The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-04-18

spuing out the weak points OF slavery. Let
them cut off the enemy's supplies.
TSoutherner. :
MORTALITY IN CIrIEs.-The deaths in New
York for the week ending on the I'h instant
were 332. of which by disease, of the lungs,
s3; convnisions, %; typus fever, l3; old age
3. OF the Whole number la4 were under
years Of age.
In Philadelphia for the same period, the
deaths were 1913; CT which by diseases OF the
lungs, 90; old age e. OF the whole number
As were under years of age
In Baltimore. for the same period, the deaths
were 69-of which By diseases of the lungs
IL; unknown, l3. OF the whole number 40
" re under S years Of age. -
In New Orleans. during the month of March,
there were 426 cases Of Cholera in the Charity
Hospital, oil which 3O5 terminated fatally.
NEWSPAPER LAVA case of Importance 10
publishers and readers Of newspapers was oe'
cidpd in the Supreme Court, at Bristol, fa.' inc
other day. The proprietors of the PeEnsylva.
MIA Inourer had sued Mr.. ID. Wolf tor the
amount of nine years subscription to that Jour
nal. 1t was shown by the plaintiff that Mr..
VOLTS name was on his subscription book
from 1885 to 1914, and that the paper during
the interval was regularly mailed to Mr.. w.
Bills for the paper had also been forwarded to
him. The defendant denied having ordered
the paper but the Court ruled that the regu.
lar mailing of the paper for length OF time
was prima facie evidence Of its reception, and
that having neglected to order its discontlnu
ance, he was liable for the subscription price,
although he might not have ordered the paper
to be sent to him. Under these Instructions
the jury found verdict for the plaintiff.
The MISSISSIPPI RIVERA correspondent
of the N. o. Delta, writing from Point CouPee
on the 5th April, says:
Il have passed down the river several times
during the high wafer. from the month OF the
Red River to Baton Rouge, and have seen the
desolaton created by the overflow. The Bar.
ker settlement is completely under water
Several planters had made preparation to cultI.
vate cane, and Intended to make crop next
fall, but they will be sadly disappointed, as
their plant cane has floated Of, and the ra,ioons
destroyed. 1t is the same case with that por.
tion of West Feliciana called CAT Island
The inhabitants, in many instances, however,
stick 10 their half floating tenements, with the
seeming determination that, "Sink or swim.
live or die. survive or PERISH their cows, hogs,
sheep, poultry, dogs and cats. shall perish with
them, all; as all, in many instances, occupy one
aud the same room. The foregoing FACT may,
in measure account, for the radical Demo.
cracy Of "cat island and serve as clue and
reiet To the minds of anxious politicians, as to
The how 20 large a vote was given there last
fall, agains, Gen. Taylor. What is called the
s.Ponl" jus, below the cutoff, and containing
many beautiful plantations, is completely aban.
doned--,he houses in many places hoated of.
West Baton Rouge, as you know, has sustained
more dsrnage than any other Parish, more than
two thirds Of the parish covered with wafer
An INTERESTING FAcr.-In the year 1917,
the frs, Sunday School, We believe organized
in the State Of Virginia, was opened in this
town, in connection with the Methodist Epls
copal Church; George Walker, James McGhee
and Jobn Turman--lhe last Of whnm still sur.
vives. a useful venerable and respected citizen
of Lynchburg. In q very short time two hun
dred scholars, Of both sexes, was collected,
MANY Of whom had no other oPP"rlu:i.y OF &C.
curing The slightest education. II is not posi-.
bile to say what amount OF go"d may have
been done by even a single years operation OF
the School. We confine ourselves to an iiltl-
sion to two cases, which have been brought to
our notice.
Among the first scholars who attended, was
a slim. spare youth, who manifested capacity
and desire of, Improvement. That youth grew
up--re,noved to the West-st"di"d law--and
has long been known to the uati"n. IA the Hon.
William ALEU-, late Senator "t the U. States
from the State at Ohio.
In tn. SECOND wear of tn" School, there was
entered as a scholar a younger boy "f preros'
srssing appearance aud department. Tie was
the sun of one Of the three persons named as
the founders Of the SrhuuI, aud is now the
Hon. Isaac r. Walker, u Senator IN Congress
from the State Of Wisconsin. Two mrmhsrs
of the Senate of hr..Uuited States, ,her"f"r'.
during the last session. w"r" among the hrst
pnpils Of the frs, Sunday School establishment
in our town, and, as We believe, in the State
Lynchburg Firginian.
The Scientific American gives some val'la.
bic information in regard to the charging oi
fire. arms. Ii says that balls which fit accu.