The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-10-31

tits conputatea S,at the Mormons in Great Britain
number abeai ooo at Utah g. 600 and less than
40 900 are scattered over Iowa, Missouri Illinois; Wis
cunsin and6ther Western States making in alll5o,.
900 belonging TO this sect. =
An Internal Improvement Convention Is 10 be held
at Salisbury n Jon Thursday next To- consider and
recommend general system Of Internal Improve.
ments by Railroads for the State. = EEg "
Gen. SAM Houston has been nominated bytf,
General Committee Of the Burke sctoa Of the Demo-
cratic party in New Hampshire 81 candidate for the
Presidency We see it announced also; 5Eat he ID to
deliver lecture beforea feesoil II Boston,
during the winter. s,ssss
ThePresbyteryof of Harmony will meet at Brewing.
ton Church in Sumter District Thursday the second
day Of November next. !,
THE Synod Of South Carolina win hold their next
meeting in Central Church. Charleston, on Wenes.
day the 18th day of said month.
BISHOP oArERs-The Abbevile Independent Press
says: =. ~
"Quite annteresting meeting Of three or four days
duration, was held last week. including Sunday at tho
Methodist Church in this village, on which Bishop
Capers attended, preaching with his wonted earnest
ness and power Our Partially towards this veteran
ambassador Of the cross, as model Minister might
lead US to say more Of him than good taste could sera
rate from indiscrminate laudation Of distingulshe
personages and only add that he see1s 10 posses
good health, promising yet many years usefulness
to the Church. q :. ~ ~ e
No ostensible fruits of bis ministry here on this
occasion were realized but he that goe.ilforth and
weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless return
again with rejoicing bringing hissheayes With hfn,s
HEALTH OF MONTGOMERY telegraph reports (.
bad state of things in Montgomery, Ala The Adyer.
tiser Of last Saturday informs US that two Of tho pa
persof that city the Mail and the Times have been
suspended till the subsistence Of the epidemic The
Advertiser Of the 2lst holds the following language:
Much Of the prevailing fever is In our midst, and
during the week it has spread IN almost every direc
ton over the city. Alldoubts as to it's being conta.
gous, we believe, are now removed Il has appeared
in no family Without attacking more than the arst
casein one case extending to seven persons four Of
whom have died. But very few who have waited O.,
cases of fever have thus far escaped; contact being
found sure means Of attack Thus it has been Carl
ried to every part of the city and is raging now toa
extent without parallel in the history Montgomery
PLANK ROAD DrynEsp. 1T gives, us pleasure tore.
cord the continued and increasing success of the
Fayetteville and Western Plank Road, that Important
pioneer work Of the kind in the South.
Tolls for the months ending Dot. a. '6l $l3,f0s s6
+ Do do do do Oct l, 1858 II, ,45I 03
Increase ~ si.s5s ca
The Directors have declared seufannual dividend
Of per cent, paid unusually heavy curets expenses
for repairs, and left upwards Of $2390 to be carried to
the Reserve Fund All of this is in the dun half
year The receipts of the next will of course be ma
terially rger.-Fayeaevile Observer. -
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CoLLEGE.-We are pleased to
observe by notice in another column that the Alum.
nj Association Of the College have determined to cee-
brate the tieth anniversary Of the founding of tho
institution on the first Monday in December next
Ex-Governor Floyd Of Virginia, distinguished and
eloquent graduate of the institution win deliver the
oration. 1t will be quite an interesting occasion T
Ctwolintan
SNoW-There was snow storm on Saturday last
on the mountains west of Cumberland, Nd. It fell
thick and fast but soon melted. On the same day
snow fell to the depth Of five inches in Lancaster, NJ
r., and nearly two inches in Concord The White
Mountains were covered and SO were the Green Noun
tains beyond Montpelier Vt. 1t is rather early for
snow in those regions, butby no means extraordinary
SNow.-The ground was covered with snow to the
depth OF two inches in Montreal on Monday morning
The hills of Vermont were likewise white with snow
on the same day.
Rev Samuel z. Jennings, N. D., aged 81 years died
at the residence of his son.in.lav, Dr. Owings West
Fayette.st. Baltimore about noon on THURSDAY. He
was one OF the founders of the Methodist Protestant
Church IN that city and for number of years held
one OF the proessorships of Washington Medical Col
lege. His position in society was among the highest
and he was beloved by all with whom he came in
connection.
TRY IT-A lumpof crystalized sugar, exposed TO
the suns rays shows the same brilliant hues ifimne.
diately afterwards placed IN the dark as diamond :.
The Board of Health ofCharleston report 2i deaths
from yellow fever for the week ending at 10 p M OF
Sunday: .
CHARLESTON AS GROCERY MARKEr.-We
heard one of our merchants the other day who !,
trades mostly with Charleston, and, who had {,
just returned from the North, remark, that not
withstandiog the high reputation of Northern
cities, and particularly y of Baltimore, for ckeop
goods, that he conld buy groceries in Charles
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