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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-09-06
The Western Continent.

The conductors of this Southern family paper
make the following explanation Of their former
request to exchanges, which would enlitle ii 10 a
different notice. from that which we gave it week
or two since. We have only to say with regard to
this paper, that in its selections from foreign peri
odcals, we find an excellent discriminating taste,
few of the articles be found in any other paper
this side OF the Atlantic:-
awe have had some reason to suppose that our
previous notice to Exchanges has been msunder-
stood by many. 1t would, of course. have been
very unreasonable to expect that any paper which
relied upon its advertisements as means Of cup
port, should give, without the ordinary compensa-
ton, so large spare as that required for the pub-
cation OF our Prospectus and Premiums. We de-
signed 10 request this extended reprint only Of those
journals to which this space in their advertising COL
umns as matter OF small moment From our other
friends we desired no other notice of the Prospec-
tus and Premiums than could be included in brief
abstract. For this purpose, single paragraph
would suffice. We were not more particular in
the terms of our request, because we supposed
that every paper would decide for itself upon the
mode in which our wishes could be most convent.
entity complied with. Certainly, we never design.
ed to expose any contemporary TO the danger OF
pecuniary loss by asking such favor at his hands.
If any have placed the wrong construction upon
the notice before given, we trust that this may be
received as it's just explanation"
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on both sides of the river, as far as the extreme
points from which persons are accustomed to
visit Nachez or VidalIa, for the transaction Of
business matters. The weather of the two
weeks last past ha, been unfavoratle also and
continues so, without giving the hope Of a
change very soon. As we write, one OF the
mos, stormy rains Of the year is doing much
damape in The fields in our neighborbood. 1t
has lasted already upwards of two hours, and
there is nothing in the atmosphere but dark and
heavy gloom. This weather, besides being in.
furious to the cotton plant, i, Of the very kind
that brings the caterpillar. Fear has much
larger place than hope now in The minds OF the
cotton planting community"
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could 90 vet further, and state what per

could 60 yet further, and state what per-
sonally know to be actually true-that South.
ern Wings, as leading and influential men as
any in the South, seeing the united and unanI.
mous opposition OF Northern Wings in Congress
to the Constitutional rights Of the South-be.
holding The extraordinary indications now dlsclo-
sing themselves, of general disposition among
the Wings of the North to fraiernize with the
Barnburners in support of Van Buren, and Ad.
ams-perceving, as all discerning men must at
last perceive, that General Taylor has no
streng 9Th any where, and that the only OF deea'
ting The abolition ticket of Buffalo, and thus Sc
curing the safety of the South and the integrity
Of the Union, lies in the success of the Demo
dratc ticket, have not hesitated to avow strong
donbE whether it is not their duty, as true Patr!-
OTIS and Southern men, to come with all their
weight and influence to the support Cass and
Butler. speak not hastily on this point; and
those who receive this suggestion lightly, will IN
very short time find il made good, and even
transcribed, by actual facts.
Having corrected The misrepresentation
which provoked this communication, have the
honor to be, &c., ii. 5. FOOlE.
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The baltimore SuJl.

There is no paper on our exchange list, so valu-
able 10 US as the Sun, and it il therefore partieu
larly vexatious that two or three times week it
takes rest on its journey South. We would
wish the Charleston Postmaster 10 see that it
is not detained at that Office, for we are convinced
that the delay often occurs there. We would
strongly recommend the Sun to our readers. as
being the best Northern paper We know Of, apa es-
pecialIy with regard to its enterprise in giving the
earliest news.
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prise. Ifii cannot at once command the coop
Grafton of aIt certainly should the consideration
and countenance OF all.
10. By Col. ]. B. Kershaw. The Sons OF
TEMPERANCE. body guard ofthe principle;
they stand 100000 strong, pledged to maintain
it invoate.
II. By John G. Wooten. Temperance
A necessar ry platform for health, and knowledge.
IL. BY w. B. Watkins. President Rich:
burg.-The sober man, the pious christian, and
the good citixzn-Would that more were like
him.
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THE COTTON CROP.

A1ABAMA.-The Mobile Herald of the I'D
inst. has the following in reference to the pros
pects of the Cotton crop:
From the character Of the intelligence of
late from the cotton region OF South AlaDama'
we are bound to believe the prospects OF the
planter are far less encouraging than they were
week or two previous. In the black lands
too much rain has fallen, causing too RAPID
growth and dropping Of the forms; besides
which, the boll.worm has appeared in formIda'
bile numbers on several plantations, and is doing
considerable injury. These complaints come
from Sumter, Marengo, Greene, Perry, Dallas
Montgomery, Lowndes, DC, the best cotton
counties in the State. In regard TO The laller'
the Haynevlle Chronicle says the worm is ma
king fearful ravages. having already greatly in.
jured The crop, and if it continues a week or
two longer, one.half it is thought, Will be loSt'
We have before US letter from the same
county, dated 18th inst, which says, up 10 about
the lst of this month had not seen for years
finer prospect for cotton crop, but Of late the
boll.worm has made sad work, and already the
crop in this vicinity has been very much shor'
tened, The worm is daily becoming more nu-
merous and destructive.
Four weeks since, (says the Selma Reporier)
never were prospects better for an abundant
crop in Dallas county, but now tho aspect OF
affairs is completely changed. The worms in
abundance have made their appearance, and il
thepla nters have reported to us correctly Judging
from The past we would say half crop cannot
be made in this section Of country.
I.ou1s1ANA.-The following is from the Con.
cordia Inteligencer OF the 10Th inst:
"The prospect Of the cotton planter is rather
gloomy; the bore worm, whose ravagos we no
ticed a fortnight ago. continues its operations,
and these are by no means partial, but extend
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U We hope our brethren Of the Press in North
Carolina will inform their readers Of the facilities
for transporting their goods from Charleston by
our rail road and steamboat. The road is now
within or miles of this place and will be fin.
ished in four or FIVE weeks.
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The Wings in Trouble.

Alta meeting in Albany on the 18th ult' called
by the Wing and political friends Of MILLARD Fill
MORE, there was much excitement and indignation
on account of General TAyLoR's letter ST accep-
tance to the Taylor Democrats Of Charleston'-
The Generals letter to Mr.. PRINGLE was denoun-
ced as insulting tc Mr. fillmore as well as to the
whole whig party in the North. A committee was
annointed to draw up resolutions, to report on the
Monday evening following The tenor OF all the
speeches was that General TAYLOR was unworthy
the support of the whig party and that it was ex'
peden. to drop him from the ticket and take up
Mr.. CLAY. 1t is stated that Mr.. fillmore, gave hhs
consent TO the call, and approved Of the objects Of
the meeting Speeches were made by Judge CAR
pESrER, and many other eadings wings.
urGsneral TAYLOR was to carry New York by
10000 majority.
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was weary The sermon that lay in this chance
remark, the loss of priceless discovery to the
world, and the loss of fame and fortune to him.
self which would have followed a death thus
prematurcly self chosen-is valuable enough |
think, to Justify tho invasion Of these sacredness
of private conversation which commit by thus
giving it To print. May some one, a-weary of
the world, read it to his profit.
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TIE Columbia TELEGRAPH. i.

We occasionally find our copy Of this excellent
paper missing, 70 that we have to borrow from
our neighbors. We know not where the omission
is made, and only make the remark 10 call the at
tention Of Our friend the editor 10 the fact.
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General Shields.

This gallant officer has become quite consplcu-
GUS in newspaper paragraphs. few days ago.
we had him about 10 star: for ireland, now the St.
Louis Republican says that DR.. 8. an envoy or
agent of the States of Northern Mexico has bee"
in that city and had seve:a al conferences with Gen,
s. as to the command Of the Sierra Madre expedi'
ton. and the indications are that he has accepted
the proffer.
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Senator Foote'S Letter.

In another column will be found a letter from
Senator FooTE, which will be found interesting at
this time as 10 the position of parties at the North
on the slavery question. This letter in some OF its
statements, gives plausible explanations. why the
Northern democrats, who had previously supported
the South on this question, voted as they did on
the Oregon Bill.
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THE MDEN JOURNAL.
Wednesday Morning, September q, ls4S'
WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON. EDITOR.
New Cotton.

A bale of new Cotton was brought to market on
Tuesday the 29th ult., by Mr.. CHARLES BAILy OF
this District, and sold TO P. F. VILLErIeUE, at d
cents. On Friday lasl five more from the plantation
of DR.. ]. w. FORD, were brought in and sold to the
same gentleman at the same price.
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BATON ROUGE, La. March 7, 1s49.

Sir Il have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your communication OF the 25th ult.,
and to inform you in reply, that the letter there
in referred 10 was, as it purports to be, written
by me to Hon. Joseph r. Ingersoll.
Ideem it proper to say that the statements
made in that letter are such as have frequently
made to other persons, and that | have had no
desire, to conceal from any portion of the Peo'
pie Of the country any views therein expressed.
For many years past, have sincerely depre-
Gated, as | believe has every true patriot in the
republic, the excesses in the administration OF
our national affairs, into which party strife has
thrown nnr neoplc-and when, therefore, was
solicited by gentlemen from various quarters OF
the Union 10 consent TO the use Of my name in
connection with the Presidency, consented with
the condition that should not be tied down to
the political ,enets Of any one party. TO this
position believe have consistently adhered,
and for no consideration can [ be induced to
abandon it.
beg leave 10 say, in conclusion, that while
i, affords me sincere qualification TO learn that
many of my fellow-cizens approve OF the
course have adopted in relation to this subject,
vet hope that some Of them, in so doing, will
be induced by their friendly feelings towards
me not to violate, in the slightest degree, their
due sense of their political obligations.
am sir very respectfully.
Your ob't serv'i, L. TAYLOR.
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GENERAL TAYLOR'S LETTERS.
R.ToN ROUGE. La. August 5, lS4S.


Mn Dear SI.-Your esteemed letter of the
9TH ut., enclosing slip cut from the "Memphs
Apreal," was this moment received, containing
statements said TO have been made by me disre.
spectful Of the volunteers: among others, that |
had said they not vorth their ratioas. and that
this can be proved; together with many other
evidences of unkindness towards them on
my part, all of which is without the slightest
foundation. There is but little doubt in my
mind that he who nvents a alsehood to lnJure
his neighbor or fellow.citizen, as well as he
who lends himself to, and aids. in giving circn.
lalion to the same, knowing il to he lalse, would
not hesitate one moment to swear to il on the
Holy Bible. My numerous official reports to
the War Department in relation to the gallant
and patriotic volunteers. which have been so
extensively published in most Of the leading
public Journals of the country give the lie d.
rect to the statements iu question:; and which
the gentlemen of the "Appeal'' might have
known had they looked an inch beyond their
noses, or wished to have made themselves ac-
quainted with all the facts in the case before
they published so gross slander in regard 10
one who had never injured them and whose on.
" crime was, that his name, without his agen
cy in the matter had been brought before the
country by portion of his fellow citizens for
the first office in the gift of great and free
people.
As to the romantic story about the wounded
soldier at Buena Vista. in connexion with
Mexican lady, which ended so tragiccally. and
who is said to have been shot by my order. ii is
without the slightest foundation, nothing OF The
kind, or even approaching it, ever took place;
nor do believe it was ever heard OF except at
Memphis and vicinity, before i. was published
in the "Appeal." 1t is on a par with the story
that had spoken disrespcctfully of, and other
wise outraged the volunteers; and more base
and hearless calumny was never propagated.-
Not drop of American blood was shed by my
order while in Mexico, nor that OF Mexican,
except in the heat Of battle.
The whole matter contained in said slip is too
silly to be credited, nor would have noticed 1t
had not deemed it proper 10 reply to your
friendly communication. :,
must, from my position, expect to be assa'i-
ed by many unscrupulous editors of newspapers,
as we'll as hired demagogues, withou, regard to
truth, decency, or any thing else. have there
fore made up my mind not to suffer such things
to annoy me, let them emanate from what quar-.
ter they may, but to "pursue the even tenor OF
my way" without turning to the right or to the
left 10 notice them.
With considerations Of high respect and es'
TEEN, your friend and obedient servant,
Z. TAYLOR.
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Clerk of The Court.

B. Gass, Esq, has resigned the office Of Clerk oi
the Court of Common Pleas for this District BY re-
ference to another column, it will be seen that an
election will be held on Monday, the 9th of Octo-
Der next, Zone day only,) to fill the vacancy.
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A aueer General Order

General GAINES in late General Order, issued
in New York, speaks of war and slavery as great
evils, but both of which have contributed to civi-
zation. He says both evils will disappear in the
coming century. Welave fallen in singular times,
when military officers turn prophets.
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Conversational Economy.

We see it stated by the report Of the Chairman
of the Committee on printing, that the saving in the
Congressional printing as compared with the Old
system amounts already to Sss,s43. The new ar.
rsngement only commenced with the opening Of
tue, late session. .. :, -. : ~ .
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For the Journal.

Mr.. Edior: In reply to the enquiries p-opoun-
ded by "Many Voters" would simply state that
have long since adopted the policy of "Free
Trade, No Debt, Separation from Banks, strict
construction of the Constitution, Retrenchment
and Reform, and as they are the cardinal principles
Of my political faith, shall of course support
Ger eral CAss for the Presidency Of the Uned
States he being the exponent Of those principles.
am very respectfully,
WILLIAM J. TAYLOR.
Stony Hill, August, l64S. .,-
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WEAR1Ep OF THEIR LIBERTY.-We some
weeks since, heard of a case where nine slaves
had run away from their master, and gone to
Pennsylvania; we now learn that after Prov.
ling about for two or three months, they have
become wearied OF liberty, and now returning
one by one, begging their protection and tor.
giveness of the man whose hospitable mansion
and providing care they had been persuaded to
abandon, by the delusve dreams and pictured
fancies of freedom. Several have already re.
turned, all promising that If allowed to remain
thew will never leave him again. Others have
written for the means wherewi,h to return, that
they may once more have some one 10 provide
them with their daily food and place of shelter
during the night, both of which had they sought
in vain since they had left their master. One
in particular. after wandering about the streets
in Philadelphia, sleeping in alleys. and where
yer he could secrete himselE sent to his master TO
send and take him home. He was accordingly
sent for and found waiting at the depot, halftam.
ished for want offoodand nearly naked. So de-
lighted was he that he was thus enabled to get
home again, that when told that the cars would
not return until four, it caused him the greatest
apparent grief He was, however, furnished
with money 10 procure his food. and when the
hour arrived, joyfllly departed for his home' no
doubt fully convinced that his worst friends
were those who had urged him to leave com
Portable home.
The hardest thing in this case is, that after
the slaves had run away, their master, W no is
gentleman Of high standing for honor and Inte'
gritty, in one OF the adjoining counties ot our
sister State, was accused, by his philanthropc
abolition neishbors, Of having sold these very
slaves and reported that they had run away; but
none believed such an unlikely story.
Wilmington (Del.) Gazette.
WEARY OF L1rE-In a letter dated Trenton
Falls, Aug. ID, Mr.. N. P. Willis gives the iol
lowing curious anecdole:
Among our fellow passengers up the Mo-
hawk we bad in two adjoining seats, a very
impressive contrast, an insane youth on his way
to an asylum, and the mind that has achieved
the greatest triumph of intellect in our time
Morse of the electric telegraph, on an erranc
connected with the conveyance Of thought by
lightning. In the course of brief argumen
on the expedency of some provisions for putting
and end to a defeated and hopeless existance
Mr.. Morse said that, ten years ago, under il
health and Encouragement, he would gladly
8. have availcd himself any divns- s-au,horizatior
for terminating a life ofwhich tho posscsso
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General Taylor on the Wilmot Proviso.

GeneTHI I ay1oI UH t11e W h11110t 4
The New Haven Journal pledges its veraclty
for the following opinions Of General TAYLOR on
the Wlmot Provso, expressed to friend in con-
versation in May last. The ground taken by the
General is that the ordinance Of 1887 having been
passed by the Congress, approved of by Washing
ton, and upheld by the Judiciary, the constitution
ali,y of the measure was settled, and that there
fore there was no ground left for the interposition
Of the Veto. He also said that he uould neither
Veto the Wilmot Proriso, nor ,couM he intrigue
against ii, nor do any thing to embarrass its pas.
sage through the two Houses of Congress. Ex'
plicit enough. we should Think even for the Free
Soil party.
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st The Great ISSue.''

The Washington Union says 1--WE have no
idea that Southern Convention will be called at
the present time. We suspect that this is Mr.. CAT
HoUNs own views of it. The South will scarcely
Givert her energies any more than the Noitli or
the West from the Presidential election. That is
the great issue on hand" The italics are our own.
We are free to admit that there are some grounds
for the editors belief that there will be no southern
Convention just now. Tied to party and ambiti-
GUS schemes, as many of our public men are. their
energies mt easily diverted from scramble which
promises place and enolument, but the editor must
not forget that the people are stronger than these
partizan politicians, nor can he fail to discover,
whilst with his practised eye, he scans the political
horizon, that the uprising" of the people Of the
South to demand that Justice and Equity guaran-
tecd to them as citizens Of the United States,
would seriously affect this game of President ma
king. The people Of the South have been insul-
ted and grossly wrong"d, and to tell them that tho
great issue presented for their consideration is the
Presidential election is but finging another iEsut
in their teeth for we cannot believe that the ex-
perenced editor of the Union whose life and talents
have been devoted TO party politics, imagines for
moment that the election Of any individual to the
Presidency. is of greater moment to the South
th.n firm manten nance Of their rights. Whilst
the people Of this State and of other Southern
States will give their support to the democratic
nominees, it would be well that it should be known
to the mere p.rti=ans of General CAss that they
do not consider his election over General TAYLOR
the great issue. 1t is true that in the success of
the former, we shall be gratifed to know, that the
great republican principles of the democratic creed
are still cherished by the American people, and It
is moreover true that We believe he will exercise
the veto power against the Wmot Provso, yet
we cannot agree with the Union, that his success
is now the paramount question for the South. We
conceive the paramount issue for the whole South
ern people Of both parties to be this! Whether
they shall be what their forefathers were, when
they entered the federal compact-free, untram-
melled and equal possessors OF the soil OF their
country, or whether they will submit to be the
mere tilers of that portion Of it. in which fanatics
and demagogues, may graciously please to colonizs
them.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-12-14
WYATT CAKDMELL. 80. OFCHARLOTTE.

V IJMe !0,ers " The Third Congressional District
A, t.- t.I- " a,.racu.ar When Nun Win ~ called
uton r -el-ta WUrr standard +4rpr IL represent vUu
ia .-u-xt Cuagr---. v4 wv Leave W vii y.u atien-
-..u t.ta- l-uau whose nane heads ths article
OH D...-lct !. Whir ba.ond aav reasonable doubt
Wea-- entitled VI VIM r-preselltIye III Congress
WeaIlh. 1 ,a-v tae STRICT III TRY n-xt elrctioa and
NJ cau III Al certainly a. that day arrives, if We Will
only make ll!eius selection If candidate. All that
we l4ck To Dive assurance IF victory is leader who
knows how MARSHAL the rank and file" 1t IS they
who d, lie execution at the balJ5 well as on the
battle fell. Wilh Wyatt C4rdN-li at their head our
banner uand lifted from the dust, and lis ample
folds would Il at in triumph over the District.
I hat Mr. C4rdHei. would represent the District, If
elected TO Congress. with Distinguished ability, MS strong
native intellect, his profound yQdgmeat his long and in