The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-06-20
NUMBER 25.

THE LAST OF THE RED CoATs.-The Lon.
don papers briefly announce the death ofthe
oldest commissioned officer in the English ar.
my, Field Marshal General Sir George Nugent,
K. G.. B., at his seat at Great Mario. His age
was ninety two. He entered the army as en-.
sign in the 2lst regiment 10 May l713, Shea
he was only seventeen years old. He came
with his regiment TO our shores in the early part
of the revolution, and served in the expedition
under Sir Henry Clinton and General Vaughn
up the Hudson in l777, when FORTS Monigom.
cry and Clinton were taken, and Esopus, or az
it is now called, Kingston, was burnt. Hs
participated in other battles duringsthe war, at
The peace in 1882 had riser, 10 rank Of lieuten..
ant.colonel. He served under the Duke Of
York in Holland, and was short time in the
peninsula. He was one Of the fourteen field.
Marshals of England at The time Of his death,
and the last British officer who fought sagainst
US in the revolution.
T1E P1NE.TREg INsEcT.-Sorfie weeks since
says The Wilmington Chronicle, we mentioned
that the insect which was so destructive last
year to the pine trees in this, as well asothef
parts The country had e.commenced opera
tons with the warm weather. We have re.
Gently, to osr very great satisfaction, been in:
formed that the snow Of the middle of last month
had the effect, as is supposed, OF checking the
evil in a great degree, and, in eoIjuncsioa with
another cause, will, II is generally supposed;
arrest it altogether. This other cause :sthe
appearance in immense swarnls, Of laEge fly;
which attacks and kills the tree Insect. fhiS
may seom a strange statement, but It is, as we
are assured by men Of veraciiy, strictly true.
GuNpowDER VERSUS CHoLERA.--'Wh WheA the
Cholera visited London in 1892 and s33,, The
city authorities tied small quantities Of gunPow-
der tightly in strong paper and fired the ateys
and denscly populated portions ofthe great me.
ropoIis The conclusion disturbed the airs
and ndor from the powder displaced obnoxious
efluvia and purified the atmosphere. il was
used in theatres, churches and school rooms,
and was found to be powerful disinfecling
agent the smell remaining upwards Of "a hours
in the building. 1t was used in the lazaretos
ofIricste and Malta, and was tried IN Pairs in
1888, and also In Montreal. In the latter city
cannon were placed in the narrow streets and
fired with blank cartridges.
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T. D. STEWART, OF MoBILE.-This person,
who was accidentally wounded bya mnsket
ball, while getting out Of railroad car, III The
Bowery during the Astor Place riot in New
York, is recovering.r The ball, a very large ones
has been extracted. The description Of the
wound and operation, contained in the New
York Evening Post, makes il almost miracu;
lous how he escaped instant death. The bail
entering the neck and passed -between twp pt
n. ,,oin s.4vrtes- -wNfchs He one 3aaudtedsh p6t
y az Inch Of each other, and lodged ia the back,
abou, two inches from the surface. The xI.
tending surgeon, who TOOK Il OUT, says tnst ths
tareries were separated by the force Of the ball,
and thus escaped being severed, thing which
would not probably occur more than once IN ln q
million of cases. .ss...f;r5,,.
"Cn1vALRY of SOUTH CAROLINA. The
Rutherford Banner has an article affecting to
.dculc the "Chivalry of South Carolina. -
This we think is in exceeding bad taste, and
must rccoiI upon It's author. Whatever may
be the political errors OF South Carolina, no
one can deny that she has sufficiently yindlca-
ted her character for genuine chivalry. If her
services in our revolutionary struggle are for.
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out on the plains Of Mexico, comes up. afresh
to attest heroic and patriotic devotion. Ami
mis- opibusque parati'' is her proud motto; Who
will say that she has ever disgraced it! We
hope then, to hear no more "meahinsiess ahd
con,emp,ible twaddle" in ridcule Of her chiy-
alry.-Lincolnton Nv C.) Courier.
Tgr DEcENcy PARTY.-The venerable
Editor of the Washington Union, is a sore
thorn in the side of the noparty administration.
The presses belonging to the party, in which is
to be found "all the decency" of the country,
are assailins him on all sides with the most
vir,,lent abuse, but the old Roman, in no wisg
daunted, puts the whole yelpng pack at deti.
ance. and maintains his ground with an energy
and spirit which would do credit to much
younger man. The National Wing. Che: Ia
yorite organ of Gen. Taylor) has the following
delicate morceau of whig decency and refine
men,. Says the Wing, Speaking of the cry.
ing abuses of the administration, we think
,hnse of the whmpering dotard Of the Union
are tho greatest" 70 which the Cincinnati
Eaguirer adds the following comment "lt
Mr.. Richie of the Washington Unioa is the
old granny that the Wing presses are repre-
scntina him to be, what must be thought OF tho
three whig editors that il requires TO match
him."
The Enquirer is into these whig worthless "a
feet" or so--if not more. -
TPalmesto Stale Banner.
R,suop RI. u. ONDERpoNK. In the Epis'
con,l convention sitting at Philadelphia on the
morning of the 17th. resolution was ofiered