The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-04-23
Editorial alsanings.

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loss by the destruction and injury to steamboats, on
the Mississippi and other western rivers, during
the month of January last is estimated at $S06r
900. ~. ~ 80. - y y, -
Aiilted chemist defines love to be composed0 o.
fifteen parts of Gold, three Of fsnes and two of ak
fection. ysggs9
The towns of Oregon afe;rapiidly increasingin
population, Notwithstanding the drain Of Califor.
mia. -
GREAT DECLINE IN CoFrEE.-H will be been by
our commercial article thatpyer 5000 bags Of Rio
Coffee have been sold within day or two, ateight
cents per pound. Early in February the current
rate was IA IL cents, SO that the fall IN prices
since that time is about six and a half cents per
pound or more than $40 per bag Erchaagf
Bors.-The North American Farmer reconl
mends dose containing mixture OF pintof
milk and pint of molasses, and IN s6Ee minutes
afterwards decoction Of tobacco Juice. The bots
while feasting on the milk and molasses viii find
bane in the tobacco juice which they cannot sur
vive. = =. "a ~
MINING ON THE GrLA.-A company is now form
ing in Washington county, Texas, for mining Oh
the Gila They think that placer gold exists there
in slarge quantities as OH the Sacramento. The
company, numbering one hundred, will proceed
by FL Paso. - 81 Z. zz5zfs5z
LATE SNow.-T The Richmond Enquirer Of
Thursday saws: sit showed for several hours yes
terday, 18th instant. On Sunday last we exam
ined several fruit trees, and found that there was
much fruit still untouched by the cold cam
not say what will be the effect of the cold weather
since" e sss=.E
TENNESSEE RIvER.-There are now nine steam
boats plying on the Tennessee River above the
Muscle Shoals, and it is expected that the number
will be increased to sixteen or eighteen. -,
PHILADELPHIA and Lireipool Packets There are
three regular lines OF packets now running be-
tween Philadelphia and Liverpool and eactiof
them have new ship Of 900 tons i'll progreesof
building. -
Fue1rvE SLAvEs-The Pennsylvania House Of
Representatives, by vote of 90 40 has passed
abil repeating certain Objectionable sections OF
tie law of l847, to prevent the recovery OF flgt
tive slaves. 81 sst:ss
DEATH OF MAJOR O,BRIEN.-- regret TO- learn
of the death by cholera of this gallant officer, at
Indianola, Texas, on the ID binst, 1iaiors then
we .eve Lieutenant O'Bnen, was the officer who
distinguished himself 80 highly at Buena Vista,
ip command Of the artillery. .s; 8.
LrrE.-In .Lopgmnow's Hyperion, thatcssket
of rare and sparkling gems, we have the following
beautiful moral dednced from the story Of the hero
sLook not mournfully at the past; it comes not
back again. Wisely improve the present; 1t %
thine Go forth to meet thy shadowy future, with
out fear and with manly hear. 8 - fs.sl,
During caIl made upon Miss JageIlo, the beau
tiful young Hungarian who lately accompanied
number of other refugees TO this colniry, at the
Irving House, few days since, pursy Of: e30o
was made up M that establ blishnent and presented
to Governor Ujhasy, who was just departing for
Iowa. in order to select a permanent locafiost for
the future residence of the refugees.
Memphis and Charleston Raiilrogd esd
mated cost of this road is oil 300, 900 Of this
sum SS00OO0 have already been subscnbed. The
Memphis papers are discussing the propriety Of
the city taking a part oftie stock ~ .5s
Proud menneyer have friends. They haIs none
in prosperity, because they know nobody nor il
adversely, because nobody knows them.
A 4lr. Napier, of Swansea, has announced 70
the Scientific Institution at that town, that he has
discovered new explosive substance, which ne
denoninates @white powder 2 having ten times
the force Of common guhpowder. sN is compDsed
ofthe following ingredientss One part yellow prus-
state Of potash, well dried pne part sugar well
dried; two parts chloride Of potash: The mater-
ais are finely ground separately and then init.
mately mixed. IS IS e.
PaAY OR DIE.Some time since person vas
committed to jailin Northampton, and placed ma
room with maniac, who had been confined there
temporarily, previous to his being taken the In
sane Hospital at Brattle fter the newcomer
had aturned in' for the night his crazy cham or
dered him up, teld him to dress himself and then
make a PRAYER, or be would choke him TO death.
There was no way but to obey, and after making
what he supposed to be a sufficiently long PRAYER,
he stopped. His inguisitor told him to- keep on.
and he actually kept him praying .allnight! The
poor man was not relieved until the iaief carried
in his breakfast .is..ss 49, & s.
MARYLlSD 4Np LIBERiA. The Mary yand State
Colonization Society have ado pied asefies of repo.
lutions expressing their determination to make q
great effort to collect funds to- enahlB TO send out
emigrants to Liberia, and TO aaif1se information
concerning It's objects. The whole State is 70 be
carefully and zeslously canyassed BY their agents,
not only to increase the means Of the Society but
to lay the true state of the Colony before the coL
ored population, and explain away all the unbound.
ed antpathies that may exit among them relative
to the advantages of colonization: 3, 4
The sugar crop of Texas for Is50is estimated
at 10000 hogsheads 1t is also estimated that III
less than FIVE years the crop viii be Increased to
$4,000 hogsheads, and that in ten; years FRONT the
present time, the quantity grown in Texas will
equal that of Louisiana. :,
The Queen has granted pension to the wife Of
the poet Moore of floO per anntin.
= 80.