The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1857-02-24
Bank RiIlFound.

Bank Bill Found,
just nineteen wears ago, a gentleman then
residing at Clio Marlboro District, in this State
enclosed in aleiter; 500 bill. Of the Merchants
Bank of this place, te one OF its officers. The
letter was duly mailed at Clio Post Office. But
never reached its destination. Upon enquiry
at the Post Office here, no such letter could be
found, neither the way bill which ought to have
accompanied it. The letter and its contents,
therefore, were given up as lost
Recently, We removed our Office to the build.
ing then occupied as the Post Office. and in
sweeping out on Wednesday last, the long lost
letter, unopened, was swept into the street,
picked up and delivered to the Bank Officer, to
whom it was addressed. 1t was opened, and
there lay the twenty dollar bill safe and sound.
1t was reenclosed in new envelope, with the
Ietteriu which itlhad iaiaso long concealed, and
forwarded to its owner who resides at Bishop.
vile, who no doubt had long ere this ceased to
mourn its loss. @
Nineteen years ago, there was paper cur
rency called. United States Bank Bills" which
had wider reputation than +4eSs IF isstikq-'
tons Of less professions, and sto Obtain
one of these, that the Merohaiys Bank Bill was
sent to one2of its officers.
Had tits bill been loaned at 7per cent. it
would have yielded its owner S26, which
.ahount he has lost. Though buried in rubbish
this~twenty dollar bill has not been idle, Its
| owners loss has been the gain of others. The
Bank has reaped the profits due to its owner
1t has declared dividends upon it for all the
Time it has been lost. Amarked exemplifca.
tion Of the proverb s'tEat what ever is one mans
gain is another mans loss
....... Gheraw Gazette.
CHERAw AND CoALF1ELD RA1LRoAD.--We
have. the pleasure Of announcing to our
readers the fact, that the North Carolina Leg
islature, at its recent session, chartered com.
pany to construct Railroad from Carbonton,
in that State, to lhe South Carolina line, in the
direction of this place, to be called the "Che
raw and Coal6elds Railroad ."As an indication
OF the Importance attached to this lirk ofnternai
improvement and Of its popularityiu that State,
we will state the fact that in the Senate com
posed of.fty Senators, but ten voted against it,
and in the House, composed ofone hundred and
twenty members, bur twenty nine voted against
it, 4 measure Of snch unbounded popularity
must have intrinsic merit of its own, upon which
that popularity is based.
We have not yet seen the charter, but are
Uniformed by one Of its mort arduous supporters,
fthat it is quite liberal in its provisions. By a
clerical error, which the enemies Of the bill
hang their forlon hopes Of its defeat upon, it
provides that S2,o00.00o, ,ofstocks hall be sub
scribed before the company can be organized, iI-
stead ofs200,00o the original BILL Upon the
discovery of this error, the most reliable judicial
talent Of the State was consulted, the result OF
which was, that it was not of material disad-
vantage to the organization OF the company.
i The leading features ofthe charter are these:
1t Is to continue for nlnety:nine years. and it is
not to be taxed above that Of other roads in
the State. Its track to be the South Carolina
gauge, so that coal trains may pass to the sea
board wit hout changing cars.
The people Of North Carolina who are most
deeply interested in securing an. outlet and a
market for their vast and valuable minera
wealth, have succeeded in obtaining charter
and it Is now for them and others who are to be
benefited to take immediate steps to organize
the company and build the road. Nor can We
doubt for moment that they will do SO. And
, rs CIldTleStOI, Lu6 lNottHcdStefH 1soau o'u bu>
Cheraw and Darlington Roadsare all deeply
interested, as welfas the people ofNorth Caro-
lima, in the early completion f.the Cheraw and
Coal Fields Road, I'VE trust prompt action BY
; all parties will at once be taken.s
We feel it to be our duty to devote our bes,
energies to the work; and at an early day we
in:end-to give brief history of the Coal Field.
of more recent explorations-ofi its value tc
the commercial. world, and Of the easy access
to their uexhaostible treasures by the proposed
road. We shall urge the necessity ofthe road
to the development of the unbnunded natural
resources of one of the most fertile and pro.
ductve regions of North Carolina.
The charter has been granted. and wek Say
most emphaticalIy that the road must be built
and that we do invoke, the aid Of every one in
erested to an early and united effort to build 1t.
Cheraw Gazette. s
:"WAlKixo PAPERs.p'-Our friends at Wadcs.
boro' N c.. (says the Pee Dee Herald) during
the last week held meeting. aRd with salts
factory evidence before them, came to the con
cllsion that man named Anderson, was a
dangerous man to the community, that he was
an aboIi,ionist, that he had been tampering
with negroes, and that he had been expressing
his abolition sentiments rather too freely
Upon these grounds, they passed a resolution
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