencer, that the Susquehanna
takes a peremptory demand upon the
Juarez Government of Mexico for the
release and surrender of General Santa
Anna. The same paper further
remarks:
No authentic advices of the actual
execution of Santa Anna have been
received by this government, and his
reported death is open to some doubt.
Santa Anna was taken by force from
an American merchant vessel, the
Virginia, under the protest of the
master of the vessel. The master asserts,
and will prove to the satisfaction
of this government, that the Virginia
was not at the time in Mexican
waters, and that she was more than
a marine league beyond the Mexican
shore. Of course the seizure of Santa
Anna, under such circumstances,
is a national affront.
It may be well doubted whether
Juarez, if his government should be
in existence upon the arrival of the
Susquehanna and the reception of
our demand, will have the power to
comply with it. His numerous subordinated
iefs are by this time, probably,
at variance with each other
and with him.. If Santa Anna is
merely a captive in the hands of some
one of the Maxican leaders, we may
next hear of a pronunciamento in his
favor. The factions of Mexico that
were united under Juarez as against
Maximilian will, sp.on be rallied for
renewed struggles against each other.
The suggestion that Juarez will
call a eortes and surrender to it his'
own authority which he retained from
necessity beyond the time for which
he was elected President, is very
probable.
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CoNGAREE
Av-t^*?1-1 n-.,T711or*"m f?
of the South Carolina Railroad 'Company,
over the Congarec River, from
the Charleston Mercury-: '
The bridge is a fine piece of work,
and the staunchest bridge of the kind
in the South. Its whole length is 440
feet, and it is composed of two spans
of 146 feet, and a draw of 147 feet.
The width inside is thirteen feet six
inches, arid outside twenty feet.
It is what is known as a high
"Howe Truss," set upon black cypress
piers, thirty feet above low water, and
five feet above the height readied by
the highest freshet that has been
known.
The builders arc Messrs. Kenno &
Co., Mr. J. B. Lassallc superintendin".
?
There is no doubt that the bridge
is one of the finest works of that description
in wood that has ever been
constructed; and Mr. H. T. Pcake,
the able superintendent of the road,
the builders, the supervisor, and all
persons engaged, arc congratulated
upon the energy, skill and perseverance
which have united to make
the Conirarcc Bridge a great and en
tire success,
The Federal Union, published at
Rochester, Minnesota, says in its issue
of the 22d ultimo; very intelli?
gent gentleman connected with a prominent
business house in Milwaukee,
and a decided Republican in politics,
proclaimed it as his own opinion, in
this city a few days'since, that a
repudiation of the bonds and paper
money issued by*he Federal Government
was inevitable and that a proposition
if submitted to the people of
Wisconsin to-morrow to pay or repudiate,
would be decided in favor
of the latter alternative."
The Boston Advertiser says: In
some of the towns in "Western Massachusetts
n thriving business is carried
on in tjiesaleof ''cabbage plants." The
customers are said to call at a very ear
lyhour;in the morning. Themost curious
part of the transaction is that the
customers all bring jugs or- bottle* to
get their cabbage plants in!
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Sour Bread.?When hrcad. becomes
sour by standing too long before
baking, instead of using soda, I
use-lime water. Two or three table'
spoonsful will entirely sweaton a batch
I of rising sufficient for four or five
large loaves. I slack a small piece
of lime, take the skim of the top and
bottle the clear water, and it is ready
for use. A bottle full will last all
' summer.
The State Demands It.?The
Macon Telegraph, in urging upon
our people to register, properly says:
"It is our duty to impress upop
our citizens the importance of going
forward and discharging this duty
without delay. They have but little
power left?even.the franchisecb?wm) l
they should nc# failt<rexercise -ibui-.
little in bchaJf of a suffering country.
No man can vote at any coming elec-'
tion who fails to register, and, ceorscquently,
those who neglect it must
consent to sit quietly by and see their
State go into the hands of those who ;
are utterly unworthy to conduct its
affairs, and under whose administration
the little they have left oflibertv
and property may be taken away.
Then, let every man who has tne
right under the present unequal laws
go forward and put himself in a position
to render an acceptable service
to his State and country, and save
them from at least some of the evils
to come."
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Practical Receipts.?Fly time
is approaching, and with it will doubtless
come the usual myraids of insets,
&c., to pester and annoy ug. We
have selected a few receipts, which.,
we can recommend. Try them:
. To kill roaches?Put your roachesf '
in a barrel, put on: a pair of heAvy
boots, get in and dance. .
To render musquitoes hapmleae^
Pull out their bills with a pair of;
i tangs ' -.Si.; ,
For fleas-r=Tie them to the bedpost
] with log chains, and let the dogafim-<
I ish them. - ; : .J >: .
To kill mice-r-Flatten their heed*,
with a lemon-squeezer.
To kill.rnts-^This receipt is cheap
and never fails. H When you rethce-ftm
the night,1 place a stnall bit bf cheerf
in your mouth. . .* Cai?e should beta*
ken to keep the mouth well opeo^ssdr
when the! rat's: whiskers tickle^ your
throat, bite. : .S -Ai
. , r'js/usipj&tfc li'od'T
loTit, beg'-fdr " . 5 ~
for it, ana die for it, and all the while
from the cradle to the grave^ nature
and God are thundering in our ears
| the solemn question: "What shall it
profit a man if he gain the whole
world and lose his own soul?'' This1
madness for money is the strongest
and lowest of the passions; it is the
insatiate Moloch of the human heart,
before whose remorseless ahar all the
i finer attributes of humanity are sacrificed.
It makes merchandise of all
that is sacred in human affections,
and oven traffics in the awful solemnities
of the eternal.
A careful analysis of information
received by the Agricultural Department
from all the States, shows that
the total area in wheat is ten to fifteen
per cent, greater than last year.
It is too early to estimate the final re^
suit of the harvest, but with average
success in ripening, the crop ought not
to be less than 200,000,000 bnshels.
An average area of winter barley
has been sown in a majoj^ty of
States. The condition-of clover is
good throughout tfe,e country. The
area of oats is larger than usual in
the West. Ohio is the only Statq
which cannot show an increase
Lady. Subscribers.?An exp&.
rienced editor .pays a high and deserved
compliment to the fair patrons
of the press. Women, he says; are
*the best subscribers in the world tft
newspapers magazines, &c.,
have been editor for forty years; and
never lost a dollar by female subscribers.
They seem to make it a point
of conscious duty to pay the preacheif
and the printer-r^-tvo classes of the
community that suffer more by ba4
pay, and no pay at all, than all the.
rest nut together, : \y.\
Reoently sopie of the negroes- residing
in and about Louisiana, Mo.,
held a meeting to regulate the price
of harvest hands,: at which they resolved
not tonyorfc: jn thp .^ryfst for
less than $350 a day. The farmers ?
of Louisiana, many of whom qre large
wheat growers, took the matter up,
and yesovled not to emplpy pny of
the negroes participating in the meeting
at any price. The consequence
is the negroes were worsted.
The freedmcn in Arkansas aresaid;
' to have eclipsed the army of Flanders,.
when they first learned that they-had
to pay a tax of three cents per*pouri4?
' en their part of the cotton crop.