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The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03
Gou,,sel for the Young.

Eighteen things which render yopng people
very mpolite. .ts: ~ s5. S. ~.
j. Loud laughter. ~ g 81
s.; .. Reading wien others are ia king SIS
8. cuttiss finger aiIs in ssalPa
5. Whispering ',nSmceting.
6. Gazing at strangers. a,.4,=
I. Leaving a stranger without a seat. - -
s. y want Of reverence forssuperiors. :
o: Reading aloud IN company Without being
asked.
10. Receiving present witLout some mani
festaton of gratitude.
II. Making yourself the topic of conversa-
ton.
II. Laughing at the mistake of others.
Is. Joking others in company.
II. Correcting older persons than yourself,
especially parents.
10. 10 commence talking before others are
through.
l6. Answering questions whcnput to others.
II. Commencing to cat as soon as You are
at the table.
Is. In not listening to what one is saving,
in company-unlcss You desire to show cor-
tempt for the speaker. \ well bred person
will not make in observation whilst another of
thc company is addressing himself in it,
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03
The Increased Use of Gunro.

The Camden Journal SAYS that five thou,
sand dollars worth of Guano has been sold Mt
that place by Mr.. james Jones, TO say nothing
of that which has been ordered through Fack
tors in Charleston.
Much of this superior fertilizer that has pass
cd through Camden. we arc pleased to know,
has found its way into this District Many
farmers who have not yet tried it, have bought
with 4 view of experimenting this season, and
those " no had used it before, satisfied with the
result OF, former experiments, have bought
largely. In this District it is comparatively
new manure, and has been used to very lilnt.
ted extent, owing to the want of proper facii-
ties for obtaining it {; and should the expert
mcnts that will be made with it this seasoD &c,
suit as satisfactorily as We are justified in be-
licving they will from the experience Of other
sections, a large increase over the ordinary
yield Of cotton in the Distr;c. may BE- conf
dcntly expected. This stfoFis another reasoa
for anticipating success in the rail road cntcs-.
prise wlrich We have in vicw.-Laacasicr Lcager.
DECREASE OF SLAVES IN DELAwARE.-Dcl-
aware is rapidly getting rid of her slaves Sho
had 5000 at the first census, and but 2200 at
the last one, Their owners find it more profit
able to sci! them at the South than to keep
them, Sussex county alone ships to the South
on IN average, six per week, or two hundred
and twelve q year. Every cc%sus shows do,
crease of ten per cent, in the slave popula-
ton,
EX-Gov. Foore.-Thc Nicksbur. Sun says
that Ex-Gov, Footc. OF Mississippi, is probably
about to a>sumc the editorial control Of the
Nashville (Tenn,) Banner, and through it ad-
vocatc the claims OF such men as Crittendcn'
or Bell for the Presidency. Ii Footc docs
this, says the Sm, he will be the third man
wha has gone TO Tennessee from the cotton
region 10 edit apl-Democratic newspapers, az
ter having been Democratic member Of tho
United States Senate.
- ~,.<o-I----.----
\ New SOUTHERN SrATE.-Ihc old project
OF forming new State out of Northern Missis-
sippi, Western Tennessee, and the extreme
western point ofkentucky, las been revived,
and tic Tennessee Legislature has given it iss
sanction. Thcproposcd State would be bounded
by the Tennessee river on the cast through the
States of Kentucky and Tennessee, and Gv the
Mississippi on the west, and would loutain q
population Of about 100000.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03
Charleston Evening Ne.ys.

The Democratic National Convention VIII!
assembIe in Charleston ON tho 23d OF April
next Two sessions day may be expected!
ono from 10 \. NJ. - p NJ, aud the other
an afternoon session. We have made arrange
ments to furnish every afternoon prompt and
full report Of the proceedings of the forenoon
and on next day the purport of the Afternoon"
meeting. III. :,
On humber of thenail routes, especially IN IN
the upper country Of the State, the Nc"s Will
be the earliest medium through which to re-
ccivc the Convention proceedings.
We have, also, made arrangements Tor the
publication on each Saturday commencing
with the ncyt) of chess cot~mn, which Will 'e
edited by distinguished analytical amateur OF
this city.-lt is intended to promote the study
and appreciation Of that noble game. Inc
column will be under the approval and patron
are of the Charleston Chess Club, which COLI
ours in the hope that the lovers OF the game
will everywhere, by subscriptions to the NewS,
come to their aid in the desirable objects. lhe
terms of the iNews have lately been lowered,
and the chess column is an additional! expense
to it.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03
sRIcsayY Frosf.

tn Wednesday night ada rery hcav ,saros
has eeat dapiaee IS.
i not entire loss Of TIC frllit crop:
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03

The first step toward love is, to play with a
cousin,
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03
- , -
LYycrIBuEG, VA. March %.


Capt Vincent Witchcr, Addison Witcher,
J. \. Smith. and Samucl Swanson. tried for
killing the McsSrs. Clemens, in Franklin coun-
ty, Va, were acquitted on Friday evening
last
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03
sssEf.ECs sToR y.
s:aHEEF ME THERE. ..

1 ...T.
Tie last rays Of the setting sun
Wereiiagering i'll tile West ;;-.... ;.-..e .y
= stood by one whose race was run,
And soon she sank TO rest
but g ere:the spirit took lis fight q. -.
= From tins dark world Of care, .s.
1o realms Of everlasting light,
She whispered Meet me there!.n %
Idloyed her long, and loved her true,y
And sad at heart was J., :;
q: = For all were weeping wien they knew
That she, yes, she must die!
All listened for her partinsewords-
Sue. was 50, good and fiir-
Bur all ITO aerents1tilat tlty heard
We're I. sIsets. oh, meet nc there!'
she died as gently as the aeFs
Il, :falls ~. eptl'e 'oRs;;a a s geigsF.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03

Tie PrnLlc PmXTI>G.-Ihc crntrac. for
printing the post Office blanks las been award
cd to G. I. S. Thomas, at 94 Il per cent, less
than the previous prices. This will be sav-
ing of $4,000 per annum.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03
aallaeu afrpklg yullrlld.
pkoBfsa I'd: !, aY af.A1, 81 oFeuARIEsToS

guesssas aFrI 3, 1850.
CALI. ociate Editor
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03
DISC lnterStcQ
LOTTERY
e! .Esr ne Lnu,tnys,pent of Gnn,dso

~ For DE Improvement of Camden.
Rssoired That the following Scheme and Plan Of a
Lottery, be adopted tor the purpose Of completing the
Steeple,of the Market House in Camden under tho
aptlsority Of the Town Council, of Camden.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03
4 &iSNsr sSasiss aRii.a1I y

lie. asrkct IN use IN lsa0 isas not COM.
petca until The sail lave been seal;
oldea during the visit Of Camden in
Narca. 1885, aud the whole ileted the following
year The Bel and Clock aud the .aias for a
= sane. s
S III the IRE d, 80 1929, when the two
squares above l,ese burned tho Market House and
fire several tile and narrowly csca ped
being s$sttiied by the great eSe,tons of the ct
zciss slss S.s
find the following advertisement, which explains
itselG the Camden Chronicle of lsaa and insert it
for the. benefit of those interested -
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03

,ffs decd was the indi-
l5sisc threats-one Vii
p confcsses the act,
sJnctions of conscience
81 of great ccccntl1cit.y,
,Hr passion, and has
dssornc TO he tit for the
ii Oh ii the Tuesday be-.
itted aSmccting had
men oftlle neighbor.
IF Df. DuBosc, who
endangered, as has
take steps to have
Two physicians and
1& ted to visit him, who
.tsfiiat from the conver-
I'm they could not con
,seailcntly no arrest ~as
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03
Wnt,ss,s.x ,.,;,s TX sSai; al ,-!I sn,:

~ NlE7S.s4.1szs
INC world With
this view, | remember he ono day asked me,
"Nhen Is man rich enough :" l replied,
"When he has a thousand pounds.u lie said
"No."-.Two tlousandI NO. "Tcn tliousandn
NO q hundred thousand?' which Thought
would settle the business, but he still continued
to say NO | gave it up, and confcssed l
could not tell, but begged that he would inform
Inc. lie gravcly said, "Whcn he has little
more than lie has, and that is never! II he
acquires o:Ic thousand he wishes to have two
thousand, then five, then twenty, then fifty;
from that his riches would amount to one hun
drcd thousand, and so on till he lad gr.spcd
the whole world, after which he woull look
about him, like Alexander, for other worlds 10
possess" Many proof have had of the old
gcntcmans remarks since he made them to
me, and am happy to say, have discovered
the reason. Full enjoyment, full satisfaction
to the mind of man, can only be found in pos
scss:ng God, with all his infinite perfection. 1t
is only the Creator, and not the creature, that
can satisfy.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03

. Ne laid her in tile silent grave,
! And sadly LEFT her there,
To sleep the long, long sleep Of death,
Although so good and fair;
And Still j travel On aud seek
\ place, where, free from care,
In meet my lost one yet again
. III meet, yes, meet her there!
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03

wired tile death damp OFF her brow
3 And parted back her hair;
: And when kissed her cod, cold cl;e.k,
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03

b :
My .MoruER.-Ncar the monument erected
to the memory of General Hamilton, in Trinity
Church, New. York, there is an inscription OH
tomb, so singular'and affsctinsy beautiful as
to deserve to be noticed. lis an oblong pile
of.masonry, surlaountcd oya Slab OF stone, on.
which are deeply cut the following words: p,
Ny MOTHER.
Tie trumpet. shall sound, and the dead shat
"iSe.
Fhtrc are no other letters or characters to.
be found Oh the slab or pile. If there is ono one
inscription in the thousand languages that arc,
or havcfbccn, of earth, fitted to retain its sub
lime meaning through every period Of time up
to the resurrection morning, it is this. lhe
Writcrsccnls aware that names should be for;
gotten, andztitlcs fade from the memory Of, the
world Ile'thcrcfore engraved the name by
which lie first knew her who gave him birth
on the stone; and the dearest of all names
that ofn.oth ther.sllall send "a thrill through the
heart of every one who may ever lean over
this matrimonial pile. az.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03

i Of Mr.. Theodore S.
s atls smarriedin Clar.
lkhere forso,uc three
Mn of;cnltRation and
is$sinccrity aud COLI
friends in his
{ perpetratpr Of this
living. Stukes has s
Riic whole matter wi viii
Golt 80
II ~ Lrt., 1T,.,vN. ~.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-04-03
: h hi sc,ide.isl e, s;ando.a District.

Wejgct from llll,5tor of the Clarendon
.Banafr, the facts ofH homicide of DR.. Nc
Neclf DnBosc, of tllatsstrict
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-22
EVILS OF CONsANGUINEoUs MAR
RIAGES.

The evils resulting from the intermar-
riage of blood relations are very obvious,
and their effects extremely alarming, and
yet the law which ought to govern "a law
physiologically and divinely asserted) is
very carelessly regarded. As an instance
of the social immunity which attaches to
the branch of that law We give the follow
ing statement of facts:
a short time since, three small boys
were brought from their parents, now resi-
ding in Massachusetts,, and placed in the
poOr-house at Killingly, in this state, it
being claimed that it was their home
These boys are utterly helpless, being idi-
Otic and invalid, and cannot stand or creep,
and unless carefully secured, they will each
fall from the chair they may be placed in.
They are in the most helpless and hopeless
condition, and, it IS belived, are beyond the
reach of medical aid, and must linger
through life of suffering, and all on what
accOunt2 Because their parents were cous-
ins, both scrofulous, and have inflicted that
dreadful scOurge on their children with IA
tai virulenee. Their ages are from eight
to twelve years; and until they were seven
years old or thereabouts, they were as
bright and smart as most children; learned
to read with dispatch, and were very active
and happy indeed. But their organic phys
ical disorder was not thus to be deprived
of its natural operations. and each fell a
victim to its insilious power. Suddenly
were they borne down, by its crushing
weight to fate worse than death, to the
endurance of a life than which it would
have been better had they never been born.
Such instances ought to operate as a So
Der warning to those who hesitate not to
form mercenaTy, convenient alliances, in
aagrant violation of natures divine law
Some states have statutes directed against
eonsanguineOus marriages; and it appears
from statistics that all of them ought to
have legal preventive for what entails on
nature, sometimes as much as sixty per
,ent of the physical disability, weakmind-
edness, and idiocy, her work, unhappily
Drescnts.-NelC Harea Palladium.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-22
TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,

The following Sixth Annualrcport is re-
spectfully submitted;
You are referred to the records kept by
your direction, for the details, as it is de-
signed to present here only those points re-
garded as more generally interesting to
yourselves and the public, as patrons.
For ten years the Union School system
has been in operation in this place; and it
may be safely affirmed that each succeed
ing year has secured that system more
firmly in the confidence Ofthc people No
one of the six years last past, has witness
ed a more steady, thorough, and healthy
improvement than the year just closed
Every Department. and every class, from
the Primary, ~ to the High School, most
advanced, seems to have been moved for
ward by determination not to lose any
opportunity for an advanced step. True,
some few pupils, from detention by sick
ness, more by idleness and parental negli-
gence, have refrigerated in their standing,
but others by extra diligence in study and
stimulated by parental interest have sur
passed their class mates, and been admit
ted to higher classes.
At the close of this school year, IS pass
ed, on examination, from the Primary to
the Secondary Department; II, from the
Secondary to the Grammar School; Is.
from the Grammar to the High School
and 8 bore Diplomas from the High School.
During the year, l02 have been admitted
to the A. class in Primary schools.
Thc-several departments have numbered
as follows Primary, 2SI. Secondary,
22I. Grammar School, los. High School,
l70. Total, $50. Regularity of attend
ance has been marked feature in our
schools during the current year. The fol-
lowing, taken from our tables, viii show
what schools corro5Orate this statement
and what ones constitute the exception.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-22
DOUGLAS COMPARED WITH HIM
SELF.

In 1853, ip a speech at Glasburg Hi
nois, Stephen Arnold Douglas thus declared
for Popular Sovereignty:
The great fundamental principle of our
Government is, that the people of each
State and Territory shall be perfectly free
to decide for themselves what shall be the
nature and character of their institutions"
In the same year, few months later,
the champion of this doctrine had occasion
to visit New Orleans, and behold what
change came over him in this comparative
ly. brief period In a speech delivered in
that city he allowed himself to say:
Slaves are regarded as property, and
placed on an equal footing with all other
property. Hence the owner of slaves, the
same as the owner of any other species of
property, has a right to remove to any Ter
ritory and carry his property with HIM"
In a speech in the Senate, last February,
Mr.. d., forgetful of his Glasburg grafton,
said:
Il do not hold that Squatter Sovereign
ty is superior to the Constitution. hold
that no such thing as sovereign power at
taches to Territory as Territory. l
hold that a Territory possesses whatever
power it derives from the Constitution un-
der the organic act, and-no more"
A few weeks later, in order to show the
South how Popular Sovereignty had Ope-
rated to the advantage of Slavery, he said
in his speech in the Senate: /
Under this doctrine of non-interventiOn
the people of New Mexico have converted
a tract of territory more than five times the
size of the State of New York, into slave
territory"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-22
HtfsttIlantOns.
OIL OIL! OIL

The following article which We find in
the Pittsburgh Post, might fit this neigh
borhood without much alterations:
Politics are dull; but great is the stam-
pede for oil. In Venango county, oil and
oil sites fill the heads of men, women and
children, to the exclusion of everything
else.
A stranger there enquired of person
BY the road side how far it was to Titus
vile, and he was promptly answered, Zone
hundred dollars for lease fifty feet, and
one fourth of the oil. On arriving in the
town. he enquired the price of board, and
was informed by the lady of the house,
"that the price was fast going up, and that
good sites were worth two hundred dollars
/ for a base offfty feet, and one half the oil y
He finally concluded the people were crazy
and he would leave, and turning round, he
called to a little boy, aud asked him the
road to Franklin. well, SIR" said the
boy, an 'Elrath's well yields forty barrels
day." He then found guide board
pointing towards Franklin, and he started,
expecting every moment to go down into
: pond of grease; but directly he came to a
point where the road forked, and no guide
board; he was in quandary. He saw
man approaching; he was afraid to ask.
but concluded to venture; said he, "Stran-
ger, which of these roads shall l take for
franklin" well, " replied he, "you can't
miss anywhere, there's lie all the way to
Franklin,-Ie Creek is all lie" "But
what of the fish," said the traveller, ''they
cannot live in oil "Look-a-hcre, stran-
ger" he shouted, 81 tell you lie Creek is
all lie, and the fish are all Sardines." a" The
traveller took to the woods This oil fever
is not local: it has extended its ravages to
our city, and laid violent hold of an cx
Mayor, and q large number of the legal
profession. Many disciples of Blackstone
have abandoned their cases and leir books, /
and ere skulking about the country in va
rious places smelling for oil Oil smell
ing is performed in this wise: The smeller
takes a hazel rod in his right hand and
moves along, watching the motion of the
stick, with both nostrils widely distended;
wherever the stick bends towards the earth,
he stops, and, putting his nose down close
to the earth, he smells the spot thorough |
ly; if the genuine perfume comes strong, he
goes to the owner of the soil and strikes a
bargain at once. Oil is tie rage and 9TH
CT business must wait.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-22
In the sunny La Crosse valley,

In the sunny La Crosse valley,
) Girdled by its countless hills,
Where the fow'rs and sunshine mingling,
All the vale with beauty fills;
Where on every side is surging
Yellow waves of ripening grain,
Billows broad, and rich, and heavy,
Der each hill, and vale. and plain;
And the corn crowned with Its tasSels
Proudly bowling meath the breeze,
Well might shame that which Ohio
Will with gratitude receive
Here where nature far more lavish
/ OF her gifts, seemeth TO be,
We have anehored-in haven
Which is very fair tome.
True Of all the hearts now beating
In this land, so strange and new,
Those whose thoughts my own can blend with
Are as yet but very few.
Few whose spirit tendrils reaching,
Outward, have entwined with mine,
But can trust they may be woven
Thus by the swift lapse of time
Trust that in my own frail nature
May be garnered with the rest,
With the earthly, some of heaven
Which shall make me bless, and Jlest
o. sometimes I know they'll gather
Round my heart, sweet dreams of home,
OF the home which blessed my childhood
And my girlhooi, and has thrown
Over all the years ROW dawning,
And the years which came before,
Halos bright, and pure and holy,
Which shall be forevcrmore.
But, oh. never, DER these dreamings
Must the cloud Of sadness bend,
Never with these sweeter faneies,
Too intense a longing blend.
Else what now is but the sunshine
Ola golden dream to. me,
Would but prove a darLening shadow
Folding moments yet to be-
And why matters it so deeply,
Where we drift, and on what tide?
Since Al ,.re. in the same haven
We shalLane..~r side by side.
And in all earth's Eden places.
Can lovelicr be found,
Than the sunny La Crosse valley
Which eneirclcs us around?
LEON, Monroe Co, Wis.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-22

, Why should insinccrities be permitted Ol
practised in the pulpit which, if anywhere
else, would either be not uttered or imme-
diately exposed? Such is the wish that
some preachers express that men would be
consistent Christi2ns or at once give up all
profession of church membership. Yet
they would be hOrrifei to be taken at
their word, for even the imperfect form a
kind of a barrier, and the decent hedge in
the dcvoat. Few would ike to find them
selves confronted at once by the naked
power of evil in all its forms; but they
know the wish is impossible, for there will
always be the half-won and the baekslid-
in1
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-22

Shocnberger, Clara Harmon, X. Bartlett,
T. Bagcom, VIM. Iddings. NJ. Iddings Ella
VanGOrder Nellie Fenton, Martha Brooks,
Fanny HOyt, f. B. COwan. A. YanGOrder,
Emma Derr. Is
Not absent during the year.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-22
dnOrtrgp.
For the Chronicle.
LINES.
By LIBBIE S. MORGAN.

Whether it be true or not that a rose by any
other name would smell as sweet, we know
thatalthOugh Miss Libbie S. Crowell is changed
to Mrs. Morgan, she sings just as sweetly as be
fore The bird is Gagged, and far from her ma
tive bow er, but her song still reaches US. May
it ever, is doubtless the wish of our readers, z:
well as ourselves.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-22

How curious is the passion for balances
and totals in some minds, where they seem
little applicable to the subject matter
Kohl observed some Russian children cal
culating BY addition and multiplication the
member Of tie archangels and angels in
heaven.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-22
.-.ARr-=-

There arc two kinds of breyity which a
keen eye soon distinguishes; the one AFRO
CANT and dictatorial, evidently asserting
that it has settled the question forever in
a sentence: the other implying that the
writer has said the best thing he has to say
On the subject; and that he wishes to have
done with it for the time, leaving it for the
readers Judgment.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-22

Do not trust to weak argument because
ycu think you have got a weak adversary;
remember, donkey will cat through his
roTe. if you only bind him with hay
band, and be all the stronger for it.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-22

A polite gentleman of this city begs his
own pardon every time he tumbles down;
and thanks himself politely every time Lie
gets up agiin.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-22
FALL TERN.

Frank Fitch, Zalmon Fitch, William
Iddings. Frank Lewis, Charles Masters,
L. Tuttlc. /. Carter, Ella VanGOrdcr, o
Libbic Peek, Martha Fox, J. Palmer. IL