Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-05-02
THE CUBA EXPEDITION.
he Savannah Morning News Of Monday


says:
For several days past the city has been rife
with runors about the expedition against Cuba,
supposed to be on foot, and the government
officials have exhibited great amount of zeal
in their efforts to ferret out the actors in the bu
siness, aud to preserve the neutrality of the ma
ton. The steamer Welaka, Capt. Blanken-
ship, was chartered yesterday, and sailed last
night for the south with w. II. G Mills, Depu
ty u. S. Marshall, and other officials ON board,
in pursuit of the expedition, which it is report
ed, is concentrating somewhere on the coast.
We will not now mention the rumOrs that are
current i'll the city.
M1ss1ssrpr--The Southern Standard, new
paper issued at Columbus, (Lowndes co., Miss.
gives the following encouraging news from the
adjoining county, Alonroe) whose county town,
Aberdeen, has been considered strong hold
of the sul,nissionists in that quarter
There is Il fine state of feeling IN the county
of Monroe. The cause of Southern rights Is
advocated there by the ablest men in the coun-
tv. Speeches are made nearly every evening to
large and respectable crowds, and we feel as
sured flor we know the pcople) that most
thorough revelation is going OH Ill public opln-
ion.
The Union meeting held at Aberdeen Oh
Tuesday last, was considered failure by the
submssionsts. The failure is attempted to be
excused on the plea that the "peoPle did
know the time" it was to be held. 1t had
been advertised for several weeks and announ-
ced in various other ways-yet the people did
| al. Il, 'El,a inEa is Unn1
one."
Shocking Crue1ty.-A few days, since Mr.
E. Willets, who resides at Birmingham, Oak
land county, who was on his way from the utl-
ca insane asylum, having in charge his son, a
lad of Is years, who had lately been discharged
frou, that institution as incurable, stepped out
at station on the central line Of railroad
through New York, to obtain some refresh
ments for the lad, leaving him sitting quietly on
his seat
On returning. Mr.. Wilets found the train in
motion and got into a car. behind the one
which he left; here he found an acquaintance,
with whom he conversed for minute or two,
and then passed on to the cars in which he had
lett his son. On reaching it he found the seat
vacant ana the poor boy gone.
On making inquiry, the conductor told him
that he had put young man off the train, some
distance back who would not pay his fare
nor give all account of himself
The anxious father stopped at the next sta
tion. returned and found the mangled body of
his son lying on the track.
He had paid his own fare, and that OF his
son to Buifalo!-Detroa Journal ..s
Free Soilers in Oil Tminany.-From New
| York we learn that, after very warmly con-
tested struggle, the Barnlmrners have sue
ceeded in defeating the Old Hunkers, aud get
ting possession of Tammany Hall. This is
| what they have been aiming at for years, and
they have succeeded mt last, so that John Van
Buren, can go into the wigwam once more. In
the election of Sachems, on Monday night, they
elecled their whole ticket with the exception Of
one candidate.
| TAXING BAcnELoRs-In the Pennsylvania
House, Hr. Walker has presented petition
asking that unmarried men may be taxed one
| dollar per head, for school purposes, to be de-
voted to the education OF llegtimate children.
ne petlttOI WIS Ttdo W a So'h-
| nittee of bachelors over thirty years old, with
| MIR. Fritz as chairman.
| CoUNrERFEIr GoLD DoLLARs.-W learn
from very respectable bank clerk that there
are quite a large number of counterfeit gold
dollars in circulation in this city, which are
executed with so much mechanical skill as to
render detection extremely difficult, to those
familiar with gold coin. BY resorting to the
means of chemical process, orsthe infallible
test offered by the most cor. ect gold balances
any one may be secured from imposition. Let
storexeepcrs. business men generally, and the
police especially, look sharp 'aliimore Sun
The Joint Special COMMITTEE Of the Massa.
chusetts Legislature on the subject Of Capital
punishment, reported on Thursday, bill fo'
the abolition Of the death penalty, and provi.
ding that the Offences punishable by death un.
der the present code, shall be punished by I'M.
pgisonment in the State Prison for life.
The Richmond Wing, and some other dis:
coverers Of mares nests, have been agitated and
aggravated at story Of their own manufac
ture, that Sir Henry Bulwer, the British minis
ter, had gone to South Carolina to negotiate a
treaty of alliance with her.