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The Greenshaough Patriot, noticing the APP
Ppia,ment Of Post asier in this place, observes
tia, "ihe Democratic papers are popping away at
the old gentleman a, great ra,e--bui he dom
sccm 10 mind il !"
Our friends Of the Patriot ere not mistaken IL
their supposiiion. We have fell rather compile
mcniei u The Democratic notices. They do no,
deny 70 u either capacity Or integrity the only
allegation asains, u is, the supposed connection
with the Hartford Convention. For hi, We do
no, 50 much blame the smaller politicians; ,hcy
perhaps do not know any better; they are only.
p,uol.likc, repeating an old story. But the cdi-
tor Of the Standard sins wiliully, and without cs
eusc; he kaows that The insinua,ion is false, and
without the slightest foundation. five Lave an
idle hour, in the course Of week Or two, We may
say something on the subject; at prcsen, We have
matters Of more moment TO attend 10.
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Anew Empire.-The Republic of lIayii
has been transformed into an Empire, and Sou
loque, the late President, has been crowned En-.
Pcror, After assuming his new dignity, the Elm
Pcror conferred on several Of his Generals the
titles Of Lords, Dukes and Barons; he has also
sent an expedition against the Dominican Gov
eminent, consisting Of one corvette, one steamer,
and two schooners, containing troops.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-10-03

irsi Lelttw lie Top u lie mouulain.
The Texas Frontier. view n lie
nl'ragts nrenily committed by The m.
dians nn The ironI'rrs 81 Texas. ami II
he many ial.e and unworthy accusations
leselied Al The Administration ~ The
Drmeeraiie Journals in nlaiian 10 thai
na'lfr. Ne publish The following psrlieu.
lars:
We take The following from the New
York Evening Post 81 Monday e,rning !:
More Diplomatic Dificulties.-The
following ielegIaphic Communication APP
Prsrs IN The journal d Commsrce lhis
morning:
Washington, SEPT. p. 1883.
There las been sharp correspondents
heiwfen Dir. Clayton and lie British
Minister, Mi. Champion. Il j. believed
some high grounds Las been taken hy this
government IN opposition 10 The exclusive
preienslons Of Great Britain" X.
lie . exclusive preienslOns here re,
lerred 10. are understood 10 be ihose adj
vanced hi t;reai Britain in behalf of Mus.
quito klng-so ealled--i0 the exrlnsi,e
navigation u the 81 Johns riyer. the outlet
Of Like Nicaragua. fromIhe Machuca Ra.
PId. ihlty miles below The Lake. dawn 10
The sea; and also 10 lie sovereignty II GREY
Town, Al The mouth of The 81. Johns.
These prelensions are advanced in opposi.
lion oihe claims Of Company organized
IN the United States. under grant from lhe
government Of the State Of Nirarsgua. for
the establishment of communication be.
tween The Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.
by the ronie Of the River ST. Johns and
the Lake Nicaragua.
The above article has appeared in several Of
oar exchanges; but the National Inirllsencer u
Friday las, SAYS that The whole story i a sheer
inyenlion-ihrre i no truth 10 IT,
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frightened sellers n siorls. AMI or losses
"a Thar s0n ne eaannl feel any very
rFeai sympathy. There will Ne peaer.
and ~ honoralie peace Of Ihal RI errIy
l,Ody he assured. NY TfiIEas.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-10-03

The Royal mail steamer America, from Liver
pool, arrived at Halifax on Thursday Of last week,
bringing intelligence on week later from Europe,
tut we find little in it Of general interest. No
very pcrccPtihle change had occurred in the mar.
ke's. Cotton sustained its former prices, hut the
sales were moderate.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-10-03


!" The Deaf Mute" is the title Of handsome
sheet, issued from the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
at Raleigh. II is in quarto form, and is to be
published twice month, at ono dollar per an
mum.
Al recent meeting Of the Cabinet II is
sad 10 have been decided that the posi-
uon taken in reference 10 the question out
OF which this affair with France has grown
could not be receded from. Wepresume
ih's is as ii should be. and. though il may
seem TO render the issue more grave, il is
moi loo much to say that there is no dan.
ger Of serious rapture between the two
countries. Al this time Of the day the
United States and France are moi going
10 war about such matter. We have
no fear for the national honor in lie hand.
Noi Gen. Taylor anl his Cabinet, nor !.
aur confidence in this respect any the les.
because we believe this question will b,
serltd BY peaceful negotiation, withon
serious harm 10 any body except tht
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SONS CT TEMPERANCE.

Union Division. No. 4. at their regular meeting
on Saturday Evening last, elected the following
brethren as their officers for the ensuing quarter,
iiz:
Thomas Webb, W.P.
Thomas Jellfcys, w. A.
HAZEL Norwood, r. =
Edwin A. HEART, A. II. $.
George Laws, +. S.
William II. Brown, r.
William ]. Frecland, G..
Erasmus 4, Rosco Hooker, A. G..
Thomas ]. Frecand, 5.
William ]. Frccland, o. s.
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The above article has appeared in several Of
oar exchanges: but the National In,rllisencer u
Friday last SAYS that The whole story Is a sheer
inveniion-ihere j. no truth 10 il.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-08-08
Ihan Plank Roads. Tennessee, Georgia, and

Than Plank Roads. Tennessee, Georgia, and
North Carolina have determined to Try then1'
and even in our own Stale the subject is a'trac'
ting serious attention. An application will i's
made at the next sitting oftbe Legislature. for
charter to construct one from point on the
Hamburg Rail Road near Aiken TO Edgrfield,
North Carolina is showing us an example woFs
thy Of imitation. Not satisfied with her Cen
trail Rail Road from Goldsborough TO Charlotte,
she has determined to build, and has already
located, Plank Road from Fayetteville to SaS
lisbury, from which the western Turnpike is {"
run towards the Georgia line, securing con-
nexon with the Caldwell and Watanga Turn
pike, which prnrtrates the State Of Tennessee
in the direction of Junesborough. They have
been effectually tried in the North, and hare
proven to be the very best roads forlhe hack
country. They yield an annual profit of 10
to 25 per cent. There are six leading frotn
Utica, New York, and the seventh is building.
in which there is invested 100000, yielding
profit of Is per cent. Though plan of re-
cent adoption, we are. not then suggesting a
wild. untried scheme of improvement.
Our only object in these remarks, is 70 draw,
the attention. possible, ofohr leading men and
capitalists to the subject. Some months ago.
we published the mode and cost Of constructions,
and our readers may remember ibe cosi TO bG
estimated from $1,000 to $500 per iaaile.-'
Its chrapness, and the ease with which Il may
be constructed, the great amount If Fiie rTgbr
kind Of ,imber, and the s,w mHFs convenient to
the route, the level surface Of fhe country, and
the great number OF small planters 10 fake stock
and to be benefited, the general good result I
ing to the country, all combine io press apoS
our citizens the propriety Of the, enerprfzr.--.s
Delay may be ruinouS: - 80
Many of the arg',mrnisso strenuousy urged.
n few years ago, in 6rSor ofa Rail Road in that.
direction, arc strongly applicable @ Plank,
Road, and there are many sections that could
not support the former, that might increase ra-
pilly in wealth and prosperity, If they enjoyed
the benefits of the latter. p We trust ihe subs
iect will receive the consideration It's impor-
tance demands. Next week we may publish
facts and figures to sustain some ofthe POSITIONS
here assumed. p%
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-08-08

defcndlthe article of the Legislative Assembly
alluded to, and'publishes an address i'll which
they c'mplain bitterly Of the failure OF Congress
to give them a legitimate form of government.
Complaints arc also loud at taxing the inhah-
iiants without giving them form of grant suit.
able n their protection, especially alter the
rcca repeatedly of their grievances.
The Assembly earnestly recommends to iheIr
fellow citizens the propiiety Of electing at least
twclv, delegates from each district to attend a
General Convention, TO be held al Puebla or
San Jose on the third Monday in August next
for he purpose of organising government tor
the whole territory of California.
1t i. further suggested that these delegates
have discretionary powers to form State Con-
stitutin, or to adopt such other form ot govern
i?,enI, subject to the ratification OF the people,
as they may deem advisable.
An enthusiastic meeting was held at San
Francisco on the 18Th June, to consider the
propliety of sendiSg delegates TO the convention
above mentioned &c. The Hon. Thomas But
Ter King was President, anG addressed inc as
selnbIage in (orcihlc manner.
Business mt San Francisco is very dull. Try
goodi and provisions are selling below the orls',
nal cost. Lumber is still in great demand, ana
selling for $3.50 per 1000 feet.
There is no sickness Of amount at the mines.
EVERYTHING is going on quietly and psaceahl!y'
The Crescent City brings no mails, and bnl
few passengers. :,
The brig Col. Fremont, and ship Grey Hound
of Baltimore, had arrived safely at San Fran
cisco. All hands well and in good spirits. "
The Crescent City brings over S5oO,O0O in
gold dus. to This city for different parties.
Tclegraphed for the Baltimore Patriot.
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SOUTHERN REVIEWS.

We have been prevented from acknowledge
ing in due time, the receipt of,he July numbea
of The Ss,lthern Quarterly Review. and The
Southern Methodist Quarterly Review Tho,
July issue we'll sistains the high charac,eFaF
these able journals. They contiaae to, 'he
strong pillars in supporting Southern views and
institutions, and richly deserve the patronage
Of the Southern patsiol and scholar> The con.
tents Of the Southern Quarterly ara: ist, tie
North and the South 81, Union Of Chnroh and
Stale; Sd, The Fine Arts in America; Ah,
Justice and Fraternity; sth. Maca,lsys tb;ss
tory of England 9Th, 'Fhe Conquest Of Cab.
f6rnia, and the case of Lieut.. Cok Nemoni :
7lh, Genera Florn America Borealf; s,h. TIE
Fate of the Wasp Sloos Of War; 6,h, Barhyd,'s =
Industrial Exchanges lGh, Later Poems oe
Henry Taylor; lt,h. Monograph OF the FossA
SqHalide Of the United States and f2th
Critical Notices, ~
The Articles in the Methodist Quarterly ase !:
1st, Providenlial Agency; 2d, POLITICAL Eqtlsf.
ay; Sd, Roger Williams; 4'h, Tie Han Of
Separation 5,h, Outline Portraits of ffstin
guished American Methodist Preachers 9th,
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LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.


Tie steamer Crescent City arrived here last
night. bringing one months later news from
California.
The steamer Panama arrived nj Panama from
San Francisco on the lllh of July. She brings
s5OO,OOO in gold dust. The gold at the mines
is represented as being abundant, fully realising
all expectations. There are estimated at from
$4,000 to 10000 persous employed in digging
at the mines. but it is only those who are ac-
cusomcd to hard work and fatigue who can
stand the labor and prvaions Of mining
About ono half of the miners are said 10 be
foreigners.
1t appears that our Consul at Panama would
not assume the responsibility OF sending the
California money by the Crescent City.
The British frgate Constance was at San
Bias bound for Mazallan, with two millions o
gold dust on board.
The greatest efforts are making in California
to establish State Government, and thereby
demand admi;ance into the Union of the United
States.
The Alta California of the l4lh June con
ains proclamation by Gen. Riley, warning
the settlers not to counlenance the Legislative
Assembly ofthc District of San Francisco, either
hy paying taxes or by supporting or abeting the
officers of the illegal and unauthorized body.
The same paper contains a proclamation by
Gen. Riley, which states that he, in accordance
with instructions from the Secretary Of War
has assumed the administration of affairs In
California. mot as Military Governor, but a'
Executive of the Civil Government now exist
ing in California. The Californian condemn.
the terms of Gen. Riley's proclamation, and
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-08-08
FOREIGN NEWS.

The steamer Cambria arrived at Halifax oftr
Thursday last, from Liverpool, whencs she saiis.
ed on the 2lst ult., bringing. seven days latefa
intelligence. We make up The following sylf'
nopsis of her news from the dispatches Of the
Columbia Telegraph and Charleston Mercury:
The news is cheering, and tie prospects of
trade continue 10 brighten. Cotton con,inues
to advance, and the consumption isttgreatsr
now than was ever known hefore. SPinnen
have advanced halfpenny on their goods osr.G
ing to the advance on The raw material Sales
oi Cotton for the week ending the Goth ult.,
amounted to 76940 bales, at an advance Of ones
eighth pence on all descriptions. ssi. -; ~
In London, the rarages Of the cholera. ara :
becoming alarming. In Liverpool as well
as along the whole southern coast, the nnortali-r
ty is becoming very great. The cases Of the
disease hare been very much reduced in Ire.,,
land -s.s stE szs
very serious collision had taken'plareaic-
tween Orangemen and Catholics near Castle
William, in which fifty persons were killed
and wounded, most Of them Catholics Thirty
eight of the Orangemcn have been arrested bysr
the police. The potato rot has made it appeas.a
ancc in some localities, but the cropis general.
ycxempt from it. :. ....,g -
ROME Pope Plus has addressed an anto-
graph letter to Gen. Oudinot on receiving theg
keys of Rome, congraiulaing him ON his -
umph, and the order that reigued in Rome. - ~
The general impression is, thatihe Pope viii
soon return to tho city, but the Roman ,resps
refuse adhesion to him. That portion as them
which was to have acted With Ma Frsnfh
troops, has refused, leaving the whole remaining
forco in tho city not mere than enc thousand
men. ..a,-- g..-st5...,.., =, .,;5 :.
Garribaldi has escaped, sorc accounts say To-
the mountains Of the Abhruzzi--oihers accounts
represent him on the NeaPolitan fensier va
force oftwenty thousand nscn. "a 80
nuSeARY.-The Turkish ambassador az
Paris has received dispatches BY a sPerisF
courier announcing great victory hy GeR.S
BEN over the Russians, on the Polish frontier.
Advicrs from Vienna say that Buda and
Ppsth had surrendered to the Russian torces
without resistance. "'i. u ~ a8s.
There is also report Of n sharp conflict lie,
fore Comorn between the Hungarians and the
allied armies. in which some acconnts claim the
victory for the latter, hn others stale the. Huns
garian victory comple.e> .sp.@~sess
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betrayed. Let the Wing leaders of the South

Dclraycu. LEI Tue NliS ledueis vi "e A'out"
be summoned 10 the bar Of the people to answer
for their ireachery to the interests of the South.
In this way can justice be vndcated and The
rights Of the South preserved. In this way can
the unnatural and revolving alliance between
the Wbig leaders of the South and the Abolition
Wings of the North be broken mp, and Southern
rights vintlicated and sustained. And then the
South can, with the utmost confidence, again
claim the friendship and support of Northern
Democrats. At the approaching elections for
Congress in the Southern States, let their pa.
triotic and enlightened people recollect these
facts. and discard the traitors from the public
councils,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-08-08

Womau's Empire State is matrimony.-
Hero she always is in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
reigns, and sometimes stormsi
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THE CAMDEN J0URNM
Wednesday Morning, August 8, is49.
W. rHURLow CASTOR. EDITOR.
o. We arc compelled 10 omit The letter Of
our Charleston Correspondent. 1t shall appear
in oIr next.

Gr We are not aware of any irregularty
existing here as to mailing for subscribers near
Cureton's Store. The Journal is regularly is.
sued every Wednesday, and mailed in the morn.
ing for that office, and should reach them on the
following morning.
1t has been issued only once on Saturday
the week before the fourth of July-in conse.
quence of the celebrations on that day. lfanY
delays have occurred, the Post Masters will
please give all necessary attention to the mails
for the future.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-08-08
DAY OF HUMILIATION AND PRAYER

The recomme ndatinn of his ExcellencY,
President Taylor, to set apart Friday, Sd inst,
as day Of /" fasting, humiliation and prayer, :"
that the progress of the dreadful pes'ilence, now
raging in many portions of'he Union, might be
stayed, was generally observed by our citizens.
Religious services were conducted in the va
rious Churches in the morning in The fres.
bytcrian Church by DR.. S. S. Davis, in the
Episcopal Church by Rev. T. F. Davis, in the
Baptist Church by Rev. Thomas Mason, IN
the Methodist Church by Rev. 7. b. Russell.
In the evening, at 5 o'clock, an Union Meeting
was held in the Baptist Church, and all the
Divincs participated in the exercises. The
stores and shops were closed throughout the
day. and so far as the suspension of business
was an observance, il was remarked, that no
day was ever better observed by the public
1t must have been gratifying TO the Churches,
and it speaks we'll for the moral tone of the
community, thattheir suggestion in this respect
was so universally respected and adopted.
We trust that the thanksgivings offered up
for the blessings of mercifnl Providence for
prosperity, the health of our Town, and excmP
ton from epidemics, may prove acceptable, and
that the petitions sent up here and elsewhere,
to avert the fatal ravages Of the disease among
other portions Of onr fellow citizens. may be
hear and answered. --
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-07-29
Our CaIifornin Correspondence.

SAN FRANCISCO, June l6, 1919.
The Cruise Of the John Rifson-Deaths on board--
Loss Of The Captain, &C., &c.
The English bark John RItson, Capt George
kennedy, from Maryport, Cumberland, England,
and last from Panama, arrived here on the 18th of
last month, with one hundred and thirty passengers
some New-Yorks were among the number; among
them were Mr. James lynch. san af ajs. Ly.~i,
of your city MIR. Richard Chase, son of the Rev.
Henry Chase, and Mr.. Stephen C. Massett, also of
New York. The voyage was excessively tedious,
beng 81 days from Panama, and when within a
few days OF the equator, the typhoid fever broke
out, and four OF the passengers died; their names
were-a Mr. Stetson of Boston, Mr.. Boss Of SYRIA
cuse, and Mr. John Battye Gill OF New York Mr..
Stetson died February %, Mr.. Boss on the follow
ing day, and Mr.. Gill ON the 9TH March. The he at
was lndescrbsbly great, and the fear of the dread
disease spreading am ,ngst us, caused great alarm.
The day after our arrival at the bay of San Frau
CISCO, the captain was drowned in going on board
the vessel This was his first trip in the ship of
which he owned one-half, and the vessel is now
left charge Of the first mate, Mr. McAlister all
hands having left her, and will either be sold at
auction, or lay and rot, as numbers of others are
dong. She was a new ship, and cost .c7, 900, or
ihiIy five thousand dollars.
VESSELS are rushing In all the time, and since the
masters report says.
Col J. d. Stevenson's new town, which he calls
"New York Of the Pacific" Is going up, and lots
selling rapidly. The town is situated about 81
miles from San Francisco, at the junction OF the
san Joaquin with the Sacramento river, and all
who see the place say that In point of beauty Of
uaIioD, u Is equal 10 any site in the world. The
Colonel has made Mr.. >. 4. Massctt Of your city,
who was one OF our passengers, Register Of the
place, and he hnds II, believe, more profitable
thnn gong TO the MINES, at least for the present.
Anicpg the gentlemen from Bsumore who came
in cur ship, were Dr. William Grove Deal, DIR. J..
l.. Tyson, Mr.. Frank Cooper, MIR. Abrahsm Dyer,
and Mr.. Charles IIppett, son Of the Rev Mr.. TIP
petit, late Of New York. These have all left for tho
names, taking the Sacramento city route.
In the mention OF the deaths, forgot to give the
name OF Dr. Francis O'kane, who died the day
after we left The city Of Acapulco, Mexico the 9th
at April. lie was rs years Of age and had come
with mining implements, TO seek his fortune with
the rest.
Thinking some OF these items might be inter-
estng To yourself, and seme at home, 1 have taken
the liberty Of sending you these few lines.
AZ. M. q.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-07-29
Fore,gn musical Intelligence.

Tue "fkororrEn MEysRBsER This splendid
opera. which ~ considered II the most
musical works ever performed any stage, pre-
ssniSd for the twenty fourth and last this season.
In Paris, on the 9Th u July The Propaetv' has
triumphed the heat the the var and the
egpis rays the Journal des Dtbafs Livery night the
theatre de IA hsnon was crowded from pit TO dome aud
the receipts we're wonderful The opera Is only stop
ped on account OF previous engagements for London
Of Mines: viardot and Castelar, aud NJ Roger Those
artists In their source dod,esr have surpassed them
selves and the most enthusiastic pplause has been
bestowed upon them At the end Of the fourth Act q
shower OF flowers went down to the feet Of Mime War
dot and she Was obliged T. repeat three times tho due
which she sings with bcger. when this curtsio fell,
after the hfth act, the three artists we're again re-
called and warmly received.
Mn. DrArTor, rns Anssfc.v vocsLfsr.-This gen.
ueman who had already for himself an en- VI BILE
fame LETT this country, some two years since Win
view Of perf.cting himself in the principal musical
tcbots OF Paris and are pleased 90 learn has been
very tucc,ssful The follo~ibg notice of
late from the Garsfs Revue ses Tn,afrts De Ports
NJ. Disy ton, who belongs OF the honors.
BILE families Of the ned States has renounccd bril-
hnnt career In his country to follow The thestr-
cal profession We believe, by his bet step in tao
art that be will not repent having taken such
M Dfsyton possesses rsnisrsabls pbysiug enemy, ane
features distinguished education thorough kn. ~
leuae a nutic aud voice which every year viii OBJ
tain mole strtnet ard better quality NJ IL base
singer whose voice goes from the Ja above tho lses
down TO the mi fat with the greatest facility The
lo~r notes are principally powerful aud resOundiag
He has appeared in the rotc q tho Cardinal Of Ia
Ju,e," hsrai Of the Huguenots," aud Bertram Of
Robert lie Dsble -
ihmeu frcnch opera ci ilelevys aJon Sebastian
de Portugal IVES again performed at the theatre de 10
Nation Of Paris Nile Mason, Irira dona OF great
merit, NM Marie aud Ms>set, who are singing the
pfineIs PARTS Of THE opera have been very ssccers
Two musical celebrities have recently perished with
arms In their hands during the political
IN tniy-nsmeiy Oiu'eppv Niennotti, distingui he'd
anger who vas killed the "a ut, under the walls vf
Rome; ana hsIhsni. the author u - The Bravo aud
LIS Ancsriilsn Who died from wound received at
Bologna. Marlian b,lunI I'd 20 rich fsufy 81 Lon,
bsfcy and vixen very Dung ranged himself under the
tanner OF 'tfbcfarsnl after the yesr 1880, having
spent his ftupe IN preventing has political IDEAS ne
went 90 ftsuce. where Hossn encouraged him In ms
musical studies On returning 10 Italy, he met his
dtath IN defending The city Of Bologna.