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The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

CoRoNEK's ISQuEsT.-C Coroner Whiting held
an inquest on the body Of Mrs. Ellen White
whose death We noticed in yesterdays issue
After full and thorough investigation, the
jury returned the following verdict:
"That Mrs. Ellen White came to her death
from wound in the abdomen, inflicted by a
dirk knife in the hand of her husband, Richard
White, in Tradd street, at about two o'clock
p. IN. on Sunday, 7th Of October, 1860; and
SO the said jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths
aforesaid, do say that the aforesaid Richard
Whilc in manner and form as aforesaid, Ellen
White then and there frloniously did kill,
against the peace and dignity of the State Of
South Carolina"
Charleston Mercury, i2M inst.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

TIE MISSISSIPPI ELEcTloN.-Thc returns for
local elections on Monday last says the Jack
son Mssiss;ppian, show that the Brccknri'lsc
Democracy have swept the State by an unpre-
ccdcntcd majority, indicating not less than
twenty thousand majority on the first Tuesday
of November next. Counties which have here
tofore been considered doubtful, such as Rankin
Holmes, Yazoo, &c, have now gone Democratic
by majortics perfectly astounding. In all
parts oflhc State the ground swell is smanllestng
itself.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

MEssrs. CHARLES D. e sR Il Co., have COM
plctcd their improvcmcli at No, 30 broad
street. After careful lsJS Sction yesterday, We
do not hesitate to say that Il. more elegantly
arranged tailoring and gcnf cmans furnishing
establishment cannot be fJ Jund in any city Of
the Union. The front is; ;of hroSn stone, OF
clcrant dcsinu, with large blatc-gl;lss windows
and doors. The floors arc tiled, and the walls
and ceiling neatly paintf in water colors.
The first room on the str%ct is Il sales room
for cloths. c,ssilncrcs and vcstings, which GILL
brace the very best foreign goods imported
into this market. The next apartment is oc-
tagon in shape, with ornate skylisht of
cnamcllcd glass, which softcns tho light and
adds much to the general effect. On either
side of the room are plated show cases, fitted
into the walls for the display of shirts, under
garments, Englisl, aud French gloves, etc.
Spacious drawers on either side arc stored with
morning robes, jackets, and other luxurious
apparel, and the massive show case IN the cen
trc exhibits the latest styles Of shit hosoms,
collars, ncck-tics vcsI buttons, c'c. In the rcar
of this is the cutting department, which is an ad-
dltionaI extension rendered necessary 10y the
demands of trade. Above arc tic workshops
for the hands. In the rear Of the cutting room
is the trimming room. The ever pnnctnal and
skilfu.. contractor, Mr.. David Lopez, deserves
credit for the fitting up Of This model establish
mcllt.-C Charleston .Erc"'y.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

SENATOR HAMMOND A CANDIDATE FOR RE-
E,EcrloN.-Thc Charleston Mercury announ-
ccs, OH authority, that Senator Hammond is Il
candidate for reelection. The Jlrcay says ::
As rumors of his withdrawal have been cur
rent, it deems it IN act Of justice to him to
state the fact. Whatever NAV have been his
intention at previous period, the present crit
icaI aspect Of affairs prevent his voluntary ~
tircmcnt from the public service.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

SEREHADE.-On Wednesday evening, largo
concoursc scrcnadcd the successful candidates,
who responded in appropriate remarks. After
this, led by the band, it returned to Hunts
Hotel and complimented the Hon. F. I. Moses,
Of Sumter, who came out on the piazza and re-
turned thanks in remarks appropriate to the
occasion. Ills reply was in spirit of good
hunor. lie alluded very briefly to the politi-
cal complexion of the country. lie said that
the Union was already dissolved, and saw now
no hope for the South in the Union.
South Carolinian
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

A PROMISING BoY.-The brightest boy of
the whole class lately examined for admission
to the Naval Academy 1t Annapolis, was lit
tic fellow from Texas, fifteen years Of age, who
had been three years setting type in a news
paper Office, and had studied mathematics and
arithmetic with dip,candIc, in the garrct of
a log cabin, at night he was poorly clad,
and had worked at typc-sctting in New Orealse>
and other points, to pay the expenses Of his
journey. If not admitted, he expected to-
work his way home again.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

E1crsIrrDEs OF FoRruNE.-An individual
who only seven years ago possessed an income,
and rode in his scarlctcoat after the hound,
was few weeks ago admitted rs an inmate 10
a workhousc in the county of Galway, Ireland.
This is the third gentleman of fortune belong
ir.. 20 that county, who, within the lest few
wears, has been obliged to seek his last earthly
rcfurc within the cherries walls of 4 union
workhousc.--Enghsh paper,
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23
PoRr ROYAL RAIL RoAD.-DeBow's Review

PoRr ROYAL RAIL RoAD.-DeBow's Rcview
reports:
We perceive lately that the Port Royal
South CaroIina,) Rail Road has been inaugu-
rated into a company. The idea is to con-
meet this admirable harbor with the rail roads
reaching to Charleston and Savannah. The
draft of water at Port Royal is % feet at or
binary high tide, which is equal to Sandy
Hook and superior to Norfolk. To George
p. Elliott ofSouth Carolina, the State is indebt-
cd for his Jealous, intelligent, anc almost I'M
remtting efforts to bring this enterprise into
notice, aud the W hole people South will in time
recognize shc,value of his services. No port
within its limits will in the future be more i'm
portant than this, should necessity ever drive the
South into the formation of separate govern
mcnt. We have taken the greatest interest
from the beginning in Mr.. Elllotts Iabors, which
have been continued for four or five years, and
compliment him upon the success which is.
attending them.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

BELL MEN BECOMING BLACK REruBL1cANs.-
About three hundred of the American portion
of the Bell and Everett party in Baltimore, on
Thursday night, marched to the Lincoln head
quarters and joined that party. This was in
consequence of the election of the reform
ticket in Baltimore, which destroyed the rule
ofthc so-callcl American clubs iu that city.
The result ofthis will be to increase Breck-
lnridgcs plurality in the State Since the
election many who have previously been Doug.
las men are coming over to Breckenridge.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

WEALTH OF MIssIssIppI.-1'hc Ficksburg
Wig, Of the Sth inst, says:
1t has been estimated that the taxable wealth
of Mississippi, in land and negroes, in the
year 1860, will amount 10 the handsome sum
of SG53, 100000. The estimate for the county
of Warren is put down at 100000. Hinds
is put dowras the richest county, her estimate
being $50, 100000. Lowndcs comes next,
$2G,UO0,0OO. Yazoo and Bolivar, $25,0O0,-
900. Madison, S23,0O0,0O0. Marshall, S22,-
100000. DeSoto, $22000,000, &c.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

Minute MEH.-1hcrc was one of these or
gauizaiions formed in this town, on Saturday
last. The meeting was we'll attended, and y
goody number Of names enrolled. We arc
pleased to notice that the people are moving
with spirit in the matter of these important
orranizations.- Cherdw Gazette.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

St. Louis is great place for law and for
damage suits. y mans wife lately fell from
porch and injured herself. llcr husband I'M
mcdiatcly instituted legal proceedings against
their landlord for damages to the amount Of
$4,000, because he failed to have the porch made
strong enough to bear 10 pounds weight.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

SENATOR BEowN's OrIXIoN OF llAMLlN.-
United States Senator Albert Gallatin Brown,
of Mississippi, in Il recent speech at Crystal
Springs, tins describes Hannibal llamln, OF
Name:
Mr.. lIamlin is man of fair mental cndow-
mcuts If he is remarkable ior anything, it Is
for knowing which way the wind is going to
blow and always getting his sail set so as tc
catcl the first breeze He took up politics as
a Young duck takes TO water, because 1t wa:
his element. If owed the devil Il genuine
Simon Pure Yankee, and meant to settle fair
would send him Hannibal llam!ln.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

TnE FLORIDA ELECTIONS The Fcrnandina
F2oyid;uu of the It'll contains the returns OF
the recent elections 50 far us they had been
received up to the time Of going to press:
Brccknri,lg and Lane will carry Florlda next
November, over the combined forces Of BELL
and Everett, and Douglas and johnson, by at
least 3uOO or $500 votes.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23
The Hon. Stenhen A. Donclas having ca

The Hon. Stephen A. Douglas having can
vasscd the States of Vermont, Maine, Pen
nsyvauia, Ohio, and Indiana, to his hearts
content, and witnessed the results of his labors,
proposes to canvass forthwith the States of
Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee Georgia
and Alabama closing the canvass at Mobile on
the night before the day Of Presidential Ecc-
tinn
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

TIE CooL1E TRADE VS.. TIE SLAVE TRADE.-
The New York Herald of ofThursday says: ave
are informed that by the next steamer the
round sum Of $3GS, 900 will be sent in draft to
England, 10 charter vessels to 60 to China and
take coolies for Havana, according to the re-
cent permission granted by the Spanish Gov
crnmcnt. Said amount of money came into
this country with the express object ofchartcr-.
ing vessels; but as the contractors have seem
the fate Of the vessels going TO the coast of
Africa they became afraid and decided Mt once
to 90 to England"
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

Nix. LIycuLX's F0rTn-coMIHG PRocLAMA-
rlox-Our telegraph despatch from Wash
inrton, in our yesterdays paper, stated that
Governor Seward had let ont the important
fact, that should Mr.. Lincoln be elected Pre-
sidcnt of the United States, lie intendc'! TO put
forth aproclaInation Of such views us he deem
cd important, to allay all opposition from the
Southern States. Seward and Lincoln OBJ
viouslv think, that the Southern people are
very like captured elephant. In Air'c" they
dir hole for him; and when he has tn'nhIed
in, they beat him, and then bring linn some
grass; and thus, by alternate beating and feed
inrthcy subduc his spirit, and he follows hs mas
ter. So these two political clarl;1tons suppose
that after years Of sectional organization IN
the North, on the ground Of hostility TO AT,
rican slavery in the South, and It's rig htiu
and necessary overthrow b! the General TO
vcrnncnt, and they succeed III gaining the
mastery of the Government to carry out then
policy, they have only to pnt forth a !.w n.y.
pocritical and lying phrases, and the S"uli
will submit-a little green grass to the elephant
in the pit NharLeSt0" Nrc"'y.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

SICK 1IEADAcnE.--lt is stated that two tea
spoon<ful of finely powdered charcoal, drank
in hat-tun,Llcr of water, will, in less than
fifteen minutes, give relief to the sick head
ache, when caused, as in most cases it is, by
supcraburdancc of acid on the stomach,
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23
ZG|IS S'GsG

VINO ARE TIE DISTINGUISHES Judge Gibbs,
a Bell and Everett elcctor for Yazoo county,
declares in his speeches that Congress possesses
the Constitutional power to abolish slavery in
the District of Columbia; yet, nevertheless, if
Congress should exercise that power, he (Judge
G. is for an unconditional dissolution of the
Union. Who ever heard Of breckenridge
and Lane elcctorproposng disnnion should the
South receive all her Constitutional rights?
Yazoo (!Niss) Democrat.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

SEcEssIox-T Huntsville (Ala.) 1drocate
saws: "Wc understand from personal consul:
tation, or what VIC regard reliable authority,
that all our merchants, 10 matter what their
party affiliations have returned from the North
in favor Of secession ana resistance, if Lincoln
should be elected"
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23
TIE SURVEY OF TIE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD

TIE SURVEY OF THE CENTRAL RAIL Road
The Lancaster Ledger says:
The Snrvcyingparty have reached this point
on their route from Charlotte to Gourdin's.
Their tents are now pitched in the suburbs of
orr town. 1t is not yet asccrtaincd with ccr-
tainty whether the road will run to the West
or to the East of the village but probably to.
the East. The route from this point will ~
comparatively free of water courses and
and the survey, it is presumed, will
much more rapidly tlran.it has
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

STARVED TO DEATH IN New YoRE.-On:
Monday last, in New Iol k, two persons, (nalc
and iemale,l were picked up in an cmaciatcd
and SprcchIr$s condition, and both have died,
singular to relate, from sheer starvation! A
singular thing, truly, to relate Of a city like
that and one which would he deemed fabulous
if told Of any other community:
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

Tue MINUTE MES.-Wc are glad to see the
people Of our State everywhere preparing for
tn. crisis which is at hand. As AN offset to
the" Wilc-.A .Awakcs" Of the North, Minute
Men" are organizing in ali the principal dis
tricts of South Carolina. Their object Is to
form an armed body Of men, and 10 join III
with our fcIIow-cilizcus, now forming in this
and our sister States rs "Nlinntc Men," whose
duty is to arm, cqurpand Mill, and be ready for
any emergency tha: may arise in the present per-
iIOns position ofthc Sou,!Gr" States In h9r-
shaw. AbbcviIIc and Richlamd Districts the
organization is already c"n'plcte and powerful
embracing the flower OF thf YOUTH anl leu on
Lv ,l,c most influential isizcns The bad re
,Jontcj is 4 Luc rosctt&--two and half
inches in diameter, with i; military button i'll
the centre, to be worn " Ion the side "l the
hat. Let the important work 80 braVeIy on
and let every son OF Car"lIila prepare l" hlonh'
fine bIuc cockaGc CharicI Ton Ncfcury.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

DEATH OF TIE OLDEST Mason IN TIE
UNITED STArEs.-Thc Alexandria G"=ettc of
tho 22d ult., announces the death Of an aged
citizon, Mr. John Shakes, and adds:
Mr. Shakes was one Of the oldest citizens
in the town of Alexandria. lie WAS born i'll
Kent county, Nd, on the Goth Of October,
l774, and wanted, therefore, one month of be-
ing sc years of age. Having lost his father
while yet an infant. in consequence ofcxposure
in camp of the revolution, he removed with
his mother to Philadelphia. where he resided
during a portion of the Presidency of Gen.
Wasllintou, occuwinga house in the immedi-
ate vicinity of the residence Of that iIlustrious
chief lie served an apprenticeship at the
Jrusll-makiug business in baltimore, and i'm
mcdiatcIy on attaining his majority, attached
himself to the Masonic Order, of which hc
continued a very active member for sixty-fvc
years, being at the period Of lis death the old,
dest Frccmason, probably, in the United States.
Mr.. Shakes removed to Alexandria in 1901,
and since that time has constantly resided
there. lie filled for many years scVcral offices
of public trust, and WIS generally beloved and
respected by those who came in contact with
him.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

The editor Of the Southern Christian .idOO
cufe, published ut Charleston, has just recover.
c,l from al attack of Yellow Fever. We give
below his vivid description of the effects pro
,luccd by this dircIil epidemic {:
Another 1Iar0cGtc goes forth to its readers,
without having received any care from the
Editor. lie is indebted to his excellent friend
Mr.. Canning, the foreman ofthc, office, for al
that has becn,tlonc,, willie he himself has been
Esc.iioying tic; luxury ofsa.boutwith thsfcNer- And
and slapped one boldly in tSYfacc saying
stand that if you cah," there night-havc been
some credit in succumbing ; but to have it sneak
Oh, without ever sending Ague to shake the
doors down, or Pain to wrench them off the
hinges, and crawling up to ones heels lay hold
and creep up, hanging Ieadrn weights all along
up, up to ones neck, and pulling him down
and sitting on him for ten days-ths is fever
Won need not want. How the Icadcn waves
seem to GLIB and flow through you; and tl:cn
they divide and srrbdvdc, until YOU do not
know how nrany people you have come to he.
Y Yonlcr is one arm roasting hundred yards of,
and Wonder leg quarter of a mile away, and
YOU cannot get to them to pull them out ofthc
firc-and you feel that if You could only come
all together again, you would be sound. We'll,
at last the difficult task is accomplished
is established once more and after twelve
DAYS contest, the doctor says--llc cook may
take YOU in hand now. Pleasant words, only
the cook cannot half do Justice to the occasion.
Oh. for Soycr or Mrs. Glass. There is crllmb
of comfort. The doctor opincs that yellow
fever has been writing his receipt all over us,
and has given lis epidemic acquaintance for
the futulc.-lf 50, the immunity has not been
dearly purchased either for ourselves or for
several members of o, lamily WHO have been
sick. Able to creep about now, we pen tins
paragraph in hope that next week We may re-
turn to our work-which, hard rs it may bc,
is more pleasant than being sick.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

THERE is nothing 2urcr than honesty; moth
inr swcctcr than charity, nothing warmer than
love; nothing richer than wisdom; nothing mor':
stcadfst than faith.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

The Hon. r. B. RnErr.-It may not Lc gen.
orally known that this true patriot and gentle
man, is descended, on the patcrna side, from
an ancestor of the late John Quincy Adams
on the maternal side. The family name OF
Mr.. Rhctt is Smith, and the mother of Adams
bore the same name. Two brothers cmigra-
ted to the United States. Tho one fixed his
abode in Massachusetts, the other in South
Carolina. These were the ancestors OF Mcssrs.
Adams and Rhett-the former, one Of the
most bitter, unrcenting and powerful enemies
against Southern men and Southern institu-
tions they have ever had to contend against
the latter, inferior to none as statesman with
out guile, patriot without fear, and gentle
man in the true Carolina sense of the word. -
We sec that MIR. Rhctt is named in the .Ncr-
cnry for Governor UnionuRle Times.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23
Letter from the Governor Of MiSsiS-

The following letter from the Governor of
Mississippi, appears in our exchanges in that
State -
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

Mrs. Eleanor Love Washington, tho cstIn'a-
LIr wife Of John 4. Wash ington Esq, died at
W,vrl,rd the residence Of her husband, i'll
r.ruuicr county, VA, on the OH instamt, i'll
the ;}7;h year Of hsr age.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

lie is a brave man who isn't afraid TO wear
oil clothes, until hc is able to pay Tor new
ones.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

TIE COMING CRIsIs.-Thc Central Bank OF
Montgomery, Ala. has determined not to dis
count any more paper until after tho election,
The MaH says that fears of a depreciation OF
property, in case Lincoln should be elected,
has led to this course.
At meeting of the Board Of Directors Of
the Georgia Air Line Railroad, recently held
in Atlanta, Ga, the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolyca, That in view Of the unsettled state
of public affairs, and the dcpressionn in the fnan-
cia condition of the country consequent there
on. that the progress OF the Georgia Air Line
railroad he suspended until the next meeting
of this board, and that this board now adjourn
to meet at this place on Tuesday, the 9th day
of November next, at ten o'clock a. IN.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

mcnting with his pct which is to make dia-
monds as cheap as pebbles, the thing blew up,
and the experimcnter barely escaped with his
life. We understand the power Of the explo
sive gas was so great as to tear asundcr solid
iron threc-fourls of an inch thick, as readily
as one would tear up wet paper.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23
The Northern Elections.

We give below brief summing up Of the
results of the late State elections in? Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, and Indiana:
PENNsYLvASIA.--The majority Of Curtin, for
Governor, 10000. Last year the Black Re
publican majority was 1900.
Legislature.-Rcpublican by more than two
to one in both branches.
Congress.-Thc Democrats have gained
three members, compared with the present de-
legation.
Omlo.-Thc Republicans have carried the
Supreme Judge by 10000. Last year their
majority was 1926.
The Democrats lave gained four Congress
men.
ISDIASA.-Lanc Rcpublican) elected Gov
crnor by five to ten Thousand. The Lcgisa-
ture is also Republican. Congressman sup
posed to stand as in the present House.
The result shows gain Of seven members
of the Democratic party in the House of Rep
rcscntatiycs in Congress. But it also shows
the loss of two United States Senators, Mr..
Biglcr, of Pennsylvania, and Mr.. Fitch, of In
diana. There will then remain in the Senate
only five Northern ar.-Repubcan Senators
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-10-23

The ccn.lrs returns show the city Of Richmond
Va, to have II population O! 37,"GS.