The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-07-02
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Table Rock, on the Canada side. of Niagara
Falls, fell on Sunday with tremendous crash. A
carriage and six persons were passing over it at
the time. The persons escaped, but the carriage
was taken over with the rock.
\ DR.. Webster has written a letter to Gov. Briggs,
acknowledging that he killed Dr. Parkman, but
declares he did it in selfdefence, and prsys frs
commutation of his punishment 5as sF
We learn by d note from Washington, that 3eSss
Sc E. Dow, Esq, has almost entirely recovered
from his paralytic stroke. s.2s .1S s., 81
Permanent rest is not to be expected on the road,
but at the end Of the journey. .5s..s.sy
e-ga-gah-bowh, is to go as a representa-
tive OF the. North American Indians, to the Peace
Convention in Germany.
The locusts, after an absence ofseyentsepre rears,
have appeared again in the neighborhood Of Lew
istown, Va. y
The Hon. R. w. BsrnwelI, who has beerrap-
pointed by the Governor ofSouth Carolina, u. S.,
Senator, in the place of the late Col Emore ARR
we'd in Charleston on Thursday and proceeded to-
Washington Immediately. "a rs III
The Grand Jury has found true bills against
Gen. Quitman, Governor of Mississippi,) Gen.
Henderson, Gen. Lopez, Gen. Augustine, Mr. 81
CUR, Mr.. OSullivan and 10 others, for having been
concerned in the recent enterprise against Cuba
A Post Office has been established at PacksvileY
Sumter District, s. c., aud H. Kelly appointed Post
Master; and another at Indian Hill, Abbeyile Dis
trict and Thos. J. Lyons appointed Post Master
WASHINGTON, June 24.-The aspect of things
is unfavorabe to the speedy passage otthe adjust
ment scheme ofthe Senate It will rub through
the Senate ifMessrs. Hunter, Morton and BeYfieh
vote for it, and Messrs. Bradbury and Boriand
oblige us by prolonging their absence tl the Sem
ators are tired of making speeches. ,z.s
II is evident that the nlhmatum proposed By the
Nashville Convention has been embraced BY
number of members OF the House, and that thus
the detection among Southern members is increas.
el, while, on the part of the Northern members,
there is no likelihood ofa corresponding accession
to the number of the friends of the scheme. The
bill cannot pass, ifit lose many Southern votes IN
the House. .9
A New Way TO MAKE CENr.-In front ofthe
Tribune Office, New York, an enterprisiDg Young
Speculation has established swing chain suspend
ed from spring scale, the clock face of which ~
surmounted by a red and white umbrella, looking
like the American flag knocked into cooked hat.
As you pass along the crpssing the chair touches
your knees, and you can hardly resist the polite
invitation TO ajust sit down and be weighed
one cent" In ths,ceigh the little fellow picks up
a good many pennies, and win doubles live 10 oc-
cupy front sofa at the Opera, with his daughter,
and see bis wife faunt through Broadway in her
carriage. sssssSrss@
Herds Grass-No grass has succeeded SO well
in Georgia as the Herds grass. It iourisiies0 IN
wet soils and reclaimed swamps, but viii thrive
on most soils: makes an excellent spring and win
ter pasture. and cal, be moWn twice in one year.
This valuable grass is more extensively Gu tiyated
in Habersham county than any other sectiou Ofthe
State.-Souttern { 'uttirator. IS u -
Contagious.--A cowbiding affair has occurrnd
at Baltimore. Tie cause, inter rtereItce in aaniy
matters. When mad aud His wifs quarrel oiher
men had better keep out Of The difficulty.
Father, Mathew administered The. Piled on The
I'd inst, in Vicks6urg, to about one hundred Tie
grand total is now nearly Eve million eight hun.
dred thousand. ~ E isssssszess'
Cholera al NassriAe.--P Phere were IA slsafts'by
cholera at Nashville during WediIesds Thufs-
day and Friday last, Of which 8 died Sl rilsy:
BALraoRs, June 25, s P mr. Ei;;liamsA Ws,-
kins was murdered here last nigh, negro
striking him on the back Of his head Tie mnr-
derer hasnot yet been arrested. 81 q IS s
The St Louis City Hospitals is 30 full of patients,
that the small pQx pest house has been broughtin-
to requisition. 81 e 8 81
Somebody says the body lately unrolled BY Mr..
Gliddon, was undoubtedly tha, of Spsiri,ts Num-
minis, the intimate friend ofone Of the Scipios Z
The Craps an Geo,gia he Columbus Times
says we regret to hear continued gloomy accounts
of the growing crops. We heard an old planter
say the other day, since lie had been man, he had
never seen SO bad prospect for q cotton clop,
Mount Yernon-The Alexandra sGa7ettessys:
Large numbers of persons, from all quarters the
Union, now pass through this place to visit the
tomb Of Washington at Mount yernoiL, daily
Every year the number OF visitors increase con-
siderably. ssssss9 -.
Mcdonald, the veteran toper-nunbering l04
years of age-was on the LIST Instant fined by the
Recorder Of St Louis for drunkenness, and sent to
the Work-house.
The Returns of the Assessors show thus EA
very marked increase in population in almost ey-
cry town Of Massachusetts,, since the year 1910.
The increase in Lowell has been nearly $4,000, or
ffty-seven per cent.
West Poim.-We are pleased to notice the ar
rival of Professor III. J. Williams who has been alb
sent for some time. attending the annual examina-
ton at West Point Military Academy. The Board
of Visitors, of which Prof Williams was Chair
man, completed its labors, and adjourned on tha
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