The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-06-20

danger. Jokes are often perpetrated uponithe
River Patriarch, and this thing Of wading about
from house to house in wafer, two or three feet
deep, or padding about on business through the
streets in little canoes and skifFs is regarded
quite common.
One chap is represented as sitting on cup
board in corner, fishing for "catlies," in his
parIor and an Editor tells bis distant readers,
that grog is in great abundance; that the water
has swallowed up some thousands of hogsheads
of sugar and hundreds Of barrels of liquor, and
when drink of toddy is wanted all that is ne.
cessary is to go out and lap ur."
But really the citizens of the Queen of the
Soulh are in a curious predcamcnt, and it is
well that the crevasse most TO be dreaded is
IA miles above the city. 1t has overhowed
the swamp behind ii, and the water has to.
tally covered its rear, where the residents
are generally in moderate circumstances, and
have suffered immensely for the want of food
and shelter. Public meetings have been held
Gor their relief, hut it would lie next to an i'm.
posstbilyto supply all their wan1s. II is for
these that humanity bleeds and tie throb OF
sympathy is felt oser the uni"n.
The business part, nearer the river, on high
ground is yr, safe from the flood. We know
but little about the city and overaows, but we
enioyedphe pleasure or rather the necessity Of
taking a skIT ride about ten miles, last winter
through the Yazoo valley in getting from the
hills to LeAor Point on the banks Of the river,
and from noticing house servants padding
about in the yard using canoes in getting from
the kitchen to the meat house and on a bridge
of planks to the dining room, we can infer The
dreadful waste and destruction of property
the great Inconvenience and hindrance to busi-
ness, that must necessarily 6llow such ovewhel.
ming inundations.
The early rise the past season was attributed
to the mildness of the former part ofthe winter,
and the heavy rains Of the north were not frozen
into ice as usual but came rushing down into
the valley in torrents. When up, the MEETINGS
of the mountain SHOWS are sufficient to preven,
its falling. The breaches about N. Orleans
were too strong for many ofthe best City Sur
veyors hut the able services Of Mr.. Dunbar, il
is stated by the latest papers, ale proving suc'
ccssfu in arresling the food.
The water is said to be slowly rrceding,
leaving slagnant pools in the streets. The
health of the city must be greatly endangered,
az d peslence and death seem enevitably to tall
upon The inhabitants who remain in their neigh
borhood. The cholera has done its work there
and the unfortunate City may be the scene of
every kind Of fever and disease.
Charles, slave belonging to the estate of
Jonathan Lucas, charged with the murder Of
Thomas Morrison, a walchman, was tried on
n .ipursaaX--sasl,-a,a l,-a,aisss-a-Vour~--A-
and Freeholders in Charleston, and was found
guilty. He was sentenced 10 be hung on the
first Friday in July next.
An accomplice, Jimmy, tie property oI Capt.
Jenkins, who was the main witness on the trial
of Charles, was tried next day for the same Of:
fence, found guilty, and sentenced to be hung on
the same day.
An exchange says that the Bap'is's Of Ken.
lucky, the most numerous denomination of
Christians in that State, are opposed 10 the
agitation Of Slavery in any way in the aP.
preaching Convention. Being ardent friends
of good order and the interests Of their State,
they are unwilling that any undue influence
should he secured to Northern lanuticism, or