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CROPS.

From all the surrounding country, in this as
well as in other Districts, we learn that seldom
or never have the Corn crops looked so prom.
i.ing at this season of the year Rains have
been abundant throughout the South, and the
Corn appears generally to be good. On the
red lands Of the Wa1haw, in Lancaster District,
and near the North Carolina line, where it is
rare circumstance for too much rain to fall,
we understand that immense crops will be
raised, and that unless something very unia.
vorabe should occur, Corn cannot bring next
winter more than % cents per hushel. And
many of the sandhills, too. in this and other
Districts, which ordinarily yielded abon, five
bushels per acre, will this year produce from 10
to Is bushels. 1t has been, however, 10 wet
for Cotton. The forms are beginning to drop
off, and in some places, very extensively. 1t is
impossible to say at this early stage of the sea.
son, whether the yield will be an average one
or not. Some of our Alabama exchanges give
the opinion that in that State not more than
three. .fourths Of an average crop will be gath.
cred, and in some parts of this State if the fears
of the planters are we'll grounded, The usual
number of bales will not be made.
CoYvIcT1oN OF NEGRoEs.-Four more Of
the negroes who participated in the recent out
break at the workhouse in Charleston, have
been tried and convicted. r.q. ers
They were sentenced 10 Eve years imprisou.
ment, and 10 receive fifteen lashes an the first
Friday month for six months with the privilege
allowed 70 their owners, Of selling them out Of
the States at the end of twelve months. .-...
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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL
Wednesday Morning, August Is, 1919.
LETTER OF GEN. CAss We 'irecl attention 10 thi
w. TIIURLow CAsTON, EDITOR.

LETTER OF GEN. CAss I'VE irecl attention 10 this
able document. Doubtless many Southern Wings
regret that their votes not given in eecng this
friend Of the South to the Presidency. How unlike
the mad rcckessness and unprnciped ambition of
Benton and other unsound politicians in the region of
anaticisn, does this bold and manly declaration of
attachment to right and justice appear. We only re.
grcl that this full exposition Of his views not made
before the Presidential election for believe it would
have greatly strengthened the Southern vote in his
favor. We trust it may have its proper effect upon
the Northern advocates Of tho odious Proviso.
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COL BOssARD'S NEW RICE-POUNDlNG
MACHINE. "

The Scientific american publishes description OF
this new invention, which was given in the Journal
near two months SINCE and says it conveys the exact
idea of tho old Stamping Mills" AS there are no
Mills known in this section Of the country by that
name COL B. requests information TO the character
and object Of Stamping Mills The description as
published in tho Scientific American is full of error,
Two Of which arc important and in the language Of
COL b. wholly falls TO convey correct idea OF his ma.
chine The two fters said 10 pass up the "interior
sides of the pcste" whereas the Journal describes them
as passing up the exterior Sides" The Scientific
American in describing the Office Of the single liflcr,
makes an important omission II says, "the single
litter entering morticc in the centre OF the pcstlc
"whie ascending receives its weight at the instant
tho parallel lifiers at the elevation required,
when the inventor describes II as "cnlerng morlce
" in the centre of the pcste while it is ascending,
receives lis weight at the instant the parallel flers
are extrcated from the pinions. and finishes the
" elevation required" Tho single or centre litter
raises tho pes,ls to the elevation required, after tho
double or parallel tcrs are forced to leave by tho
revolutions of the shalt As Inaccurate description
Of The machine might prejudice tho claim for patent
it is nothing but justice 10 COL B. 10 make all Geces
sary corrections, We heve seen the model machine
intended TO be exhibited TO the Patent Office, und
rcgurd it as correct representation Of the invention.
FLORIDA lNDIANs.--From the simultaneous attacks
mado upon the whites, in Florida, by the Indians,
there is no donbt but general outbreak is conlem
plated, Governor Moscly, OF that State, has taken
steps 10 raise companies of volunteers to protect the
se,ters The General Government las sent from
suivan,s Islund portion of Company F." United
States troops. under 2nd Lieutenant Robinson, to aid
in keeping the Indians down and steamer has been
ordered 10 take troops from Pascagoula and Pensacola
to Tampa Bay. II is hoped that tho energetic meas
ures Of the Government will soon force them TO cease
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CHoLERA.-Numbcr Of deaths by this disease, in
Boston, during the week ending Aug. A. was So; in
New York, for the same period, 67s; in Philadelphia,
s5; and at Washington 6. Many other deaths oc.
curejy cholera infantum, cholera morbus diarrhea,
and By inflammation of the bowels not classed in the
above enumeration,
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CARoLINIANs ABRo.p-J. D. B. Dcbow, ESQ, (says
the Charleston Courer) has been elected Professor of
Political Economy, Commercial Law. &C., for the
summer term. with the commission Of Lieut.. Colonel.
&C. Barnwc Esq, ulso Of this State, Professor Of
Modern Languages und Bellies Lettres. with the rank
Of Captain and Hon. Thomas B. Moume, of tho
University Of Louisiana, Professor Of Constitutional
Military and International Law in The Kentucky Mill
tary and Collegiate Institute, near Frankfort, Ky.
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REMovALs.-The Carolinian says: VIC notice that
the Administration has made a clean sweep in The
Custom House at Savannah, Ga.
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ELLwooD FISHER, Esa.-Tho Washington Union
states that asumptuons and crowded supper came OF
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recently at the Warrenton Springs Virginia, in honor
of E. Fisher Esq, the author of the celebrated letters
on the South.
twas given by the members Of the Legislature then
in session al that place, and the Asiers at the Springs
ard the citizens of the vicinity, Col. Hopkins
Speaker of the House, presided, who called out Mr. r.
with toast and few remarks. He responded in an
impressive speech and followed by General Foole'
Senator fiom Mississippi, by Ex Governor William
Smith, and by other gentlemen.
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PLANK RoaDsTo CHARLOTTE.

We usk the attention Of readers 10 The following
report of P. F. Ho1comb, Esq, on Plonk Roads in
New Yosk, which appeared in extracts in the Macon
Ca Journal. portion Of it may have appeared in
this paper some months since, but as it contains that
kind of information much needed at this time, ond
which We desire to keep before the people, that its
second appearance requires no apology. gives that
upon which we need 10 be cnghted-.the incipient
steps of constructing such Rosds-te case, raPidity
and cheupness Of which must DO rIrkingy practicable
We direct attention 10 the remarks upon the sufclency
of one tack, in which Hon. Thomas Spencer, member
of the New York Legislature, by letter which has
been placed in our possession, fully concurs,
As everything relating 10 the cost Of such Roads is
of interest, give the following:
2 sls (scantling0 4 in.
by in, 2X4A4A52oel4,OS0f It.
Plank feet long by y3in. II
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PLANK ROAD CHARTER.

Such has been the absorbing character of the Bank
discussion, and the multiplicity Of other business that
|, is very doubtful whether the plank Road Charter
can be reached in time 10 be passed. II is low down
in the Calender of The House, which numbered on Sal
urday $50 Bills and if the Legislature adhere 10
its resolution 10 adjourn Wednesday, the only hope
is 10 have it called up by suspendng the General Orders
and considering it specially. Our Delegation are con
sanly on the alert 10 rush it through Ut the very first
opportunity. Mr.. Boykn made two Intellectual efforts
oh Saturday 10 &C, il ahead Of the vorite measures Of
other menbcrs, who like himself hayu been sranlng
every nerve and constantly eyeng the Speaker, TO
catch tho proper moment to press Tho scheme "f thcr
constituents. Never was there greater difficulty 10
g., the flour, and there greater eagcrncss
among members 10 bring 10 the consideration OF the
House tho peculiar Importance Of their various bills.
Very much important matter will be left untouched
for tie want Of time. and many wise and proper meas
urcs will pass under the table" bccasc Of the shor,ness
Of The Session. Should The Plank Road charter no, be
reachcd bcinrc adjoanmcnt our pcop!c ought by all
olns 10 go OH with lis construction and rely uPon tho
next Legislature. No assistance, in any event can b.
obtained this Scssin from tho Stale, bu. if brought up
at the next hopes arc oncraincd that it will bc readily
granted. The ConlnitIco IncorpDra::ons reported
very liberal charter bu, struck ont the Ilh CLAUSE
inserted by Delegation, which asked the Stale to
become stakeholder.
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THE BOUNDARY LINE.

The "ini'ial pont'' Of boundary between
the United States and the Mexican Republic,
was fixed and acknowledged on Wrdnc Sdav,
the 10Th of October. There We're present
some forty persons, including tro Amcricm. Ia.
dies and oGccrs, from the garrison at San Die.
90. II falls abont seventeen miles to the south.
ward OF the town Of San Diego. The on,
commission. composed OF The two commissioners
and two surveyors, had signed an inscription.
which was written and Theoretically sealed in a
glass bottle. This was buried below post
placed in the cetf're Of circle thirty feet in d.
atneier, marked out for Il monrrnrnt to be erect
ed hereafter South Carolinian.
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| ,bo Jor,,o<in striking contrast with the acrimony
and personalities in the other end Of the Capitol
p<do regard lIs vote for posiponamcnt of Mr.
Smmngcrs bill a correct lest Of the views of the
House upon the Bank Charter. We believe many who
against its rcchucr, voted against tho bill 10 Dind
mp hcause they supposed the plan proposed 10 be dc
fctivc. The prevailing feeling appeared to us to bo
not that the Bank should be sustained, but that the
people should be consulted before any definite plan Of
liquidation should be adopted; and 10 the people the
question will go. Spccches to be made, newspa
pers forced To take POSITIONS pamphlets 10 be clrcu.
uted bitter ccconecriDg TO be entered into
party lines to be dsawn-and for the next and
fall, tic "good people" 10 be haown into whirlpool
OF excitement that may sweep like tornado from the
mountains 10 the coast, and convulsc tho entire
State.
elimination and recrminaon unusually severe was
ndugcd in by the Senate; but many able arguments
were made on both sides during tho week. We heard
that of Mr.. Porter and portion of MIR. Hannas both
uganst the bill. Mcssrs. Fielder, Mazyck, Black, Buc
hanan, Cannon, Moses, Withcrspoon, Griffin, and
Ason, defined their POSITIONS and some of them dis.
cussed The question of Bank charter and MIR. MazyckS
plan TO wind up, being ihe same as Mr. Memmlnge's
in the House, great length The arguments offered
were much the same as used in the House. The re-
marks Of Mr.. Marshall produced considerable excite
men, among the friends OF the Bank, and probably were
the of The bitter tone impaired 10 The debate in
that body. He member of the Committee ap.
pointed to investigate the ufias Of the mother Bank,
and from private taken at the ,rne he disclosed
other facts and made other charges besides those that
appeared in The regular report Mr. Elmore by memo.
ria denied them, und requested Committee 10 be up.
pointed 10 investigate their truth, in which MIR. NJ.
readily concurred. J. d. Wilson, K. +. W. Allslon,
and p p Palmer appointed, and were authorized
10 send for persons ard papers. Mr. Peligru appeared
before the Committee in behalf of Mr.. Gilmore, and
Mr.. b. Y Martin, the second duy appeared for Mr.
Marshall. The Committee were engaged the greater
part Of Saturday in hearpg testimony. We have nel
heard of their decision report. II is impossible i"r
us 10 give more mnu,o accoun, Of the Senals pro-
cee,Ings.
Wo had much TO say the action Of the Legislature
upon lhisqucslion, but we must close by giving The
tina vote, taken on Saturday evening upon Mr.. Ma
zyck's bill Mr. Moses, withdrew his resolution to refer
the subject 10 the poupIe and the Bill VAS cued on.
The excitement at the time was scarcely inferior 10
that in the House. The roll called and absenlccs
! hunted up The Bill wus lost by vote of in favor
| and 25 ugains, n-Mcssrs Burnes, Euws and Whcr.
spoon among tho ayes, and Mcssrs. Taylor Moses,
Hanna aud Manning, among the nays
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TIE NASHVILLE CONVENTION.

Notwithstanding tho absorbing questions before tho
Legislature that Body not unmndiul OF the crit
cal condition of our Foreign Relations. The Leglsla.
i've Caucus convened in The State House on Mon
day night Of the past week or the purpose Of clecIng
suitable persons represent the State at largo IN the
Juno Convention 10 be held st Nashville. Many emf.
ncnl SONS OF Carolina were nominated. bnt the Caucns
succeeded in Two baolings in selecting Hon. Langdon
Chryrs, Hon. F, II. Gilmore, Hon. 4, w. Barnwcll,
Hon. J, II. Hammond. |, might be very difficult 10
have appointed four other persons whose well tried de-
voon TO tho State, and eminent abilities as Statesmen,
and s,und pa.ro,isnl have entitled them so we'll 10 re-
rrcsent the a!nc.lo Stale in that Convention. We
believe their appointment has given general satisfaction
According to the resolutions passed by the caucus, on
the lst oi April, each District will appoint as many
delegates they have representatives in the Legislature,
to meet on The lst of May al central point in each
Congressional District to select other suitable persons
10 attend tic Nashville Convention. Camden doubt
less will be The place Of meeting on the list of May
Tor this Congressional District, and we venture thus
early to pledge tho hospitality Of cur Citizens 10 the
Delegates tia, may come up OH that occasion from the
people.
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SOUTH CAROLINA CoNJ<fESCE OF TIL
METHoDlsT<:C CHURCH.


This BODY Of Divny~eornm"ncc their Animal Con-
ference today, in s< place. It's members nave ocen
Collecting 81, Saturay. and the examinations oi ap
n;cou,s to,AS Orders Of Deacon ard Elder have been
ccipr c.for the las, two days. The Reverend Bish
a, i6,cs o. Andrews Of Georgia, is in attendance
III Gap:cars TO no in excellent health. Many Of our
Citizens remember his eminent abilities as pcsilGg
Officer aud his powerful pupi. efforts, during hss stay
among them al a former Conference in 1911. II was
in his person that the Methodist Episcopal Church
South felt itself aggricvcd few years since in tho
Grncral Conference when tie Northern portion Of the
Church attempted to thrust him from Office because
he held slaves in State where emancipation was for
bdden, and which unrighcous proceedings resulted in
tho adoption Of Plan Of Separation FROM its trouble
ncighors. Our citizens have generously thrown
open their doors for the accommodation Of ;hc men of
God. and doubtless every proper effort will be made TO
render their ysi, 10 our Town pleasant and comforla
ble
These devoted men come up from every section Of
the country from the mountains TO the scaboard and
appear TO have enjoyed general good hca:th "otwit
Standing may have spent the year among swan'ps ard
rivers in tho low country, and VIC, sra,'cd to learn
that not single death has occurred in the Conference
since tho last anra! sitting, Their Sessions usually
hold about wcek, including Sabbath on tic morning
of which tro Bishop ches and publicly or!ains,
by imposition Of hands, the applicants for The orders oil
Deacon and Elder Public service will be held IA
some OF the churches three times during every day
Of the Session.
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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE lHrE.
R1oR.-A Washington Letter to tho y. York
Tribune says: 1.-The Repor, of the Secretary
of the Interior, with the Commissioners Re-
port, will exhibit an immense fund of useful in.
formation for the public, and vii! contain re.
commenda ions that will command universal
appreciation. The latter State paper. learn.
shows tha, the whole area of public lands ever
held by the Government of the United States
from AS organization TO that acquired by the
treaty OF lS4S with Mexico, Is equal to fifteen
hundred and eighty.f"nr million acres. That
Of this vas, domain. but one hundred and forty.
six millions OF acres have thus iar been disposed
Of leaving yet unso!d, and as the property OF the
United States. t'uieen hundred and lhIry-r!sht
millions OF acre" OF land. He recommends. in
view of this subject, that an additional donation
for school purposes, beside the sixteenth section,
be made by Congress to each townShip-a re-
commentator that will iud hearty response
in the bosom of every friend of education
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From ,l,r South Carnlinian.
CONGRE ESS.

This body is in the throes. The explosion
of the Brown and Wilmot plot on Wednesday
was followed by a scene on Thursday almost
UNPARALLELED in that Hall of fisicuils. Mr.
Ducr. on n resolution declaring Mr.. Cobb
speaker, said it was asking too much Of his par
ry, and made nliusinn 10 some members as dis~
unioui>,s, pointing TO Mr.. Meade. Of Virginia,
as one. To this Mr.. Meade made a reply M.
rcpor,cd when Ducr called him liar. The
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Ell the House at some length in opposition 10 The
bill for winding mp Of The Bank.
Mr.. B. +. Perry ("f Grcrnvil!rl f"Fowed III
few remarks in favor OF tn" bill.
lie concluded ny Offering an amehument as
an additional section To the hlll' pending the
cohs'n'rall"n OF which MT. irhy (of Laurens)
moved an adjournment ol the debate until IL
NJ, to morrow, (trIday(
hr. Mcmm'nger moved to amend to 6a this
evening: which was declared by The Speaker as
h2Flh@ been agreed To. some DISSATISFACTION
was expressed ny the noes, and some little con-
''rSa''"n was gong ON anout courtesy ."e
""S'" %, Inc oc''a''' &C: ""'h Pr"P"S'''"n
was ''.a"c "h'ch instantly S"a!'o"'" up all
''"r' ~, 'S>''s' '"" eNcn'n 'n'r".e interest,"
'"'' ,!nF move" me 'nue'lh"e P'S'po"e"'n'
VI me n.''' WIN all mner papers r,i''race' ~
inc spcc'a' "ro'f' "n'ch was promptly secnp
eu' cr. -, ,,.ITr,u
'n""oero"'. 'a'i'nS IN 'he a's'e oi o,,nm
c"''" ,: nave awakened more '"'e">iy n;c,s,cJ m
.,'' v. '".'i.''' c'n INA" WIS nov
'"e us ,.'Is cn",.h "a al. caI ,f tic House
,,,,;.h '",5 ,n..T.',;',.," 5it,' h5I
A. A.. ,J,.,s "u.",n Sn roll had been called
..,,m'I ,h' " ,is.nt menbc,, be sent C,r.
""'' w ~ "''.." ,%' J,,. AGsr runn;uo to and
anu '"'H ;non;r.s ,,d counting bc,ds. n.
'"' "'"o"n con,n Ir,rr,, in ami !, w,s (cpud
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ma,n"s NV '' "r,bs"",.o. hn ~. M.xscnrc, bad their
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SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.

The following gentlemen have been elected Trustees
Of the South Carolina College:
David johnson, W. F. DcSaussuro, c. &. Mem.
minrcr, j. l.. Manning. K. W. Barnwrll, +. N.
D,wkius, ]. Bnchanan, W. Hampton, J. n. Wli!ncr,
f. f. ". AIs,on, J. D. Wltterspoon, E, BcIIInscr,
Jr., J. L. Pe,,lgru Thos. Smith, Z. H. "ardlaw, Jas.
II. Adams, B. +. Perry, II. G. Young, John S. Pres
lon and J. Gillespie.
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TEyyEssEE.-The General Assembly Of
Tennessee has protested against the prelen'ion
that Congress has power to prevent the intro.
duction and existence Of domestic slavery in
the territories, and olhcr power Of kindred
nature, and has passed resolutions, the first OF
which aiIirms "a dcvo'rd and cherished attach.
mcnt to the Union,' but q ''dcsire 10 have it as
it was formed, and not as an engine OF oppres'
son," which possesses generally the same iea.
lures as the resolutions Of the Georgia i.egls-
lalure, and others requesting the Governor to
convene the General Assembly, if necessary,
to consider Of the mode and measure oil redress,
and finally recommending thu; the people OF
each Congressional District appoint two dele.
gates, and two aI,crnacs 10 represent them in
the proposed Nashville Convention.
Charleston Nrrc"ry,