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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
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M i i ?i VOLUME
3. " CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA NOVEMBER 30,1852. - NUMBER 96
1 THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
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\ THOMAS J. WARREN.
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WTW f!ASTT.STrVR"E.
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AFTER returning my thanks to my friends, acquaincos
and the public generally, for their former liberal
patronage, I offer to them a rariety of
A Groceries, Dry-Goods Crockery and
Hardware,
At wholesale and retail, consisting in part as follows
GROCERIES.
SUGARS? Muscovado, New Orleans, St. Croix, LoafJ
Crushed and Powdered
?. COFFEES?Java and Rio
MOLASSES?N. Orleans, Muscovado and "West India
SALT?Constantly on hand
TOBACCO?Yellow Bank, Ellis, and a variety of
common, at prices from 12 to 75a per pound
TEAS?Gunpowder, Green, Hyson and Black
SEGAJtS?Rio TTondo. Gold Leaf, Sylva, Palmetto,
and a variety of comm?n, priceafrom 6 to $40 perAL
CANDLES?Sperm. Adamantine and Tallow
nfTrmfiF.?Goshen and English
BA CON?Sides, Shoulders and Hams
LARD?Constantly on hand
FISH?Salmon, Herring and all numbers of Mackarel
FRUITS?Figs, Raisins, Almonds, Currants, English
Walnuts, Ac.
SFICES?Allspice, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cinnamon, Ginger,
Mustard and Pepper
PICKLES?English and American, a variety
KETCHUPS?Mushroon, Walnut and Tomato
PRESERVES?Citron, Orange, Lemon. Pino Apple
and Ginger
BRANDY-FRUITS?Tenches, Cherries and Limes
JELLIES and JAMS?A variety
LOBSTERS and SARDINES?llnrmUxcaWj Sealed
CANDIES?Of all kinds
CRA CKERS?Pic Nic, Soda, Cutter, Wine, Water and
Sugar .
CROCKERY Assorted,
? SADDLES?Riding and Wagon
WHIPS?Carriage, Buggy, Driver's and Wagon
^ 4 T>nC! OntfAn onH Wool
POWDER and SHOT I
ALSO
A new and complete stock of DRY-GOODS, cousis
in part as follows:
200 pieces Prints, at prices from 5 to 15c. per paid
75 do Long Cloths from 6 to 18c.
300 do Brown Homespun, from 5 to 12c.
250 pair Negro Blankets from $1.50 to $2 25 perpair
100 pieces Kerseys, from 12 to 18c.
OzDaburgs?DeKalb always on band
ALSO?A VARIETY OF
Muslins, Alpaccas. Irish Linens, Tickings, Apron
Khirtintrs. Drillines. Ginghams, Linseys, Flan- j
nels, Salicia, Serge, Cashmeres, Pocket Handkorchiefe,
Cravats, Suspenders, Hosiery, of all kinds; Gloves of
all kinds; Linen Shirts, Merino Shirts, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Satinets, Tweeds, Ac. Together with a large
assortment of
Ready-Hade Clothing.
ALSO
Violins, Doable barrel Shot Guns, from $11 to $15,
Rides, dint and Percussion locks $9 to $12
And a great variety of articles, both in GROCERIES
and DRY-GOODS, too tedious to mention.
tsri will attend to the Receiving and Forwarding
Business as heretofore, and lam prepared to make liber
&1 advances on Cotton shipped to Messrs Chambers,
Jeffera A Co., Charleston.
I intend selling exclusively for Cash, and most res
pectfully invite any who wish Bargains, 10 give mo ?
call, and they will find the cash system decidedly preferable.
fyCall at his Old Stand on the corner.
B. W. CHAMBERS.
Camden, Oct 5. 80 tf
FRESH Solar Oil?Received yesterday by
Nov. 2. T. J. WORKMAN.
SPERM and Eard Oil?For sale by
Nov. 2. T. J. WORKMAN.
0 t-rs: nf th? handsomest Candies ever offered
5UU' in this market. W. C MOORE. I
Mexican Mustang Liniment,
IN Bottles at Filly Cents and Odd Dollar. For sale
at Z. J. DeIIAY'S.
Mexican Mnstang Liniment,
IN bottles at 25, 50c. and $100. Received to day by
Nov. 2. T. J. WORKMAN,
Leather and shoe finding
Of every kind, viz:
Best Hemlock Sole; best Baltimore Oak Sole
" Harness and Band?extra
" French and American CalfSkins
" Lining and Binding Skins
" Sadler's Calf and Pad Skins
Shoo Knives, Pincers, Rasps, Files, Hammers, Awl
Blades, Shoe Nails, Tacks, Thread,_Sand Stones, Heel
Balls, Blacking, and Shoemaker 8 Tools 01 every description.
and of the very best quality. Just received
and for sale by WORKMAN & BOONE.
LEATHER! LEATHERU~
ALDEN & MURRAY have now on hand, a choice
lot of BAND, HARNESS and UPPER LEAJHER,
of their own tanning, which will sold low.
also
v A superior lot of NEQRO SHOES, of their own
manufacture, very heavy and warranted good, at prices
from 50c. to $1.
also
Expected in a few days a choice lot of FINE SHOES,
of every description, comprising many new and beau
ttlul styles. Sept. 28.
Woollen Goods.
Ed assortment of
ALL-WOOL PLAINS
KERSEYSi LINSEYS
' SATTINETTS, TWEEDS
JEANS, <tc. d'c. &c. dec.
For tho Plantation and House Servants. Purchasers
will please call, as they will be sold cheap, by I
Oct. 21. W. ANDERSON. I
M.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Value of Money.
Obscurely 1 had passed tny life?
A wretched ignoramus?
T^ili I, like Byron, woke and found
'Myself one morning, famous."
All darkly had life's weather been,
Though now so bright and-sunny ;
But then, this change is not so strange,
Pre lately had some money !
WIiwpo'op T irnnt IrtlL'c rnn ail'av.
.. ... .v. x . . .. v ..., .v...." . """J J
As if from burning lava!
1 seemed a living emblem, of
The "Poison 1 ree of Java !"
'Tis not so now?for all, I vow.
Flock near, like flies around honey ;
Oh! magic change of fortune's wand?
IV lately had some money !
I used to say some funny things,
(At least I dared to think so,)
But dead upon the ear they fell,
And all away will shrink so !
My mouth I never open now,
But all I say is funny;
They'H even bring hysterics on?
I've lately had some woney!
Though young and handsome, once I thought
That I should ne'er be wedded ;
Mammas their daughters kept from me
As from a scare-crow dreaded !
The ugliest girl I could not move;
Nor her with hump and one eye :
T? A i< 1J? Am.
Dill "Hllgeis I1UW lull rtliri U1C?
r re lately had some money!
On any subject in debate,
It'l an idea started;
I ne'er was listened to, and none
Cared how in scorn I smarted.
My slightest whisper now is heard?
No more their ears are dunny ;
They cannot act without my views?
r\e lately had some money !
The American Character.?We with pleasure
record the fact that at length one English
traveller has spoken favorably of the American
character. On this subject Mr. Casey says:
" Vicing with the Parisian in dress?the Englishman
in energy?cautious as a Dutchman?Impulsive
as an Irishman?patriotic as Tell?brave
as Wallace?cold as Wellington?and royal as
Alexander; there lie goes?the American citizen
! In answering your questions, or speaking
commonly, his style is that ol the ancient Spartan
; but put him on a stump with an audience
of Whigs, Democrats, or barnburners, and he becomes
a compound of Tom Cribb and Demosthenes,
a fountain of eloquence, passion, sentiment,
sarcasm, logic and drollery, altogether different
from anything known or imagined in the Old
World states. Say anything of anybody (as
public men) united with conventional phraseology,
he swings his rhetorical macc with a vigorous
arm, crushing the antagonistic principle or person
into a most villainous compound. See him at
dinner, he despatches his mea' with a speed which
leads you to suppose him a ruminating animal,
yet enjoying his cigarro, fur an hour afterwards,
with the gusto and ennui of the Spaniard.
Walking light on, as if it were life against time,
with the glass at fever-heat, vet taking it cool in
the most serious and pressing matter, a compound
ot the Red Man, Brummei and Franklin,?statesman
and laborer, on he goes,?divided and subdivided
in polities and religion,?professionally
opposed with a keenuess of competition in vain
looked for even in England ; yet, let but the national
rights or liberty be threatened, and that
va^t nation stands a p) r.miid ol resolve, united as
one man, with heart, head, hand and purse, burning
with Roman zeJ to defend inviolate the cause
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Ul LUC CUllJIUUIIU Cell 111.
Dick-ills' Household Words.
Valuable Recipe.?In close and compactly
built cities especially, mora or less annoyance is
experienced from the proximity of cesspools,
sinks, <fcc.. and in warm weather health often
suffers. We have reason to know that a pound
of copperas (six cents worth,) dissolved in a bucket
of water, and thrown where the effluvia proceeds
from, affords an effectual remedy, changing
the gases into an imolatile concretion.
To Cure Hams.?As I have seen numerous
?.,,i t i ?.?
KCCl|iin IUI V;uiiii^ iiaiua, utiu ii^ 1 n<i\c unu 1111;
annexed for several years, and found it to excel
every other in my estimation, I lake the liberty
of sending it to you, that you may publish it for
the benefit of any who may be disposed to try it.
By letting my ham remain in pickle, it is kss
trouble to keep it than by any other method
which I have found, and it keeps sweet and tender
all the summer.
Take a barrei and turn over an old pau or
kettle, and burn cobs (I think best,) or hard
wood, for seven or eight days, keeping water on
the head to prevent drying. Make a pickle with
eight pounds of salt, six ounces of saltpetre, two
quarts of molasses, and three gallons of water in
one hundred pounds. Boil and skim in barrels,
and when the pickle is cold, pour it 011 to the
meat, and in four weeks you have excellent ham,
very tender and well smoked.?Albany Calticolor.
Composition of tiie Moon.?Every object on
its ciirfjiee nf the heifrht of one hnnHrerl f^et is
?w? ? ~ ? ""
distinctly seen through Lord Rosse's telescope.
On its surface are craters of extinct volcanoes,
rocks and masses of stone almost innumerable.
But there are no signs of habitations such as
ours, no vestige of architectural remains, to show
that the moon is or ever was inhabited by a race
of mortals similar to ourselves. No water is visible,
no sea, no river; all seems desolate.
The following anecdote Illustrative of railway
facility, is very pointed: A traveller inquired of
a negro the distance to a certain point:
'T>at 'pends on circumstances," replied the dar
key.
"Iffyou gwine afoot, it'11 take you a day; if
you gwine in the stage or homneybus, you make
it half day; but if you git inoueof dese smoke
1 wagon, you bo almost dar now.
Perseverance. j ]
''Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose j 1
Tlint jou resolved to eflect." Sijakspeauk. ! '
A weak spirit will be crushed by the same '
misfortunes which would reuse a strong one to
exertion. The same storm which fixes more
firmly the giant oak, roots up the tender sapling. ^
Stroke after stroke fells that
i i
'Uuwedgeable and gnarled oak"? - f
effort after effort overcomes a gnarled, ungra- *
eious fortune. ' c
Bonaparte once said: "I have no idea of a i <"
merchant's acquiring a fortune as a general wins '
a battle?at n single blow." j *
This slap dash way of acquiring a fortune has !
been ruinous to very many young merchants.? |
They covet Aladdin's lamp; with one smart rub 1
thov wniilrl ciiminmi the Willi and iibtnin eniint- I
less treasures.
Disappointed in their sanguine expectations, ]
and perhaps utterly ruined and bankrupt, in- i I
stead of beginning again in a moderate way, , r
with experience for their guide, they have either ; ii
entirely forsaken mercantile affairs, or struck an j S
other "blow" so violent that the rebound has j
crushed them to the earth. ; h
To know how to wait is the great means of h
success, says a modem French writer; to know ' I
how to persevere is the surest means of success j
?? ????? oLinr* onr] (ItiQ int'j ilvoc i u( ir.lit ! f\
Ill iUljr IIUUUI (?nu in 10 Miiuiiva ) uhivnv j ?
waiting. a
Perseverance is like a taste '"or olives where t
they are not indigenous ; it is?not a natural gift t
like genius, it is an acquirement. True, some J)
persons more easily continue steadfast iu a career o
than others; but, after all, anybody can perse- t!
vcre if they only will. n
When the boy takes his gun, and goes out in
the morninc to shoot birds, he resolves not to ! o
go home with his game-bag empty. Miles and | 'I
"mileses," as Hood says, he tramps over field and tl
ford, mud and mire, through the bushes, over ft
hedges and stone walls, tearing his trousers and p
i i i i _ i - i _ ? .1 i l.!.
uis sums, bruising ms nanus aim uu-ienug ms c
feet?and all fur what purpose ? Success. ll
"All tilings that are, Sl
Are with more spirit chased than enjoy'd." b
"Men prize the'thing ungain'd more than it is."
Ah ! but there are more dragons it} the way
to mercantile success, and fiercer ones, than 11
guarded the golden apples of the liesperides.
"Fight them, and the craves flee, thy boldness is their jj
panic; .
Fear them, and their treacherous heart hath lent their ^
ranks a legion."
Stephen Girard,at the age of forty, command
ed his own sloop, engaged in the coasting trade ^
between New York, Philadelphia and New Or- j,
leans. He had taken many steps on the ladder (
of Fortune since lie was a cabin-boy not worm {
a shilling?but think of his perseverance in moon- >
'UAe that ladder, ?tcj> by till he was worth j
seven or eight millions of dollars!
The following anecdote of an oriental sover- 7
eign is given by Malcolm, in his History of l'or- 0
siaI
" There was 110 feature more remarkable in the 0
diameter of Timour, than his expraordinurv per- ..
severance. No difficulties ever led him to recede s
from what lie had undertaken, and he often per- ]
sisted in liis t-fiorts, under circumstances that led 1
all around liiin to despair. He used, on such oc- 1
casiotis, to relate to his friends an anecdote of his
early life. t.
" 'I once,' said he, 'was forced to take shelter v
from my enemies in a ruined building, where I t
sat alone many hours. Desiring to divert my (
mind froin my hopeless condition, I fixed my ob- r,
servation on an ant that was carrying a grain of _
corn larger than itself up a high wall. I num- a
bered the efforts it made to accomplish this ob- r,
ject. The grain fell sixty-nine times to the tl
ground, but the insect persevered, and the seven- 0
tieth time it reached the top of the wall. This j,
sight gave me courage at the moment, and I shall a
never forget the lesson it conveyed.'" a
This reminds us of Bruce's spider, whose ef- '
forts were nearly a3 numerous bctore tne object fi
was accomplished. S
It is a common notion among young people, Q
that everything must be struck out at a heat; j|
that this is the way genius works. Genius is 0
suggestive, but common sen ;c active.
"Alas!" said a poor widow, the mother of a 8j
briglit but reckless son, "alas! he has not the t,
gift of continuance." p
This is an attribute of the best order of minds, j,
Every school-boy knows "Perseverantia vincitomnia!"
at least he has fixed it indelibly upon a
the narrcs of his copy book. Despise persever- ?
A o t? * . ,
ancc! As well might one despise the act of p
breathing, because it has to be repeated and con- c
tinued every moment. 13ut this is an uncon- 0
scious act. True, and so may perseverance be- ^
come, when the habit of accomplishing what is
undertaken, is once established. Perseverance 0
is a linked chain which grapples to the goal of n
Success with hooks of steel. C(
Fkom Australia.? By advices from Sydney ^
to the 14th of August, we learn that the yield 0
of gold still continued to be enormous. In the |,
week ending the 7th of August, upwards of one r,
hundred and sixty thousand ounces passed p
through the treasury, of which about one third t]
was the produce of the week, and two-thirds ac
cumulations for want of conveyance ou former t|
occas:ons. 2
The subject of leases to squatters was attract- 0
ing much attention, and was likely to be the <k
source of much trouble and disaffection. The jj
Government was preparing to issue the license 7
in accordance with the act 01 rarnameni ana or- c;
der in Council. Q
A bill had been read a second time in the Lc- fl
gislative Council to prevent emigration from Van p
Dieman's Land, but it was not supposed the ?
Lieutenant Governor would approve it. A rail- g
way from Sydney to Goulburn, and even as far p
as Melbourne, was talked of. Sydney has already C
become a city of great commercial importance. n
Upwards of ?700 have been raised in Van
Dieniaii's Land towards the expense of. one of tin
rivalc expeditions in search of Sir John Frank
in now fitting out in England.
Several-thousands of miners had reached Ad
laide, on their return from the '"diggings," witl
ihundanee of gold. From the accounts thei
jave of their individual eatings, it was estimate<
hat out of every one hundred men, during fou
noiilh's work, fifty had obtained ?100, twenty
ive h;.d ?200, fifteen had ?250, four had ?-300
liree had ?500, and the remaining three ?l,00(
ach. In the markets for provisions, as well a:
tlior goods prices were rising. The miners wen
iving very freely, and brandy, silks, jewelry, <i*c
vere in great request.
From the Charleston Courier.
rue Hunk of Use Slate of South Car
oliaa.
By reference to onv telegraphic synopsi.-. c.fth<
rocecdings of our Legislature yesterday, it wil
ie seen that the report of the President and Di
colors of the Bank of the Stale was proot)tec
n the House of Representatives by Mr. C. P
iullivnn, of Laurens District.
As was to have been anticipated front the nl
usions in the Governor's Message, the report is
ighly satisfactory, and evinces that the Institu
ion enjoys a large degree of prosperity.
From the 30th of September, 1851, to the lsi
f October. 1852, the profits of the Bank have
mounted to $309,405.07, being 9 per cent on
lie capital, of which there have been applied tc
he payment of the interest on the State Bomb
ayable in London* $53,020.23, to the interest
n the 6 per cents of 1838, $47,094 91, and
P 1 ? . il. - C!..l ' r 1 &r?StA non AO
ransicrreu in uie ouiKiiig runu v-j,
Hiking the total of $309,405.07.
The surplus profits of the year ending the 30th
f September, 1851, were reserved to aid the
Yeasury in meeting the special appropriations ol
lie years 1850 and 1851. The sum reauired
>r that purpose was $156,193.89, which, the reort
states, has been drawn and placed to the
red it of the State Treasurer. There remained,
licrefore, of the reserved profits of 1851, the
um of $41,520.01 which has been transferred
.i n? i r . i !. . mm ? . ?
3 ttie oinKing runu 111 auuuiou tome prouus ui
be year just terminated.
The last instalment of the G per cents issued
nder the acts of 1839, to provide for an advance
y the State on its subscription to the Louisville,
Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad Company,
ecame due on the 1st of January hut, and all
he certificates presented at the Treasury have
icon redeemed and cancelled. A few stockholdrs
have not called for called for payment.
The entire amount outstanding on the 1st ol
)ctober last was ?8,418,42, and by tbe provisos
of the act creating the Stock, it was made
he duty of the Bank to pay off this debt out ol
he surplus revenue of the United States deposit
d wtlh this Stat?; which had been placed tern
torarily under the control of the Bank.
A part of the Stock, viz: the sumof ?41,241.4,
h is been heretofore redeemed by the Stat<
ut of the current funds of the Treasury. Th<
lank has redeemed at different periods the sun:
f ?550,001.99, which, with the balance out
landing on the 1st of October, makes up lh<
um of ?000,000?the entire issue under the act
ly the icdoinption of this Stock, therefore, the
lank substanti.-.tlv accounts for "The Surnlu
- 'I. 1
levcnue."
The amount of that fund placed in charge ol
he Bank was ?1,051.422,09, which ?200,00C
ins paid by the Bank for four instalments on
he State subscription to the stock of .lie South
Carolina Rail Road Company; ?200,000 paid foi
edemption in part of 5 per cent, stock of 182(1
-?300,000?not charged on the Bank, but paid
ccording to act of 1843 ; 8550,061.99 paid foi
edemption of 0 per cents., 1839; and 88,418.42,
ho bah. toe of the G per cents, of 1839, which is
utstanding, and to be paid by the Bank, mat
lg in the aggregate $958,4S0.4I, whicli leaves
balance of *92,941.68 remaining in the Bank,
nd for which the Institution is still accountable
The Surplus Revenue" Fund, thus withdrawn
oni banking operations,, is represented by the
itocks held bv the State in the various Rail Road
Companies, which have been or are now engaged
i constructing roads through the different parts
f the State.
We further learn from the report that the Proidjiit
and Directors of the Bank have continued
a direct their attention to the purchase of those
ortions of the State debt not yet due, in comliance
with the views of the Legislature at difwent
times indicated, but have not succeeded tc
ny considerable extent. They have, however,
urchasod of the debt payable in London, seven
onds of ?250 each, and three bonds of ?50C
ach, in all ?3,250, at the cost of $15,063.83;
c i ? 1 .1.1 L !_ inHA
T the 0 per Cents, rcaccmaoie in ioiu, one cerideate
fur $2,441; and of the 5 per cents reecmable
lu 1858, one certificate for $1,500, all
f which certificates and bonds have been sur?ndored
to the Comptroller General, and candled.
We further perceive by reference to the usual
ibular statements accompanying the report, that
f the sum of $309,405.07, the profits of the
ank, $220,967.04 was the amount of the profits
vdized in Charleston, $55,587.15 from the
[ranch Bank in Columbia, and 26,850.28 from
to 15raneh Dank in Camden.
Among the Assetts in Charleston we perceive
lie items of Bills and Notes discounted $2,401,07.15,
and in suit $05,005.83, making a total
f $2,500,932.98 ; Bonds secured by mortgages
809,719.25, of which $298,451.20 were under
he Fire Loan Act; and judgments $11,041.22.?
'he Bank also holds Stocks as follows: Connnerial
Bank Stock, *'400; Magnetic Telegraph
i tmnn.
'UIII jmil v OlUVIVj V A uuv ^ nwi vu uuolwi u J Veil I
load Company Stock, 8000, South-Carolina Rail
load CompanvStock,8l87,454.74 : DittoBonds,
'27,444.44 ; Ditto Sterling Bonds, 95,584.25 ;
leorgia Rail Road and Bank ing Company's
londs, 20,000 ; Western and Atlantic Rail Road
lompany's Bonds, 841,000; and City of Montgojery
Bonds, 8400.
In the Columbia Branch the notes discounted
e I :re set down as making assetts to the amount of
- .>1,115,760.66, the notes in suit as S22,000, the
bonds ?17,065.94, and Domestic Exchange ?22,
563.17. ?i
In the Camden Branch the notes discounted
1 coinjjrise ?463,165.53, the notes in suit ?19,989.]
23, the bonds 819,984.G9, and Domest Exchange
r ?2,938.12.
The above are the principal features of the re,
port, which our space will not permit us to trans)
l'er in cxtcnso to our columns; but the particus
lars we have given are sufficient, we consider, to
i enable cur readers ro form an opinion as to the
. condition of the Bank.
Counterfeit.? The Mobile Tribune of the
20th inst. says : "Spurious bills of the bank of
Hamburg, S. C., are in circulation here. The engraving,
printing and paper are all admirable,
- and well calculated to deceive the closest observer.
1 We saw a bill yesterday of the denomination of ?
-i50, letter A. No. 533 dated December 10.1851
1 ?J. J. Blarichnrd, cashier, and H. Hutchison,
president?which would be received by almost
any business man without suspicion. It is indeed
- so well executed that the agent for the bank in
4 this city pronounced it genuine. As it is likely
a good deal of this money is in circulation among
us, we would advise the public to exercise a good
i- degree of caution in regard to it.
' The British Fleet at Havana.- Tn the pre|
sent somewhat uncertain relations of Culwv to the
1 United States, the presence of a powerful fleet in
' the harbor at Havana is, naturally enough, giving
rise to surmise and speculation. We find
1 this fleet, enumerated in a Havana paper, as follows
:
Frigate Highflier mounting 20 gun9, with
, Paixhans. Sloop of-war Dauntters, 22 gons,
with Paixhans. Frigate Vestal, (capacity not
stated,) Corvette Calypse, 7 guns. Besides these
vessels, the line of battle ship Cumberland was
! .v- i. _i - -? ....
in iiiu nnruor?rne oniy vessel twiongmg to the
1 regular West India Squadron. The force above
mentioned therefore, is something supplementa.
ry and extraordinary. .
Scoaii Chop.?The St. Francisville Chronicle,
speaking of the sugar Crop in that parish
says:
The sugar planters of our parish have been
grinding for about two or three weeks. The
, cane crop generally is very inferior, and the yield
will be much less than last year. We have not seen
a sample of the sugar from the present crop, and
cannot, tkeieforc, speak as to the quality.
Railroad Iron.?Tho Washington corresf
pondent of tho New York Tribune, says: A
nt rr.nor willjjg made in Congress this win
. (a.1 iu nuwk me umy 11 '-"'ytTThm.IP tne
bead, and thus payoff the fir^T installmeitb^
. our English debt incurred in the election ols^>^
> Pierce and King. It will probably be success>
ful. The Loco-Focos have a large majority in
i both Houses of Congress, and, with the aid of
. such political hirelings as Toombs and Cliugtnan,
? can at any time of party peril command a two- ,
. thirds vute, and overcome the veto power of the
? Executive. This will be the first step towards . .fa
i Free Trade.
p Timer Cent Pieces.?The Philadelphia Led,
ger says of the operations of the mint during the
, month: "The manufacture of three cent pieces
, has been immense?2,668,800 pieces were coined,
. I renresentincr in vulno 4so nnn T -
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j coinage of this very convenient little piece was
| over a million and a half, and the amount then
. was thought to be immeuse. Largo as this supply
is, it does not exceed the demand. The
( Treasurer has now but few on hand.
i Cnarlottk di S. C. Railroad.?We are una,
ble to furnish our readers with any detailed rc,
port of the recent meeting of the Stockholders
i at Charlotte. The following summary of the
> proceedings we find in the Daily Register, of the
1 20th:
[ 1. The old Board of officers for the Road have
i been re-elected, with the exception of Mr.Hutchison,
of York, who declined a re-election. A. B.
Springs, Esq., was elected in his place.
2. A Illin'P wns m*wlo ? < ? ?4
mimv*v wv mwvi bug ?J1 C9U111/
! schedule so as to connect with the Charleston
Road at Columbia.?This failed by the motion
being laid upon the table.
t 3. The next meeting will take place in Colum,
bia, in February, 1854, on which occasion, Stockholders
and their families will be allowed free
I passage.
I 4. Guano, Lime, Gypsum, <fec., will be charged
half price, when procured for Agricultural pur
poses.
1 5. New Bonds, to the amount of 160,000 aro
to be issued to meet the expenses of.cthe Road
uesiue ine $>iou,uuu already issued. \ %
The Emperor of Austria has caused it to bo
, notified in Milan that all officers of government,
of whatever grade, must remove their beards?
i that they can henceforth wear no hair upon the
i chin or under lip. The angles of the mouth are
to bo the most southerly poiuts upon which its
growth may be encouraged. An invitation to
i confirm to these directions is also to be extended
to school masters and officers in benevolent institutions.
It is a pity that while about it tho Emperor
did not make a clean face of it, and serve the
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under and upper nps anae.
At the recent commencement at Oglethorpe,
Ga., the Degree of D. D. wrs conferred on the
R \f P-ilinni* nf rVklnmKisi in
itcv. WV.M...V..t, <u UllOWlrtW,
A gentleman having a horse that started and
broke his wife's neck, a neighboring squire told ^
him he wished to purchase it for his wife to ride
upon. "No," replied the other, "no, I will not.
sell the little fellow, I iutend to marry again myself."
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