The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-01-23
THE. NATIONAL LIBERTY POLE.

Yesterday morning, at 7 o'clock, salute of
thirty guns was fired in honor of the American
Flag, a gun for each Stale represented hy
star in tile flag, which was displayed al the
masthead of the new liberty pole erected OH
Canal street.
The morning was thick and hazy, and when
the bunting was run up, feeling OF anxiety
seemed to prevail among the crowd of spec'a-
tors for fear that there would not be sufficient
air stirring to display the - STARS and stripes"
But as soon as the bunl had reached the Truck,
it was pulled lose, when it fell in beautiful tcs-
,oons, and being caugh, by the hrcczc, the Ihlr.
,y stars shone forth in all their splendor. As
il was greeted by shout Of many voices, and
the booming of artillery. our mind nvounarily
reverted to those beautiful lines Of Drake:
"Whon Freedom from her mountain height
llnfurled her standard to the air,
She tore the azure robe Of night
And sci tho stars Of glory there.
She mingled with its gorgeous dyes
The milky baIdric of the skies,
And striped its pure celestial w!.ic
With slrcakngs of the morning light"
The original flag of the United STATES was
composed of thirteen stars and thirteen stripes,
and was adopted by resolution of the Cont.
mental Congress on the l4lh ol June, III.
On the 18th of January, 1871, alter two new
States hal been admitted into the Union, the
National Legislature PASSED an act, providing
tha, the stripes and stars, should on day fixed,
be increased to fifteen each, to comport with
the then number of State. On the 10Th ol De.
cernber, 1917, Mr.. Orndover, OF the House OF
Repre- sentatives, introduced resolution to in.
quire into The expedicncy of altering the flag OF
United States. Ile gave it as bis opinion that
the flag would be essentially injured by an al.
,craion on the same principle as that which
had been adopted, viz: Of increasing the stripes
and sias, and stated the incongrui'y OF the flags
then il genera al Use not agreeing with the law
aud greatly varying with each other.
The resolution was referred TO Il select com.
mite, which made a report on the 9Th of Janu
ary, 1918, accompanied by a flag so as to re.
duce The stripes to The original number OF thir,
teen to represent the number OF States then
conteuding for and happily achieved their indie.
pendrncc, and TO insert the stars I" correspond
with the number of States then in the Union
and thereafter to add one star to the flag when.
ever new State should be fully admitted,
which was adopted.
On The goth Of September following, being
the fourth anniversary of The battle of the big
General Armstrong, at Fayal. by orders of the
Secretary of The navy. the new Gag for The first
time a, the Navy Yard. Charleston, and on
board the national ships OF war in Boston harbor
and was saluted by each vessel Similar honor
was paid on its being. .hoised at all the stations.
Ncm Orleans Picayune.
SupERsrITIoN.-An "eXile of Erin" of the
feminine gender, called at the Marshal's office
yesterday morning TO know if she couldn't have
small bit OF the rope wild which the man
hanged himself while ago." Colonel Capp,
though grey-hair"d, is nevertheless a joker,
asked her what she desired to do with the rope;
10 which inquiry she replied that she was in
" bad way wild The kings evil, and if she could
get bi, of the rope, about three yards long, to
tie about her shoulders and body for three nights.
| it would cure the disease" The Colonel, who
has some knowledge OF Irish character, thought
i, better to comply With the poor woman's re.
quest and indulge her in her superstition, than
to argue agains, her cure, went straight into the
cellar under the Marshars Office, aud cut from
coil "a hit of The rope about three yards
long" which he gave her, and which she RI.
ccived with many curisics. .--Bos'Ja Courier