The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-05-09

MaStaI FarcttI, Archbishop ol lmola, VINO
has chosen The vencratcd name OF PiouS TX" ;"
Immediately The air was rent with acclama
tons, and there seemed such unbounded en-
lhusiasm among the people, that began TO
inquire among my neI ghbors whether the
new Pope had any special claim to popu-
larity and learned that, about thirty years
before, he had been one Of the handsomest
and most fascinating gentleman in Italy;
that he was on the eve of marriage with
lovely and noble lady, to whom he was ten
derly attached, wien death deprived him of
his treasure.
Her loss occasloncd him such deep sorrow
tha, he renounccd the hopes and pleasures of
the world, and became priest. lie had un-
til them borne the epauIcts Of The Austrian
service, and was distinguished among his
companions by his proud and gallant bear.
iug. Now his martial ardor was exclang-
cd for martyrs zeal, and he went as
missionary to preach the Gospel among the
tribes Of South America. In vain did he cx-
pose himself to tho tolls and perils incident
TO this life of selC-devoton, he survived them
all; and after an absence of some years.
returned to Italy, whittier he had been re-
called by his supcriors. Here his worth and
merit soon became known. lie was short
" afterwards appointed Bishop OF lmola,
then archbishop. next cardinal, and now, al
Ter single scrutiny. he had been elected
Pope at the age of fifty-four ycars-a cir
cumstance almost unprecedented in the an
nails of The sacred college.
ToBAcco A CURE FOR CTIoLERA.-Dr. John
w. Moore states, that he cured one hundred
or more extreme cases of Cholera, not loosing
one by the use Of tobacco. lie administered
it in a form of an cnama, Of the strength oi one
drachm to pint. He first tried it upon ne.
gro, whose pulse was gone, and his tongue
was cold, and his muscles so rigid that he
rested on his head and heels. In livrmin
ulcs he was relieved, and the cure perfected
bydrnking Gecoc,ion Of soma. In his
own case, DR.. Moore took into his stomach
spoonful of the tobacco dccocion, with per.
feet relief from cramp and diarrhGa. He has
no doubt but that cholera may be as easily man.
aged, as the fevers of our country.
SUPPOSED MURDER OF FATHER, MoTH-
Err, AND Two SIsTERs.-On the 4lh inst.
a German named Christian Kidner was
committed to the jail of this district, on a
charge of having murdered his parents and
two sisters at place called Sodom, about
FIVE miles from Chippewa. The horrd
tradgcdy occurred about the end OF Decem-
bcr last. We cannot learn that it was oc-
casioncd by iqIor, but We arc informed that
when it was accomplished, by means OF
butchers knife, the house was gnlted and
consumed with the bodies. AT first the con-
flasration was supposed to have been the
result OF an accident, but from the clrcum.
stances of the accused having preserved the
deed of his fathers proPcr'y and his own
clothes, suspicion was cxcitcd-whlch led to
an investigation and commitment to trla! at
the p' cscnl Assizcs. 1t is sad the prisoner
duplicates another person, OF whom the au-
thorities are IN pursuit.
Niagara (Canarla) -Naa
The New Orleans Bulletin SAYS: "Thc
State of Georgia is the largest Cotton grow
inc State in the Union, and it is almost in.
credible that rhc small beginnings of trade
which is more extensive than that OF any
other one product, arc of such rcccn, date.
as to be within the memory of living wit
ncsses. One is slow to believe that the man
is vet alive who bought the first pound of
Upland Cotton in Georgia, and who with
his hands assorted and packed the first par
eel for market, and vet such is the fact.
ave gather from that excellent journal.
Hunts Merchants Magazine, some curious
memoranda in relation to the rise and pro.
gress Of the great staple, which as they have
interested us, may likewise excite the inter
est of some Of our readers.
"Cotton is an article which was amoSl
unknown in commerce until the close OF the
last century OF the two kinds cultivated
in the United States the black seed or long
staple cotton was first cultivated in Georgia,
about the 1856; the green seed or short
staple cotton, some years after, although II
had been raised in North Carolina and Vir-
ginia in limited way prior To tic revolution.
The native place of the seed of The long sta
pic cotton is believed to bc Persia. The
first bag exported from Georgia was grown
bv Alexander BiSsct, Of st. S,mon's Island.
and shipped from Savannah by Thomas
Miller. in 1888. Mr.. Miller is still living in
Camden county, i'll the enjoyment of green
old age. lie was one of the first who en-
gagged in the business of buying cotton in
the Savannah market, and for a long time
was the only purchaser. |, came to him in
parcels of from 90 lbs. to 100 lbs, and with
his own hands hc assnrted and hacked il for
market. His exclusive and great zeal in
bringing forward the article, gave him very
early the name o("Cotton Miller" which he
still holds in much honor. In 1892 the
growth of cotton was SO inconsiderablc, or
as commercial article, deemed of s, little
~ nlun ihat Ar Inu In his irnafu with Enn.