Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-11-04
Surgical Operation.


We clip the following from the Carolininn
Of the lst inst:
MEssRs EprroRs: witnessed one Of the
most formidable operations, that requires the
knife of the surgeon, performed by DR.. J n
Bontwright assisted by DR.. Il. Wells, Dr. T..
Wells, Blanding, and DeSaussure. 1t was the
relnnv Il Of the entire aw bone. cheek bone.
aud all the bones OIL one side nf the face n.
ter the diseased pirts were all diSsected nut
the wound presented Il terrific appearance.
But it has now been ten days sin u the ope.
ration. and the patient is walking about. leav.
iny nn doubt of il ultimate Elvo-ahle result
Thus has srirnr", by the ail of disSectin"
knife. accom- ;liSi,rd one of the most wonderful
cures. which. if left alone, in Il few month,
W uld have proved lital
Aud to those WHO are afflicted, We would
say that yon will find in nnr town surgeons rs
much skill us can br ioum i any city, us the
result of past years success fully prt yes.
On Satm day last, the 2St last. 1T Camp
Meeting ground nn Bakers Creek, in B 'den
county, n. e. Joshua. Bryan, "f Elizab Il,
Town, was shot dead by Benjamin. i'i'z RIM
dolph, formerly or now deputy Sheriff of the
county, 1t is said that th'' parties had had n
previous quarrel, which was renewed nn this
occasion, when Fitz Randolph drew u pistol
and shot Bryan. The Fayetteville Obwrrrr
states that it has been asked it this occurrence"
may not be traced as Il Legitimate consequence
of the law passed by the last Legislature of
North Carolina, taxing pistols. &r in use, aud
thus, in some measure, galizing the practice
Of carrying deadly weapons.
Charps!on Courier.
The Fayetteville N. G.. Obarrer learns that
Two counterfeit $50 notes on the FAYETTEVILLE
Branch of the Bank of the State of North Cur
Aina, were seen in that town, last week. The
Obsprper states that they are counterfeits Of an
older plate than that now used by the bank and
are both admirably done, so far as the engrav,
ing, paper. nc. are concerned. One OF the
notes, signed Dun. Cameron. Prest, is well
calculated to deceive, requiring care to detect
the counterfeit The other, signed &. w. Nor
deca. Pres't., is filled up badly, the 81 snatnres
coarseIy executed, and the impnsture pal lpable
to any eye. The Fayetville Branch has not
issued any bill of $50 of the old plate signed by
MIR. Mordecai.
Emigrnuis Reiurninc.-'The packet ship New
World said from New York on Wedne. day,
for Liverpool, with two hundred storage pas.
sengers The Post says that six of the num-
ber who are females, 30 on 4 visit and intend
to return to this cuuntry, hut the remainder,
MANY of whom have been hire from two to
ten yers, have become dissatisfied and intend to
pass the rest of their days in their native land
They are mostly Irish.
Red R;rer.- The Alexandria Republican of
the llth says:
1.-The river was on Thursday found to be
forty-three and half feet lower at this place
than The high water Of last spring, and nearly
45 feet lower than the high water of ls49.
Thomas X Smith, ESQ., from whome we OBJ.
tain this information, thinks that the river ia
lower now than it has been in ten years at
least