Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, August 12, 1851, Image 2
SEMI-WEEKLY CAMDEN JOURNAL.
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Gen. Quitman and Footc.
General Quitman has issued the following 1
card relative to the recent affray between him 1
and Foote. It places the matter in a correct !
view before the people, and shows the utter 1
faithlessness of Foote: i
'V TO THE PEOPLE OK MISSISSIPPI.
^ "llrDvivnn .TnK' 10th ?I'lio lnint Cnnv.ISS
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between Senator Foot and myself terminated | ,
yesterday abruptly in Slodgevill, Ponola county.
"It i3 due to you that the causes which
brought about thi.s event should be made publie.
"I embarked in the canvass under an agreement,
in writing, proposed by the friends of '
Senator Foole, and accepted by me,'that during
our canvass, nothing of a personal character
should be introduced by either party, but
that the canvass should be confined to the political
issues between us before the people,' to
the observance of which understanding, our
friends mutually pledged themselves.
"At our first and second appointments, I declared
expressly, that I would neither introduce
personal matter, nor assail my opponent's mo
t!ve3, nor even allude to his political acts, not
connected with the present issues before the
country, unless compelled so to do by the
course of my opponent. On my part, I have,
so far as 1 was permitted, conformed to the
agreement, and adhered to the course proposed;
but I regret to say, that my opponent has hahit
11:111 v disregarded the terms of the debate,
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and frequently used even irritating and inflamtory
language. At Grenada, he startled the
audience with the declaration that his life had
been endangered five or six times during this
canvass, and that he expected to be assassinated,
but that in such an event the blond of a
Union man would cry to Heaven for vengence.
It is true, he said that he did not accuse any
prominent man of the States Rights party of
such intention, but by this language he left the
murderous imputation, upon his opposers generally.
As the canvass proceeded, he become
more personal. I had, upon several occasions,
alluded to the arbitary and alarming
powers asserted by the present Administration
?I instanced the threat of President Fillmore
to use the military force of the United States
against Texas; and I cited tho indignity lately
offered to Mississippi in urging the arrest and
removal of tho Governor of the State to New
Orleans for trial, on a groundless charge, thus
virtually suspending the executive powers of
the State Government.
"In the debate at Panola, Gen. Foote, in answer
to this point of my argument, defended
the conduct of the President; and although he
disavowed the intention of imputing to me any
guilt, yet he intimated that there was causo for
suspicion in the alleged fact that some arms
belonging to the Sate of Mississippi had been
carried off to be used in the Cuba expedition.
"In my reply I said that the charge or insinuation,
coming from whatever source it might,
that I had been either instrumental in or cog"
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nizant of the removal or abstraction 01 anj or
the public arms from tlie State, was false and
scandalous.
"With this I supposed further allusion to the
subject would end ; but on the next day, at
Sledgeville, Senator Foote, in the same qualified
manner, repeated the insinuation. Determined
to repel, in a manner which could not be misunderstood,
such indirect assaults upon my
character, in my rejoinder I deliberately pronounced
the insinuations as false and cowardly
?scandalous and ungentlemanly. Upon some
inquiries by him of what I meant, I repeated the
same language. He then inqurcd whether I intended
to insult him?I said that I ivould answer
that question outside of the crowd.
"Standing upon the ground with a table and
my papers before n;c, 1 then turned to the audience,
and was proceeding to say, that under
thr> rirrumcinnees 1 believed that further joint
debate between us would be injurious to public
morals, and therefore I declared our joint appointments
terminated from that day. While
thus speaking, I was several times interrupted
by Senator Footc, and at length heard his voice
near me on my right exclaim you are a liar,
and turning towards him, 1 saw him advancing
.md aiming a blow at me, which slightly grazed
my person. Before I could turn upon him
quietly ho glided back out of the reach of my
arm, and as I sprang towards him a number of
gentlemen rushed in and protected him from
merited chastisement, hut not until I had dealt
him a blow with my fist, and one with my loot,
the force of both weakened by the efforts of
persons to hold me back. This scene occurred
in the presence of a large and respectful
audience of ladies and gentlemen.
"While I feel mortified in having been even '
an unwilling participator in a scene so dis
reputable to a canvass :or a mgn anu uignmeu \
office, I feel assured that I will he justified by j
an intelligent public in having used the strongest
language to repeal an insidious attack upon i
my character, repeated for the second or third
time. I shall make no comments upon this
affair, being content to leave it to the judgment
of an intelligent and high-minded community.
J. A. QUITMAN."
Fifty four Forty.?The people of Oregon
still maintain that their northern boundary is
nothing short of 54.40, and a good many are ,
found of the same opinion in other parts of our
glorious Union. Late developments in the region
above the fine of 40, have proved the ex
i.stonce of rich gold d.'porits near the shore of
the S'rr.its, and by the news by the last Oregon
mail is to the effect that hundreds of northern
neighbors are about to take up their quarters
in what have been deemed by certain credulous
people a part of her majesty's dominions.
It appenrs, however, that the royal power of
England has determined to defend these mines
from intrusion, bv calling the entire force upon
t'.io Pacific coast to rendezvous at this point; |
and if the attempt is made to oust the occupants,
wo may find some new elements in the presi- i
dential campaign for 1852, which tho politician i
wots not of at present. The Sandwich Islands ,
and 54.40 may be Pacific responses to Cuba i
and all the Canadns. Which of the candidates
for the White IIouso will be first to show their j
bands!?Sacramento Times.
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A Srp.cK of War.?The Houston Tele,
graph, of July 18th, says:
"Several persons who have lately visited the
towns of Santa Rosa, Morelos and the Presidio,
for the purpose of recapturing runaway
slaves, have returned, and report that the fugitive
slaves are harbored by the Mexicans, and
in some instances force has been used to prevent
our citizens from recapturing these slaves.
This has so exasperated many of the settlers at
the West, that the\' are determined to raise a
force sufficient to overpower all opposition,
and re-capture their slaves at all hazards. At
the last accounts a large party of armed Texans
had assembled near Presidio, and threatened
to attack the town if the fugitive slaves
were not given up.~ It is intimated that there
are not less than two thousand fugitive slaves
in the Mexican towns between the mouth of
the Rio Grande and Presidio. In Santa Rosa,
there are forty fugitives who escaped f.om one
plantation in Arkansas. The owner has made
many efforts to induce them to return to Arkansas,
hut in vain. They boast that they ate
in a free country, and permitted to enjoy equal
privileges whith the Mexicans. V,'o have
been informed that about two hundred fugitives
from Texas crossed at one of the principal ferries
on the Rio Grande, during the last two
years. It is evident that these things will not
long ho tolerated by our citizens, and unless
some measures are adopted by tne government
to prevent the mischief, the citizens will arm
themselves and make a foray upon the Mexican
towns to recover their property. We
have much reason to fear that difficulties of a
very serious character are springing up on that
frontier, and unless a fugitive slave treaty be
concluded with Mexico, another war may, ere
long, ho inevitable. We are informed that a
company of ninety men well arniod and equipped,
will soon be marched into Santa Rosa, if
certain slaves are not given up, and we should
not be surprised if fivehundred or a thousand
men should follow them, should they meet with
opposition from the Mexican authorities. Onr
information is derived from such respectable
sources, that we think there can be little
doubt that difficulties are brewing on our western
frontier, that may prove far more serious
than those relating to the Cuban invasion. It
may be well for the government to look well to
this subject, and take timely precautions to
prevent another rupture with Mexico."
Accident on the Greenville Kail Road.?We
loom that tho nne^piirrer train on this road ran
off the track on Wednesday evening, about
three miles from Newberry C. II., by which a
number of passengers were seriously injured.
We are glad to learn that no fatal results have
followed. A cow jumping on the track out of
an excavated road crossing immediately before
the engine was caught before the train could
be st<?pj>ed, and catching in the break, caused
the passenger train to be thrown from the track,
and as it was a descending grade upon a curve,
it was immediately capsized and dragged along
the bank until it was detached. The centre
pin of the rear truck giving way caused the car
to thump most violently after the wheels were
detached, and to this may be attributed the serious
injuries which occurred.
Mrs. Moorer, of Orange, had her arm broken
at the wrist; her daughter, Miss Moorer, a se
vere dislocation of the wrist; Mr. Moorer, an
injury in the back ; Dr. Sill, severe contusions ;
.Mrs. Sill, seriouslv injured ; Mr. Clough larrar,
ot Charleston, contusions; Mr. I*. T. Villepigue,
of Charleston, contusions, and but few
out of lortv persons escaped without injuries.
No blame can lie attached to the engineer, who
could not possibly have stopped the train by
any means in his power. Mr. (filbert, the conductor,
Col. A. (i. Summer, and W. H. Ciles,
of Union, rendered prompt and efficient service
in extricating the sufferers from their perilous
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Situation. in; are iiuuniim mill. mv> It.ciuv. U>
the car is n perfect ruin, ami that the scene
was most distressing when these gentlemen
broke in the doors, in order to relieve them.?
We are happy in being able to state that all
the sufferers were doing well at the last accounts.?
Columbia Carolinian.
DISCOVERY IN EGYPT.
A most interesting discovery has been made
in Egypt. It is known that there exists in
Mount Zabarah, situated on an island in the
Red Sea, a mine of emeralds, which was formerly
worked by the pachas of Egypt, but
abandoned in the last years of the reign of Melieniet
Ali. An English Company have solicited
and recently obtained authority to resume the
working of this mine, which is believed to be
still rich with precious stones. .Mr. Allan, tho
engineer the company, while directing
some impj?byit excavations in this place, has
discovered atjjn great depth trace^of an an
cieut galler\fwHiicli i*ut>' x-vidoofTy bo -referred
to th# mostjj'reinote antiquity. Upon romoW j
ing the rubbish, |thcy found tools and ancient
utensils, and a stone, upon which is engraved
a hieoroglyphic inscription, now partidily
defaced. This circumstance proves the
truth of the opinion expressed by Bolzoni,
on the strength of other indications, that this
mine was worked in ancient times.
The nature and form of the implements discovered,
an?I the configuration of ;he gallery,
the plan of which has been readily traced, prove j
most conclusively that tho ancient Egyptains '
were skilful engineers. It seems from examination
of the stone which has heen discovered
that the first labors in the mine of Zaharah
were commenced in the reign of Sesostris the
Great, or Rnincses Sesostris who, according to
the most generally received opinion, lived about
the year 1050 before Christ, and who is celebrated
by his immense conquests, as well as by
the innumerable monuments with which he
covered Egypt.?N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
Simplicity.?The more I see of the world, the
more I am satisfied that simplicity is the companion
of true greatness. I never yet knew a truly
great man who overtopped his fellow-man;
who did not possess certain playful, and almost
infantile simplicity. True greatness never
struts or plays the king upon his stage. Conscious
of its elevation, and in knowing what
lhat elevation consists, it is happy to act its
part like other men in the common amusements
and business of mankind. It is not afraid of
being undervalued for its humility.?Paulding.
CAMDEN,
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1851.
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
i-W" Admirator" shall appear on Friday.?
We will thank our correspondents to write their
communications with ink Pencil marks are not
suitable lor primers eyes.
Improvements.
Our Council have done much towards the improvement
of our town, and Main-street is being
made one of the very best. The plan upon which
it has been improved, is an admirable one, and
we hope all the streets may in the course of time
undergo the same improvements. Our Council
are entitled to our thanks for their efficiency so ;
far, and we hope they will not grow weary in well
doing.
Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon our
indefatigable Marshal, under whose direction the
work has been prosecuted,
Plank Road.
Yes, Plank Road ! Whether our friends like it
or not, we must again urge upon them the absolute
necessity of their doing something in this
matter. Suppose we let politics take holiday for
a while, and talk about our interests at home. It
is an .acknowledged fact, that a decent, passable
market road is needed from the up-country to
Camden, and a road of the very best kind can be
constructed at a very moderate expense, which
will give Camden at least some sort of a showing
with atfrsister towns, in point of commercial prosperity.
As the matter now stands, we are far behind
the age. We are scarcely known and acknowledged
away from home as a place of any
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size or note, and things must get worse, u iney uv
not get better. Our people have had line upon
line, in regard to t'je theory of this matter, and
now we want a practical demonstration. Let
subscription lists he opened at once, and let those
who feel any interest (however slight,) in Camden,
say how ihuch they are willing to subscribe
towards this laudable and*praiseworthy enterprise.^:',
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Wepppy in another column, from our neighbor,
the Republic ra^celiont article oji this subject,
to which we invftSjLjjMM^ntionofr our reaWe
like the suggestion majkfTo us by an old
and highly respectable citizen jvhn is not only
able but willing to subscribe liberaWlo this enterprise.
H? says, build ten miles i^^ie road at
once, and there will be no fear for tH* result? |
The advantage will be so great that the balance
can be made without difficulty.
Serious Rail Road Accidont.
We learn that a serious accident occurred on
[ the South Carolina Railroad on Sunday morning
! last, at or near Fort Motte. We understand that
; a freight train left Columbia that morning about
an hour and a half earlier than the passenger
train, for Charleston, and when it arrived near
Fort Motte the Engineer discovered that a rail
had been removed, evidently by some malicious ;
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i pensuiFj lie \>ar nui U?jiv? Jiv?v?wij ?..v |
j engine in time, and the consequence was that the j
! engine was thrown off the track and crushed, and
oilier cars thrown off and injured. The Engineer
was severely cut on his leg, and a Fireman
had a part of one foot cut off. Others may have
j been injured. The above facts have been given
' us, and arc as near as we can give them.
Death by Lightning. ^
! On Friday last, a negro man belonging to Mrs.
Brevard was killed by lightning, at her plantation
on the river in this District. '
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k^Tlie Baltimore Sun may well^jSe dubbed
" a snapper up of unconsidered trifles," as well as
! an advocate of the policy of its neighbors, the free
j soilers of Pennsylvania, New York, &c.; for it is
j really pitiful to observe the rapacity with which
: it gulps down every little submission sentiment (?)
that was uttered on the late anniversary of Americuri'Tndependence.
The following toast, which
j is as void of sense as it is of dignity, was given by
one D. R. Dunham, somewhere in Florida, and
i tickles the editor of the Sun very much:?
By D. It. Dunham : rhe great, mighty,puissant,
magnificent, and grandiloquent Motion of South
Carolina?Q,uattlebum and kettle drums?sixpenny
trumpets?boards of ordnance and 48 inch
howitzers! How she'll astonish the Universe!
Now, we would be plad to know where Mr.
Dunham was in 18ji6, when South Carolina so
gallantly equipped and sent forth her sous to assj>x
the inhabitants of that little State in her struggle
with, tb8 Sfhiinolcs. Was ho in Connecticut,
making wooden nuttflegs and horn gun flints?
Or was he i't Eitfbpe, the vassal of a monarch,
and the liveried lackey of some proud autocrat?
When J^Thas answered these questions rightly,
we wii lie able to decide whether he is to be al-1
loWed to speak in such terms of his superiors.
The allusion to Quattlebum is a very clear echo
tff the New York Tribune, to which tribe he now
probably belongs. If so, he is rather small game,
and so we give him the go by, believing that sooner
or later he will find his proper level. ** *
Perils of Camfhinf..?The New York Commercial
Advertiser states that a gentleman in
Brooklyn has kept a record of all the accidents by
camphine that have occurred in that vicinity, and
have bpen reported in the newspapers since the
3d of July, 1850, and they number fifty nine.? |
Many persons have been fatally injured, and much i
valuable property has been destroyed by this expiosive
and combustible fluid. It is fully as dan- I
gerous as gunpowder, and, when we consider the 1
number of cheap inferior lamps that arc used, it
is astonishing that accidents are not more frequent.
Unless a camphcne lamp is made per- ,
fectly airtight, and constantly kept so when igni- 1
ted, an explosion may ensue at any moment, and j
it is about as rational to put a torpedo into the |
hands of children end servants as it would be to 1
give them a hand-grenade or bombshell.
Captives Rescued.
General Harney, commanding on the Texan
frontier, reports the rescue of seventeen Mexican
captives from the hands of the Camanche and Lipan
Indians, which he has caused to be delivered
up to the Mexican authorities at Guerraro, in
compliance with the 11th article of the treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo. Sixteen of the captives
were boys, and were children taken by the Indians
in their predatory excursions in the Northeastern
provinces of Mexico. Although many
of them had been in captivity from five to seven
years, our officers were successful in obtaining
from the Indians such particulars respecting their
parentage and places of birth as will probably re
store them all to their tannines.
Don't go There.
The Northern papers have received information
from Wm. W. Brown, a fugitive slave who is now
in England, lie advises fugitives not to go to
that country, aa he thinks they are poor enough
there already, but recommends those miserably
subsisting in Canada, to emigrate to the West Indies.
Central Southern Rights Association of
Virginia.?This Association, at their last meeting,
on the 18th ult.. (W. D. Leake, president pro
tem.,) invited a general convention of all the
Southern Rights Associations in Virginia, to meet
in Richmond on the first Monday in October next
There are now fifteen hundred members attached
to the Association in Richmond.
Famine Apprehended.?The West Alabamian,
published at Carrollton.Pickens county, Ala., says
that the drought in that section of the State is unparallelled,
and that apprehensions are entertained
of a famine in consequence of it A public
meeting has been called to take the subject into
consideration.
More Co-operation.?Company C. of the
Fourth Artillery, consisting of three lieutenants
nnd 53 privates, arrived yesterday in the boat
from Wilmington. Another Company of Artillery
will arrive in the boat this morning.?
They are, we understand, intended to strengthen
the garrisons of the forts in onr harbor.
Large'tjuantities of ordnance munitions have
also arrived recently in vessels from the North.
?Charleston Mercury.
North Carol md -Education.?We learn by a
gentleman from North Carolina that the returns
in Stanly's district, so far as heard from, show
a gain of 74 for the Democratic candidate over
the last election, wherviiiaiilv was elected by
47 votes, and afford a hope tfintlie is defdlted.
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Revenue of the Post Office Department.?The
National Intelligencer savs that the accounts
for the quarter ending March 31, 1851, which
have just been settled at the Post Office Department,
show that the nett receipts of postages
during that quarter to be - - $1,723,S?8 4%
For the coresponding quarter of R <
1850 the amount was - - 1,4G2,W5 04
Show ing an increase of - - ?261,762 79
or of about 17 3-4 per cent.
Should the receipts of the last quarter of the
fiscal year (the accounts fbMvhich will not be
fully settled until October) ?how a similar increase,
the revenue account for the year will exhibit
the gratifying increase of eighteen per
cent, nearlv.
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Second Gun from Alabama,?We are indebted
to the Montgomery Advertiser and Gazette
for another telegraphic decjmteh, giving the following
cheering. intelligenceJfrom Alabama:
The State Rights ticket in Mobile county is
elected by 450 majority. In Butler, the same
ticket has succeeded by a large tfiajority. Dallas
county lias elected a State Bigly (gan.?*
Perry county, two State Rights men. CJorosby
and King. In Autauga county, the entire State
Rights ticket has been elected. In Barbour
county the State Rights ticket is elected?
Cochran's majority 495.
Lowndes county has elected the Union ticket
by over 100 majority. In Chamber*, the Union
ticket has succeeded by 461 majority.
The returns received indicate the election of
Bragg, State Rights, over Langdon, Union, by
about fifteen hundred majority.
The election of Harris and Cochran are
doubtful. The vote will lie a very close one.
In Talledega county White has a majority
of 400?entire Union ticket elected. In Benton
county, Rice has 700 majority, and Harris
426?the entire Southern Rights ticket elected.
In Autauga county, Harris 153 majoritySouthern
Iliuhts ticket elected. Pike county,
Ahercrombio's majority reported at 200?Un
ion ticket elected. In P??.rry county, Harris
has 40 majority?Goldsby, King, H. C. Lee
and Cook, elected. Greensboro 200 majority
for Erwin. Clarke 501 majority lor Bragg.
Harris and Rice will be elected, and Cochran
and Ileal.? Tel. Cor. Georgia Constiiuf
tnnnJ t<ef
New Cannon for throwing Chain Shot.?Mr.
Adam Lemmers, of Newark, N. J., has invented
and taken measures to secure a patent for a
new method of throwing chain shot which will
carry terror into the bulwarks or camp of the
toe. It consists of a cannon constructed with
two bores describing an angle, into each of
which is put a ball?the two being united by
a chain. It will be evident that when the cannon
is discharged, the balls will stretch out the
chain according to its length and the angle of
the two barrels of the cannon, this will sweep
down masts and rigging in great style.
The gun is so arranged on the carriage that
the barrels can be turned so as to discharge the
chain in a horizontal or vertical direction.
Cosily Palace.?The ancient palace of the
Popes, and the most magnificent in the world,
stands on the right bank of the Tiber, at Rome.
The palace takes its naruo Irom the hill on which
it stands, derived from one of those ancient impositions,
known as oracular deities, called by
the Romans ''Jupiter Vaticanus." Who began
the building is not known, but it was occupied
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by Charlemagne more than a thousand year# \
ago, and has been increased by successive Pope#
until it has reached its present immense extent
The numl er of rooms < in the Vatican exceed
4,420, and its treasures in marbles, bronzes/
frescoes, statues, paintings, and gems are an- T
equalled in the world and its librqry is the rich- ^
est in Europe. The length of the museuim o( .
statues alone is computed to be a mile.
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From Uic Southern Republic.
Mr. Price: The citizens \of Caniden seem V
to approximate- a condition \J of 'supincness,
seldom paralleled in the history df a commercial
people. There are certain facts in the
progress of developmept around them, calculated
to insure the souridness^ind perpetuity of
their nap, if they do fill asleep. It needs not
even a Poet's inspiration/to foretell that the
merry jingle of the wkg<&-bell "no more shall
rouse them from thei^ lonely bed," if they
arouse not iuno, thofr prostrate energies.?
What Is the value of those interests, to be af- |
fected injuriously by the facts of which we
propose to speak ?
first. Real Estate in Ca vn...... $446,430'
Merchandise &c 800,009
S. C. (Camden Branch) R. Road & Camden
Bank Stocks 460,009 .
Mechanics Factorage and profession, inca- I
pable of exact estimate but supposed value <
in money . 250.000
Real Estate in the vicinity of Camden and fl
dependant on the Town, for value 310,000
Total ,.?1,656*430
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xuu u inc muuujf \aiuc ui iucoc- iutcivoifl.
But who can estimate in figures the value of
those domestic and social interests involved in
these?
Whence arises the danger which threaten
their destruction r Cast an eye upon the map ***
of South Carolina, .and make a point upon, the
east side of Wateree Swamp, in a line-due
west from Manchester, in Sumter District. By
the way, conjure up the image of Al&nohester
as you would now see it, a spectre of a village
in ruins, and let it haunt your memory,49 a
type of the desolation which threatens' your tune
honored Town. But' to recur to the map,
draw a line as straight as may he fronythe noint
established, to Sumfervifle, thence ffirough
Middle Salem, across Lynches cr/ek, Spttgwr
Swamp and Lake Swamp, to a point witbuhdO
miles south of Darlington village, thence near
Mars Bluifonthe ftjedee River, crossing in the
way JefFrev's Creek, thence/early due earthy
Marion Court Hodee to XVilmington N. C.
This line represent the Manchester andWl
mington itauroaa. i in success m uuw rmaava
palpably certain, j anyone more season, ?of
pumter trade, alope cm. We shall lave
two more with D&rlisten and then Ae filltf";
told. Superior . enfergy will have
brightest jewel fjcybyour grasp?similar eangy
must replace it firom other quarters.
Wc will turn again to the map. From Cheraw
in the direction of Wadesboro, draw a
line to intersect the Boundary of the
This represents the Plank Road alrtadfttir
scribed for by the citizens of Oheraw, though
the project is but of yesterday. This has been
met bwa response from Charlotte N. & proposing
thaconstruction of a similar road to meetit.
i "Thai bad begins; the worst remains bohind."
Draw a line on the map from Columbia
passing wear Rice Creek Springs, to a point
fourteen miles from Winnsboro, twenty-five a
miles from Colombia, and tscelvt nila. frm |
Liberty Hill, thence to Winnsboro, tberfce to
Chestervillc, thence throngh the lower J^rt of
York District to Charlotte 1, ,CLr. ThbLsoriUs
our doom if ice make no more to counteract the
natural res tits of these enterprises. /Camden,
e.mrnunnta ? tw^int. within a .circle.
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whose iron disc, no trade can pcnctrat/by the
established avenues. We have no back country
which is not tapped and drathey
Already do our Lite customers of Lancwter
pertbrm the journey from Columbia,, home, is
I one dav, by the Charlottce Railroad, now, within
ten Tuiles of Chesterville. Afready,canour
i'rieaus of Liberty Hill and /Reaver Creek, 1
jjeach Columbia to tea, havjug baeakfast at
home, and return to dinne^ having left the
Capitol the same day. Already a Stage Ravels
between Charlotte ef. C. Old the head of the
! Railroad, and already ha? the travel by this
route diminished. ' How many bales of cotiui
will cross the Catawba/or the Camden market
in future, toiling drer the clay-holes and sandbeds,
which intervene? How many, after tha
completion of (he Charlotte road, will come
here from Norfli Carolina to encounter the
same difficulties? How many from the W asxhaws,
whose fertile fields will be within car shot
of the thund 'ring foot-falls of the iron horse,
_?:ft. __.ii?SWA]ff>s the echoes of
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the Indian Land Yes he rolls resistless, orer
the last resting place of a once happy people* ^
The Catawbos, the friends of the white man.
Their villages once filled the landscape with
picturesque beauty, and the hunters shout, and
the maidens cheerful song, mingled together
with the merry laughter of sporting childhood.
Now they have passed away and left no trace
behind. They tcere a people incapable of tdfprotcetion.
The destiny which swept away
their villages may bring desolation here. Skt
ice are not a people incapable of self protection.
Hence if ruin befall us, it is suicide. Because
he who does not prevent a result, when he can,
is the author of that result. Will no one point
out tho path of safety ?
Pine Plank. <
The Shirt Sewers of New Youfi-A
mong the many occupations at which womeu
are engaged in that city, there are none who
receive poorer compensation than the shirt sewers.?There
are six thousand women in that city
employed in making shirts, and four-fifths of
these earn barely enough to keep the life in their
body. Many have the misfortune to be engag?)
u_ j:_i i 1?uto nfton chanted
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out of their miserable pittance, and, as a last
resort, are forced to throw themselves upon the
charity of the public. There are a large nom?
ber on the listofout-door pensioners of the Alms
House who receive from one to two dollars a
month, upon which they are barely enabled to
live. Some time ago several shirt sewers organized
a co-operative society at No. 6 Henry
street, where orders wore received for rJl kinds
of needle work. This societ}', for soino time
after its formation, was pretty liberally supplied
with work, but within the last few months the
custom has gradually diminished till at present