The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-06-06
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News Summary.

A letter was received in Washington from
Corpus Christi under date of May 10, states
that Lieut.. Cosby, OF. the Rifles, had attacked,
with ten men, a party of about forty Indians
near Lake Trinidad, As miles from that place.
In the encounter he was wounded, lost his scar
geans, with two men, and escaped most mira
culously. He WAS wounded by an arrow above
the elbow, but was shot by fur arrows in
his clothes, and the head of an arrow he found
brokenof in his pocket book it having penetra
ted between the clasps. He carried the portmo-
maize in his pan,aloons pocket.
"Lieut Roger Jones is in pursuit of the same
party, with sixteen men, and has not been
heard of since he started. 1t is not known
what Indians they were. This is the third
event involving life taken by Iudins withinsa
few days. An order making strong move
against the enemy may be hourly expected"
There was report il. circulation in London on
the 9Th inst. that Constadt had been captured
by Admiral Napier, with loss of 5000 men.
Sir James Graham being questioned the same
evening on the sub ject, stated no communica~
ton of such fact had reached him. 1t is not
probable that an event of so much Importance
should not have reached the British Govern
ment as soon as any other party.
The death of Luke West, the principal per-
former of the company of Campbell Minstrels,
took place at Boston Wednesday evening, at.
ter few hours illness, from inflammation of the
bowels.
The Providence Tribune says there is no
doubt as to the existence Of cholera in that ci-
ty. Seven cases had occurred within few
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of the sufferers lived less than twelve hours at:
ter the first attack.
Dr. Howe, who was sentenced for ten years
TO the Connecticut State PRISM for attempting
the life of a school-mistress in Litchield coun.
ty, in fit ofjealously, is reported 10 be dying
Of consumption. His mother has petitianed
the Legislature for his release.
The Editor of the Brownsville (Texas) Flag
recently undertook to circulate his paper in
Mstamoros, but the Mexican authorities not
only seized and destroyed all the copies, but
arrested and imprisoned the unsuspecling car.
rier
The Augusta Consttutionalist mentions the
arrest by the Deputy Marshal, Joseph B. Ram.
say of that place, of man named Reuben F.
Samuels, for the murder in Stokes County, N.
C., of Reuben Sutherlin, on the 9th of April
last. Samuels had been traced to Knox coun-
ty, KY, by officer Ramsay, was brought to
Augusta on Sunday, and will soon be delivered
to the civil authorities of North Carolina.-
The murder of Sutherlin created great excite
ment in Stokes county, and the Governor of
that State offered reward Of $500 for the ap-
prehension of Samues.
The sentence of William Fowler, who was
recently condemned to he hung, has been
commuted by. Gov. Nannang to Imprisonment
for six months.
A substitute for the Postage Bill, reported
in the House Of Representatives, has been of;
fered by Mr.. Ods Of Pennsylvania. 1t propo
ses to abolish the franking privilege, to charge
postage OH mail matter now sent free (under
frank to the U. S. Treasury, and to fix the
postage on single prepaid letters going three
thousand miles and under at three cents. The
original bill proposes FIVE instead of three
cents.
A quarrel took place at Applng, Columbia
county, Ga, on Saturday night last, between
Dr.. O'FerrIl and Thomas Seay, which resulted
in the latter stabbing the former repeatedly to
the heart, BY which death ensued in about FIVE
minutes Seay has since been sarre<ted and
committed to Jail.
The number of vessels lost at sea during the
period of eighteen months, ending in Septem
Der, 1853, has been estimated at one hundred
and forty -four brigs, and three hundred and
twenty.seven schooners and sloops, fifty yes.
sells which had previously sailed were never
afterwards heard from; +; eight hundred and thir-
ty eight put into port in distress, and one hun
dred and two wrecks were psssed-making
total loss, for the period given, as calculated
by writer in the Boston Atlas, of one vessel
lost every eleven hours; one stranded every
forty-four hours one abandoned every seventy
five hours, and one sailing and never afterwards
heard from every ten days.
An important improvement has been made,
according to the Journal of Commerce, in steam
boilers, by being furnished with vertical tubes
and making the latter of brass instead Of iron
The Arctic has adopted this improvement, and
the Baltic is having her boilers similarly alter
tered. The result has been, that steam can be
made much faster with the same amount Of
fuel; and when the tubes are worn out, they
will not be valueless, as is the case with iron.-
The increased, cost, compared with the advan-
tages gained is small.
Letter Postage.
Washington, May 25-Mr Olds today in
troduced into the House a substitute bill for
the bill recently reported BY him from the Post
Office Committee, with regard to letter postage.