The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-10-11


CoRRrPr1oS OF SLAyEs.-:We notice lT thsss
last Charleston papers, that The. good people q.
that city have become alarmed at tlle1ncreasili;s
prospect Of injrry to tile. slave population, ART
sing from the Illegal traffic with acertain cass
of shop Keepers: What is more, tic city aux
thorities seem resolved to punish the offenders,
if they cannot eradicate the evil. During the. :;
months of Juls and August alone, fines to the 5.
amount of sl,795 were re'imposed upon offenders.
The name and residence of the offenders are pub
lished, as well as the offence and tie amount Of s
fine imposed. Would it not be we'll for the city.
authorities of Savannah to learn by the ,expe-sa
rience Of others It would be impossible IL s
estimate the damage done to the negro property
of our city by a certain class Of our traders.
Scores and hundreds Of our negroes are congrc
gated every Sunday, and almost every night, illsy
some Of these dells Of iniquity. They are not 3
only dcbauchcd and degraded, but not unffe.s
quently hurried to untimcly graves 1t is time
that the owners OF slaves should take this mat 8
ter in hand, and cxterminate the evil. The niai
who fires house is punished captaiy. ItseeIi,s
to be no crimo, however, to destroy both life aHd
property, provided The property is =. negro, aud
the winking at the crime is necessary to secufe
votes for worthless officials. -
These remarks are not applicable to all TIC
persons at present holding Office in this city, bit
that they are true Of manyof tllcm we llave not
shadow of doubt. Savannah Courier.
| TIE RrciI'rs OF JUICES. AND JyR1Es-Sfif
the trial ofa case. at Baltimore OH Wednesday,
before Judge Frick.. Of the Superior Court
circumstances occurred which brought up tie s
question asto which are the judges of the Inv !.
the presiding judges Or -the, jury: Judge Fft
in deciding upon the law, instructedih jury to-.
bring in verdict f;i- the plaintiffs; buttfe jIr
disrcgarding .snch Instruction, brought M
verdict to tile defendants. -: =, %.
The. jury seem to have acted-thus il opposiS.
ton to the decision ofthe Court in the bellef
that they were under the new constitution the,
judge oflaw> as well as the facts: In this they
were mistaken. 'Fhe new constitution declares
that sin the trial iSof all criminal cases the jury
shall be the judges the law as well as facts ~
but their powers in civil cases remain as lii-
der the old constitution. In such cases The
colir, is the Judge Of the law, and the
therefore not at liberty to disregard its instftc:
tions. Judge Frick, therefore, promptly and
with proper regard to the law and tile right. Of
the Court, refused To receive the verdict Of tie
jury, and discharged them.---Il IlatrioL x -.
At the Diocesan Convention of the Plfaes:.
tant Episcopal. Church Of New York, on Thurs:
day last, the long yyexed question Of admitting
negro churches was decided in the af1i NATIVE,
, in favor of ST. Philips Church. The vote Was,
l39 to Is 81 the clergy. and 7s to SO of the
laily. The delegates, who are all negroes, did
not appear when their. names were called as
they probably did notexpectto be admitted. :,
s..;. - - -.. -, l',ftsss 81
Rom,ScE IN MARRIED +L1rE-A married. married.
couple, says the Paris Gazette des 7'f;iibuadax,
after living together on bad terms for some
time, resolved a few days ago. to separst,:
They sold off alltheir furniture; bGt finding,
that the sum it realized was not.rery itiPof..
tant, they proposed to commit suicide; and
they went 70 the Canal Saint Martin to execute
the design. The husband leapcdin first, But
aftera while; 'beiHg capital swimmer; he fsas:
ed his head above water and perceiving his
wife standing quietly upon the bank watching
him, he began abusing her, and said thataGe6r
ding 20 their conventions she ought to drown
herself Instead, however, of complY ing, She,
accused him of intending to let her drown
whilst he saved himself by swimming He
called on her to plunge in at once; Withodtany
more talk but she refused 'fhereapoonRe got
out of the water and gave her tremendous
thrashing Some persons; Who CAME up, went >
to seek the guard, aud the loving pair were ar.
rested, On being questioned they made the
facts known. afs7 9,-;'s ''''
THE RlFuE:-Many persons who 65are very
expett IN the use of theri1e, know nothing Of
the principle OIL which operates, and would
be ataloss itaskcd why a erooved barrel thfo@s
u ball truer than smooth bore. The reasons
are these. In the first place no bullet fcanfbe
cast perfectly spherical. One side Is always,
heavier than the, other, aud the ball therefore
swerves fromthe right line other projections;
however hardit may be to chow this theoretical
! ly, practice demonstratesit. 1hes same sftloe,h
bore, immoveabIy sized, twice loaded with
balls cast, in the same mould ,zwil not plant
them both in the same spot, at the same dis
tance. The rifle barrel is a female, screw
which gives the tightly driven balFa rotary MOI
ton, So that if the bullet, or rather the slug
swerves with one twist Of the screw, another
revolution corrccts the error There arc but
three motions in rifle bal l--the straight for.
ward, the spiral and the downward caused by
the power of gravity. A rifle, thirty to the
pound, drops its ball about foot in Il hundred
yards. Rifles are sighted therefore to meet this
deviation. On leaving the barrel; the ball
moves above the line Of sight, continually ial.