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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-03-14
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On the first page Of to-day's paper we pub
lsh q communication relative to the election
of our next Gov. We consider is too soon
to agitatc the subject, but as it has been
discussed byevery paper in the State, there
may be no improperly in giving the views
of our correspondent aplace in the Mount
aineer. As the election of Governor is made
by the Legislature in this State, it generally
excitcs but little interest with the people.
There are three gentlemen spoken of for
that office, viz. Col. RICHARDSON, Jud &c
DAVID JOHNSON and Col. HAMMOND
We have very little duobt but Col. R.
will be the one selected for the Office,
notwithstanding the opposition ola few
violent partizans. He belonged to the
Union parry throughout the Nullifa alton
contest, and will probably be opposed by
some ofthc members of the then dominant
party. He is said to be in favour of the
present Administration and the Sub Trea-
ury, and will therefore meet with oppo-
sition from the friends of Mr.. CLAY and the
Banks, who were attached TO both the old
parties. Col. RICHARDSON is gentleman
of fine talents, and has filled the various
posts to which he has been called, with
honor to himelf and satisfaction to his
constituents. We know of no man in the
State who is better qualified to fill the Gu
bcrnatorial chair, and we shall be highly
gratifcd if he is selected for that station.
The nomination was first made by the
former opponents Of Col. R., and was in
intended as Kind of salro for healing the
divisions which recently prevailed in this
state and more firmly cementlng the union
that now exists. Under these considerations
alone, we hail the nomination as the most
appropriate that could have been made
MouRtaineer.
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dom as much as one hours intermlssion
The extent of the great shock. Or rathe'
succession of great shocks, on the morn
ing Of the 23d of march is not yet fully as.
certained. 1t was so severely felt at Maui
main, that many sprang out If bed, SUP
posing gang of thieves had broken int"
the house; yet it was not violent enough
to do any damage. As far as is now as
ascertained, Prone to the South, and
Bomee to the north of Ava, were entirely
ovcrthrownby the earthquake, so that from
Prone to China, more than six hundred
miles north and south, embracing the
most populous part of the empire, not a
single pagoda, temple, or brick bull
ding, is left standing. The earthquake was
severe in Aracan, an old volcano, on the
island of Bromee, was re-opened, and
the long concealed fires, mingled with
smoke and ashes, rose to fearful height.
1t remains to be asceltained yet, how far
this great earthquake extended into China,
but as there are several volcanoes a.
mong the mountains between Burmah and
China, it is more than probable to me
that there are subterranean communi-
cations between the volcanoes of the north,
and the vlcanoes of the south, as among the
mountains between Arracan and Burmah,
! & in the Island of Bronco, and also on the
Andeman island in the Martiban gulf.
The two extremes are mole than
one thousand miles apart, in direct line
north and south. But the fact that the
whole intermediate country was shaken
at the same moment, prodigious SUBJ
tcrranean noise was heard, resembling
the rolling of thunder, think, satisfactory
evidence that there are subteranean COM
munications between these widely Sc
parated volcanoes. How else can we ac-
count for so terrible an earthquake over
so vast an extent of country ? The COIN
! cidence of volcanic cruptions and earth
quakcs, is not remarkable, but that Sc
veral hundred miles of territory, with all
its mountains and rivers; should be thrust
up and thrown into undulating motion at
the same moment of time, accompanied
by sounds from the centre Of the earth,
like the rolling of thunder, are pho
nomena which cannot be accounted for on
any other supposition than that of vast
subterranaan lines of communication be-
tween volcanic mountains.
Baptist Rcgestr
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IL 1881 the domestic exports were $61 ,227,052

How rapid the rise Just as the weights
are removed! The increase since the great
reduction in 1888, has nearly doubled the
average exports, compared with the aver
age of the seven tariff years preceding
1881, and would have quite doubled them
had not the expanded and deranged con-
dition of the currency and the consequent
embarrassment Of commerce prevented it.
But what will appear still more e1traor-
binary to those who have not reflected on
the operation of the protective system, is
the great increase of the exports Of our
domestic manufactures, as the duties 60
of, following, i'll that respect, the same
law that regulates the exports of the great
agricultural staples. 1t is precious fact,
that speaks volumes, and which demands
the serious consideration Of the manufactu-
ring portion of the Union. ] well remem
bcr the sanguine expectations nsofthe friends
of the system of the great increase of tha
exports of domestic manufactures which
they believed would follow the tariff Of
1898. Well, now VIC have the result of
experience, under that act, and also, under
that Of partial return to free trade, and
the result is exactly the reverse of the an
ticipations of tic friends and advocates Of
protection. So far from increasing urder
tic tariff Of 1875, tAA exports ofmal,i?ac-
turcd articles actually ,!i.,:!ni*i:cd, VILE
they have rapidly increased just as they
have gone Off
But thc table of exports will speak for
itsc!f. During the four years, under tho
tariff of "a, that is, from that year till 30,
when the tariff of '2S went into operation,
the exports Of domestic manufactures gra-
duaIIy declined from 55.729.797. in the
year -. to $5.5ts,354 in the year '2s.-
From that time it steadily declined under
the tariff of '2s, each succeeding year
showing a falling eff compared with the
preceding. till '33, declining throughout the
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SPEECH OF biR. CALHOUN,
OF SOUTH CARaiiTA.

OF so,Tu CARoiiIA.
In SenG!e, Wednesday,, February 5, 1870
On Mr. GRuNui q report i'll relation
to the assumption Of the debts of the
of tho S:ats BY tie Federal Govern
mcnt.
How much wiser for all would be the
opposite system of low duties, with the
market of the world opened to our great
agricultural staples! The effects would
be vast increase of cur exports, with a
corresponding increase of the capacity to
consume on the part of the South and
West, making them rich and contentcd
customers, instead of impoverished and
disconnected rivals of the other section. 1t
is time that this subject should be regard
ed in its trne light. The protective sys-
tenn is neither more nor less than war on
the exports. I again repeat, if we cam
not import, we cannot long export; and
just as we cut off or burden the imports,
to the same extent do we, in effect, cut off
and burden the exports. This l have long
seen, and shall now proceed to prove, by
reference to the public documents, that my
assertion is sustained by facts. The table
of exports shows that during the seven
years from 1924 to 1881, our domestic e1-
ports remained nearly stationary, notwitE-
standing the great increase Of our popula-
ton during that period. Your statute
book will show that during the same Pc
Rod, the protective system was in its grea-
test vigor. The first relaxation took place
in December, 1880, under the act of the
goth May, of the same year, which made
a great deduction in the duties on coffee
and tea. shall now turn to the table and
give the exports of domestic articles for
those years, beginning with 1924.
Here Mr.. G. read the following state
ment:
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POETRY.
PUBLISHED DY REQUEST.
COUSINS.

Had you ever q Cousin, Tom? :
Did your Cousin happon 10 sing'
Sisters, we've all by the dozen Tom,
But Cousins different thing;
And you'd find, fever you had kss'd hor, Tom
(But let this be secret between us)
That your lips would have been in blister, Tom
For they're not Of tho sister genus.
There is something, Tom, in sisters lip,
When you give hor good night kiss,
That savors so much Of relationship,
That nothing occurs amiss:
But Cousins lip, if you once unite
With yours in the quiotcst way,
Instead of sleeping wink that night,
You'll be dreaming the following day.
And people think it no harm Tom,
With Cousin to hear you talk;
And no one fccls any alarm, Tom,
AT quiet cousinly walk;
But, Tom, you'll soon find what happen t.
know,
Such walks often grow into straying,
aHu Iuc NOlCC VI SouslIIS dIc soiIclluiCS 81 loW
Heaven only knows what they'll be saying
And then thoro happen so often, Tom,
Soft pressure of hands and fingers,
And looks that were mould to soften, Tom,
And looks on which memory fingers;
And long ere your walk is half over, the strings
Of your heart are put all into play,
By the sound of those dcmi-sistcrly things,
In not quite the most brotherly way.
And the voice of sister may bringto you Tom,
Such tales as the angels WOO,
But ftarifyour Cousin should sing to you Tom
You'd take her for an angel too;
For so curious a note is that note Of theirs,
That you'll fancy the voice that gave it,
Has boon all the while singing National Airs
Instead of the Psalms Of David.
I onco had Cousin that sung, Tom,.
And hor name may be namclcss now,
But tho sound of those songsis still young Tom,
Though we no longer are so.
IT'S folly 10 dream of bower of green,
When thero is not loaf on the trco;
But 'twixt walking and singing that Cousin has
been,
God forgive her! the ruin Of ME.
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live take the average Of the three first and
the three last of these years, we shall find
the former three million and half greater
than the latter, showing an actual falling
off, instead of an increase to that extent
ii our exports.
With 1881, the reduction of duties COM
mcnccd on the articles mentioned: and in
December, 1888, the first great reduction
took place under the compromise act. I
shall turn to the same table beginning with
1881, and read a statement Of the exports
for eight years under the approach to the
free trade system. 1t is but an approach.
l invite especial attention to the rapid rise,
after the great reduction i'll December,
1888.
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EARTHQUAKE IN BURMAH.

The following account ofthe earthquake
in Burmah in March last, is from the pen
of the Rev. Eugene Kincaid, a Baptist
Missionary who has resided several years
in that country. 1t is from a letter ad-
dressed to DR.. Paine, N. Y.
On the 23d Of March, between three
and four in the morning, Ava was visited
with one of the most terrible earthquakes
ever known in this part of the world. A
loud rumblng noise, like the roar Of
distant thunder, was heard, anu in an in
stanti the earth began to reel from east to
west with motions so rapid and VIOLENT,
that people were thrown outf their beds,
and oblig gcd to support themselves by lay
ing hold of posts. Boxes and furniture were
thrown from side to side with violence,
similar to what takes place on board a ship
in severe storm at sea. The waters
some times with great impetuosity, strew-
ing the shores with the wrecks of boats
and buildings. The plains between Ume-
rapora and the river were rent into vast
yawning cavcrns, running from north to
south, and from ten to twenty feet in
width. Vast quantities of water and black
sand were thrown upon the surface emit
ting at the same time strong sulphurous
smell. AS you will suppose, the three
cities of Ava, Umerapora, and Sa-
gaining, are vast piles Of ruins, bury
ing in their fall great numbers of people
who were asleep at the awful moment.
The destruction of life, however, is not so
great asst might havebeen expected from
the entire overthrown of three large and
populous cities. The reason Is, the great
mass of the people live in wood and
bamboo houses. Had the houses IN these
cities been built of bricks and stones, as
houses in America the population must
have pcrished. Every thing built of brick
houses, monaslerics, temples, & the city
walls are all crumbled down. Of all i'm
mcnsc numbers of pagodas in Ava, Umer-
apora, and sagaing, and on the Sagaing
hills opposite to Ava, not one is standing.
The labor and wealth of ages, the pride
and glory of Boodhism, has been laid low
in the dust, in one awful moment.
To me this is a deeply affecting
thought; in great numbers of those proud
temples of idolatry, l have preached the
gospel; and while hundreds were bowling
down before huge idols have proclaimed
the power, the majesty. and glory of that
Almighty Being who sits cnthroncd in
the highest heavens; that the day was at
hand when God would vindicatc the honor
of his name; and that all these proud rno-
numcnts of hcathenism would fall into
hopeless ruin, and be forgotten by succeed
inc generations. Some were convinced,
some II c had their confidence in idols sha-
ken, but the great multitude were quite
Indifferent. Some few would zealously
defend their religion. Little did l think
that the hour of Gods vengeance was
at the door, and that so soon these enor-
nous idols and lofty temples the labour of
thirty generations, were to become a
mass of frightful ruins.
Letters from Ava up to the II tn OF
April, inform us that the rumbling noise,
noise, like distant thunder, had not yet
ceased; and shocks often considerably
violent were felt day and night with sci
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VARIETY.

a TALL wEDDING-Four persons were lately mar-
ricd in Virginia, whose united height makes Is feet
The grooms arc each six feet six inches high, and the
brides six feet. Look out for race of giants.
A follow asked the meaning of "Rcward," tho
other day-"wly," said another "it means sometimes
Funnp as high as fifty"
."Go 1T WHILE ycu'RE YorNc"-A lad Of ftcon
years of ago has lately been sued for breach of pro-
mise, by girl in Maine, one year younger than him.
self
Here is "sicA good 'un" from the n. Y. Sunday
Mercury:
a MISUNDERSTANDING the cow, instead Of tile
milk maid.
AGANE-Thcy arc about stirring up the gamblers
in Vcksburg again. One of tho papers gives notice
to tic fraternity to bo moving in time,
"IoU'D SCARCE EXPECT ONE OF MI AGE"-The
Springfield (Iass.) Journal makes mention of Mrs.
Barrit who had twins at tho age Of sixty!
In a recent trial for breach of promise Of mar
riagc, at Wct Chester, Pa. Miss Eliza Ann White
recovered $500 damages from tickle swain named
Abort Hiname.
ScnooLuAsTEn-"Woll, Miss, can you decline a
Eiss?n
GlnL-dropping e'tsey--"Yes Sir, ean--but
liato to, most paguily.'
"Tommy, have you got tho ducks in2' ayes, SIR
"All oftEom?" Eyes, sir" Did you count them?
"ics sir" "Eiow many VS. therc?' "Onc." "That's
right, my boy
! How TO OBTAIN LUNAR CAusrc.-Strain old moon
shine through hair sciyc.
! "SIsTER NANCE AND TIE AoEn We were travel
ling not long since in Illinois, and called at house
noar the road side to solicit drink of water, when
the following conversation occurred: "Woll, nv
! boy, how long have you lived hcrc7n
81 don't know sir, but mother says ever since was
born'
"Havo you any brothers and sistcrs?.
Eyes, fow."
GLOW many?"
"Icn or 'leycM, reckon
"Prctty healthy hero, isn't t!;'
eyes; but sometimes wo have little arcr.,
"Any of you got it now!"
"Ycs, few on US goin' to have the shakes this af.
tcrnoon."
"IIow many"
"Why, all on us, except sister Nance, and she is
sich darnation cross crttur the ager wont take on
er and ift did, she is contrary she wouldt shake
10 how you could fix hcr!'
! Lord Chcsterfolds physicians having informed him
that he was dying "by inches,n he thanked Heaven
that ho was not so tall by foot and half as Sir
| Thomas Robinson.
Ifevcry one would mind his own business, tho7c
| ,,o,,fl I>o I,,,ciro
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Whiskey drinking never conducted
wealth into mans pocket, happiness to
his family or responsibility to his charac-
ter therefore whiskcy is non conductor,
and consequently it is best to let it alone
-pevertheless we can't resist good
whiskey punch Of cold night if pressed
to drink.
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Talk about soft solder there's nobody
on arth can put it into chap 80 smooth
as handsome gal. Somehow they melt
it with their smiles, till it sinks into his
heart afore he knows it.-Jonatlan Slick.
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The difercncc.-When an Individual
suspendS, or ceases to pay lis debts. they
draw interest till he resumes, aEd he "s-
canes we'll if he does not pay cost also:
but when bank refuses to redeem lis notes
the holder If them instca! of receiving in
terest on the amount, must submit to
discount in getting them of his hands.
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On CONSIGNMENT.

FEVHE subscribers have just received q
4 LOT Of prime BACON and LARD, put
up by Mr.. Robinson, of Fairfield, which
they offer at the lowest prices for cash.
MURRAY G. BONNEY.
Feb. %. BIB
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JUST RECEIVED.

And I'or Sale G: the Post Office. a GresI.
supply GARDEN SEEDS, Of tie growth
o. E!s;3H, ~a.ra.!t2d fresh and genuine,
-.ac,.g Ic4c1 are ;ds E':ieu:i&r:
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Lost wealth may be rcgaincd by a course
of industsy, the wreck of health repaired
bv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS knowled ge res
tored by study-alienatcd friendship
soothcd into forgiveness-eren forfeited
reputation won back by penitence and
virtue. But who ever again looked upon
his vanished honor-reca!led his SIGHTED
years and stamped them with wisdom---
or efaced from heavens record, the
fearful blot of q wasted life.
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lingering Delay.-Frm a resolution
offered IN the Upper Canada House of As
semb!y, it appears that certain gold and
silver medals. sent out by the British Gov
ernment for distribution amoung the Offices
and privates Of the militia who dis
tinguishcd themselves in the war of 1912
have remained ever since in the province,
undistrbuted, and are now deposited in
the Bank of Upper Canada; and in the
meantime, is more than probable, most
of the parties who ought to have received
them have gone to world where
there arc neither enemies to fight nor
military achievements to be rewarded
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-09-10
No Changes.

The loco ioco presses labor very hard to make il
appear that no changes have taken place. either in
this State, or in the Union. The best evidence we
can possibly obtain, in relation TO the matter, will
be the State of the polls on the 4th inst, so far as
Maine is concerned. We may, however, form some
opinion. as TO the amount of reliance to be placed
in the loco foco papers, when asserting that "no
changes" have occurred in the Country, by the re-
suits of the elections in Connecticut, Virginia. North
Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, and even Missouri,
Alabama and Illinois, The latest results in the first
three of these States amply prove the existence of
a vast, and almost unparalleled change of public
sentiment striking terror and dsmay into the very
hear: of the enemy's camp. In Kentucky and In
diana, although we had TO claim decisive
majori;ies for Harrison, yet Notwithstanding the
audacious DO asts Of the loco oco press, that both
these States would go for Van Buren, especially
Indiana, we find IN immense accession of strength
to tho hero of North Bend. In the last three States,
named above, even there we find that the polls
show very hattering change in favor of "HARRI-
SON and Reform" although at present we must set
them down for Van Buren,. We have not much
doubt however, that all three of these States will
be found in November on the side Of the hero of
Tippecanoe and the Country. So mote it be.
Vermont-the "Green Mountain State too. al
WAYS true TO herself and her County! But will ;he
ocos dare to say that here we have no changes?
Let us see-last year, we had about 1000 major
iy in the popular vote; this year the Wing MAORI
ty will be near i2,OO0-gwing net gain of near
10000 in tho little State of Vermont! Tn the
Legislature last year we had only IL majority on
joint ballot-this year we have ONE HUNDREDS!
Is there no change here:
We tell our friends, there are changes, we know
who, and where they are! Next Monday will pro-
claim the fact in language that will make the tories
fear and tremble. Let every man stand to his post,
and in the language of Cromwell-"trust in Provi-
dence and keep his ponder dry'!!!