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est historian will stand aghast when he dlscov-
ers the progressive Developments of the scheme
Of secession.
These unparalleled facts will constitute the
historical apology for the violations of law per-
PeraIed by the authority OF President Lincoln.
They will be deemed an ample and sufficient
excuse. Poslerty will decide that II Abraham
Lincoln had heeitated to assume he RESPONSE
blllty Of suspending the act Of habeaS corpus,
or of interfering with the dissemination Of trea.
son IN Northern newspa pers, he would, under
the circumstances. have proved as derelct as
ms imbeclle predecessor James Buchanan.
| Al the same time it must not be forgotten
that, It It comes TO the worst, our liberties are
more precious than anything else. We could
better afford 10 forego the restoration of The
Union lhaa the comple reasseRtlon of The rights
secured to US by the Constitution. What has
been done was right and inevitable under The
circumstances. Bot if 1t was in violation Of
law, the law must vindlcate itself
We are therefore not sorry to see that an
action al law has been instituted against Ex-
Secretary of War, Simon Cameron. by party
who was at one time confined in FOtt Lafay yelle
by his orders. We have no doubt but the Sec
relay, or the President, by whose orders he
acted, had sufficient reasons for ordering the
| incarceration OF the person IN question. But Il
10 right, IL is due 10 our Institutions, that luTy
should pronounce upon the subject. Congress
will OF co IEse lnterpose TO protect the member
OF Mr. LIncOln's adm inIstratIOn against pecvnI
aty loss arising from such prosecutions. Bu
the facts should nevertheless be nscertained
General jackson was thoroughly Commended
by the American people for trampIlng on Iht
law Of the land at New Orleans; bot he wa
sued for II, aud fined $1,000, and the people
approved The condemnation. II must be now
Ususual emergencies have called for unusua
remed res, and remarkable assumptions OF power
But wherever the laws have been violated, In
vIOlater has been punished at the bidding Of
! jury. Congress will grant indemnify whereye
II may rghlfuly be claimed.
If we cannot suppress the REBELLION withou
, sacrificing the Fundamental principles Of ou
, political system, the works Of suppression vii
cost dear. In the memorable words Of Presl
dent Lincoln:
II understand the ship to he made for Ih
! carrying AID preservation Of the cargo aud s
long as the ship can be saved. with the cargc
| it shs II never be aba ndoned. THIS Union shoul
like wise never be aba ndoned unless II fails, an
4 the probability Of It's preservation shal cea,
\ 70 exist without throwing the passengers an
4 cargo overheard. So long, then. ss II Is poss
/ BILE that the prosperity aud the IIberues of tn
q Perple can be preserved in the Uaion, it sha
4 be my purpose al all times 10 preserve it,
9 HGrper Weekly.
Smyrna times., 1862-05-22

DocToRs DIFFER.-Thers were French and
English msn of-war at New Orleans, as there
are in Hampton Roads, waiting to see the
light expected 10 come off there. Before the
battle occurred, the commanders told our Off.
GERS "ihat they would fail in the attempt to
capture New Orleans, measured our
gallant iars by their own standard; bot Com.
modores Porter and Fsrrsgut "a French name
and pronounced FGrragu) differed very radl'
cally 10 opinion with those foreign cficers-
they examined the work TO be done, and haV.
ing estimated the cost Of the undertaking, like
the wise man mentioned in the Holy Book, they
made the necessary provision for the job be-
fore they commenced, so that they would have
no tears Of being laughed at for the folly o.
beginning. when they had net the mesns tc
finislT their undertaking. No wonder these
officers were Rsiohished at the result Of tbs
contest. and dmsgnanimOuslyc came forward afte
il was over, to congratulate our brave heroe
on the gaining Of the greatest naval viGiGrj
recorded in history and Secretary Wellel
in his cOngrat1latoTy letter TO the comma nde
of the feet. does ample. iusIiae to the gEeatnss
tfthe battle. He remarks that " ous navy
fruitful with victories, presents no more sigua
achievement than this. nor 10 there an exploi
surprising IL recorded iB tbe anDGls Of mayo
poaEfare,
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SCELLAN NEOUS.
Written for the Smyrna Times"
The North and South Compared as
Affected by Slavery.

My nnd having been recs emily turned TO this
subject aud 6nding il so interesting as a study
Of Political economy, has induced me TO send
you the following article:
the progress of the North and the South since
the formation of the Union must convince every
eandid and impartial mind of the wisdom and
tra,h Of the declaration OF q celebrated writer {:
that Countries are not cultivated BY reason Of
their fertility. but by reason of their liberty.
Atthe time of the adoption of the Constitution,
Slavery existed in all the States. with the ex.
etplion Of Massachusetts,, she having declared
her saves free as early as 1880. OF these ori.
ginal thirteen States, those now slave have q
decided advantage over those now free in ex-
tsHt Of territory-the former containing $780,
345 square miles, and the latter 166.3 1858. In
esOgsniaI;ty of climate and fertility OF soil the
advantages we're also decidedly 10 their favor.
Ia population they were nearly equally matched
that Of the Nothern States being 1868. ASS
and that Of the Southern l.96l, ,372. Thus wal
the race commenced between Freedom aud Sla
very; and now, after a period of over three
quarters Of . century, let rs calmly review th,
result.
The following tabIs will shsw the population
Of the respective sections at each decade, will
the excess in favor of the North:
Smyrna times., 1862-05-22

LAYING Up TREASURES The King Of Hayti,
(so Bennett ssys,) before he left his throne took
care 10 invest a gsod round sum in France,
upon which TO fall back upon in time of need.
1t is sald Sldel has followed suit and we now
see 1t stated, by tdyces from Paris, that JEFF
Davis has invested 5000 ,00O leo in the French
funds. The Herald thinks he wishes to get
his resources out OF the reach of Floyd g. Co.,
ho stole The poor Indians bonds before he lett
Washington. and thinks he will very soon ms Ike
moonlight fit of it, follow his money, and
leave poor Beauregard and Johnston 10 wind
up affairs as best they can.
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WHOLE NO. I89

ing gold 10 Tennessee wherewlih to buy cotton.
Already about 3 600 bales of cotton have been
shipped from Nashville to the North, and this
has brought about $3G0,COO of good money
INTO the State. The total shipments for the
season are estimated at $4,000 bales, which
will bring into the State $l,8OO,OOO Of good
curre0cy.
This simple fac; about cotton and currency
is doing great deal to open the eyes Of the
Tennssseeans TO the advantages of restoration
TO the Union. Governor Johnson is doing a
great deal besides and after Beauregard recei.
YES tie drubbing he is to get from Halleck, we
may expect The whole State TO become as loyal
and quiet as Kentucky and Missouri. - Bulletin
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II will be seen that the North, although her
cell is iaferior and her climate more unconge-
nlsl. has now population Of 6 S19 CAS- more
than the South; and it she continues to increase
IL the same ratio, twenty years hence che will
have more than double the number of inhsb.
tan" OF the South. Nor is it alone in popula-
iiea that the South has been scIipsed. She is
equally behind in agriculture, commerce and
manufactures. According to the census Of 1850.
ahs property in the free States was valued S4,-
lO7l62,l9e, while in the slave States il was
.936.O90,937. Number Of farms in the for.
msr. e77.736; in the latter. 564. .203. Acres
efImProEed land in the former 81. Gas, ,040 in
the latter. 54.970.427. Cash value of farms in
shs former. s2,l43. .344.437; in the the latter.
ill7o4o 64s. Average value per acre in the
former. Sl9 SO; in the latter, SO l6.
Asd the following table will show an equal
prsPsnderancs 10 favor of the North in manu-.
fseturss:
Free Slave
States States.
Capital, 1890 02i005l $95, ,O29, ,879
Falua ofraw material, 465 844O92 Sc 100, ,639
tas"Ai wages lJ0'9I6.453 1927 800
Annual product, 642. $3.50 .05S l65,4I3.02T
Inesmmerce the disprOportiOn is greater still.
from Tue latest date have on this point, Of the
products which make commerce. the free
states had 40 smoInt valued ct 81 SIT. I9o. .968:
walIe that Of the slave States was only S4lO,-
Io4'992-a differences of Rearly a billion in
Iasor 0s sher former. The number Of persons
sagsgsd Ia the trade in the free States was
tSo'o96' and 10 The slave States SO 622. The
tunnsge OF the former was 2,7eO. 1875 TINS. and
10 the latter only 726,2Ss.
IN edueatIon, art8 aud sciencea and ava,
ether element OF progress, statistics sxhibi, IN.
same superiority OF the part of the North
Ia 1880. Ia tbs South, there were 493. .O2f
native white adults who could not read, md
saiy 245.725 in the North. Fhe former at ths
tins had only 704 newspapers; the latte
ttsO. la churches. libraries, benevoIen
crndaxt
But. in order to more fully eomursa end an
progressive tendency Of Freedom md the snail
IKE sssaneement of Slavery, we have only 4
Eanee at me history Of New York and Virgin
a. In l7vO. Virginia was the Enpirs Stale &
sac Uaion. and contained a population of nor
shan double that OF New York-that of IN
i"rmer being 748.30s; while that of the latte
."osly 340.l2 Now the population OF N
fsrk 10 1887 $40; while that of Virginia
but i.596.0S3, Thus il will be seen that viii
virginia has only little mere than double
hsf p'pulatIon 10 seventy, years New York HI
u the sams tine mulaiplied more than eleye
fsla. II Virginis had increased in the san
ratio. she would now have a population Of ov
sighs millions, or more than Eve times h
prssept number. In 1871, the exports of vi
gaia amounted 10, 80. 3.l30 .665. and ia NJ
ioLk 10 S2.50os4s5. In 1862, the exports
Smyrna times., 1862-05-22

The LAW OF CONDrrIONs.-The absolute
tixedness ofthe avs Of Nature makes any trans
gresslon of them impossible. But any violation
OF the conditions under which Natures laws
perform their part, is surely followed by legil.
innate consequences and just pgAIshmenis. In.
fants suffer physIcalIy and mentally. not NOR.
ally, for the snort coniBgs of their parents.
Smyrna times., 1862-05-22

Juvenile sporter, belonging to a primary
school in Manchester, New Hampshire, boasted
to his pIaytellows the other day. that he would
by and by become the fortunate pessessor of an
important article Of youthful aspiration. "My
father SAID he, has gone to war, and If hs
gets killed am going 10 have his fish. line"
Smyrna times., 1862-05-22

AN ARMY OF 100000 MEN-The Journal
Of Commerce thus underIa kes to give an idea
of what an army of6OO 900 men is:
Assuming the men to fall into line, sinsIe
rank. they will show front of twenty three
miles. Should the Genra.ssimo wish TO re.
view his army, he charger must 90 on a smart
troI, and it would require over halfa day.
ThIsrespec ectabe army, formed III hollow ,quare,
would present a field Of bsyonets three miles
on each side, enclosing $500 acres Allowing
two pounds O. provisions per diem for each ms !,
they consume 600 tons day, and drink l5O,,
900 gallons Of water'
Smyrna times., 1862-05-22
uU NJ o R OU s.

Emerson EihrIdge, n his recent speech al
Nashville, SAID " am not supcrsIltious gen.
temen, yet allow me to tell you that sha III al
ways keep clear of the inuials y b. J. B.
stand for John Beck'ordge; J B. stand for
James Buchanan; J. b stand for Judah Benla.
min; J. b. stand for John Bell; and, without
intending to be offensive, | will remind you that
J. stand for Jshn Brown
Smyrna times., 1862-05-22

A PIKE The rebel General Albert Pike says
that he goes INTO the war because he is very
unhn ppy and wishes 20 die. This reminds Us
of what DR.. Johnson said. after Barrel had con-.
mitted suicide "A rogue had better go to
some foreign country, where he is not known,
than to 60 to the devil, where he is."
Smyrna times., 1862-05-22

A SINGULAR PLANT A plant, called the dre.
SerG, has just cume to notice. 1t kills Instantly
all flee that settle on it, and is so exceeding "
sensitive that the hairs with which it is furnIIh.
ed Will converge on the application Of one SIX
thousandlh Of a grain of ammonia, while sin.
gle halr Is affected by a sixty.iour thousandth.
Smyrna times., 1862-05-22
The Wish.
rsex the GERMAN OF LEssrNo.

Whsu, TO delight mine eyes, I'm rowing
'Nsalh the cooling linden's shade
Moving, gsziDg-gazing, moving
Aud | spy an ugly maid.
Then deem the Fates unkind.
Wishing were wholly blind!
Whsa. to delight mine eyes I'm rowing,
Meath the cooling linden's shade
Asving. gszing-gaziag. moving
Aad spy lovely maid,
Fate l strsightwsy idolize,
Wishing were nOught but eyes
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$~$~S

The Louisville Democrat is guilty Of the fol.
lowing "epita PHI" discovered on an old tomb.
stone 10 the churchyard Of Weisnichtoe;
Here lies Toutant de Beauregsrd.
Who for the truth bas no regard;
When seized by Satan he will cry.
I've caught old Satan! Victory?"
Smyrna times., 1862-05-22

When ex-senator Truman Smith, Of Connec.
ticut, returned to Washington with his yOslh-
fol, accomplished and hadsome Alabama wife,
some one asked how many slaves she had
Only one :" said Truman, bowing low. and
placing his hand upon his heart" one who 10
proud TO be her slave"
The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-06

/ s. / = gnjl A11I&{ - = II "a ltqVG1D D8N36
THE SOUTH QARo1ISX RAlLRoADSC CON-
gfANY hs5i4g declated a DIN dof THREE DoI+i
Stock, and ONE DOLLAR AND SEvENTY-F1vR
CENTS Per Share on the New ISSUE for the Six
Months ending June both, 1862, and the SOUTH
WESTERN RAILROAD BANK Dividend of SEW
ENTY-FIYE, CENTS; per Share, for the same period,
the combined Dividend of SIX DOLLARS Doing at
the rate of Seven per Cent per for the Road,
and Six per Cent. per annum for the Bank) will bc
paid at the aforesaid Bank and after tho Cd
proximo
< The Dividend on Railroad Shares not connected
with the Bank, will be paid at the same time and
place above stated and at the Branch Bank of the
State of South Carolina at Camden.
q f#EH5{tT NiJ.R.. EMERY, Auditor
egg South Carolina Railroad Company.
j. G. COCHRAN, Cashier
Southwestern Railroad Bank.
May so 80. sTils - 2
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THE SUBSCRIBER. IN ORDER TO MEET THE
wants Of the Travelling Public, has reHttsd and
repaired his OMNIBUS It will run regularly to and
Kept Parties in any part Of the town. or KEkwood.
py leaving their names at The DeKab House. before
bedtime at night may depend with certainty on hov
left. SS'-e
My old customers will find me ready and willing to
renew old acquaintance, by calling for them, when
desired to do so. 1 - i11r q = eA
May23 j. K WITHERSpO0N
AZ Sick soldiers, in every case carried to ~ from,
the Depot, free of charge JK.W
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HANK OF CAMDEN, 3. G.

BANK OF CAMDEN, q. G..
sgIHE boAkD oFaBIRECToRs HAyIgG or
DEREU, that Divdend Of TWO DOLLARS PER
SHARE Of the Stock Of this Bank, he paid, on and
AFTER the lst day Of june proximo the same will ac
cordingy be paid at the usual places to-wt: at the
Banke ef Charleston, the Commercial Bank Of Colum
6ta, the Merchants Bank at Cheraw and at the coun
ter of this Bank. This is intended as pre-payaeas
OF the next January Dividend-,he reason for making
which, 'as this ime will be explained in our annual
July Circular. Suficeit for represent to say, that
having already prepaid the next July Dividend, the
profits nov accrued amount to more than Se0,0U0
with certain ready means on hand which would lie
Idle till next January aud that assets-as good as
those OF any Bank, we believe-amount to more that
three times all our liablities that will be able to
meet all demands upon u and that many of the Stock
holders need the dividend moto.
VIII. R. WORKMAN Cashier
MayRo
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NOTICE.
May 80

A LII persons who have demands against the estate
IN of John W. Arthur, dec'd, will please present
the same, duly attested. to VIM. r. Taylor Esq, my
attorney. And all persons who are indebted to said
estate will please make payment to my said attorney
at an early day. @C. ARTHUR,
Administrative of John w. Arthur, decd.
Nav
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g.. m. BIssELL-DENTlsT.

ais m. BISSELL-DENTlsT
HAVING REMOVED FROM CHARLES
TON, and located in Camden, offers his Pro-
and vicinity. He may be found at his resi-
dence in Rutledge street, near Fair street.
May 22d, 1862
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TOWN ORDINANCE.
May %

n N Ordinance Levyiug Tax on Produce, Poultry,
"A &c, shipped from the town of Camden for the pur
pose Of sale in other markets
Be it ordained, by the ntendant and Wardens of the
Town Of Camden in Council Assembled and by author
ty of the same, That and after the passing Of this
Ordinance, a Tax be levied each item annexed as
follows: ~ ~ 80
Flour 50cents per bag of SO lbs Corn l5 cents Der
bushel Peas, ID per brshe; Oats 10 cents per bush
ell; Turkeys, 25 cents each; Geese 20 centa; Ducks
10 cents each; Chickens Is cents each; Butter, l5
Gently per ID. Eggs. l0cents per dozen ss4s
Free negros shipping any Of the articles specified
shall be taxed double the abov0 rates 81
Provided, That there is nothing in the above ora;-
to prevent parties from the country shipping thar
chase direct from the producer. n"s
May 16
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ADJ'T. & INSP. GENERALS OFFICE. J
COLUMBIA, IS. c. May %, 1862.
GENERAL ORDER NO 20.
I CARRY OUT THE RESOLUTIONS
4" adopted by the Governor and Council on
14th May instant, the following will be re-
quircd: lI
ii. That all persons coming under State
exemptions, to obtain the benefits thereof, shall
forthwith furnish to the Office of the Adjutant
and Inspector-General at Columbia an affidavit
Of the following description, viz:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
DIsTRIcT.
], A. b.. do solemnly swear that am -
that reside at -, in the District of
: ---, = and within the limits of,----- Beat,
Battalion, ---; Regiment of S. G. M.
Sworn to before me-, this - day of
--, 1862. G. D., Magistrate or Not. Pub.
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HI. The City Guards of Charleston and
Columbia will furnish rolls sworn to by the
Mayor of those cities; the assistants and men,
bers of the Fire Departments of the same
places will furnish rolls, sworn to by the Chiefs
of the Departments; the necessary officers and
employees of railroads will furnish lists sworn
to by the respective Snpcrntendents. All such
rolls will designate the Residence, Beat Battal-
ion and Regiment of each person named onthe
rolls.
PLYING to the officer appointed by the Ccnfed-
crate Government for the camp of instruction.
WILMOT G. DESAUSSURE,
Adjutant and Inspcctor-General offs. c.
EE-A All papers in the State insert once.
May 80 Il
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER, 4
COLUMBIA, May Is. 1862. {
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS.
- adopted by the Governor and Council,
have been ordered to be published:
The great evil rising from the too free use
and abuse of ardent spirits by those in the mil
itary service of the State and Confederate
States is SO manifest, that it becomes the duty
of the Governor and Council to do all in their
power to suppress or lessen it as far as possible.
Therefore, with view to preserve the health
proper discipline Of the army, belt +. a,.,s-
Resolved, That the distillation of ardent spi-
rits from fruit, as well as grain, be and the
same is hereby prohibited, under the same PEN
alties as arc already provided for the distilIaton
of grain without license fs g,se
Resotued, that all the copper stills and leaden
pipes connected Herewith will be purchased
by the State for war purposes, at fair valua-
ton, if delivered at the Court House of the re-
spective Districts IN which they are situated,
or at the nearest Railroad Depot.
BY order of the Governor ard Council.
agtfGS B. RsARTHUR,
g Secretary.
Nav % 9t 9 M
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South -Carolina---Kershaw District.
= By WIN. N. BULLOCK, EsRurRE ORDINARY.
Nv HEREAS, EZEKIAL GASKIN APPLIED
w to me for Letters or Administration on all and
singular the goods and cattles rights and credits OF
d. w. Coates late of the District aforesaid de-
ceased: -tt.. .',..l
These are therefore, to cite and admonish ALL and
singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceas
ed to be and appear before at next Ordinarys
Court for the said District to be holden at Kershaw
Court House on the twenty third day of Juno inst,
to show cause, If any why the said administration
should not be granted
Given under my Hand and Seal this thrtieth
day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two, ard in the eighty
sixth year Of the Independence aud Sovereignty of
the State Of South Carolina AI s ~ 9' ~
June 2 WIN NJ BULLOCK, Q. KID.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-09
Democratic Convention

BOSTON. Oct. e.-The Democratic State Con-
yention at Worcester TO- day was fully attend
ed motion to'adopt the Peoples ticket nom.
mated at Faneuil Hall convention was dis
cnssed with considerable warmth. A resolu-
lion was read pledging support in the use of
all legitimate means 10 suppress the rebellion :;
ton; repudiating the meeting Of the Govern
ors; eniogizng Gen. Mcclellan recommend
ing no nomination, but expressing a willing.
ness 10 unite with the conservative men of all
parties; regretting that the President, forgetful
OF his obligations, has issued his emancipation
proclamation, and protesting against the sus-
pension Of the writ of habeas corpus, and call
ing on the President 10 restore the right of trial
giving freedom of speech and of the press
Judge Wells moved to amend by recommend
ing the adoption Of the Faneuii Hall ticket
when the convention adjourned amid great
confusion, without clearly leaving any record
of its action .-s....