The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-10-10
.CIEiP.FARES.


duccd fare !on.o!r. r#ilrpAds,isifo trr niuaic.h i
would npi he au,iss 70 Suggest. .aiIbc' hoard af
directors whether il wanll not l,s mote brnr6.
The travelling community, iorjnzke. q rate af
three cents a, uiaesa permanent infringement. =,
To arrive at "a :pfoPef conc]D'ipn on this
question, we think, npon e1aiuiuaEion of the r..
cord of travelling fnr the past summer, they will
ascs sHain ll,at a:lasga inataasss has taken place
---no, perhaps in pgnPortisa ,qatsx xsd'ced rates,
or 10 such an extent .asaaFlkgsedscer,hr ssma
amount of revenue as hrfore; lga ennaghIss 10
warrant the supppsiion tha, src.nlusily the road
wnnld be no ilpaser by ihex x.tedaction. Tho
efficacy Of law fares bas been amply Tested, and
has proved, satis4actorY bath ip.EsaroPe and at
the North. There are.t we teiiGp, insances
where eyrJy reduction. .al fare Las Increased tho
revenue of The companies making s,,ch rrdnc.
tion. There Is no reason why ihis general
principle should not operaie; with precisely tho
same result upon lie sosmh Carolina roads.
1t may be said we We d. no. tIsSsl so much at
the South as elstwbtre:: tIisb. laie. have pn.
queslionabIy contributed 10 this slate Of thing..
Our object should 'br to induce people 70 travel
by placing the facilities to Do 50 viikin .heir
reach. Hereafter, ioo,f our Soi,lhe rn watering
places will at,ract a very large Poriian Of tho
Southern people, who are III lbe habit ofnaking
Summer tip; and if low fatr. AZ travelling ara
continued. ia the increase ialtbis description of
travelling will be beyond any Of our expecta.
tiuns ,5,..,,ss sri,Iy l..rf....s,ss7 ;I,tssSssa
Wcmigld continue QUE ssggesspnssEith re.
gard 10 low treights,s i. TheEssi.spom for i'm.
provrmeni in,hs tranchs &c iise business Of our
road also. The same rule s~iil4a this
point. All Kinds, Of produce, ,.esPfcially our
principle staple. should rbe~,raaspaaed al tho
lowest possible rates. The. benefit Of low
transportation is,e1clusivrly the planners, 'hose
who ought 10 eninyii; whil.t, we believe the
company would add to tacireregenne,
Knock nff the ftlters Of trade and eommercia
intercourse in every way. and made thai is &C.
cessible and jusi6ablr, and great imps,ns will
he given 10 the development Of our resources.
IF "a railroad company can carry a bushei Of
corn or wheat from Greenrfllr; Einrens, &C.,
to Charlcson for FIVE or Six centa, without loss,
they ought 10 du il, h+wasl4sopen mp a good
market for comparatively !aGnew! marketable
comodity, and give new inpssisedo 10 our hr.
mers. Flour too should he transported Over
our roaps a, nominal freight; and our railroad
q,
cipia in their business with The the lowest
possible rates Of fare Siiia and sishi, Il re are MT
grossly deceived by the history of other roads,
that their profits will be3tincrased instead Of
ssened.-Souh Carolinian' -....,,. -, ~ y.
THE GOVERNMENTAL DrrFrcULTlHs!-Th
National Inlelligencer contains the following
paragraph, on the newspapers, in respect to tho
difficulties with foreign diplomatics -
~ statement is going.he rounds ofIhe Op-
position press that an angry correspondence has
arisen between the government and The. British
Charge d Afaires, Mr.. Crampten,, about the
British claim to the Misgnto Coast The
while story is n sheer invention. In This r..
speci it is very like another ridiculous story cir.
culalcd, that the Secretary oi State, had advised
that Madame Poussin. ,sbouldspets, le. received
at the Presidents and that NJ. PMsssiR resented
ii by insulting the. Governments IN is hardly
necessary to say that there is no foundation
whatever lor such o, sta,emeni. or for any psn
fit. There were no unkii.d feelings l,e,we-a
Mr.. Pnassin and any member, ,he .Cabisr
net. The sole cause Of our Govesnnen. taking
offence is TO be found in, the correspondence Of
Mr.. Pousstn akne..r =. = 1sF
THE Nj F.. CnuRcH,-rhe correspondent
"flhe Baltimore Sun writing from Alexandria,
under date Of the is, ,ins'yxays;., So,
The quarterly meeting ofihe Methods, Epis.
copal Church, which was 10 have l'een hchf
here Yesterday, has been postponed until next
Sabbath. Quite a disappointment WAS occa..
stoned thereby 10 a number, Of persons who at.
tended their place Of worship on Yesterday NOR.
ming. to hear their presiding elder preach.
The revival in The Mc,hodist Episcopal
Church (Sou,hl is still in ,prnsress. One Of
the members Of that church, gave me the follow
ing mrmorandum, whickshcsts .he commence-
ment and progress oflhc rasrks-H"M Meetings.
commenced Sabbath day.; July 29lh, and have
continued ever since every night except Sun.
days. to the present time, period af nine weeks.
Up 10 yesterday there have been added to the
church, as the fruit Of this reyiral 14s persons.
embracing individuals from CO. years of ago
down to youth IA and Of Is years; ahT sill lhs
work is progressing, without any sign of de-
clension." This is ctraihJy ihe nos, e1ira"r-
dinary revival Of religion lhat, .has>ssyes l.E7W
witnessed here. The season Of The Virsi, iv
AnnHal Conference, which is 10 l,e held in r..
tersburg, is close at hand, to which this station
is 10 be attached, :.
New York EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. This
body adjourned las, Friday night, having got
through with its business.
II was occupied during the most of Friday
with the discussion Of the qualifications. of Law
delegates 10 the Conveh,iun. It was decidrd
that they must be Church memhers, br what
was requisite to l,e considered . Church mcm.
her was not determined, and after sharp dc.
bate relative thereto. the whole subject wasa
gain laid on the table, when the Convention
took up, and. discussed a, length; The resolution
of'he Rev. DR.. Sherwood, requesting the Bish.