The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-09-27
Death of an Editor.

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Death of an Editor.
The last AbbeviIle Banner comes TO us
clothed in mourning for the death of its editor
and proprietor F. w. CELLEcK, ESQ.,, of whom
that paper makes the following appropriate
notice.
DEATH OF COL. F. w. SELLEcK.- be.
comes our painful duty to announce the death
of Col Frederick w. Selleck, the Editor of this
paper, who. breathed his last on the morning of
Tuesday, the Goth inst. Tie deceased was in
the 29th year of his age, and has thus been cut
off in the prime of manhood.
Col. Selleck was native of the city of Au.
gusta, and there his boy hood was passed Re.
moving to our village about ten years ago, as Il
clerk in the store Of the Messrs WardIaw, lie
won the confidence of his employers by his
strict attention to business, while he ingratia.
ted himself with all, by his singularly pleasant
and winning address, Upon the breaking out
Of the Mexican war, he joined the volunteer
company from this district. under the command
ofcaptain Marshall: and was Immediately elect:
ed Lieutenant. In that capacity he passed
through the war with great:crcdit, and his nafre
has become matter of history-as the hero of
the Garita de Belen, the first American who
planted his country's standard on the walls of
Mexico. Al the close of the war lie returned
to this district, where his fellow, citizens exhi-
bted their appreciation his services BY elect.
ing him to tn, Office of Ordinary, which he held
at the time Of his death.
Nature had done much for Colonel Seleck.
Gifted with fine persen,an engaging manner,
a clear and active mind, and a companionabIe
disposition, he possessed in an eminent degree
the qualities which fit men for success in life.
He had his faults--and who has not9 We
would rather dwell upon his virtues.
- Be the rest forgot;
For it is JOY to speak the best
We may Of human kind.
We would rather dwell upon his high sense
of honor; his respect for sacred things his
admiration Of ''lhe good, the beautiful and
true his aflectionate regard for his mother;
his devotion to his family, and his libcrality TO
his friends.
We drop tear to his memory--the chival-
rous, the noble minded Peace to his ashes.
AN OUTRACE.-It will be perceived by an
advertisement in our present issue, over the
signature of our Sheriff, COL John c. Rbame,
that small negro boy isnow in his possession,
in this place, who says that he was caught upon
the road, near his masters residence, by two
wagoners, who gagged, blindfolded, and con.
concealed him i'll their wagon, and carried him
some distance-how far he knows not-wher
he escaped, and found himself near the planta-
ton of Mr.. George McCutchcn, in our district.
The boy seems to be quite intelligent and
gives apparently a correct statement Of the
whole transaction. He says he belonged to 4
Mr. McGee, house painter, and bis master
lived near some town where he often saw the
smoke and heard the whistle of the cars; but
as he had been bought by McGee only few
weeks before he was stolen away, he does not
know the name Of the town where his master
resides. He says that the widow McCullum
and John Seagkr are near ncighbors of his mas
ter. If the boys statement is true, and we
have every reason to believe it is, our citizens
shoull be on the alert, and endeavor to arrest
the unrrincipled scoundrels who have been
guilty OF this gross outrage. Itcertajnly merits
the scverest punishment. We sincerely hope
tsc offenders will be ferreted out, and be made
to suffer for their unparalleled effrontery AMI
impudence.-Btack Rirer Hatchman.
REL1eIoUs REv1vALs, ,-Revyals of this char,
acter, for the last five or six weeks, have beeu
both numerous and wide spread in our country.
We have partially noticed this matter in the
last several numbers Of our paper, during its
progress, and would not refer to it again, but
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