Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, May 14, 1852, Image 2
Aspect of Foreign Affairs.
The news by the Europa is favorable to peace.
There is little chance, for the present, we think,
of any movement of a revolutionary character.
The go\ernments are too strong for the small
party of fighting liberals, and the masses arc too
discouraged and demoralized to lend aid to their
headstrong friends.
As regards France, the apathy displayed is almost
incredible, if we only consider what has
been done in that country in favor of liberty.?
But if we look farther into the sentiments of its
people, we shall find a shrewd calculation that
there is more to be gained by using Louis Napoleon,
and humoring his socialist and imperial
tendencies, than by trusting to the treacherous
or do-nothing policy of (so-called) representative
bodies.
France has tried all systems, and found them
equally wanting. Does it then matter much,
whether the former be republic or imperial, so
long as the actual business of the nation is transacted
? There is one act alone of the Prince
President's reign, which outweighs in importance
to the French nation all and every scheme of the
republicans of 1848. We allude to the establishment
of the new bank system for the relief i
of the agricultural interest.
It is absurd to suppose that nations are to bo
revolting at every moment for the mere gratification
of a few enthusiasts. They cannot afford
it. It is a question of the pocket quite as much
or more than of anything else. And if the same
end can be gained by backing up Louis Napoleon,
against Ledru Rollin, or Louis Blanc against
M. Thiers, the French are quite willing to grant
time for the trial.
We perceive that Fergus O'Connor, the well
known leader of the English chartists, is among
the passengers to this country.
His socialist experiments, it may be in the recollection
of our readers, entirely failed?and the
honorable member was called upon in the House
of Commons for explanations respecting the disposal
of the funds committed to his care. Ho j
cleared himself from all charges against him, except
that of having misled and mined a number
of enthusiasts of his own stamp. Mr. Fergus
O'Conner has failed to discover the El Dorado
of industrial prosperity and universal contentment.
Austria lies quiet. Hungary, in chained tranquility.
Mr. Law's muskets are not yet required,
and will certainly rust or go out of fashion, unless
some new field can be found for their employment.
Can't Mr. Law's friend pick out some
work for him more tangible, and more profitable ?
We can easily imagine that the invasion of Hungary
has infinitely more romance about it, and
therefore more tempting, than the invasion of,
Cuba, or Mexico, or St. Domingo?for Hunga- i
ry has this>?ttraction about it?it is farther off, J
and moreover, quite unget at-able. j
Alderman Solomons still pursues with spirit i
his claim to sit in the House of Common*. He
has appealed to a high tribunal, though we fear
with little chance of success. He has to contend
with the overwhelming influence of the English ]
bishops. Until these learn to practice the piety
which they preach, we do not see much chance
for ?hespirited alderman.?Southern Prcxs.
The Production of Turp?ntiue in
Nortli Carolina.
Mr. Editor : I recollect distinctly, about 30
vearsback, of hearing my father say, and he was
that in about 10 years more the people would be
compelled to emigrate orperi*h ; that every pine
in reach of navigation was then or soon would
be boxed, and they could not possibly, by farming
on those lands raise enough to prevent star- 1
vation. I will show you directly how badly lie
was mistaken; he believed what he said and did
emigrate. I will pass over about 15 years, as I
too had emisrrated. The first thing I heard of
the pines all having been boxed and nearly worked
up again, was about the time they were building
our Railroad. After the agents for the '
Road had beon through, telling th<* people how
fast they would ride and how quick and cheap
they could carry their Turpentine to market. I
frequently heard people say that Gen. McKe.a
and Maj. Gwynn could not gull them with fast
riding, cheap freight, and 16 per cent, to make
them subscribe for stock ; by the time thev would
get the Road built there would be no freight to
carry; the pines were all boxed and would be !
worked up. The same cry I have heard year j
after year; not I .alone but almost every body!
has heard the same; wh'ch became so distressing i
some 3 or 4 years back, when the worms marie
such a havoc among the pines, that not only the
country people but the town people became alarmed
; dead trees would not make Turpentine
nor very good timber so they had cause to be !
frightened, as the principal business of the place j
is Turpentine and Timber, and without tht>se
two articles the Town would soon be a place that j
was. Some distillers and a few inspectors be- j
came so much alarmed that they put off to Georgia
and Florida, in search of new fields for their
future operations. I think someof the Mill men
followed.
Let us see how things now look that the excitement
is over. Most of our frightened citi- '
zens have got back and settled down quietly and
enlarged their business here ; new mills and di<
tilleries have gone up. The pines are not all
dead yet. If they are either dead or worn out I
am going to show you that in 1851 they yielded
an increase of nearly oO per cent, on the previous
crop. I find that the exports from this port
from 22d March, 1850, to 22d March, 1851,
when this statement was made up, show the
crop of 1850, and you know that crop was in
market earlier than ever known before, caused
by the unprecedented high stage of the water
courses, wh'ch had continued for eight weeks
previous. There is a number of vessels that go
' I J ! t ' ' . '
the Exports as given to the public journals of this
place, from the 22(1 March, 1852, to 1st May,
1852; then I will add the stock on hand in
port.
Export: Raw Turpentine, 00,139 bbU. Spi
rits Turpentine 77,714; Rosin 303,638. Now
add stock on band in this place.
I call all in distillers hands Spirits and Rosin
as the next week will find it all so. Spirits in
town sold and in distillers hands 1700; Raw
Turpentine to ship, say 4000; Rosin 8000;
which shows the two last crops of Turpentine =
when compared as follows:
Exported and on baud 1850 1851
Raw Turpentine, 59,287 103,139 t<
Spirits Turpentine, 53.341 79,441 e
Rosin, 228,399 317.638 lc
fi
241.027 500,218 lc
341,027
149,191 t<
From this statement you will see there was Sl
an increase production last crop of 150.101 bbls. a
all kinds or nearly 50 percent.
Now Mr. Editor what has become of that increase
production ; is it a surplus now on hand ?
There is the bright side of the question, South c
Caroliua, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi,
all raised considerable quantities of Turpentine
in 1851, which would seem to swell our
apparent supplies to something near an extra v
crop, as a surplus, and I should further add, that 1
the crop of 51 found a stock of 1850 on the
market of Spirits alone at of least 1U.UO0 bbls.
in New York, Boston and Philadelphia ; to say
nothing about Europe. What is now the state ;
of those markets ? I suppose in the three mark- j n
ets above stated, there may be 1,500 to 2,000 !
bbls. Spirits in first hands, and I .see from late '
accounts there is none in Europe. The produc- p
tioii lisis increased in the United States in the n
la-t year, at least 50 per cent; the price 20 to j
25 per cent, and the consumption about 00 per ;
cent. Now what do you think of our prospects. -v
The stock on hand at this time is not sufficient
for an average consumption of over 3 weeks, and
if there is a continued freshet through the Sum- j
mer, a full supply cannot reach market before ;
August. Could I give the actual exports of the :
two last crops, the sums total would be con- i
siderably enlarged but this is sufficient; and I ^
will now add. should you find speculators or t
any other persons disposed to doubt the above, (
sav to them I challenge the proof to the con- t
trary.? Wilmington Commercial. J (
Later from Santa Fc t
Twenty New Mexican merchants arrived at St. I
Louis on the 25th ult. bringing with them ?300,- 1
000 for the purchase of goods. They were not '
molested by the'Indians on their way across the
plains. !,
, . 1
The St Louis Republican has two letters from (
Santa Fc, one dated March 17th, and the other ]
March 31st. In relation to mining operations the .
writer says: j
In the Zanoia mountains, some forty miles t
south-westerly from this, Serafina Ramirez, is at i
work with some twenty men on a lead mine, J
which he believes t<> be rich in silver ore. So j
confident was he of its value, that he made a journpv
to Coihiuihua. carrying specimens for analv
sis there. His trip seems to have been a satisfactory
one, a* he engaged and brought with
him several minors from that State.
Some eight miles out of Santa Fc, at the 1
Arrayo Siando, several persons were digging in '
an abandoned shaft, near which are the ruins of 1
what appears to have been a l'ueblo village.? '
This. Ik tiuubUt!S.^u^d>t- h^.alii.y; but. as J
in the case of hundreds like it, scattered all over !
this country, there are no means of determini- '
ing its age or arriving at any knowledge of its '
value. ,'
The "Gila parhv'who went out for gold, which '
they expected to rind on the S in Fratiei-c , have
not been successful. A part of them have gone
to California, a part went to the copper mine, '
and the rest are back at Santa Fc. They found f
gold wherever they prospected alioiit 101'eet bi-1 >w 1
tiic surface, bill in <pi;mtiti<*s too small to justify 1
a stay in the country. They describe the land '
on the San Francisco as superior to what is usti- '
allv found in New Mexico. The Apaches, whom 1
tle-y met under Magnus Colrado. were frieinllv, '
silling them sheep and mules tor a mere trifle*. 1
The mules were supposed, bv the brand, to b '
Some of the Sonera stealings of his band.
Some diiiiculty has been appivh -nded in con '
sequence ot a determination oxj n-ssed bv a mini- j
her of Mexicans in Ta is county, to take posses- '
sion of some lands of the Contejos, a tributary 1
of the Dei Norte, which are claimed by the *
Utalis. A settlement was attempted there in (
1833, which was broken up by the Utahs, and r
last vear a crop was made there bv sonic Mexi- i
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CiilJ>, nnu ui-ii-iiininru ie, in" Iiiul.Uls i<i (T |
their crops but were toM that they would not i
be suffered to plant again there. j 1
The authorities of Chihuahua have called the r
Seminoles to their aid. Korty of these Indians (
have been employed in Chihuahua since last Do r
cemb -r, and have done considerable service. They t
are, it is understood, commanded by Alligator,:
Wild Cat and bis Seminoles, it is reported, will
join them soon.
The party which fell on Smith and Kodrigucs
was pursued, and some half a dozen of them
killed. This was vone by people in the neighborhood
of the Presidio d?*| Norte.
Major Howe, who went to the relief of Fort
Webster, threatened by the Apaches, effected a
passage to his place of destination, and succeed- !
ed in the object of bis expedition. His com
mandsaw some Apaches, hut received no other
daniag than the wounding of a guide, who ventured
too near the enemy.
The citizens of Santa Fe had met and adopted
a memorial to Congress, invoking the earnest attention
of that body to the miserable condition
of the Territory. j
A I ' t nnfLM) ?'! CL- > ? TI.a TWi* i
4* .Iititir.lv a. iunw.t ai AIM" l" ig IVULL 1
mar, which arrived at IMiil.-uh'ljihia la-t Satkrdav,
reports that on the voyage somewhere
^wond tin* <iult Stream, a bird flew aboard the J
W and lijrht ?*d on the shoulder of one of t h
'a. It had on its neck a bit of tape, bearing p
[the name, ifce. of the brig Marie, sailing from I
Martinqne for Havre, and a request that notice f
might be given in one of the news papers that
all were well on board. The bird tiew off as soon
as the message was taken from its m ek. Lloyd's a
List reports the same vessel as having arrived at e
Havre from Martinqne on the 31>t of March, t
just two days >.fter the abovo messago wa3 des- 1
patched. | a
:he semi-weekly" journal
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1852. d
I
THO. J. WARREN, Editor. > ?
Our Markst. I
The Cotton Market continues active, with an upward ii
rndency in prices. Since our last, sales have been 1
Qeeted at 9 1-8. "U'o quote at 6 3-4 to 9 1-8?a choice v
>t would command a fraction more than our highest F
gure. Charleston quotations, 7 1-2 to 9 1-4; a fancy
)t brought 10 1-2. I
rr^g"Among the number admitted on Tuesday last
3 practice in the Court of Equity in this State, wo oh- I e
erve the names of our fellow townsmen, C. A. Price
nd C. S. West, Esqrs- I
Ordinary for Kershaw. j
-T.vo. R. .Tov. Esn. was, on Monday last, re-elected
Irdinary for this District without opposition.
c
Tho Weather, J
For several days past hns been very warm, which t
nth the refreshing showers that fell last night and his
morning, will be in favor of the growing crops.
Congressional Documents.
The TTon. I). Wallace will accept our thanks for
is attention in forwarding us Congressional docu- (
ncnts.
Mr. Rhett's Successor. ]
In common with several of our exchanges, we erred ?
a prematurely announcing the vacant Senatorial chair t
~ w ., nil,.,l l*tr i!in inrailntmi>nt flf Ex-GoV. V
no. P. Richardson.
It was however one of those kind of mistakes which
nvolve no serious principles, and as a matter of course
an make no material difference.
His Excellency has appointed W. F. DeSai-ssere, 1
isq., to this distinguished position.
A Plank Road
From Camden to Concord, North Carolina, could be *
cry easily made, if the people of Camden would sot j
hemselvcs to work in the right way. TVe aro inform,
d that the citizens of Concord are so much in favor of j
he work, that they will build one-half] if the people ,
)f Camden will do the balance: and surely there is j
mough pride and spirit left amongst us to do at least ,
his much.
The Farmers of the counties of Lower North Carolina
would continue to make Camden their Market town?
;hey would have the best reasons for doing so?it would
je to their interest; and where one's interest lies, there
is a matter of course ho will go Our Merchants are
re-ell and favorably known, as a set of men whoso hen- ]
)sty and honorable dealings are proverbial. They are
liberal men generally speaking in their business charlcters.
They give high prices for Cotton, and all other
finds of produce: they sell goods cheap, and where
hese things really exist, as a matter of course the
Farmer will go. TVhat if Charlotte bo a market for
;hera at home ? TVe can give better prices for cotton 1
lere; and manjr of those old sturdy North Carolinians,
who have fine horses and wagons, would prefer to come
;o market as their fathers before them have done, rather
ban run the risk of uncertainties elsewhere.
To many of those who trado in Camden, the Railroad
it Charlotte will be so remote as to give them but little
tccommodation in saving distance. While they are on
he road, a few miles further would make but little
lill'ercncc; and were we to have .a Plank Road, there
s no question but that the trade would come. Wc
eel perfectly suuasca mat me course we recommend
s wise and prudent. We may be jeered at by tl.c unhinkingand
the careless. Wo believe time will show
hat wo arc right.
King'3 Mountain Rail Road.
The Yorkvillo .1L'scnUany states that the contractors
ire getting on very rapidly in laying down the superstructure
and iron <>n the Kings Mountain Rail Road,
md that the ties are down within three miles of that
>!acc and the iron between five and six miles from
'liesterville. The contractors have been delayed in
heir work for want of iron, from the difficulty of trans- '
lortation from Charleston; but from a letter received
roin Mr. Cox.VElt, President of the South Carolina Rail
[load, the Misc-Hauy learns that it is very probable that '
ho iron will be furnished to the road hereafter as fast 1
is it is needed. '
Charleston Hotel.
On Tuesday last, we see by the Courier, that there ]
verc Eighty-nine arrivals at this Hotel. We are not (
lurprisod at the unparallelled success with which tho
Charleston has met, when we arc assured that it justly
anksamoncr the very best Hotels in tho Union, and i'
lot the first, "in the very first line.'' i
John Forsyth, editor of tho Georgia Times, has pub- j
ished a letter in the Washington papers deprecatory <
if the Southern demand on the National Democratic <
Convention relative to the ratification of the Cotnprc- ]
nise, as tending to a disruption of tho Democratic par- i
y in tlic Southern States. ]
Rail Roads in Virginia.
A writer in tho Richmond Whig says that Virginia (
las now in progress of construction 800 miles of rail- |
oad, requiring 80,000 tons of rails to lay it. At the
ircsent price of English iron, say $-10 per ton, these |
ails will cost $.'>,200,000, which must be paid by tho ,
icople of Virginia to tho English manufacturers. I
St. Mary's Rills.?The Southern Sentinel, Columbus ,
5a., of the 7th inst., says: "'On Saturday last, a small j
piantity of these bills were sold as low as forty cents j
>n tho dollar. On Monday morning they advanced |
:onsiderably, and sales arc now made at from sixty to ]
icveuty cents on the dollar. There is but littlo oiler- ]
ng in the market. Col. Winter has efiectod a sale of; 1
lis interest in the Alabama Warehouse, at fivo thou- j
land dollars. He is selling meal at eighty-fivo cents a <
mshol?one-ball in St. Mary's bills. Change bills con- i
iuue to be redeemed at tho Columbus agency." <
Escape ok Thomas F. Meagiieil?A despatch from I
Dublin to the London News, dated April 23d. says that! t
lews had just been received that Thomas Francis Mea- i
;hcr the Irish political convict, had escaped from Van i 1
Jicman's Land. Tho intelligence reachod his fnonds t
rom a good source. s
The New-York City Baptist Biblo Socioty'hold its \
nnivorsary celebration at tho Taberuaclo, on Thursday (
vening last. From the annual report it appears that .1
I10 receipts during the year amounted to SI,076 75. t
.'ho socioty boing in want of moans, a resolution was a
dopted to raise $2600 in $25 subscriptions. (
A SMALL LOT OF SUNDRIES. - T
< 4 X
Heavy Damages.?T. T. Jones has recovered $5,000
lamages for libel from Mr. Wilkes, of the New-York
'olice Gazette. Mr. W., however, sailed for California
evcral weeks ago.
Great Time.?The Express train on the Hudson
liver Railroad, which left New-York yesterday mornng
at 6 o'clock, arrived at the Depot, East Albany, at
0 o'clock precisely; making the run from 21st street
vith steam, in three hours twenty minutes.?Alb. Exiress,
6th.
Execution- in Massachusetts.?The Massachusetts
.legislature have passed a bill providing that criminals
inder sentence of death shall be imprisoned at hard
abor in the State prison for one year previous to their
xecution.
Accident to Mr. Webster.?Mr. Webster was viocntly
thrown from a carriage near Kingston, (Mass.) !
he horses having become frightened and running off.
Io sustained only slight injury.
Two deaf mutes, John C. Acker, a printer in the i
dice of the Rochester Democrat, and Miss Amanda
Vshlev, were married in the sign-language at Roches- j
or on Sunday last. Both parties are graduates of the
sew-York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.
Since the 1st of January -15,370 tons of ice have been
i.vportcd from Boston.
Fucit Trees.?At Rochester, N. Y., last year the
ales of fruit trees, from the nurseries amounted to
>350,000.
Crops in* Middle Georgia.?A friend writes us from
Monroe county, that the young cotton, corn and wheat
ire looking badly for the season of the year. The relent
cold weather and heavy rains have kept them
)ack and given them an unhealthy appearance.
During the year ending the 1st instant, 719 vessels
irrived at Wilmington, X. C.
In Alabama, it is an indictable offence to play cards
n a "public place." It has been decided in a late case
:hat playing in the woods, out of sight of a house, and
>ffihc road, is not a "public place." .
It has been proposed to hoi . a convention of all persons
who served in any of the wars of the United States,
n Philadelphia, on the third Monday of May.
Tf la oftl/1 tliaf \ft* Ctntrort'j oalno ir? Von? Vnrlf /llir.
ngthe year 1851, amounted to the enormous, and almost
incredible sum of twelve millions of dollars! One
item, that of gloves, is put down at six hundred thousand
do.lars!
The Rush for California.?The steamship Northern
Light which lull New York on Wednesday for Nicaragua,
had 011 boaid nine hundred and fifty California
adventurers. When she took her departure, her
leeks and rigging were crowded with human beings.
As the Crescent City sailed the same day from New
York for Navy Bay with 500, we have a total of 1,450
persons leaving a single port on the Atlantic, in one
day, for the Pacific.
Emancipation of Slaves is Louisiana.?A law has
passed the Louisiana Legislature, and goes into effect
in six months time, which prohibits the emancipation
of slaves in that State, except upon the expres-s condition
that they shall be sent out of the United States
within twelve months, and requiring the payment of
?150, to be deposited in the treasury for each slave, to j
be appropriated in payment of passage to Africa, and
suppoit after arrival.
The General Unitarian Convention assembled on Friday
afternoon at Cincinnati. The attendance of delegates
was very small.
Six patients have been admitted into the Indiana Tntano
Ifixpital, within the past month, whose insanity
has been produced by the spirit rappings.
rni_ ! A * a1. \ ! 1
l ill' u'Jiiuis hi >> .i.-iiiugiun uuriug in1.' niuuui u: .ipru,
were 82.
The thermometer stood at 87, in Boston, on tho 7th
instant.
Two cases of Asiatic cholera arc said to have occurred
at Cincinnati, one of which was fatal.
A petition has been presented to the General Confer,
enee of tho M. E. Church, praying that tho Conference
will require all the editors of the Methodist papers to
conform to Bible orthography, and not to that of Noah
Webster.
Col. Jeff. Davis has ac opted an invitation tendered
liiin l>y the two Literary Societies at the State University,
Oxford, Miss., todelivcran address to them, at the
commencement on the 10th July next.
Shipwreck at Sea.?The barque Olive Branch, Capt.
Jefferson, with a cargo of teas from Stockholm, has
been totally lost ii: tho Gulf of St. Lawrence. The
captain and passengers havo arrived at Quebec.
Death of M. St. Clair Clarke.?We regret to
have to announce that Matthew St. Clair Clarke,
esq., died in this city, yesterday, in the GOth
year of his awe. Mr. Clarke was a native of the
State of Pennsylvania He was for many years
1'lerk (if the House of Representatives in Congress,
and subsequently Auditor of the Treasury
for the Post Otiice Department, lie was much
respected for his many tine qualities of head and
heart.? Washington Republic.
The Northern General Conference*?The
General Conference of the Northern M, E. Church
l>e<;an its session on the 1st instant at Boston.
[is proceedings will possess one point of interest
to the Methodists of the South. The present
tession will have to determine whether an appeal
to the Supreme Court, on the property question,
will be prosecuted or not. We have no' information
to aid us in forming a conjecture; a very
few weeks will show the denouement. Speaking
of the property question, we may mention
bv the way, that the Southern Commissioners
have visited New York, and in connection with
Mr. Lord, the principal counsel in the law-suit,
have taken an inventory of the stock in 200
Mulberry Street, in pursuance of the instructions
>f Judge Nelson. From what we have heard,
t is likely that some singular developments will ;
;ome to light in the wirding up of this affair.
According to the estimated value of thn nmttAr. 1
,y, tin* Southern Church will be entitled to from
^225,000 to $5o0,000. If an appeal to the
Supremo Court should Ik> taken, an injunction
vill he applied for by the Southern Commissioners,
and ample security required that our funds
ihould not he squandered, and that all datnipres
be repaired in the end. It will obvi iously
be safer and better for the Northern j
Church to settle this property dispute at once,
ind without further litigation. How much beter
would it have born had they done the fair
ind brotherly thinjx at the beginning.?Southrn
Christian Advocate.
Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. \
New York, May 12.?The steamer Canada \ I
arrived at Halifax last night with Liverpool
dates to the 1st. She brings 50 passengers.
The steamship Atlantic run aground on the
28th ult. but was got ott in six hours, and arrival
safely at Liverpool on Thursday.
The Liverpool Cotton Market was firm, and
the demand active from all classes of purchasers.
The sales of the week amounted to 70,000 bales,
of which speculators took 18,000 and exporters
10,000 bales. The imports of the week amounted
to 07,500. The quotations are for Fair Or- *
leans 5 3-4d: Middling 5 1-8; Fair Mobile 5 3-8d;
Middling 5; Fair Upland 5 1-4; Middling 4 7-8d.
Advices from America kept prices full. Hollingshead's
Circular quotes less activity among
the trade, but an increased demand for speculation
and export. Orleans had advanced slightly,
but subsequently large arrivals gave less buoy
ancy to the middling and fine qualities. The
'1 he transactions were extensive in Egyptian at
l-4d advance.
The news from Havre states that the sales cf
Cotton for the week amounted to 9000 bales.
imporis iv:,ouu. vriean3 is quoted at oo a 84.
Uplands 09 a 7G. The stock is G8,000 bales. 4
The political news is unimportant It has i
been decided to pull down the Chrystal Palace.
Fifty vessels had arrived at Liverpool from tho
United States and there was consequently a
great reduction in freights.
The Randolph Negroes.?A writer in the \
Baltimore Patriot, who is travelling in Ohio,
gives this account of the Randolph, negroes, who, J
it will be remembered, were driven from their
homes which had been procured for them by the
whites:
"Troy, about twenty miles from Daytcn is a
small and rather dilapidated town between this ?1
place and Piqur. Along the canal are a majori- .3
ty of the Randolph negroes. It was iu the adjoining
county or Mercer, that a large tract of
land was purchased for their settlement, from
which they were forcibly ejected by the white
inhabitants. The condition of these poor creatures
is a bad commentary on the miserable policy
of emancipating negroes, and allowing them
to remain in this country. The majority of
these once valuable servants, are now worthless
b -asts upon the community among whom they
are located, and often want for the common nec<
s aries of life. I heard several express an ardent
wish to return to the shores of Roanoke
again, where they had plenty, and did not know
what it was to suffer for want.'
Pla- k Roads.?The success of nearly every (
plank road cnterpiise, financially, encourages the
undertaking of others. This succeess is universal.
"We know of no plank road that does not
pay a fair percentage, while very many are paying
large dividends to stockholders. So superior
are these roads for all the purposes of highways,
that they are adopted by newly formed turnpiko %
companies, while some of the old corporations
are planking over their tracks in compliance with
I the public demand.?Po'keepsie Am.
IIail Stoum.?On Monday evening last wo
were visited by the seco d hailstorm this Season.
The hail f< II in er.ch quantities* that the public
-qu ire was covered, and we are satisfied that at ,
li.'i.l ! I lktlclinl /.f,llL1 i,ova rtL.lr.-i.l nt, it.
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frnutof ourollice. The rain poured in torrents, and
t lie ground was covered with a sheet of water.
The hail boat down the croj?s, and the rain covered
thetn \ntli mud. Serious damage was done *- 1
not only to the crops, but the land. We notice
several upland fields, where nearly all the soil
wjis swept off. Such a storm we have never
before seen. A basket of hail was brought into
to vn on Thursday last, some of which were as
large as partridge eggs.?Pickax Courier. f
The accumulation of specie is already becoming
onerous to the banks. A cashier of one of
our largest banks said to us yesterday that ho
wished that gold would go, as it was now difficult
to lend money. That this steady accumulation
must continue, and consequently expand
the currency, there is 110 possible doubt. We
do not anticipate, nor is it to be desired, that all
the gold should be gathered and held here. Wo
hope to see some of it leave the country in tho
regular course of exchange, and it will probably '
do so under vast receipts, as we may have nothing
else to ship. But wc feel assured that our
banks will have more specie in their vaults, and
the general circulation will be larsrer durintr tho
remainder of the present year, than has been for j
a long time. There is to our mind no present
prospect of any material change in the value of
money, unless it be that the rates may become {
still lower than the cheap rates now prevailing.?
Financial column N. Y. Express.
The Dead Sea and Jordan.?The Rev. Dr. ^
Odenheimer, in a letter from Jericho, addressed 1
to the Banner of the Cross, makes this beautiful \
allusion: J
44 The contrast between the natural appearance
of the Dead Sea and the Jordan was strongly
symbolical of that between their moral aspects,
as locked at by the thoughtful Christian. Behind
us was the Dead Sea, perfectly enveloped
in clouds, and hidden from our view by the mist ?
and rain ; before us was the Jordan and piece of
Christ's baptism, with the bow of promise resting
above it. The one spot marks the wrath of
Cod against sin ; the other declares the infinite
mercy of God townrds sinuers. The bitter wave
that- rolls above the doomed cities of the pTiin,
may well l>c covered with clouds and darkness;
the refreshing stream that Jesus ha?, (as quf
l.oiit1 cokimoa eoi'C \ oonrtfiflo/1 _ _ J
L><(|'iir*uiai qci f iuo oauvuiivu^ rtiiu 111) UI1C1
by it, "water to the mystical washing away of
sin," is most fittingly spanned bv the sign of
1 >\c, bright and beautiful, as God's love to mat\
is certaiu and unfailing." ^
Prediction Fulfilled.?Tristram Burges. in
one of his speeches in Congress, predicted tho
time when the 44 American eagle shall, with one
wing winnow the breezes of the Atlantic, and, }
with the other hover over the quiet waters of
of the Pacific."
A good name is rather to bo chosen than great
riches.
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