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The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-07-31
A Marked Career.

a correspondent of the Montgomery Id
vertiser says:
The short history of John G. Breckenridge
is the history of the Democratic party in
Kentucky through the saline period. 1t dates a.
bout the time of the sitting of the Constitutional
Convention in Kentucky in l94s-9. At least
while the Constitutional Convention was in ses-
sion lie was elected to the lower branch of the
Legislature from Fayette county, and the first
Democrat since the flood to represent Il county
six hundred against his creed, and which though
ali the disasters ofthe Whigand native American
parties can give in 1860, four hundred majority
against even united Democracy. But tseemcd
to be the fate Of some men to bring light out of
darkness and success out of severest trials. It
was, no doubt, better reflection to Mr.. Brock
inridge, that bis patrimony was too limited to
enable him to reman in independence amongst
the elite of Lexington until experience and
appreciation of his merits enabled him to share
in the practice of lava patronage conferred
to brilliant bar; many of whom, as lawyers,
were but inferior to Clay himself yet Mr.
Brcckinrdge's battles with Abolitionisn, in
Iowa, in 1923, was schooling that fitted him
for the emancipation battle in Kentucky in
1852, and the stercotypcd arguments of
Clay and Robt. j. Breckenridge on the sub
ject, fell before the quiet, given to the con-
sciences of Shareholders by the manly demon
stration and soothing cloqucncc of the return
ed exile. Nor was his defence Of slavery
merlcy polcmic. During the same season he
into the Legislature and advocated
dissolution, which, under all the then existing
circumstances was daring defence of the
Constitutional rights of the South. We pass
by his brilliant campaign for Congress in 1851,
and his victory over confident and well or
yanized opposition. His second race with en-
Gov. Letcher in 1853, iswell known. The
opposition sworc in their wrath that he should
not represent any more the Ashland District
hc Democracy decrced that he should every
nerve was strung on both sides to its highest
cnsion. Breckenridge won, and the opposition
lied from being over heated.
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1916 AND 1sGo-It is really painful to be
Obliged to record u continuance OF the long
term of dry and hot weather. Our farmers
are very low spirited, in fact they have lost
all hopes The times arc, beyond doubt. get
ting serious in this Dis!rict-no rain for SIN
weeks of the hottest kind of weather, has
narrowed down to a small point the prospects
of the crops of the District for making bread
The grass is Just beginning to fail, and few
more weeks of Just such weather will cause the
cattle to commence to suffer The bright bur-
ming sun, like molten lead, has during the
heated spell baked down upon us during tl'c
dav. and the reflection during the night, has
kept up the temperature till the next morning
However much it may he regretted, still IT Is
feared that tho scenes which followed the dry
vear-l845-in our District, may be reenact.
ed to some extent, in tho year which will
follow the poor crop Of 1860. Bottom land
NAV make some corn, and also pieces OF for
ward upland, in the case of no rain for some
weeks ionger. We hear Of farmers flooding
their bottoms by damming upthe creeks whlct
rlr through them. Rain, rain how iamisheS nee
and parchcd vegetation cries for water. VI
that we could once more hear 1t dashing II
big drops on the window pane,
"ITnon the sun-dricd fcNls and branches bare,
Iooscning with searching drops the rigid waste
TLduyenSpiNc Herald,
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POETRY.
Lady ByrOn's Answer to Lord ByrOn's
'sEarc Thee SVeIl.o
To the Editors of The Eucaino Jur0ul:

To the Editors of Re Euraing Journnl:
An article on the death Of Lady Byron, in your
columns Thursday, stated that Lord Byron lived with
his wife only thirteen days whereas the separation did
not take place until after the union Of year. send
you copy Of the London Courier Of 1916, in which
you will lind the true statement, together with the
answer to the celebrated Fare Thee Wcll," which
answer, think, has never been published in this
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-07-31
EXTRACT FROM TIE SPEECH
OF
HON. W. PORCHER MILES,
DELIVERED AT THE MEETING FOR RATIFI,

DELIVERED AT THE MEETING FOR RATIFI
CATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE
RICHMOND CoNvETIoN-CHARLE
The great sectional struggled in which VIC are
engaged is not a thing of yesterday. 1t was
inaugurated sixty years ago in the contest over
the admission Of Missouri. But the seeds of il
were planted even before the formation Of the
present Confederacy. In 1884 Virginia ceded
her immense Northwestern Territory. Tho
ordinance for its establishment reported by a
Committee of the Congress OF the Confedera-
ton, contained clause excluding slavery, and
notwithstanding that this restriction was at
first struck out (evcry Southern vote except
Mr.. Jefferson's being cast for it) it was finally
adopted on the 18th of July, 1887. Here the
Z South voluntarily surrendered an empire for
! The sake Of peace and the Union. Out of this
domain nine States have been formed: Illinois,
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Tennes-
sec, Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi. A
decided preponderance was thus given to the
North In 1883 the South had 647,2s2
square miles of territory; the North but 1884,
OSl. BY Virginia's grant of the Northwest
eru Territory, the North became expanded to
425,76l square miles, and the South reduced
to 3s5, ,52l square miles.
In 1920 Missouri applied for admission into
The Union. After severe struggle, she was
only admitted upon the adoption Of the social
ed Missouri Compromise, by which the South
was to be forever excluded from all territory
North of geographical line Csc deg. 80 min.)
This was the most fatal blunder the South had
yet made. 1t was a compromise" in which
the South yielded everything and the North
nothing. The North gained territory for six
additional States-Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
Nebraska Oregon and Washington. Tile
South got Missouri and Arkansas, and the In
dian Territory-if, indeed, she will ever be al
lowed to settle it.
Here began the cortest-partly the result of
Northern fanaticism, partly of Northern lust
for domination-which has since grown more
and more virulcnt, until it seems now to threat
en- the inevitable disruption of the Confederacy.
After encouragement had been held ont to
Southern men Especially from Virginia and
kentucky) to settlein Missouri by protecting
slave property in the Courts, when they ap-
Piled for admission they were iilsultingly; told
they must relinquish the right to hold slaves
rs q preparatory step-and they were kept out
of the Union year. But few years before
in 1914 lin the Treaty of Peace with Great
Britain, it was stipulated that "all slaves and
Other pirate property in the possession of eth
er the .bcligcrent parties should he returned to
the other" And yet, by the Missouri Com
promise, the North assumed the attitude of a
.beligerent towards tho South, and wrested
krom her Territory, besides diminishing the
AaIue of her slave property-by contracting
"a Z, ares of its operations and Development
kho@the slightest equiralent or return
sblnnder t.sigbtcd policy in the
s,i,S fniitied 10 this sectional
sllstiea ,llsn.Massslt
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Irrvv PR,srER-ihe,ondon Time

notices the fact that jorEsE|sapFrinter, E|sapF 4"
very steady, upright and fnME sodo odd man, nno
n"S II, .La IT, Joceose Of an unde,I ralia. lie
W ps ''i Soon cmnloycd in the c ere he was
''"" ',.;ue, At tho time he re 3e news Of
w.. G acScss;on to wealth IN than forty
Years without intcrmissor,
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ease-which, like measles, he'er 'h1es a9arn'7
When the honeymoon passes away, setting
behind dull mountains, or dipping silently into
the stormy sea of life, the trying hour of mar
riare-life has come. Between the parties, there
arc no more illusions. Tic evcrish desire of
possession is gone-vanished into qualification
and all excitement has rcceedcd. Then
begins or should begin, the business of adapta-
ton. If they find that they do not love one
another as they thought they did, they should
double their assiduous attentions to one another
and be Jealous of everything which tends in
the slightest degree to separate them. Life is
too precious to 6e thrown away in secret re-
prct, or open differences. And let me say to
every one to whom the romance OF lite has f1ed
and who are discontentcd in the llghtest de-
uree with their condition and relations, being
the work of reconciliation before You are day
older.
Renew the attentions of earlier days. Draw
your hearts close together. Talk the thing all
over Acknowledge your faults to ono another
and determine that henceforth yon will be all IN
all to each other; and my word for it, you shall
find in your relation the sweetest joy earth has
for on. There is no other way for you 10 do.
If you arc happy at home you must be happy;
abroad the man or woman who has settled
down upon the conviction that he or she is
attached for life there is no effort too costly
to make which can restore to its setting upon
the bosoms, the nli<sing pearl.
I'inothy Tttcouaj.
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observation-disclosures Post Otiice' IN
This District. ON the route from Grecnville to
WILLIAMSON, has been discontinued.
GrcrnWNe Enterprise.
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Coroyrx's INQUEST IN Sr. IN BERKLEY.-
MAGISTRATE Thos. ". Eastng, acting ms
Coroner, held an inquest on nday, the Sth
IuIv, on tile dead body Of % B. Mceks,
who was found in the woods, 'c six or seven
miles from his residence, Iymi the foot OF a
ninc-trce which had been SRI by lightning;
The neck of the deccaset , broken ana
his right shoulder dis!ocate' marks o. the he
electric fluid were plalnl, yplc about his
Tic verdict Of the jury ws tt the deceased
came TO his death from le ectS OF light,
ming. ,o, to,,
Persons should be carul ow they take
shelter under trees during tnder Storm
<''(', Chdcst Mercury.
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Ncw York TimeS!aq. 9, 1859.

DrAru OF Coll JAS. Is. RlARDsoN.-Ihe
arrow of death, which evend anon speeds
its way to some shining nix, has fallen in
H.. midst of social circle, our sister Dis
trict Of Clarendon, noted for intellgncc, its
refinement, its pleasant coalng'ngs' ana
taken thcrcform an ornalnenl9 przed mem
brr. COL Jas. B. Richard was noble
spccimcn Of the old Caro'laaentIeman; VI
Generous and manly impulses, warm and con-
tiLirg friendships OF O"oya ana VlVac!o"s
spirit, which remained "na'"' ny '.le ne 'p MINOR
grievances Of life, and with at'lre thorough
+ ;,,I,,o,l with =, love of soci;C, he was the
,s,.,J nrJ rryrrcd head of lown domestic
'troun cynosure Of the frien' gathering and
the friend Of the poor. :.
Col. Richardson died OH hy last, at ms
residence. near Mauch 'stcr, Crndon District
after protractcd season of lslc"l affi'c'lo''
m un h,1 reached about his iifou-th year.
NV '''', Sum Wutchman.
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down to the knees, shoes, an,Ls1Srt leggings,
and over these, Logging: Of yellow leather, that.
covered the legs from the knees to the ankles.
For a head.covcring they used the Turkish
"Fez," which by means Of a green shawl wound
around it, is transformed into a "Turban."
Their arms were those Of the French infantry,
mnsket and bayonet, and their exercise the
same as those of that body Of troops Recently
however, Louis Napoleon has done a great deal
towards the perfection and still greater efficiency
ofthc Zouaves. The muskets has been disposed
of and the rifle taken its place, and their hand
ling of the bayonct is truly marvellous. 1t is
principally their skill in the use of this weapon
that makes the Zcuaves so formidable, and
during the late war in Italy their attacks with
the bayonct proved almost invariably irrcsisti.
bic.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-07-31
OH Marriage.

l suppose there is modicum of romance in
most natures, and that if it gather about any
event it is that of marriage. Most people
marry their ideals. There is more or less
fictitious and fallacious glory resting upon the
head of every bride, which the inchoate hlls-
band believes in. Most men and women
manufacture perfection in their mates by a
happy process Of their imasinations and then
marry them This, of course. wears away.
BY the time the husband has seen his wife cat
heartily of pork and beans, and, with her hair
frizzled, and her oldest dress OIL, full Of the
entcprizc of overhauling things, he sees that
she belongs to the same race as himself.
.. And she, when her husband gets up cross in
the. morning, and undertakes to shave himself
with\ cold water and q dull razor, while lis
suspemers dangle at his heels, begins to see
that irmu is very prosaic animal. In other
words, there is such thing as a honeymoon
of longer or shorter duration and while the(
moonsline las,s the raSaE7aS the =ssv entl1
loo,on n,n, ~ s32 ~ 22.!}
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Letter f:OIEl Ex-Pses:de.a1 Pierce.
The Boston Post Publishes the following
IIlLLspoRo, (N. u.) June 90, 1850.

lllLLsDoRo, (N. H7) June 90, 1860.
My DEAR SIR: Ionr letter from Baltimore,
directed to me at New York, and forwarded
thence TO Concord, has at last rcaclcdmc here,
and ] will not lay it aside without saving Il
word in reply. Your rejection asa delegate
was, in my Judgment, a clear violation Of right,
but it must have gratifcd your friends OH the
spot, as it has me since, to observe the wrong
in your exclusion, was not more
palpablc than YOU. vindication oe sourd prur-
pics and of YOUR. claims to a.scat. were c6ncIilt
site. and triumphant. a.,
Tt Mss .'iin:: a;lcne: fot.llesmony after the
5 M upon tlig report Of the
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Our Own Watering Places.

We sec from the papers that the Arrent o
travel has already taken Northerndirection
and that the trains on the Northeastern ant
Savannah route are thronged with passenger
going North, and that the steam packets from
Charleston and Savannah are crowded with
the vigor and valor of the South, thsshiyalry
with meditations full of retaliation llws, minds
indignant ID at Southern wrongs, ant!z-pockets
OF all fashionable follies, that of ktronizing
Northern watering places in prefereAe to our
magnificent summer resorts is the host mon
strous. If the relations between tie sections
were of the most fraternal charactej it would
then he Objectionable: but iEthe pnsent state
of affairs, it is suicidal. 1t is useRss for the
South to hold conventions, pass res kntions and
enact rctaiatory laws, untiIit bcgil Dto practice
the principle. vital to the success oHvcry COM
munity-self dependence. Is thclHany neces-
sity for inyalids and pleasure.se kers going
North to find health and recreatio6 Have we
not numerous leath-giving tountaE rcposing
in the lap of our mountains, ,wlfe gushing
waters, pure and limpid, if distributed through
the world. would be for the lHEing of ma
tons?
There is II" place in America, krsthea@hole
world, Il spot that combines suclA Aads5hlagcs
for health, comfort and social cnj4mciit,as the
White Sulphur Springs of NirgiE4, with its
beautiful Italian villas and larg4fning room
and rarlor, near double the silof the "East
room" in the "White lIousc.nFAyhilst the
medicinal properties of its waters cannot be
surpassed, its pure thin air isss,hulcd with
conscious luxury which seldom accompanies the
process Of breathing in the plain or by the sea
shore.
Where are there such lrnnpt;lns. such brac-
ing air, and such variety ofmE Eicinal waters
as arc 10 he found in the upSpuntry of our
own State' Its scenery cannol be surpassed
for its variety, magnitude andtbeauty The
vale Of Tempe, between Olymps and Ossa, is
where the Grccian bards tulGd their harp
strings, catching their inspiraion from the
charm of. its beautiful scenery md the melody
of its warbling groves lave te not in South
Carolina a thousand Tempcan galcs more lux
uriant, more magnificent, :lfee rcdoent o.
poetic inspiration
Nowhere will the elcmcr Nfirits serve their
guests with such feast ok #leurand beauty
rs from the top of Caesars li8l. 1t is worth
II trip across the Atlantic t lee; for no two
hours is the panorama the sa sunlight and
shade, cIoud aud vapor pr st to the vision
changes and combinations frequent and
various MS the groups of gkering objects in
thc Kaleidoscope. Whilst Anks of floating
clouds and fllcts of azure mk give the zest OF
novelty and fresh Joy to the Eholders, the hills
md valleys, mountain ma and hcadlong
;ataracts in the far dstan S. E clothed with
glor- bv bs!fisnatic hues that
sivc a flscil!ati01r aRd-a ioAthat traIy reaches
l,c CLIMAX. =. =,
These. thoughts 'liiyt 7t5lr brought o:tsby
,ur setting ourselves to cas attention to tile
ofthc Glel5ptings and srif
SpriRgs Hotels. e have puIIiASd'.,
rom The (3onricr a.itf III ~ coinpiirue
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Gc off during the Summer months, we DesPcilA
Tnr thcsc places their attention. The lotes are
Iarnc a;rv and columodousSaud every comfort
nr1yiled and attention giYtpL by their gentle
manly proprictors. The re- on that our water
;nr 1laccs are not better Known is owing to
tLo inditferenccs of the prch We speak call-
didlv. If the South CaroIita press would be
alive to its institutions it woad soon he known
throughout the Union that we have places in
our mountains asattractivcas any IN the world.
wv Clarendoa(S. C) Ba@mr.
sPAlplxc's PREPARED GLuE.-Prepared
Glue; a very useful and cnyenient article for
@ housekccpcrs and others; "spalding's Pre-
narcd Clue 1t is one ,'those inventions,
small in themselves, Undergraduates, gotar
in the economies Of louseold management
and arc an cvcr,prcscnt id in saving time,
cvncuse own and trouble. Til number Of small
rrpurs to furniture, pictul frames, crockcry,
ciGidrcn's TOYS, leather, shlly and other fancy
work, with the almost ilnmcrablc uses to
which in every household really good and
.vrr.rcady article of this Kill may be applied,
will at once suggest t!lrmAves to the ladies'.
Damaged hook-coycrs, looncd leaves, dilaPl'
dated maps and herbariu', will remind the
.,,l,,t and Look-worm OF value. This glue
;s commanded with rhcn!als which hold 1t
ncrmancntlv in solution lit is applied,
without affecting its strengI and which serve
to Give the adhesive matte a. frmcr hold on
tLc surfaces to be unitedsfser which they.
Quickly evaporatc, leaving 7 glue to harden
With rapility and tcnacity 1t is estimated
tha, there are at least five miDns OF households
!, the United States, and ut an outlay OF
from ono to ten dollars is ayally required to
. make small repairs to furntre alone, apart
, from the numerous ncglects,nd make-sh'is
that arc necessarily rcsortcd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-08-06

AFFAIRS IN SYRIA" IOn," of the Balti-
more Sun, says "The late events in Syria
and the manifest inability of the government
OF the Ottoman Porte to afford security to the
Christian population within the Turkish EN-
pire, revives the recollection of the candid and
sagacious remarks which the late Emperor
Nicholas made to Sir Hamilton Seymour, the
British minister at ST. Petersburg on this sub-
jsct. The Emperor said that Turkey was a sick
man ald must be taken care Of and the remark
wss In fact, made cause Of war, or, at least,
was followed by war, which was founded on
the supposition that Russia would herself take
care OF the sick man. A year ago the Russian
government again advised the governments of
France and England that there was to be
trouble in Turkey-and that it would tend to
the destruction of that empire. At length the
trouble has come, and we see England and
France sending powerful fleets to the theatre
of action, while Russia has signifed her will
lingness to cooperate with those powers in
any project for armed Intervention in the af
fairs Of the Turkish empire. The original
Russian policy in regard to the "sick man" is
now probably to be acted upon. The Syrian
Christians are the oldest organized body of
that faith in the world One of their bishops
Johannet, visited this country some years ago,
and produced profound sensation in the re-
ligious community. Since that time Syria has
been fayOrite grouEd for missionary labor
From the United States and from England and
other countries, missionaries Of various de-
nominations have been established in Syria,
but it does not seem that their presence af-
forded any protection to the Christians or les
sened the enmity of the fanstical Druses
against them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-08-06

HIsrORIc DoUBrs.-She Sophia Dorethea)
has bewitched two or three persons who have
taken her up, and they won't believe in her
wrong. Like Mary of Scotland, she finds ad-
herents ready to conspire for her even in his
tory, and people who have to deal with her are
charmed, and facinated, and bedevilled How
devotedly Miss Strickland has stood by Mary e
innocence. Are there not scores of ladies in
this audience who persist in it too Innocent
l remember as a boy how a great party persist
ing in declaring Caroline Of Brunswick was a
msrtyred angel. So was Helen of Greece in.
nocent. She never ran away with Paris, the
dangerous young Trojan. Meneaus, her hus-
band, ill-used her and there never was any
siege of Troy at all. So was Bluebeard's g wife
innocent. She never peeped into the closet
where the other wives were with their heads
of. She never dropped the key. or stained it
with blood /; and her brothers were quite right
in finishing Bluebeard, the cowardly brute ::
yes, Caroline of Brunswick was innocent; and
Madame Laffrage never poisoned her husband;
and Mary of Scotland never blew up hers and
poor Sophia Dorethes was never unfaithful !;
and Eve never took the applet was a cow
ardly fabrication Of the ssrpent's.-CornhtH
Magazine.