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too gate-keepers, overseers, ami laborers
requisite to keep ll:e toad in oilier, "t be most
striking leatiire of the plank-re n! svstetn, that
(listing"! i>!ios it from the rail-road, is, that the
fir>t avails itself of tiie independent, pre-existing
animal power for the purposes of trnnspor'ntion.
while the last substitutes mechanical agency
for the same end.
.Now, if the question were raised in manufacturing
countries, like (irent Britain and the
Eastern States, (where the construction and
management of machinery is the business of a
large class of the population, and where horse
power is used only to a limit-d extent,) as lo
thj$.*i('vantages of the two modes of tr.aiisjior'
- : ' ' i...ft,, i./.
laiiun, uie ueci-niu wwum ...
fnvor of the machine?but in South-Carolina
wo aro seeking tlu* best modes of transportation
for onr groat agricultural staple, anil it is a
question of some importance how far the public
interest will be promoted by substituting
machinery, when it would not lessen the amount
of animal power required for the purposes of
production ; from the great amount of plowing
necessary to the growth of a cotton crop, there
is no country in the world which employs so
much of animal power, in proportion to the
weight of the staple product, as in our c il.'un
growing States. In the growth of cotton, plowing
is continually needed from January and
Fel ruary, when the land is broken up, to August,
when the crop is laid by, and liio fruit begins
to open ; on an average, a horse or mule is
employed for every eight bales of cotton, or ton
and a half of product. In grain and grass grow
- r- ,ij" M-Jiivit
ing countries, a luriuer juu? m uw - .
with one horse, which yields frotn 13 to 20
bushels to the acre, or 3(5,000 pounds?about
15 tons of product to the horse. The article
of hay will greatly exceed this, and probably
reach forty tons of product to the horse.
The authorities which I have consulted, give
the resistance to wheels in motion from fiiction,
on a wooden plain, at from 1 in 1)4 to 1 in OS,
but special reference must be had to the hardness
of the niateiial. In New York, where
soft hemlock is used for plank-roads, this re
sistnncc is estimated at 1 in GO of the weight;
with our hard pine 1 in 80 may safely be assumed;
but as such tabulations should be based
on the resistance of roads which have been considerably
worn and therefore not perfectly
smooth, I will assume 1 in GO as my basis for
calculation.
The most reliable authorities give the available
effect of a horse us equivalent to a tractive
- i .. I,.,If
lorcc 01 I'ZO poUUUS, moving nil) .mil .v
miles an hour, for ten hours i:i twenty-four. Yel
it must be remembered that the dynamic efi'ori
of a hor^e.'or total power which he ia capable
of exerting on a dead pull, is much greater. l?r.
Gregory assumes it to be equal to 4*20 pounds.
It is by a freqnyjit tax of this absolute energy
that our wagoners are enabled to overcome the
immense resistance which they encounter, from
hub-deep mud, and the uneven surface of our
up-country roads. Assuming the resistance to
be one i:t sixty of the weight, a horse wo J 1 be
capable of drawing upon a level plank-road, for
days and months in succession, without suffering
from over-exertion, 7,r>00 pounds, including
the weight of the wagon, and move two and a
half miles an hour, for ten hours in twenty-four.
On an ascent of one in fifty, the power of the
horse to move at the same speeJ-would be equal
to the draft of 4.000 lbs., which would give for
' L "J ? - 1 r.f
lour nurses iu,i/uu ius., uijuiu i</ iuiij w.?vo ?
cotton of 4U0 lbs. each, but this is the gross
load ; if we deduct four bales for the weight
of the wagon, we shall have thirty six bales as
the nett load. It will be perceived, that in this
calculation no allowance is made for the diminished
resistance on the easy ami level giades
of the road. The calculation is based on the
assumption, that the road throughout the whole
extent, is a rise of one in fifty, and that the velocity,
as well as load carried, is governed by
the resistance upon sucli an ascentNow,
in practice, this wool ! not be the case.
It has been satisfactorily ascertained that a
horse moving two miles an hour for eight hours,
can exert a force of 100 pounds, therefore, on
a plane of one in fifty, at this rat ot speed, he
would draw for eight hours 5,408 pounds, gross,
in the place of 4,000, as before stated, which
wjuld be for the four mules, fifty-three bales.
By reducing the speed, therefore, to this rate,
there can be no doubt thai the ascent could be
overcome with this load ; particularly as thi>
rate of inclination would only he cueounte.ud
occasionally; probably not for a tenth of the
day's work. Upon the remainder of the road,
the speed could be increased to three, four, and
five miles an hour with ease to the horse, without
using a power of traction on the level parts
of the road exceeding forty-one pounds to the
horse. This would admit of a speed of six
miles an hour, according to Wood and Leslie.
The ordinary speed upon the roads in
New York, with heavy loaded wagons, is three
miles an hour or thirty miles a day.
In that State, where the grades are from 1 in
10, to 1 in 120, a ton is a common load for a
bur**', at att average 01 tin* aoove meiiwoucu
speed On a grade of 1 in 50, a hot so will draw
two tons; this is ascertained from actual jcacti
ee, which,aside from ail scientific roles, proves
the above calculation within hounds. The enquiry
of the planter will not be, how much iii?
team of males u ti] be enabled tohaal to market,
but how he is to arrange his wagon so as to carry
a foil load. M idi a litiie additional strength
to the axles of an ordinary road wagon, it nil!
Mist.-uu 15 or '10,001) IItK ivrfhoi/t injury, while
running on the ovum, smooth surface of the
jjauk-roafi. [\ is not the weight usual! r pat on
tbosn that mr.h ~ them to j.let -.hut tie* strain
to whirls they *r>? ?:ubji /;/,-<< fny.<, rumunz ou
fctrcp sidefiotr 'hssSvitfJ v, at. hue* b.mgr/J
mvr stump- aitd rots.
if arc * ntc'tainij rh- },r:,cnisahoj'y
of rorrviog ?ueJ> ? ? >>rr./oj:.- oh v.
flank-msr, ,( will n-r to anv of ;h.< U ; -j.m
ifarvf m .?-'?> for a?;?JKO?ty -j j# r.-j-fajn-r Vow
fiicJi o.'J, :?>r wVv.li->* rtotion.d/fT-' ?ui \3r.dof
l*n* 1 - ; w?w*>v H v ?}.' ' > ' v?*o Jc.V/ .'iwtji*)?rvV
. "yfor 1 m ' ->re v.; -1.-;.
viisicr ?<'uaod r? e-i ; ... -.?,* ? or
rO.it I fttld that .5 j'J.i-.k-' > ; i ' i O t
fU.t t -i Uc !.}. <?> r. aiiv .j ?? ? ?. ,nh .
vnmj.-* fb;?t a ? hatJ .j.x j;r<*. :i ?>o? !i
JWr a iixi u?k;M Im* .>h!<1 tn r.;r.'j
i) era /.>a?f. Ti'?. n,
I vvoahi rafl sttoniimi Li t:is Etc*, f}wi from
] to 21 lialos of cotton, is a common load for four j
j mules, through the streets of Columbia, where
I the grades certainly exceed one in fifty, and j
: the surface, no belter than an ordinary road. ;
j " We think, therefore, that we are perfectly !
I safe in assuming -1 UUU pounds to mo noise as i
j the nett load which can lie conveyed 011 a '
plank-road with grades of one in fifty, at the j
rate of thirt y miles a day?this would he forty |
hales for a tcun of four nudes. lint to make I
i allowance for the weight of the wagon and pro- i
i visions necessary for the team, we will deduct j
ciirht bales?3,200 pounds?leaving a nett load ;
of tiiirtv-two halesoi'cotton of 400 pounds each, j
Allowing SO per clav, which is considered a I
! very fu'i estimate for the services of a four-horsv !
team, tiien the 32 hales, 12,80.) pounds, would j
he conveyed thirty miles for ?3, plus the tolls.
; Kslimating the tolls at four cents a mile, would j
I give $1 2U for the thirty miles; or a total ex 1
. 1 .ease of St "20 for 12,800 pounds conveyed .a
I distance of thirty miles?equal to 0 1-10 cents j
. a hundred pounds for a distance of 1U0 miles,
j a fraction less than 37 cents a halo. 1 regard (
i cheapness in our country, as the most essen- j
ti;:l element in estimating the value of an i;n- j
! proved means of intercommunication. Rail- '
j toads, unless they are located on thoroughfares
I and managed with the greatest possible econo
' -i ,t.?
) . jy, will not b.! al;Ie l:? carry iri-yms ;u mr ,
: ..imvc! rates; for roads of fifty mile- anHer, '
I tin- compensation would !iol be .suliici?:>l to pay
i f.if tin1 labor of loading ami tin oading, ami the
j clerk's hire lor receiving, and delivering.
Persons living at distant points fro;o the
1 plunk-road would, with four teams, bring to the
r v:d a load, which would be tiansferrcd to one
?. gou on the plank-road. .No material altera- J
tiuus would Ire necessary in tin- wagons for the j
I plank-road, except the erection of a frame s.;f- ,
j ticicr.tly !<>:ig to JtolJ from 30 t" 3d bales of cotI
too, Hiid the requisite provonde; fo; the team of
mill.-3.
i Those who I've in the vicinity of a plank- ,
' road or it? branches, will be able l<? carry a crop ;
j to maiket, in less time and witii less labor, and !
i certainly with less wear and tear of wagons (
? i nnii. .?vri-tu!.-il m ctirrviiiLf i
! ;;ilU tilUM 17 l?vr?.
! the same uvw forty mile? of idlly and muddy
, roads t.) a rail-road To such persons,
' the saving !>y plunk-road transportation \\ iil be
' equal to the entire cost *iio -til road freight, j
with its attendantd ravage and other charges.
in hilly countries, nlu ik-ron'l* are more necessary
and advantagcon- than in'led ones,'an 1 it
i?.!Ot atall neccs.-ary to procure so low a gra le i
1 as 1 in 50; i in 10 is in very common use, j
and 1 in 10 may i?a used to great advantage, j
I: the hill sides only, of the upper districts, i
were planked, it would effect a saving, nllord !
great relief, and prove more economical in the
i etui, than the usual repairs bestowed upon tie i
! Many person* suppose, that in our sa
try, a double track will be required. . few
instances, where the sand is very iigln, n may
be, but this is a rare occur race. King and
Meeting streets were beds ??f loose sand previous
to planking the si des of these thoiuughlares,
but now, since the heavy wagons are confined j
to tiio plank-ioa-d, the middle portions of the '
street's have become so sou; a - to :a,r: j goo i j
surface for last .hiving, an ! toad nil of a !ic?;ivi- |
ly loaded wagon passing off and oa the plank- ]
road with iittieor no inconvenience.
l*or the various is well is most approved :
modes of building plank-roads, reference should .
ho made t<> (ji -lispie's A1 rami of the principles
and practice of road building. He gives eight
leet a- the most approve 1 width, and requires
Kit),OOil feet of lumber to the mile. The on.I
I Is variously estimated at from 8l.UOO to 82,'
4tX) a mile. The grading in hilly countries
j constitutes a heavy ite a A road from Charles[
ton to Abbeville would lie about J'JU mile- long. 1
| The grading would necessarily bo light, an I
with lumber at 80, ii could bo completed, with ;
| a track nine feet wide, I'm 81/iiM), at the out- '
I i !e 81,800, u mile, wliicii en..t will include eu- i
J giueering, gate, Iidiijc*, iVc. i'roui i.iy expo- j
rienco in sucii matters, I am satisfied that, bv '
j the ui I of steam saw mills, a co itr.actor coal I J
; lay down 'lis timber on the line, foi tiie fir si. 150
j miles, a 81,5'J per tnousand feet.
V.'iih per. ons who have reilectc! on lire
I siibj cl.tiie first objection which v-e. -to irg?it
j sell .igain-i ul:iiikiu.i:l ?,c.imj?are?l with lail-rowl-i j
| is the i.niiij.ij:,' .ii.ioiinl oll.i.iiiiji ?t ?j- i.'t .1 i i tii. i--1
oon>tru"lio.?. Thi cli-c; i- easily .it i?v ihv
*,c?, t ">i iiif \ >] ' n>5 . ^mrf .itoif. limber t i \ i* \
hi t >.* coil-t. iiftimi ni .1 :'..iI*ioi I, n i;io I
the iSiir.ihUity of the ti uhe. i<>u>e, i- twice
I iii i jil iii'; .1- i i a rail-run*]. Tito unit*- j
1 rial fm" tlic- Jhriu-.-i will rtutai i 1 -Id service
j as ioui; is :? w.i^aa wheel uiil jt is? vnoothly
! uvei it, while, ua liio laitc., the safety uf rnuidi
I v iMovim ;i i 1 iu .ivy Mir.hiuei \ irquiies thai
! tin' liiHiK1: -lioui'. romo.cn on ;m* nr-,1 *y;npj
losiii'f Icny. The average dur.ibilitv o. plniikrout's,
! /ro.ii ii i. to too years, .nJ if tin.* :nr
is < x>:!n.li tl li t in tin:, i Is, d'Cy will I.ir l front fifteen
lo twenty \<>a >. j
Others, again, on\ urge, tlml plank-roads
could not thrive or bo supported in th-r vicinity
of tin- railroad. We n f, r -.neb person* to tin*
, f: . :!i;st tli re arf-iow upwards of fr.OOO wag!<
per annum thai p i?s tin' >i.x Mile House
j i :u Charleston ; that cotton and other j
i produce i* h iu!e ! sixty milt's to town iti wagons, !
] aw! sometimes froiu i?lackvil!e, ninety miles.? '
' On r. good plank-road, a single mule will haul j
I a con! of wood thirty tone;, jn a dav, ami a
' team of four mules will lfiiig to tou'u 4,000
I !?> ! ofinmhur, fro'ii si\ty miles up iho coualrv.
i in two days; this will make it a profitable bn.-i- |
' ness to rut lomh *r and tire wood, and bring it ,
| to town bmo large range of country.
j Hon ' .in b the pn sent wagon trade will be >
increased by plank-roads. is a fruitful and i:i ;
> rv.!.':!' tl.iu/e for siieeiibiiion. i am fnllv i
>:;vu .Oi-iJ Viii? ?1." i;rs? tv.i*iiiy tnili'. nil! pat- i
}ji>nj iiit1 j.rcf-Mii tr.J.'bV, r.m! ilia? l.\ its mv? iii- .
(iooncf it >yi'J e?>.'ijcr i.rniis;)>.-.s of lr.vic,
,u)i'wb vvji! 0;,i:\ jut': its inroiij-'. Si \\j;i
/Lm? from Ih> priv.Atf .neniK1? 0:1 i>olii
-/ I.-- "i ii, .iiiii v> rjrj n?J>' to ?Js |
vikii ;it r. <: $br r.jiio -oi jJ.- i rn(i). \? ooil, tarjf.-iiin.v
iomJh'r, tr?lj i/i.-Jii-ii ;m> j
of }!}.<> firat Gitr tier whiva, ri>:>ui.
4. liVor.i (be ?>]" Or--. i?r?>?r?j. ? !
Yj iii'u i:;/> rr>.\i) li.-JJ !iuv jvji'Jji-O j)i<- rirb in'rinu'i.....}
I:, -si' KdyoSiM, .\<*w Wirjf^ ami
its r-jp.vilv Utr ).isA\Hi3* ivill )/> itrj.-d .
u>?i f'ii- ;t<) !.jrU nf :i populous a?4 u.-.Jiby ;
purtioii of oar in i tucilh'uii for im:o- ;
noiuii'.'i! transportation will be so apparent, that
(here are lew who will not avail themselves of
tliein. 'l'iie advantages above set forth are so
apparent, thai, we think, they might to convince
the most skeptical that there will be a travel on
it equivalent to, at least, 12,000 wagons, 150
miles each in a year, which, at lour cents a
mile, will amount to ?'7l5,!ttOO tolls, without ta
king into consideration the carriages, buggies
and horsemen that will use it.
The effect on Charleston would be, to bring
back, with a ton fold increase, thai important '
wagmi trade which mice gave value t.> King-!
stree t, and nil [lie other property in the northern \
part of our citv, an impulse might be expected
which wmiid, i a a very sliort period, extend
the buildings of King and .Meeting-streets to,
and i veil beyond, the ne v limits of onr city.
.Ml doubts, if any yxist, as to the benefit the
comumiiit v at large would derive, or as lu the
profit which capital would yield, if invested in
such works in our r~'ta(e, 1 think will be removed
by a knowledge of what the h?tate of
New ^ uric is doing. There the whole country
i-i traversed by canals and rail-roads ? yet we
see McAdami/cd roads being converted into
plunk-roads, and plunk-roads by the side of rail
roads are paying ten per cent., after laying by
eight per cent, lor the renewal of plunking.?
We could (piote many instances were plank- j
roads are generally paying vi'J and g."> percent.
on the capital invented. Une of these coinpanics
i:i New York, in its report to the [.legislature,
states tliat 83,000 wagons passed over
the road in one year. Allowing that each team
carried an equivalent to fifteen hales of cotton
they would all have carried 1/245,000 hales,
which is more than all the machinery of the
South Caiolina Rail Road could carry in two
years. So great is the expensive power of
these roads, that tiie whole business of the year
might he crowded into one month, and not effect
its operation in the slightest degree.
It is certain that the animal power necessary
to the production of a cotton crop, is fully
adequate to its transportation to market, over a
plank road, a distance of'200 or 250 miles, j
In one trip, every horse or mule could carry the
nf hia loK.-ir f<> marked, which method, in
two or throe weeks would dispose of the crop.
In no well manage.! plantation would this seriously
interfere witli the economy of judicious
agriculture. I):it let us suppose, in order to
compensate for nnv loss of time, that the planter
puts his own provender on the wagon for the
trip, and gets his thirty-two hales of cotton to
market with no outlay hut for tolls, (say $3,)
for 200 miles?suppose, further, that to meet
his expenses, lie takes a return load of 12,500
pounds. n? HO cents a hundred. 'J'lii> would
pay his tolls hotli ways, and leave him ?21.20
clear profit. The same would cost him, on
200 miles of rail road?in fro-ght on his cotton
at least 81.25 per hale, or $40; this added to
the $21.50 earned by the return trip, over and
above tolls, and we have a saving of $01.50
hy three week's use of tiie team, which would
- i 1 ?t...
have to i).? fo?.J ai Home u 1101 tmii|>muii uj?u*i mr
road. J'lie return loads of sugar, coffee, ninlasses,
salt, iron, and other sorts of merchandisc,
would not always supply a full hack load,
hot it is presumed that such facilities for transportation
woulJ lend to the improvement oi
land hv the use of lime, gypsum, and other |
stimulants of the soil. Oyster shells, five and a j
half ton* In the load, would ho a good return
load for a hack country planter.
'J'o make the work complete, such roads
loading from the* country should he extended
to the wlrurves?for a tram could nut haul more
than a half load over a stone paved -treef, and
not even that, nnles- the pavement were kept
in Writer condition than they are generally
found to he, after a few year's wear. 1 have
nothing to say against paving our streets with
-tone, for i helievo it to he the only sure mode
of finally exterminating the yellow fever Iroin
' I I ...L, ..
our city. i>ut my re can ue u?? uouiii ui.u a
good |il ink-road loading from our railroad tn
tin1 wlnirvcs and wholesale portion of tin* city,
would reduce thy cost n I'd ravage on heavy ar- '
tides at least one half. Those who are well j
informed on the subject, estimate the dray age ,
to and from the rail-road, in Charleston, to cost
fully 8">0.()0l) per annum. The rail-road companies
whicit liave been receiving and transporting
iron over the .South-Carolina ilaii road
for the last three wars, would have saved
money by the construction of a plank road at
their own cost to the s lipping. A- to .McAda- j
mized roads, experience ha- proved them not
to I).- half a- durable as planking, and every one j
" i" - * < .. . _ - ? .. ... .1 i
wliu w.'ijks iviiig-sirrc'i iiiu. i see, iidiii iiiu muu
which is constantly accumulating, that Ale
Adnmiziug jg but a temporary work?for, miles
? the operation of rela vin?j with broken stone
is kept up, the carriage wheels will soon cut
through in the mini. That street, in the
widened portion, is thirty feet between the!
curb stones, anil twenty-four feet, in the old narrow
part. A plank road Itf feet wide laid in the
centre and properly arched; with .Mc Adamized
edges next to the. curb stone, would be more
durable, cost much less, and answer quite as
? -11 * ?--* ! lion flm iivoc.tiit nii.tlm/l
Wl'IJ II 111 J' JJt'li1*1 uiv; |?ivotni> iiivuiuu.
Its noiseless operations render it far preferable
to stone paving, for a 1 usiness street
It is hoped that the time is not far ilistart ;
when South-Carolina will get tired of keeping <
up the State road, and be willing to give it to a
company who will construct plank surface n_ '
on it, ami render it one of the useful imjirove-1
nient of the age.
A half millions of dollars expended bv our J
city in thus extending her business to remote
pails of the State, would truly lie sowing the
seeds of pro.-pei it v, which would yield rich liar
vest for all lint** to come.
1 a in indebted for a large share of the iufor- j
million (' Oilaiiied in this essay, to the report of
A. A. Dexter, Km]., Civil Engineer, of .Mont
gomcry, Mahamn, which 1 would commend to
i:..; i?i .. -j
subject. I have used both his figures ami la?-i
guage \vhere i have found litem to answer mv
jiurjjo.se.
L<i'n! ftr.'.i 'Yru<if?Willi (lie folio win?
caption ihe f>nii Augustine Herald of die 8th
iuM. tins a whole raUiiogue of names of candidate*
for iJseeiuive ami legislate stations.?
We tlisjt -nse \% ita notice ol' all, save the asjiira>.u,
for high stale honors. John Triors most j
be kcaxee in Tolas, ?os it appears that die olKee
of Lieutenant CI o vein or is likely to gu a begS'"o:
Hon: Richmond-* in the lirhl.?It is rumored
that Col. M. T. Johnson will lie a candidate
for Governor. Judge Evans, Judge Ochiltree,
Judge Martin, Judge Mills, Gen. Darnell, and
it. Scurry, Ks:|.. are spoken ot as probable can- !
ilidates for Congiess. The otiice of Lieutcu- ;
ant Governor seems to go a begging.
The San Antonio Western Texan, of the Oth. I
contains various accounts of murders by the j
Indians, and the pursuit anil punishment of
them by the whites.
I'lie Victoria Advocate says the slave popti- J
latiou of Gonzales comity Las been fpiite dmi-!
bled tliis year, and that the agricultural pro ,
duels of that country will be swelled far be- ;
yon I anv preceding year. Other counties in :
tiie West have also had their full share of emigration.
We may also ad.!, that all aceouxts go to
show that the emigration to the Eastern counr:
.< iif rliM Trini.
IK'^J VOI/Vtmiy IIIV Uj/jf V wuiiif W? ...? -
ty liiver, lias m;t.!c the popirl iti-in, both of
whites and Mack, quite double that of last
year. Should the present year he favorable
fir crops, we venture to predict that the amount
ofexpo'ts from Texas will l.e more than double
what they have ever been before in anyone
year. Hunters, boat-owners, and merchants
['should have an eye to this impo.taut subject.
j Free S;t?nr hirrniving the Shrc. Trarlc.? i
The repeal of the discriminating duty in favor i
I of liritish sugar, has increased the African
I slave trade to no alarming extent. In 1815,!
! ilrazil imported only ~3.0U0 Africans; but mideajthc
increased demand for sugars in the En-'
glish market, the production has been greatly
j enlarged, and in 1840 the number of slaves im
ported was ;>*.!,UUU, m 1847 ;h.?"?jw; auu now
it is supposed to he much larger. The rigid
blockade of the Afiicnn coast is more than
countcrhalaiiced by the demand for sugar.
m CAMDEN JOURNAL ~
TIIO. J. WARR3N & O. 'A. PRICE, Editorstuesday
evening, apttil 1, 1851.
Gregg's Essay.
Road it, if yen desire information of the right
kind, upon the right subject, to us, one of all absorbing
interest. We publish it to-day, to the exclusion
of other matter. Considering as we do,
that the claims of thel'Iank Road arc paramount
to ail others, so far as relates to the commercial
interests of the town and district. "When you have
read Gregg's I-Jssay, wc consider the argument
exhausted. The time then comes to go to work.
" Delays always dangerous, are some times fatal."
O
Temperance Meeting.
This evening, a Public meeting of Wateree
Division No. 9, ?Sons of Temperance, will be held
ii; the Presbyterian Church, commencing z. d
C) ciocK.
The Rev. E. Cater, of Bradford Springs, and !
(lie lie v. Air. Wi.'iierspoon, arc expec.ed io Ad'
dress the mee.ing.
I
JSrwiiirei: of .leighboring Divisions are invited to
join Wateree Division ot* that, occasion. The |
[ m miters of .he Order, evil! nieoi al their New !
Hall, over Kennedy's Store, at quarter pas, 7 j
o'clock. The public are respectfully invited to attend.
\V. K ily us ox. )
A. Al. Kkn.nluv, > Committee.
T. J. \VAI:I.kn. }
^-t"'()tir Rail Uond is again al! right. Passengers
are carried over as heretofore, and the
Freight Oars pass over the Road without ditnc-.ilty.
It is not likely that a serious detention will
again occur; at least, we hope not.
Concert Festooned.
Madame Anna Bishop's Concert is postponed
till Thursday Evening, 3rd inst.
377" We tinder.-land lha. M.ij. Noah, died on the
ut' the -3rd iiiot.?a ionner report being tncjirect.
17 We have no disposition to bore our readers
particularly on r sore subject. We are ueverihe
less, of opinion, that the followi c Somr of a
'hard up' Editor, is applicable to a J'nr. whose nc(pi.*.iotar.ee
wc liave l!i<- pleasure cf claiming. Onr
thanks are due to those, who have ausicreil to
our call', there is still room lor improvement, and l
: we hope to Iicar shortly from these of our friends J
ir. arrears.
SONG OF THE EDITOR.
DEPieaTEn ro ins pelinquent patrons.
Air?"Then you'll remember me."
When oilier bills and other duns
Their tales of woe .-hail tell,
Of nnt?'K in ImnL* u*il limit A?tlt*> **
And cotton hard to sell;
There may, perhaps, in such a scene
Soma recollection he
Of hills that longer due have U;en,
Ami you'll remember me!
When 'hard-op' customers shall wring
Your heart with hopes in vain,
And deem it hut a trilling thing
To tell you "call again;"
When calling proves a useless task,
Without the "lawyers fee,"
In such a moment I but ask
That you'll remember tue!
? - -?"
Virginia Resolutions.
By last evening's m.-iil we perceive that sun;
dry resolutions have hecit introduced into the
Virginia Legislature, am! were made the special
order for Friday Ia>l. We extract the follow- j
ing touching Sou lit Varolii a, which we suppose ,
is the initiatory steps to the proposed mediation.
"2. That whilst this ,State sincerely sympathize
with South Carolina in the feelings exei-1
I toil l?v the unwarrantable interference of the
; peopfe of soino of the .States with our <jonuv>iic j
| institutions; and whilst she cannot approve oft
all the legislation of Congress touchingtlic same,
yet .-hi- perceives in the present condition of the |
country nothing to justify any action calculated 1
to endanger the integrity of the federal Union.
' 3. That in the language of the farewell address
ol the father of our country, she regards
the "unity of government which constitutes us
one people as a main pillar of our real indejiciid
ence; tin- suppm t of our trunqnili y at home, our
peace abroad, of our safety, of our posterity, df
that very lihoity which we so highly jul'c;" and j?
watching for its safely, with 'jealous arixiety,' a*
this Stale deem* it a duty to declare that slie %
cannot unite in a Southern Congress, ndr in
any way commit herself to the evident cdnsequences
of siii'li a measure; and she i-t constrained
respectfully, out earnestly, to remonstrate
with her sider Slate against any meditated
secession on her part, which C nnot hut tend
, e .1 r t I ? - >
to me ii'.'i-ifiu* 'on or iiie union ami n:c toss of
ail tin- countless l.les?ing? that spring ffom it.'4
This, we suppose, is the first step toward the
Virginia mediation, that has been talked of, and
?v do sincerely hope, it will be the last. On what
ground can Virginia o(ft-r her mediation between
South Carolina, and the North ? as a triend ? this
we deny. Would you consider hint your friend,
who would counsel you to disgrace ? Would you
consider him your friend, who would advise you,
or oil'.-; his mediation, to cause you to become the
truckling, sucetimhinw slave of a vile and oppress
si\e muster ? hew then can we consider Virginia
as a l.iend, ifshe advise us to a course, so low
and degraded ?
We differ with tire Carolinian, in hoping that
Virginia will send any Delegates to cur Convent
tion. We want no advisers who give usthefMwi
II address nf W'ashington, as a pnsejjcrt into
tint .and ot submissionisuu What have we to
hope fr(.ii) her, whpn she says she is afraj:! to
r.-inniit herself so far as a Southern Congress,
Alas! for Virginia, "the .lays of her g'otj are as
j if they iind never been"?entombed with the "III
Instriiuis Southerner" seems to be all lierjbiglj and
' holy patriotism. The voice of a Patrick Henry,
| is silent, ami with i'. the high strung chords of her
I State pride seems to be untuned. Mason, Ilun!
t? r. Hi ale am! Seddon, Tucker and a lew more of
j those who keep alive the past, are scattereoliere
I :m d there as flowers over some deserted garden,
I in iviiich the rank weeds and thorns ha4choked,
, a!! that once wo:: ;he admiration ol' the beholder.
If Virginia will submit?let her submit. Cut who
: would have thought, that the land of Lee, of
i Henry, of Wirt, and of Washington, could thus
( have fallen.
The Union Journal.
It is proposed by Mr. R. MrKnight, to pnb!
Ii.-h ; Paper wi:li this Title, at Uhiou '*. II., in this
I ' ... ",**
State. Tin* name is not indicative of subrmxs'u>n.
"I:, politics (.-ays the Prospectus) the Journal will
he OttVG ed to the rights of the South, and the establishment
of a Sou hern Confederacy.**
T'cultrie House.
We see that this establishment will be opened
early in May, thr the reception of visitors; anJ in
j addition to the inducements offered last season,
there are a number of others which must make it
nut oiiiy a desirable, but popular summer resort.
Ample arrangements will he made it is said, for
the amusement of gentlemen, whose time may
hang heavily on their hands. Among these, we
regret t) see, a bur is enumerated. It would boh
great blessing to most . ftbem, if thin (in nnr judgment)
unnecessary appendage had I?een di.-peiised
with. Ilowei or, as it is none iff our business, we
must lie excused, for intruding our opinion upon
the public. We have no idea that what we say
in this matter, wiil effect the j rwiice of this Aorr
very materially. We recommend the Moultrie
House, liar or no liar. It is a Southern enterprise,
and deserves Southern support.
MA Kit IK I), on the 27th March, by Rev. A.
J. Cautlion, Cnpt. J. K. KUTLKIXJE, of Lnucane.;
to .Miss X. .M. TJtUESDEL, of this
UNtrict.
J.ATKST N KU S Kit?)M CAN \ DA.
f r >m toe .'iniitren. t.n/etto. June I"J, IM'J,
"Oijr renders will have observed :lie fre'jiiont tt?tire?
which have an;iearet! un our Advertising column* ofhcuo*
'its '(suiting from the n*' n! W'istar's ItsiKntn of Wild
("berry in rh- rtt.-e diseases of the respiratory organs,
catarrhal aflVtions. liter complaint. Sic.
>lanv "I ;iie or ideates are vouched in strong language,
and may !* :bought to lie mere entclipennv notice*, for the *"
|>nrp'??>> of drawing attention to a ot:e ok medicine. Sneli
however. WietaiV Bahmtt of Wild Cherry is not. V% e
ran oirst lve: vouch for the good efleets this Balsam bait liatl
on diseases of the nature of those nltove m-'ittiuned.
wltetiever we have known it resorted to. nr.d that when
every odor retmdt has been IrV ' and tailed.
From the N?? Yo'k Fretting Mirnr. March 3d. IS19.
4"\Ve'regard the wild elie-rv :rje a? one of nTrtre's own
phvsicians. a sort of good Samaritan of the forest; for its'
"medic: 1 gum* has relieved th? stifF-riug* and saved the
lives of thousands. The Balsam prepared bv Or. Wistar
is a mire and perfeetlv reliable preparation of the real
(llterrv es.-tifc. and it is a remedy by nom mn**"bad to
take.*' We speak confidently and strongly in its praise,
front having wit nosed its renovating influence in consWm|>tive
cure- when all other prescriptions liad proved of ii?
el'-et.
None genuine unless sjcnpd I. ni'TTS on the wrapper,
forsa'e in Camden m McK \IXS" t'nig Store. Wholesale
l?y I'. M. CDII FN ?fc t'o . Charleston, S. C.,nnd by Urtigg
sis geuerrally throughout the State.
From the lotti-viHe Courier.
We have seen the y.iuug hri.le blooming, as it were, na
the bird of paradise and the fair flower of hope, the prido
of her father and the jov of her mother, Iter cheek flushed
with anticipation, and her eve beaming with the soft ox
predion of low?the ?ny dreanix of lif?* dancing on Iier
fancy willt the rich ami variegated lint* oft lie taiabow t
protnixe*. We have xc-en all this change I aye. tlie wed
ding garment for a shroud. nrnl the hridal chamber fur the
epiilrhiToi ilie iI>miI.nrnl all iliix from neg'cctinga common
cold. .Vow, before ii ix tmi late, use L>r. linger'* liverwort
an.I Tar. which givex immediate relief, ax thou
Kiinlx of our nvi?t intelligent faniiliex now ndtni' of itx me*t ;
etiraor.liiiary enrex. 'J'|lc nay the beautiful. ami tlie young *
speak forth i'.s nnii-e. ami will, hi long an it make cutis,
nnil clwerx the ilfxpniriiur family fireside*.
Cor sale at MrKain's Drugstore, Camden S. C.
LVllTL'If?1"'!11.i11 another column. ^
CAMDEN PRICES CURRENT- *'
tagging. pervtl. 11 in 11 il<ard, H> 8 ,0,2if
I'nlr Ki.pe lb l?i 12 |l4-:ul. lb C
Karon, lb '.1 in 121 Villas?!*?, pall 31 bi*j
Butter, lb IS lo 20 jMarkarel, I''1' ? 1?
Brandy. gall 2S m'.15 ;.Nails, lh
IVoswag, lb IS in 22 O.i'.s, htt?licl ' >' *
Hoof. lb 1 iii 3 IVas. burbol "'J
Cheese, lb 12 15 |l,?!atnw,*?'cel.l"i
lotion, lb 8 in U I Irish bu *
Corn, btislirl :il lo lOti.l'ye, bushel 35 to J
Flour, bbl iii to 7 Hire, bushel 3 W '
Filthier. cut 150 Suaar, lb 7 to 10 *
lli.los.iiry lb 8 t<. 'J JSnlt, sack ? '
linn, lb 5 M 0} shot. bag
I.iuii*. bbl 2 to 21 .Tobacco, lb 10 to 30
liritllinr. sole, IS) 17 to *2J IWiiuat, bush '
CARIBBM DEBATING CtVB.
The ri trular Meeting tor Wednesday Kvcnfti?
2d ink!, will not take place. An Extr/r .Meeting
will be lielil on Wednesday1 Evening 'he Dili ii'sfat
Library Hall, when the following Query wi.I bo
discussed.
Quety.?Are the causes which tend in perpef'i- ^
ate stronger, than those which tend i?> du?i?!?e 1 IQ
union of iLoueSimcu. & ^
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