The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-02-21
DEN sOUTHCAROLINA TUEsIY MORNING. FEBRUARY 2186o

On motion osMr. Bryce, the Report Of the
Committee and the Resolutions appended there
to were received and adopted.
Colonel Locke-moved that the Chair appoint
Committee on Proxies and Managers Of Elec-.
tons for the Annual Meeting in 1861; and
that the Presidents the Rail Road Company
and the Bank be authorized to fill any vacan-'
cies occurring aad interim which motion be-
ing carried, the, Chair re-appointcd those gen
tlcmen DOW acting
Committee on PROXIES -Messrs. J. Y. Stock,
L. C. Hendricks, C. J. Colcock.
Managers of Elections-Thco. Huchct, Esq,
Col Francis Lance, James 6. Holmes, Esq.
On motion, the meeting then took a.recess
until o'clock, P. m:
FoUR O'CLOCK, p. m. 4.
The meeting was called to order, Col. WI.
Allston in the Chair. -
The Minutes of the morning session were
read and confirmed.
The following returns were received from
the Managers of Elections and accepted:
.-a~. ROAD DIRECTORS.
ANDREW WALLACE, G. 7. MITCHELL,
ALFRED uUGER, '.5. ~. JOHN OALDW ELL,
JAMES ROSE, G. A. TRESHoLM,
| C. NJ. FUKMAN, HENRY GoUKD1N,
CD SHANNON, w. c. DUKES,
l., J. Patterson, w. G, GkrEwooD,
C. r. BRYCE, A.,BURNslDE,
B. II. RICE.
BANK DIRECTORS.
J JAMES RosE, Il. i. ILL.,, HaLI, z.
w. C. GArEwooD, W. A. PR1NaLs,
Nv. DAVIDSON, s C. 3. SINS, '51
III. LOCKE, j. &. COCHRAN,
| w. J. GHAYsoY, J. G. HOLMES,
| ~ B. ONE1LL ~. tzey-
AT an Election, held this day, for Directors
of the South Carolina RAILROAD Company and
of the Southwestern Rail Road Bank, the
aboyc-namcd gentlemen were elected
TsAsclI Fax T,Inn.1 Lance, Managers.
! Charleston, February Is, 1850.
The Chairman having, by request, vacated
his scat to Andrew Wallace, Esq, the follow
inc resolution was offered By AIR. Mitchell, and
unanimously adoptcd:s y
Resolved, That the thanks OF the Stockhod-
4 crs arc due to- our Chairman, Col: w. }. ALI
stonsaud they are hereby respectfully tender
edtoshim for the faithful, impartial and @dgni-
! fed manner in which lie has presided over our
| deliberations ~
The Chairman having resumed his seat, the
. foregoing Resolution was read and the meet
ing adjourned sine die. &,
AT a,meeting of the Board of Directors OF
the South. Carolina Rail Road Company, held
ON. the 18th inst, John Caldwell, Esq, was
unanimously rc-clcsted President for gtherensu-
i ing year. % lsi,taasf aissa .=ast a4 @ 551
1 Ehe .E<lmundson and Hickman flair.
1 we lave the following statements in7rcla-
: tionito the assault upon Hickman byEdlnund-
!, son. The. New York. Tribnne'y Washington
correspondents tclegraphs to that paper as fol-
lows ,7a.,..t aeys sEa r. rs7:tl ID :.
4 Apersonal difficulty Happened after the ad,
4 iournn.cnt of the House .todaf. AS MIR. lick
y 45as .etnrng4.olnc Sshsslgh, the Cybito
!, grounds lie was oycftaEcn bY Nr. fEdmulfdsoh
OF Virginia, who, upon approaching him, call
cd out, and drew back his hand to strike Mr.
p CIinsnan, who was accidentally passing, has
: tcneil up and seized his arm, when Mr.. Ed
. murdsol. struck at Hickman with his left hand
!, knocking off his hat, bnt doing him no injury
The whole affair was instantaneous, and seem
ed to surprise Mr. Hickman. Mr.. Brecliin
ridge who came up, took him away, and thu
scene ended. The alleged provocatlon for thu
attack was an insulting reflection upon Nir
ginl, contained in rcccntspccch Of Mr.. llick
man, in Which he charged that seventeen mel
. and COW had frightened the State. 5
, The Washington Star of Saturday says: "
l A CoLL1sioY.-W hear that on YESTERDAY
afternoon personal collision occurred bctwccl
!, Mcssls. Ethnundson, of Virginia, and IIick
man, of Pennsylvania, Of which the following
q arc the particulars =
About 3. 10 p. m- Mcssrs Edmundson
: Kcitt, and Vice President Brcckinridgc, il
company with two other gentlemen, were lcav
, ing tho Capitol, and when about halfway dowl
the avenue way Of the Capitol grounds, the,
! met Mr. Hickman, who wasapparcntly unacconl
: panied. Mr.. Edmundson walked up to Alr
Hickman, and some words passed bctwcet
| them in relation to n late speech of Mr.. IlicE
mans (apparcntly that made on the occasion
of late scrcnade) which ended in Mr.. E[l
; llundson dealing a severe blow to Mr. IEick
man upon the head, knocking off his hat, ant
following up the assault by some cuts with
switch, at the same time designating Mr.. II
, as "slandercr and coward" Mr.. Hickman
cndcavorcd to close with his antagonist, bu
further hostilities were prccuded by the in
5 tclpositon of others, Mr.. kcit taking AlI
+ Edmundson from the ground, and Mr. Breck
: inridoc performing a like Office for Mr.. Iick
: man.
Lord Macaulays fifth volume of the lTistor,
: of England will, it is now said, most probaLl,
come out. There is great want'ot novelty II
the numerous sketches" "Reminiscences" an,