The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1858-02-23
CONGRESSIONAL.


any ditficulta about Lecompton, whatever, the
Gro; kers may say4sor insipuate. The Presi'
dents message will he sustained aud Kansas
be admitted, whether the investigation com.
mittee report or not,
The whole county, except tue Republicans
and their nsa0 allies, nre tired to death Of this
everlasting howl about, Kansas, and desire the
question TO be disposed of in a manner not
again to ipterfere wish the business Of Con-
gress. 80
The Senatewill admit Kansas with Mime.
sofa and Oregon, and the House viii concur. =
1t is absurd, ,::nd atIinsult to the South.
pose that Southern members aR4 Senators will
change llieiiteourse becduse Kansas viii come.
into lhs gpipp will Stsao ,ass
Tie South have been lighting f,r principle,
to wit: That any State may now or hereaf-
ter come into the Union with or without sla.
very-aud s;iie maintenance OF this principle
is more: inf Eortant 10 the preservation of eur
institutions and the Union than the electinn.of
this or that Senator from one or the other State.
Besides, it snot by any means certain hat
Jim Lane o. Robinson will be returned; on
the contrargr rit is quite likely that they will
be dropped.
/ can.asspfeyou, from the best quarters, that
alltlle insiainis appeals made to the polincal
cupidity fsfhe South are of no avail The
South stands FIRM, and enough Northern Dem
rcrats hayegiajged themselves to principles to
make the admission of Kansas, under thesLe.
compton Constitution, "a fixed fact"
Cor. OF the Baltimore Sur.
80
The Sizkso OF MEN -"lhpTe eele gia,!ts in
those days. no doubt: yet The average size Of
the great mass Of human beings does not
change. The great stature of the Patagoni
ans, Of With SO much has been said and writ
ten. has bee6 proved to be quite as fabulous as
the terrible,.iatlstrom( (of the geogmphies) near
the coast ofNorway. Spme races are taller
than others, anll that is all. The English are
taller thauStte French. and latler too. Amer.
leans are taller than Engshmen and Vermont
aud Kentucky it is Known have more tail men
than the .etl:er States of the Union. That the
average size Of the human family does change
is abundaullS proved by facts which have been
gathered BY grecent writer from whom we
have this statement:
"fhe general opinion is, that men have ply.
sically dege,eretel since the early eras of the
world. But sal the facts and circumstances
which csnShe brought forward on this subject
tend to stow that the human form has not de.
generated, aAtJhat lnen Of the present age are
OF the satas s.sas at the beginning Of
.aoanarac pgI; !. 1ins Of the ifnmau
= I, s!,,,, 49, = : ..esg...s. eg.s |,
wlTics Nave pcrl i;Iaf: ..cehaneed in the most
ancient urns and burial places, demonstrate this
point clearly; EI!e-oldest cohin in the world
is that found in the great pyramid of Egypt;
and this sarcophagus hardly-esceeds the size of
our ordinary cofiu, being six feet and half
loug. That we are not degrnsratng from the
effects of civilization is clear, because the say
ages do not exceed US in height"
MELANCHOLY AcclDESr.-1he body ofCap.
tain James g. Farrar, master Of the harque
Cheshire, of Damariscotla Muine, WAS found
floating in the dock, between Palmetto and
Alarsh's whares, and nc! far from his vessel. at
an earl hour Yesterday morhiuy. Capt. Farrar
was in company with friend unit, ABOUT ii
O'clock on Saturday night, when he left to 90
on board hs barqne, apparently in good health
and spirits, and, as the night vas wet and
dark, it IS supposed that he clipped fr"'u the
cap log Of the wharf overheard and was down
ed. Coroner kinsman held an inquest over
his renans yesterday, and the jury we under.
stand, after opinion by Dr.. K. A. KinIoch, that
no marks of violence appeared, brought in
verdict o. accidental drowning. The deceas,
ed was, we learn about 45 years Of age, and
very regular man in his habits. He leaves
wife and child in Damariscolta. The funeral
will take place this afternoon ut four O'Clock, at
the Bethel, in Church street.
The flags Of the shipping were kept at half.
mast yesterday in respect To his memory
Charleston Courier, 18th inst.
The Washington Star, Of the 9th instant,
after giving It's opinion that the defeat of the
IrcomrtGn Constitution in Congress would De
followed by disuni,u measures Oh the part Of
the Legislature Of every Southern State thus
refers to the position ani probable influence of
the Governor Of Virginia:
"Ihe individual opposition ofGovernor Wise
to the accc cptance Of the Leconpton Constitu.
ton, wonlL he no barrier Whatever to the uc
ton of the Virginia Legislature in the premi.
ses; or If the legal existence of that body be
then terminated, of another which would be at
once chosen by the pc"p. to act in the premr
ses. There is not a;single member of the pres.
cnt Legislature of Virsinf', Of either party,
who sympa'hiseS with the position Of Govern
or Wse-nct one; nor is ther Il single mem-
Der of any other State Legislature South Of
the Potomac, who stands with hlm-Govern-
or Wise. He is enti;e isolated ard alone at
i @ Al Il
pertv, the value Of Which will be destroyed in
the destruction Of the Confaceracy, may find
out, to their sorrow, when too lato."
G. ID. TnLMAN, ESQ This gentleman has
been placed in custody, at his own instance
as We understand the matter, and will meet his
trial at the approaching March Term of our
Court of Sessions. Now that the heat OF ex.