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I ' ' , ! V 1 u if. it vr.r VOLUME 29. CAMDEN", SOUTH-CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1869. NUMBER 6' C- c:> .! :'LS 1 ? ? I orvTimrr n a T>riT TV A MSICEllANY. . TOR THE JOURN AL. The following fragment from an un- v Jpublished novel, has a direct bearing ? *upoo a kindred subject, which is occaZoning some discussion in bnth the r< ^Engl-sh and American papers at th>' w toresent time. Tlie scene is laid in CM Spain, and varie- a little from the v?-r "sioo of Mrs. Stowe's ''o'er true talc" ol M her friend, tf it was Mrs. Stowe's ob lt .jectto deter the risen, and rising gen- *l iration from perus'rg the productions a 'of Lord Byron,-be has most signally l* failed of her a m. The writer of the ^ fragment, after rekring to ?ome domes- 11 tic differences, says: aA few hours after, we were very n -good friends, and a few days after she set out for Aragon, with my son, ou a sL 'visit to her father and mother. I did "( not accompany her, having been in 1,1 -Aragon before, but was to join the family * in (heir Moorish Chateau, within a few 0( weeks. During herjourney, [ received 1:1 a very affectionate letter fruui Dunea ,J Ji?epha, apprising me of t ie welfare o 'Sa herself and my sun. On their arrival ltl at the chateau, I received another, -siII. more affectionate; pressing me,-in very fond and rather foolish terms, to join her immediately. As I was prepiring ^11 to set out from Seville, I received a Cil third,?this was frotn her father, Djo Jose di Cardoso, who requested mc, in Wl '?he politest manner to dissolve my mar riage. I answered him with equal po- 1D diteoe-s, that I would?do no such thing. A fourth letter arrived,?it was from 18 <Doona Josepha, in which she informed te me that her father's letter was written en bv her nartioular desire. I requested co " f the reason by return of post; she replied 10 fyyexpress, that as reason 'hud nothing e to do with the matter, it was unnecessary ha 4to eive any?bat "thatahe wasrw to- ~ jured and?excellent wouian. I theu enquired why site Was bad written me 8ti the two preceding affectionate letters, 00 'requesting me to come to Aragon,? ?' 8he answered that was because she be- *h Sieved me out of my senses?thai, being c'! unfit to take care of myself, I had only ^ to set out on the journey alone, and ?f making my way without difficulty to '/J L Don Jose di Cardozo's, I should "there m fc have found the tenderest of wives and P' n -?a strait waistcoat. 1 had nothing to an B reply to this piece of affection, but a to reiteration of my request for seme lights Pr HBfe "upon the subject. 1 was answered, that co IBB* they would ouly be related to the inqui* 'h sition. -In the meantime, oar domestic a' ^discrepancy, had become a public topic ha ctf discussion; and the wor'd, which al- he decides justly, not only in Arngon, I >butxn Andalusia, determined that I was ''( not only to blame, but that all Spain w< could produce nobody so blameable.? My case was supposed to comprise all c0 the oritnes which could, and several Wl that could not be committed but little el less than an ante-de-fe was anticioated as 'u 'the result. But let no uiau say we are abandoned -hy our friends in udvers y ar ?it was just the reverse. Mine throng- ea cd around me to condemn, advise and ar console me with?their disapprobation. T^atold me all that was, would or said on the subject. They Kh: 1 | gBtbeir heads?they exhorted me? s' ?'^--?~&S&WR>Ted me with tears iu their eyes,? m i^'i#went to dinner. f' ,1 -] ; tr B^MfeocP Hope fob the South.?The p, I ' W^obile Rzrjitter thinks that, if history ^ not falsified the truth in all her example8, a great future is before the longtedSeriDg people of the South. Division p: JB fttf labor, fertilizers, and labor-saving tQ W ;*griott Rural implements, it is now plain, ^ wrill produce from the Sonthern soil all ^ |;that it yielded under tbe large plunta- ^ ftion i>j.stem. Tbe millions yielded fiom ^ Ahe earth, formerly required for purchasing and replenishing slave labor, u vrill be hereafter saved, and will tieces- g sarily find useful and productive investment at home. The carpet-bag and c .scalawag exodus established, and the c< State governments ooee more in the ^ hands of the people, the road to peace tj and prosperity will be clear and open, ^ and the people, learning wisdom from the trial and the errors of the past, will r( f 'pluck from the nettle daDger the flower tl safely." ' Ju THE BRITISH PRESS ON COTTON. The British press continues to be ery much exercised about the supply f cotton. Every day or two there are lading articles and any amount of cor'spondence on the subject, and there hardly any conceivable plan for in easing the production of raw material iaf is not discussed The insufficient ipply is termed a calamity, and is said ? be owing to an increase of the contuiing jvower at a time when the raw laterial ift decreasing. A writer in it' London Times takes a very seusi!? view ..f the matter when he argues at the true way to increase the proactiou of cotton is for the mauufactu rs and capi'alisiti of -England to cojerate with the growei. That is, we ippose, to employ their capital in conation with tin. labor of the planters i order to stimulate a larger growth, his writer remarks, too, that it would j folly for the American planters to row hve millions of bales at double the tiiense of laud and labor when the uie profit eau be ieuliz<-d from half lat amount. But whcie are the Engsh ihuuufiiciuiers aud c.ipit.iltsts to use letr money tu co-operation with the owers? India and other -countries tve been tried, and a vast a count of pital has been sunk in the experiment, here is, however, one place in the arid where raising cotton is not an icertaiu experiment, and where plautg never lails to be successful and proable. In our Southern States thena vast area of cotton land uncultiv d. If there were capital aud labt r ough ten millions of bales or more uld be raised. This is the coun ry, r the British to invest in if they would t an ample supply of cotton aud a mdsome return for tlfeir capital. N. T. Herald. The English press seem to underiud the true interests of the Southern tton planter much better than many the planters themselves. It strikes e nail square ou the head when it d> rres that ''it would be folly for the merican planters to y row fee millions bales at double the expense of land and borf when the same profit can be realidfrom half that amount." Will those antere, who are straining every nerve, d ransacking all of Europe and Asia procure additional labor necessary to oduce the five millions of bales duly nsider the probable consequence of eir success in producing this additionlabor? The production of 2,500,000 ilcs at thirty cents per pound would i far uiorc lucrative to the Southern antor than the production of five mil>08 of bales at fifteen cents. They mid receive the same gross anicunt r their total crrip. and save the extra st'for labor, provisions, mules, and jar and waste land necessary to be :pcuded in raising the extra two and a df millions. Be.-ides, with the production of two id a haif or three bales the South can isily raise her own corn, provisions id stock, so that the cotton crop would i net profit, after deducting the cost ' labor. We may be in error, but the ::hts now before us, taking into conderation the condition of the cotton arkct and cotton manufacturers iMUdhout the world, we believe the ue policy of the planter is to keep the roduction within rather thau over tree millions uf bales. Instead of investing the profits of the op iu increasing the area and amount of reduction, we urge our planting irtenils > put their surplus inomy in matiuloturing enterprises. Let ihe South t'cutue, as she ought lout: ago to have sen, the {treat ci-ntr ot cottcn manuictyring. If the iMuuchester aud Loell spinners can make profits on the lauufucture of cotton, why may not the uuth do the gams and indeed uiuoh tore ? The Northern and English rner l.antg have to pay the heavy expense neBssarily incurred iu getting their suf>liesofraw materi 1 from the South, and ken the additional expense in the way of reight, commissions, insur uce, &c., in eturuing the manufactured goods to he very community iu which the raw material was produced. power for driving the machine necessary to manufacture the entire c< crop of the Southern Statesman be foui in Georgia alone. All that is necessa to put the machinery in motion is f the planters themselves to invest th( surplus profits arising from the produ tion of the raw material in well direct schemes for the utilization of this vs power now lying idle in our midst. English manufacturers will find it their interest to establish manufacturii establishments here where motive pow is abundant at a nominal cost, and whe the raw material is twenty per cei cheaper than in Manchester. Instei of investing their money in efforts to i crease the supply of cotton, let the nemo horo with t.hpir O.fmitfll Slid ma! investments in munufactuies, which, a cording to the reports of our leadit .Southern factories, will pay from (wen to forty per cent, per annum. In Gre liri a u three to five per cent, upon i vestments is considered a good busine; Here in the cotton manufacture, ti times that amount can be realized. The manifest advantages which tl South, and particulaily Georgia, posset will necessarily attract manufucturii capital from tl e North and from Gre Jiritian. While we are anxious to ha < ? L< 1 J .LL. tills capital oruugni uuri'auu iura uiaui of industry fully developed, we prof that our own people should reap a pc tioo at least of the riches which tuu follow judicious -investments in cott< manufactures. This is a mutter of much iiupoftan to the State and to the planters, at we hope it will receive the consideratii of those who are so clamorous to increa lahor or to produce five millions of bal in order to sell it at 12 or 15 cents Augusta Chronicle tfc Sentinel. THESURV1VOB/S ASSOCIATION i AC a meeting of the Survivor's A sociation, Charleston District, the ft lowing preamble and resolutions we adopted: Whereas, the events of the late w between the Confederate and Uniti States of America arc now Ircsh in tl minds of its survivors, and many r cord- do now exist which time and ne; lect will certainly destroy, it is high desirable to huve these records and the ncollections put in such substauti form as to resist the ravages of tim nnd wliflnnfl we have no trover nine wnich will collect and preserve the hi lory of those transactions of which v ure proud, it is, therefore, the duty all South Caroliuians to place the hi tory of the late war in its true light b to e the world, in order that those wl fought aud died for their country m: have not only the reward of their di tinguished patriotism, but the justi which their achievements deserv and, whereas, the Survivors' Associ tion of any siugle district may do mui in collecting and preserving these i cords, yet because of the intimate t sociation existing duriug the war b tweeu al. the troops of the -State, tf work will become proportionally 1c onerous and much more effective ift survivors of the whole State were unite in a C"Uiuion effort; therefore, it Resnlved, That the Survivor's As? eiation of CharlestoQ District earnest invite the survivors of each district ! the State, where associations of record not now exist; to form district assoc tions, composed of the survivors of t Confederate army nnd navy, to colic and preserve the records of the lato wt That the various district usaoeiatio be invited to send five delegates tc j convention, to meo* at our hall, I Charleston, on Thursday, November 1 i 1^69, to loim a State survivors' as: i eiation, for the purpose set forth in t | uext resolution. That the primary object of the pi | posed State Survivor's Association j the preservation of all matters of hisi ry conu. ctcd with the late war. i That the. proposed means of acco plishiog t hi - object is the establishmc o! a State Bureau, under the control i toe State Association, where all ori nal matter shall be regularly and cc Teniently filed away for the referee ry of such persons as the Association may )t- see fit. ad That-the secondary object of the prory pused State Association, the future br development of which is left to the ac?ir tion of the State Association, is the preic paration of a standard Southern history ed aud smaller school histories, in which ist the part the Confederacy bore in the late war may be properly related to the to woild, and that the rising generation ag may be taught that their parents were er not the vile traitors that the common re school mistress now prepared by our it. enemies assert. id Col. Edward McCrady, Jr., Presiu dent, Col. C. Irvine Walker, Col. B. in H. Rutledge, Major T. G. Barker, Col. ke J- M. Kinlocli, Captain F. K. Huger, /"* ? T?.noa A fmotrnno .Tr _ Snere V" "" " t/ ? >r- "What did she say ?" Oh, I've got the ist refusal of her." >n At Schenectady a white woman wa? recently married to a nigger from Alee baoy. And the thermometer at 90 doid grees. Whew 1 30 When a counlry girl is kissed, she se looks surprised, and says, "How could 08 you?" to which the swain replies; "I( will give megreat pleasure to slnw you," and proceeds to give her a duplicate. Prospt^ts for a heavy sugar crop in s. Mnry^t*arish, "the sugar bowl" ol ,j. Louisa na, are not so good as they were re in the early part of the spring. V'erj good yields will bo had, however. ar Messrs. A. T. Stewart & Co., of New ;d York, say they have never done as lurge ie a business at this time in any previom e* year. They attribute this fact to theii having advertised more this season that 'j ever before. >c Daring the past summer a number a' of planters tried upon selected places a new remedy for the destruction of the nt catterpillar, and report that it acconr '8* plished its purpose. The principal in ve gredient of this remedy is carbolic aof cid. IS* The Mule?The mewl is a larger >0. burd than the guse or turkey. It has two legs to walk with and 2 tc kick with, and wears it wings on the ISside of its head. ce # T? io afnKKnrnlv hardc ward about ?Oin? jlv ia otuwvi u< t v ? e ww ^ forward.?Josh Billings. ^ A young lady explained to a priutei ,e the other day, the distinction between ia_ printing and publishing, and, at the conclusion of her remarks, by way of il lustration, she said : "You may print a kiss on my check, but you must nol he publish it." to "You sot!" exclaimed a poor woman be to her husband, "you are always at the tavern getting drunk with hot punch ;o- while I am at home, with nothing bul ly cold water." iu "Cold, you silly jade !?well you cat do warm it." ia- A gentleman once thus addressed he letter to his bride : !Ct "My Dearest Maria." ir. The lady replied : ns "My dear John, I beg that you wil ? a mend either your morals or your gram in mar. You call me dearest Maria ; an ft; I to understand that you have othei Jo- Marias ?" he A fast man undertook the task o teasing an eccentric preacher. ro" "Do you believe the stoiy of the fat i8 ted calf?" to-1 "Yes," said the preacher. "Well then, was itamule or afemali m- calf that was killed ?" ;nt "A female," said the divine, of "How do you know that?" gi- "Because, (looking the interrogatoi >n- in the face,) 1 see that the male is stil ice alive." L0- V^upuiiu uamw "-7 ip tary. were appointed a committee to cor ty respond on the subject of these resoluat tions, to uiake all necessary arrangers ments for the assembling of the convenes. tion, and to take such measures as they tu deem essential to the full accomplishment of the intentions of the preamble be resolutions.? Charleston Ntws. is ' Why do young ladies whiten their ^ faces ? Because they think the powder will make them go off. ve b jh "Why don't you ask your sweet-heart ? tn niarrv vou 1" "I have asked her." JAMES JUNES Dealer in ; PROVISIONS, GROCERIES, LIQUORS, &o. &c. &c. OFFERS, at wholesale or retail, at the lowest rates, for cash, Family and extra. Super. FLOUR, of choice brands, RIO COFEE, common to choice, ( Laguayra and Java COFFEE, Imperial and Oolong TEAS, , SUGAR, of all grades, Prime Leaf LaRD, BACON, Hams, Shoulders and Sides, CHEESE and CRACKERS, Superior MOLASSES, SNUFF, Scotch and Maccaboy, NAILS, of all sizes, BI. CARB. SODA, CANDIES, assorted, NUTS and FRUITS, SHOT, nf nil sizes. Liverpool and Table SALT, White Wine and Cider VINEGAR, WHISKIES, BRANDIES, RUMS, and GINS, Together with a large assortment of all other desirable articles in the above line. In addition to the above, I offer a large stock of STAPLE and FANCY _l?/jl\> jl uvuu' NOTIONS, , Gents. Furnishing Goods, &c. also Ad extensive and varied assortment of HA RD WARE, Consisting in part, of ' HOES, of various sizes and qualities, AXES SPADES and SHOVELS, IRON, of all descriptions, i 'PLOW 8TEEL, TRACE CHAINS, HAMES, &c. S ADDLERY. SADDLES and RRIDLES, COLLARS, SADDLERY H ARDWARE, &c. &c. The attention of purchasers is invited to the above stock. No who one gives me a call shall go away dissatisfied. JgyThe highest market prices paid for Cotton and other produce. JAMES JONES. Feb. 11. tf Newburgh Ale KEPT ON DRAUGHT BY D. C. KIRKLEY. Corn. A LOT OF GOOD COUNTRY CORN, for sale by D. C. KIRKLEY. Fresh Arrivals. r > | I HAVE JUST RECEIVED ? A new stock of Goods, Suitaolc for the season, ; DRYGOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, 1 CROCKERY, ; HATS, SHOES SADDLERY, &c. &o. &o. &c. k Which will be sold at the lowest prices for CASH. I solicit a call from my old customers. A. M. KENNEDY. Dec. 17. tf PURE 1 French Rrar.dy and Wines, For Medicinal Purposes. This is a pure article of Brandy as it r was bought out of tho Custom House and can bo relied on as being pure and p genuine. HODGSON & DUNLAP. ' LEITNER & DUNLAP, ATTORNEYS AT LAW 3 AND SOLICITORS IN EQUITY. WILL practice in the Courts of Kershaw, Sumter, Lancaster and Richland Districts. r Office?Rroad-st., Camden, S. C. 1 W. Z. LEITNEB, J. D. DUNLAP Feb. 11 6m. OWJ 'X ?1 f A1WJUJL11 A State Agricultural and Mechanical Magazine. ( Official Organ of the South Carolina j State Agricultural and Mechanical Society.) At an early date, the subscribers will publish the first number of a Monthly * Magazine, devoted to the development of the material interests of this State, and the whole South ; and will distribute five thousand copies gratuitously, so that every one may see what it is before subscribing. They intend to make it the best and handsomest industrial magazine ever published at the South, and they ask the cordial cooperation of every good citizen in this enterprise, whiob-jpust redound to the publio warfare. Persons wishing copies -of the firSt number, will please send their address to WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL, Charleston, S. C. May 13. tf. " Save your Family from want by V 1 I#A ? aiisuriug your laivy THE LOUISIANA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW ORLEANS*, HAVING A CASH CAPITAL OP 500.000 DOLLARS. OFFERS to its Soutbe:n patrons a reliable Home Company, in'which can be effected every species of Life Insurance at tbe at the most reasonable rate All policies non forfeitable, and the earnings of the Company annually divided -on the strictly mutual plan. OFFICERS. JOSEPH ELLISON. President. W. S. DIKE, Vice Preaideut. W. P. HARPER, Secretary. S. C. DEARING, Goneral Agent. G. A. BREAUX, Attorney. Directors?John Pemberton, E. A. Tyler, C. H. Slocumb, F. Delbordis, George A. Fois? dick, VV. S. Pike, J. W. Stone, A Thompson, D. B. Penn, Edward Rigney, W. B. Schmidt, Alexander Marks, C. E. Kiguey, A. M. KENNEDY, A gent lor Kershaw District.' Dr. A. A. MOORE, Medical'Examiner. . -24. tfr ^ 1869. ~~ sm\<; wioifs. M'DONALD & M'CURRt Offer to the Public a Choice Variety of Spring and Summer Goods, Embracing everything kept in a retail Store, 'which will be sold at the lowest figures forJCash. Theyinvite particular attention [to the following specialities-: LADIES' DRESS -GOODS, FANCY.GOODS AND TRIMMINGS, BOOTS AND SHOES, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, AND GLASSWARE, READY MADE CLOTHING. Also Gents' HATS of every -description and at prices to suit all. Feeling satisfied that out Stock of Goods is equal to any other house, in prices and styles, we respectfully invite old customers and friends to examine the same, and to bring along with them all their neighbors and friends. Mcdonald & McCURRY. April 8. tf NEW STORE The undersigned having formed a co-partnership for carrying on a General Business> in Camden, respectfully inform the citizens of the town and surrounding country that they have taken thejstand formerly occupied by Messrs. C. MatheSON & Co., where they are now receiving a WELL SELECTED STOCK* consisting of Dry Goods, Clothing Groceries, Crockery, &C. &C. &C, The senior partner having done bu? siness in Camden for a number of yean and having received a fair share of patronage, will endeavor to merit the satnfor the new firm. NOTICE. THE undersigned, wife of James R. Holland, a farmer, residing in Camden, in the Countv of Kershaw and State of SouthCarolina, hereby gives notice of her inention to trade as a sole trader. ELIZABETH HOLLAND. Sept. 2. 4t QAA packages of JEWELL BROS. /wUU celebrated Self-Leavening,' or Seif-liaiaing Flour, just received. Try ; it. JAMES JONES.