The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-05
CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL.
FRIDAY. pIORN1NG, AUG. 5.

FRIDAY 1IOleNHNG, AUG. S.
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Queen VIc1pR1A and her daughters are at full and
open war of Jealousy with the Princess of Wales
Hor beauty and popularity gall and wormwood to
the melancholy old lady.
A Berlin professor fnds that Europe contains 272,.
100000 OF inhabitants Asia 100000 900; Africa
S9,000,o00 America 5000 00O 600; Polynesia 2Oo0,.
900; totsl 1888 100000. or this little crowd, about
3e,00o0 600 die each year, which is s7,76l day, or
81 minute Another professor calculates that &c.
627 s43, e75855 people have lived on the earth
since tho creation
The last trial Of the celebrated Yelverton case has
developed the fact that may lawfully have a
separate wife III each Of the three countres-England
Scotland and Ireland d-wlon be may respectively re-
puiate in each of the others, legal marriage in the
one country not being legal in the other The House
Of Lords have the matter under consideration.
STEALING OF THE STATUE OF WAsniNaroN-
the lnte raid Of Gen. HUNTER in the Virginia Valley
the bronze statue Of WAsHINGToE erected III l78S the
first ever cast Of the father Of his country was stolen
from Lexington, and in broken form was transported
to Wheeling. The tablet was broken in three places.
1t bore the inscriptions
'The General Assembly OF tho Commonwealth of
Virginia have caused this statue to- be erected as
monument OF affection and gratitude to George Wash
ngton, who uniting to the endowments of tho hero
the virtues of the patriot aud e1erting both iii estab
fishing the liberties of his country, has endeared his
name to hls fellow citizens, and given to the world all
immortal example OF true glory. Dono in the year Of
Christ, l7SS, and in the year of the Commonwealth
the 18TH"
The Emperor NAPOLEON, in his against for
egn enemy, received the of all historians for
enriching France with works of art taken from palaces
and the cities he had conquered but NApoLEoS
never removed statue erected by grateful people to
any of their illuBtrovs dead. That act of utter in
fanny is reserYed for American General in this the
noon time of tho nineteenth century. The State Of
Virginia had erected this statue to her own son whom
she gave to the Revolution which gave birth to tho
Republic. She had selected the spot for it's erection
where hor State Military Academy was placed to the
end that her soma might draw inspirstiod from Is
wisdom and patriotism from his virtues Tho Militia
ry Academy was given to tile incendisry torch, and
vas burned to the 6 ound-the Statue of washington
was taken from its pedestal and ieloniousy carried
away, doubt would lavo been 'his Lones, had
they been buried there This was done by the COIN.
mand ofan officer bearing commission in the servc,
of the Republic Washington had formed. Although
the statue was erected by tho commonwealth that
gavo Washington brth and which Eo SO loved, to per-
petuate her pride in or noblest son. in whose bosom
his ashes slept yet she gladly hailed him az the Fa-
thor of his Country, and the people of every State in
the Confedcracy called him by that proud title The
stealing of the statue, remarks the N Y Nes was all
act of vandalism without earthly excuse-it is thief
that nothing can palliatedsgraceul to the age and
douby to the country that will suffer such sacri-
lere to 90 unwhpped of i1sce IT, will p;ve tho
author of the thief namo and it wn in history, as
sociae it with that Of Washmgon but like that of the
youth who, for the sake of an Infamous Immortality
fred the Epbesan Temple it is such fame that good
men would shrink from enjoying. In the worlds his
tory it is without parallel, and our hope is that it.
may remain so.
Siege OF Charleston