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- Volume xxvrr. camden, s. c., thrusday morning" September 24, jes! '^kSMB^ iibii ii hi iff , L* l * PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY ' . T. W. PEGUES & SONS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION^ T ' . Three Dollars a year Cash?Four Dollars if payment is delayed three months. , rates of advertising, .TEIt square. For the first insertion. $1.50; for the second, $1.00; for the third, 75 cents; for each subsequent insertion. 50 centB. Semi-monthly, Monthly and Quarterly advertisements, $1.50 each insertion. The space occupied by ten lines (solid, of this size type) constitutes a square. Payment is required in advance from transient advertisers, and as 8t>on as the ivork is ' done, Jrora regular cusiuiuvrs Contracts* made for yearly and half-yearly advertising (payable quarterly) - made on moderate > terms. | THE SOUrH AMERICAN EARTHQUAKE. The recent, earthquake in Peru is the most disastrous that has happened since the destruction of Caraccas in 1812.' The figures are startling. A score of cities are destroyed; sixhundred persons drowned in one place by a tidal wave; fifty thousand lives lost; and half a million persons without homes or shelter ' The thing would spfim almost" incredible, were it not for the well authenticated fact that earthquakes have occurred in various parts of the world which have been attended- with far greater disas, ter. The City of Antioch in Syria, on the east coast of the Mediterranean, was destroyed by an earthquake May 30, A. D. 20-5, and two hundred * and fifty thousand of its inhabitants perished. In 1692, an earthquake r occurred in Sicily, by which Catania and one hundred and forty other towns and villages were destroyed, with a loss of one hundred thousand lives. In 175G, Lisbon was almost entirely destroyed by kn earthquake which lasted only six^inuVes, and sixty thousand persontfflSjpe drowned; . . by the inundation ^f crusKpd bv the falling w$k, or sw Up -m ine great 3A*sbs whichopL , i the earth. In 1759, an r$iinq?- j,n convulsed ten $hoiIsa?d square-lead! c ^ ol Jauu in~oy7ia,,-4Qa?^aJT3,.tS5" (juties - of DamascusVSdon^rSp^'^hlbeQ, Aeon and Gaphat, and ^>poas>onHig immoncu tnoo nf llfo ins>]?rfitirr fcwentV l?uiuvtiw> 4VIJO V* ?UV) 4tiV^UV41i|^ thousand persons swallowed up in a single valley. In 1812, the city of Cajraccas, the capital of'Venezuela, and one of the handsomest and most flourishing eities of South America, was vistea by an earthquake, which laid the greater part of the city in f ruins and destroyed twelve thousand people. The earthquake seems to have extended north and south over a large territory than any of those previously recorded, reaching from New Greneda to the Straits of Magellan, or from the equator to 50? south latitude.? From east to west the extent was comparatively small, averaging about one hundred miles. It covered the whole region known as the Pacific slope of South America, including the mountain range of the Andes and the narrow strip of territory lying between them and the Pacific Ocean. Quito, the largest and most generally known of the cities which have suffered, is the capital of Ecaudor, situated in a mountain ravine ninety^five hundred feet above the level of the A [ sea. Its population was variously estimated at from fifty to seventy thousand. It was well built, and contained handsome edifices, among which were the cathedral, the town the palaces of the archbishop and ^ president, and the Jesuit's college.? - It also contained some large nianu*> factories, and carried on a considerable trade in breadstuff's. It has often suffered from earthquakes, but never before to so great an extent.? Arequipa, the city which seems to have suffered most by this dreadful . .. calamity, is the "capital of the pro' * vince of the same* name. It is said to have been the most beautifully sitT.atcd and best built city in South America. On a high table land on river Chili, forty miles from the Pacific, and elevated seven thousand pight hundred and fifty feet above the f>ca, it possessed a delightful climate. The population was estimated at thirty five thousand. It had been destroyed in whole or in great part by earthquakes, on four previous occasions, and, indeed, the whole rzgion affected by the late earthquake h . has suffered in the same way many J times before. On one occasion, the . ./seashore was permanently elevated five or six feet above its former level. t- . i ?-*1 r *1,? i ^ iVnUily ililUbllUI 'Ji LUVJ UJUIIUUU' V ed by the telegraph, is situated in the j?. province of Monuegua, two hundred .$*'piles south of Arequipa. It is one of the principal maritime towns < Peru, and the port through wliic most of the trade of Bolivia is carrie on. It was once a very flourishin place, numbering over rliirty thousan inhabitants ; but it is now reduced ( three thousand five hundred. TIi Chincha Islands, which are. also mcr tioncd as being visited by this cartl . quake, are the celebrated guano i; lands of Peru, about as far northwes of Arequipa as Arica is south c it. They arc three small island: neither extending more than a mil - i?:? in any mrection, aim naving uu ji habitants except the laborers employ cd in digging the guano and loadin the vessels. The entire region devastated b this terrific convulsion is traversed b lofty mountain ranges, its.rivers ar huge mountain torrents, headlong an angry, its valleys often only the nai row bottoms of huge chasms in tli mountains, and its tab]e lands, wit their productive soil and glorious cl mate, would be the most attractiv spots on earth, if it were not forthes same direful visitations.to which the are subject at irregular periods. Th people are principally descendants c the Spaniards and nearly all Oathc lies. Their educational facilities fc tlie commonalty are limited ; but the possess colleges at wluch the wealth ? ' ! -! : ? 1 can oDtairi a 200(1 classical cuuwhiui The silver mines and the manuiac tures of wool and silk, are the chic sourcesof employment; but the masse of the people are not very industrious their character being sensibly affect cd by the peculiarities of the countr in which they live. It is a consolation, in reading 0 this heart-rending calamity, to ref.ee thatj^r country is almost entire! exemfPfrom such catastrophes, i pleasant to know, that althoug scarcely a month passes without a earthquake occurring in some part c the world, yet during the three cer turics since the discovery of Am erics of the territory covered by the Unite States.?Charleston Daily News. The Pulse.?Thepulseofahealth growing person beats seventy time in a minute. There may be goo health down to sixty, but if the puis always exceeds seventy there is dis ease; the machine is working too fas ?it is wearing itself out; there is fever or an inflamation somewhere and the body is feeding on itself, a in consumption, where the pulse i always quick, that is, over seventy gradually increasing with dccrcasei chances of cure, until it reaches on hundred and ten, or one hundred am twenty, when death conies befor many days. When the pulse is al the time over seventy, and there i even a slight cough, the lungs arc af fccted. Every intelligent person owes it ti himself to learn from his family physi J cian how to ascertain the pulse ii health; then, by comparing it witl what it was when ailing, be may hav some idea of the urgency of his owi case, and it will bean importantguid | to the physician. Parents ought t know the healthy pulse of each child as now and then a person is born witl a peculiar slow or fast pulse, and th very case in hand may be that pc culiarity. An infant's pulse is 130; child of seven years about 80; fror twenty to sixty years it is 70 beats minute of declining to 00 at fourscore There arc pulses all over whole body but where there is only skin and botic as at the temple, it is more easily fell the wrist is the most convenient poinl The feebleness or strength of the ben is rint material. beinrr modified bv th finger's pressure. Comparative rapid it J is* the great point; near death iti 140 and over. A healthy pulse irr parts to the finger a feeling as of woolen string; in sickness it feels hart er, like a silk thread; if there is ir flamation, which is always dangcrou ; it beats fast, spiteful and hard, as i a fine wire was throbbing against th ! finger. When the pulse beats irrej | ulariy, as if it lost a beat, then hui j ried to make it up, there is somcthin | the matter jvith the heart. But, hov j ever unnatural you may think t! pulse is, do not worry aooutit, uik nothing, do nothing except by tl advice of an intelligent physician. Jlalls Journal of Health. "Your master at home?" "No, si he's out." "Mistres at home ?" "Ni sir, she's out." "Then I'll step in an sit by the fire." "That's out, to sir." ,f A CHINESE WEDDING. ill A letter from the Chicago Tribune id says : g The second day of my sojourn in d Canton afforded me permission to o witness a Chinese marriage procession ic and ceremony. I was passing through i- one of the broadest narrow streets i- when my ears were saluted by a blast i- from a number of horns similar to ?t those blown through the streets of >f American cities by half-grown boys *, on Christmas Eve. I > asked of my Ic guide the meaning of the r.oise, and i- was informed that it was a wedding r- procession. I accordingly stopped g for the purpose of obtaining a good sight of tho novel procession. First y there came fouvteoh hornblowcrs, y dressed in long, flowing scarlet gowns e and black hats. These were mar-, d shalled by a fellow who marched by r- their side, carrying in hi$ hand a e short sword. lie was dressed in a h similar manner, with the exception that his lint was red and his garments e wlr'tc. These were followed by a e party carrying a roasted hog upon a y table; then came a table covered with e sweetmeats, a third one covered with >f fruits, fourth with roasted poultry of )- every description, a fifth with a sheep, ir the wool of which had been shaved y off, which ever and anon bleated in a y most melancholly manner. These i. tables were carried by persons drcssed in white gowns,' with the black f skull cap so popular in China.. s About one hundred persons follow>, ed, dressed in gay colors, and then > came a sedan chair of the most gor7 geous description. It was carried by four virgins dressed in white and *' ' - * * *? *1 . it red. Immediately Demnu me cuair it walked thc; bride carrying in her y hand a su^all package. She kept s her eyes bent upon the ground, lookh ing neither to the right or left. Imn mediately behind her followed two >f women carrying small packages in i- their hands, and behind them were a t, dozen virgins scattering joss paper ? |rl ,OTT dir.G^tion-. ^hese were foL d were riding in chairs, and surrounded by a body guard, who scattered bits of paper throughout the street. A y number of other chairs brought up s the rear.?Every few yards the pro?s d cession would halt for a moment and e receive the congratulations of those i- in the street; it would then move for,t ward to the blast of the horns, a * The scene was a novel one, and I |, determined to see its termination; therefore I informed my guide of my s determination, and we turned and . followed . the procession. Passing J through a number of streets, the pro0 cession at last halted in front of a 1 large house, which I afterwards ' vl _ i 2 learned was me nuusu </i iuuuhu^ I groom. The door opened, and the s parents of the latter came forth, ac*. - companicd by a number of persons dressed in blue, and taking the*bride a by the hand, led her into the house, - and into a large room, in the centre i of which, seated on a mat was' the h bridegroom waiting to receive her.? e She seated herself on the mat beside, 1 him, and remained there without sayc ing a word until the entire procession 2 had crowded into the room. The , parents of the happy couple then had h a sort of pow-wow, which the guide c could not explain. The parents of of the bridegroom then paid the sum a of money to the parents of the girl, n The women who had accompanied a the bride now advanced to her, and - taking hold of her hair unplaited it 'j and combed it out. They prepared S a mixture, with which they annointcd > : her hair, after which they proceeded t. j to redress it; this time, however, in t j the style in which married women wear c it. Having completed the capillary I-) labors, they proceeded to remove a is j portion of dress and substitute for it ' ' < i-i- ?i? : ' ] a rooc 01 n u;i.rK uuiui. xiiisiiiiviug a.! been done, all who were in the room 1- advanced to tlie happy couple and i-! addressed them, saying many pleasis | ant complimentary things. The least if that had been prepared was now ie brought into the room, and the work ; of devouring it began. The doors of r- the house remained open till night? fall, a*Ml the hcrn-blowcrs stood in front of it, tooting wijh all their ie might, for the purpose of conveying ' information to the public that a wed* ic ding was progressing, and inviting them to enter the house and bestow their congratulation upon the happy couple. r -1 \ o, i A sporting man being solicited to id insure his life, replied: . Ile'd be o,: banged if lie' play any game where he had to die to win.' I rspjuxt of 3 trk Election in * MAlilfe' Tii'e Radicals will of course' Qiakeri 5asperate effort fo frighten the timfdv^jh the' result" of the election in Maine. There is nothing in the vote which should discourage Dem<n?ats. The Republican majority iirfeat State at no time wince the Presidential election of 1856 has been less lhan 22,000,. as wc will show from -Vie actual results. In every election occurring since then, it has aver^gfld,at this figure: Frcemont's majority over Buchaffin was 58,090, and yet"with the w jre vc?c m? New Engird again'st him, that of Ohio by 16,VC23, New?!York giving Freement a majority of$0*129, Pennsylvania a majority irr hii-favor of only 208 ov^r both Frecrn^nt and Fillmore, he was elect- 1 ted "^resident - / J1860 Maine gave Lincoln a majority over the combined vote, of hislfcee opponents of 27,608. Jfir 186* his majority over McClelTaft * u-n.4 'SI512*2. - In the State election of 1864 ihe Radical majority was "19,180 1863- ; " *1 ' 25,821 . 1866 " u 27,690 1807. . " " 11,842 j From the abov^; statement of the resort in six general elections, it will be .^n that the average majority is * TheYeturnsas far as received from the Election on the 14tfl -show a gaUf on the Democratic vote of last year of nearly 50 per Oent., while the Republican gain is less than 20. In ; 18617 the Democrats polled within It A/frt CA. ??of | 1,U0U 01 Uie Illgntatt vuic uvci v/uau JU theTStatc, while the Republican vote, in consequence of local causes, fell short of 1806 nearly 20,000. In 1868, while the Republicans are scarcely up to their average >(ote, the Democrats have gained several thou* sand; As far as heard from last yjgiff the Radicals had not quite 70 percent, of the whole vote cast, while this year it is less than 60. If tfey^canvdraw any comfort from the ' yinlnyrnfl"11' n-h-lhurn tlinm tn doutrtrtd enjoyment. R. F. Wiiittemork.?The subjoined extract from a letter published in the Watchman of yesterday, j t gives a graphic description of this i Radical leader. We have Been the [ original letter, and know the gentle- J mart to whom it was written. When a party is led by such peo-j pie as this man and many others of , his type, we can form a pretty just opinion of its merits j\ t the North there may he some respectable men among the Radicals j - -with them it is simply a political ! i livision?but at the South the par- 11 nnrl ifa lnmlrtl-a nrn .llihn l;Pnf>!Lt.ll ! contempt: Boston, Mass., Sept. 11,18|G8. * * * "Yours of the 2nd instant, was duly received. The delay in answering lias been that I might look up the antecedents of that ^ thief and scoundrel B. F. Whittemore. I find that about twelve yaars ago he J was employed in this city as salesman by a dealer in lamps and gas fixtures. In about eleven months he I stole about five thousand ($o,000) dollars. Was caught at it, arrested and locked up for four days. .His ' friends came forward and offered to make good the loss, if the parries would not appear against him. The man refused to receive the money ] i from his friends, but offered to let ' him go if he would make a written j confession of the whole matter over , : his own signature, lie acceded to the proposition, wrote out arv/1 signed the document, and it was witnessed by some well-known gentlemen of ; this city, and that paper is still in i existence, and can be produced if J required, and;I should not be sur1 prised if lie hears from it before many j "After this I lose sight of him for i a while, but I think lie went to Callj fornia. After a time, however, lie ; turns up as a clerk for Messrs. , i Iron Founders. lie was with some I them sometime, and according to their j statement to rac, he robbed them of a large amount of money?they don't j state the amount?but it was larger j than the first operation. They lcicki ed him out and let him gout large, because lie was a relative of theirs. "I next find him a Chaplain in the , army and you know enough of his history since. During all this time I hear of a great many disreputable acts of his i:i connection with women, gainblsng,''ikc., &c., but have not had time to trace them down so as to give facts, &c\, but shall continue my mvcstiga-1 ' tions, and you will hoar from me fur I ther on the subject. You are-Kt liberty to use this as ' it may seem to you proper. %i t. ' -# $- : ' v MrBrbckinridoe.?Of John CL Breckinridge the Observer andEtin porter, of. Lexington, Ky.^saysf^S "There seems to be a prospect oP the return of,thia son of Kentucky to his homo1 and friends. The telegraph announces that three of his personal friends, Judge Alyjn .DtoYall, Frank Hunt, Esq., and- Hon. J. B. Beck, are now^visitinghim in Canada, with \ view of inducing hjm, if possible, to make applicatioii to the President j of the United States for a pardon, so that he can return to his native State. It is stated that the time for filing an indictment for treason against tnose irlirt novtininntVifT in tllP lilt/1 Wftl" fnr Con federate irideperid en ce lias -passed by liraitMion tof the law,, and even if it had not, tlio President can pardon all wh&ppply to him,-excepting oniy such as'are now under indictment or conviction. . (The day when General Breckinridge can return to- us in safety will, not be more: joyful to hiin than thousands who loye and honor the exiled- soldier and statcs? ???? Edmund Burkf/s Idea of a Perfect Wife.?She is handsome, but it-is not a beauty arising from the features, from complexion or shape. She has all three fa a high degree, but it is not by these she touches the heart?it is all that sweetness of tem ? 1-- ? ?nnAAAnaa ATI/1 o/m . per, ueuevuicueu, jui^vuuwv ?uu oousibility which a face can express, that forms her beauty. She has a face that j list arouses your atten tion at first sight it grows upon you at every moment^ and you wonder it did rfot more than raise, attention at first. Her eyes have a mild light, but they avro when she pleases, they command,like a good man out of office,, not by authority, but by virtue. Her stature is not tall; she is not ^nade to be the admiration of evetr one, but tho happiness of ? ?4m 1?. .1 " * * -inn not exclude delicacy?all of tho softness that does not imply weakness.? Her voico is soft, low music, not formed to rulo in public assemblies, but to charm those who can (Jistinguish a company from a crowd ; it has its advantage, you.must come close to hear it. To describe her body, describes her mind?one is the transcript of the other. Her understanding is not shown in the variety of matter it exerts upon, but*the goodness of the choice she makes. Her politeness flows rather from a natural disposition to oblige, than any rules on that subject, and, therefore, never fails to strike those who understand good breeding and those who do not. Lockjaw, or Tetanus, has long been one of the most formidable symptoms ensuing upon certain kinds of wounds, and it has sometimes baffled all the resources of surgical and medical art. At last, however, a remedy has been discovered that completely conquers it. Chloroform is the benificent agent. The method of application is by placing a cloth saturated with the fluid along the entire spinal column, and preventing evaporation by covering the cloth with oiled silk. This is done whenever the patient feels the tetanic paroxysm approaching. It averts spasms and causes the patient to.sitjk into a sweet refreshing slumber, which may lead to rapid convalescence. The inhalation of chloroform has hitherto been tried, but with success only when complete anesthesia wa9 produced. ? Remedy for a Bone Felon,?AVc have been handed the following rerady for this painful affliction. The gentleman who handed it to us has tested its efficacy with success: | 'As soon as the pulsation thatir^ : dicates the disease is felt, put dk^s:i; ly over the spot a fly blistor^njut the size of a five cent piec^-undkeep it on for six or eight hours, at the expiration of which time, under the surface of the blister, wiffi be found the felon,, easily taker^dftt with the point of a lance or ncedlo^gjjjj (JJiartcxton Courier. Those we Love.?At all times, in this wintry life, the presence of those we love is like a gleam of sunshine through the clouds, lighting up one particular spot amid the.shadows, and giving luster and warmth and loveliness to all beneath the ray.? The passing gleam still seems brighter than the full sunshine. . A Word jo-Boys.?Who kre- ~ vj spected ? It who conducts himselfjMUi$b nest, diligent * and t>Mi It is the king an v rt contin; iu i 'bey w'vJ* h - ! l-u!.:-.., .<* Voy who improve himsti ,< / wisdom cverv v^~jQ?329!9HH^HH^9 active i o enueavouriiig<?HWHBB|H|^^HHH towards-otliers. Sh o obeys his parents, who is^HGgg wlin Vioc rncrumt fn? -JL J ir uu nuo 1V/I 21UU j not respected 'and beloved bj&eva|H ^ one, then there is no sucb tiling as^B pj truih in the world. Learn to Wait.?Of aft lessons .-^^P that humanity has to learn in life's school, the hardest is to 'canripWait. Not to wait with the folded hands . that claim life's prizes without pre-r ! -vious effort, but having struggled antl crowded the slow years with trial, . ^ ) pee no such result as effort seems to - * warrant?nay perhaps, disaster in* i stead. To stand firm at such critfea > lof existence,. to preserve one's self- . Eoise and self'respcct, not to loose , old, or to relax effort, this is great- ' , ncss, whether the eye of the world notes it, or it is recorded in that bdfek whieh the light of eternity shall alone i ; makeclear the vision. The New York Tims of the 15th argues that because the southern whites are not disfranchised in the reconstructed States ''no permanent injustice" has been done to them.? Bat the same paper claims that permanent injustice has been done to the Georgia negroes in excluding them from office, although they, too, are voters. The. privilege of voting is f sufficient for fno whites* but negroes must have the right to hold office! >. <:'T Thousands of whites are still pro^ f-?^ southern States. . r < ? '( A .TOFF ON flTTTT.T.R W? aatn h t ? l? V QlfIT W 0 darkey on West Walnut street, yesterday, with about the worst case of chills we ever heard of. His teeth were tattering like a reaper under a full headway. He was eating a c watermelon on a curb stone and some , one told him that eating would give him the chills. He lootced up, Jwith rJ his mouth half full and a slice in each . hand, and shivered out: "Dis is de ; way I tuck de chills, eating dese things. . I got dc chill on me now, boss; and I likes watermillions better'n I duz. ' do chills, kaso dar aint no danger ob- . it making mc shake wus'n I duz.? I'll eat dis'n ef I dies 'fore I git to. ' de rines." We left him "fighing it."?Louisville Democrat. ... ,,{ Why arc good resolutions like faint* r ing ladies ? Because they want carry- r ing out. , . r The new moon reminds one of a giddy girl, because she is too young to show much reflection. Fanny Fern objects to men shedding tears ; she says it is an infringemcnt on woman's most valuable "wa- , ? ter privileges." Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver; and adultation is not of raoro service to the people than , "7 to kings. Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, wL ' judicipus men are showing you grounds of it. Never set yourself up \ cian fust because you scA a drum in your oar: nor because you are out out itf" r. school teacher merely Ivsb you 'have a mftul in fjovt c-y .'am, js the price of tbq plied the honest shop- / . "Oh, $tivcn dollars," replied the \ j'y lady? sharply; I'll give you five." ? .^ohthe's mother said of herself: Order and quiet are my character-. istics. I despatch at once what I have? to do, the most disagreeable always. first and I culp down tho devil without looking at him. I always seek out what is good in people, and leave what is had to him who made man- , kind, and knows how to round off. the angles."