The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-10

Cppltus tttlliS. NS wa
inst, the first frost Of the season. Thermometer
at 25 deg, ces--a!so a thick crust of ice formed.
Tie frosty mornings have continued to the
present, aud we arc aow likely to have a sea-
son of c,ol weather
No MAILs.--Net having received any mails
for several days past, we are without any news
ofintercst to present to the readers the jour.
NAL. The latest date from the Legislature re-
ccived up to the hour Of going 10 press, was
that of Saturday the 4tl, from which we learn
that Ex-Governor J. i. MANNING was elected
United States Senator for the short term.
Also, that Judge DUNCAN was elected Chief
Justice of the State ..
FRUITS AND CANDIES During the past few
days we have been the fayore recipient OF a
package Of choice fruit-the apples of Northern
growth, huge in size and delicious to the palate.
The oranges and lemons from more tropical
clime-genune IIayanLas. The French can
dies wore as fine and in as great variety as any
we recoilect ever having seen. Of. course the
reader is already curious to know where these
luxurics can hr purchased. BY calling at the.
store house Of Mr.. JAMES JONES, directly Ioppo-
s te tle Journal oficc, your wants can oc
E, Up ietE~otohly will. fruits and candies, but
18th everything tie heart could desire with
hich to store your lardcr. Give him call.
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DEATH OF JUICE TIlos. J. WirIERs.-The
Ion. Tuos. J. W1rHERs died at his residenceat
Kirkwood on the night Of tho .th inst.
This announcement will strike tie public
mind Of South Carolina with deep sense OF the
heiFy loss which falls upon our afflicted and
bcrcavcd State. At thF.ycry 9. m: O. mental
and judicial vg6r one of the very brightest lights
which has ever adorned the .Bcnclrof South
Carolina has been extinglshed. Tile State, at
any time, woull have felt deeply and sincerely
mourned the loss of so valuable and so faithful
public serva: /; but now, when in few brief
years she has lot from hsr seats fjustse, nAE-.
GAN, G'NEAL!4 WARDlAw, JOHNSTON, WHIT
NER-wliie tic places Of most Of them are still
vacant-whe The demands and needs of judi.
cial ability arc fesrfully increasel-while the
exactions of war that mono5olixcd every
thought'and feeling Of our people have prevent
ed any legal preparation for judicial placc, aud
our Legislature low finds il difficult to select
successors for those noble and -gi(iod dead, the
brilliant WlHlEns. who- would have done so.
mucl; TO elctae and improve the Juniors who
would have socn been called 10 his side, is re-
M we'd from Garth, and his vacant place is an
othcr gaping wound in lhc,bosom Of our loved
mother State.
JuGg. WlruERs was native ofTork Dis
trir. where lie received his primary education
aud graduated with distinction in tie. South
Caro- ina College, inA Ic:ass, many Of whose
# cmb,rs have attained great eminence in this
end ol.. States. lie removed in early life to
Columbia, where, c. nsi;lering his youth, he.
became prominentin in tile great struggle o! lS32.
Having marr;cd in Kcrshuw District AID Eav.
ing Leen made Solici or Of the then Eastern
Circuit, lhcncc1orll his life bscA profes-
sio,.a one IIo was elevate to md law bench
,sout The year 1875, and was, at the time of
his death, ono CT the Associate Justices Of
South Carolina. He was a mcmbero tile Con-
veution Of 1850 and of the Provisional Con-
gress which assembled in Montgomery, resign
ing both these places, however, before lis term
of service expired; hut in tile first not until all
the important work was done, md he had
tramred his ability and character both upon
the proceedings Of those bodies ana the minds
of all who came in contact with him. But
these political matters were mere episodes in his
public life. which was devoted to the profession
which he adorned :
10 AS an advocate, Judge WITHERs was in the
scope of eur observation unsurpassed, combin-
ing oil the rare. excelencies and accomplish
ments illustrated as completely in him as they
were IN ERsKrNE. Rapid and profound in
thought quick ip perception, comprehensive in
the breadth and grasp of understanding, with
mind thoroughly stored with the great princi-
pies oflaw ana decisions o.: courts These were
the fountains whence glishcd forth matchless
flow oflcgal argument aud eloquence, which
made him a most successfll-a.mostlr irresistible
advocate. His style as speaker was, terse,
condensed, concise, logicajs pointed, sarcastic,
with play ofgenial humor that made him,a
most popular speaker, while his legal attain-
ments ranked him very high as counsellor. On
wider field Judge WRITER'S would have attain.
eda world wide reputation as an advocate. Higl
as his reputation is as an upright, able, judge,
with opportunity and arena his reputationRs an
advocate would have surpassed it, For brillian-
cy Slows better on the Held Of strife tLagcon the
seat Of justice, but on the bench lie was equal
to the first; and other and higher honors still
awaited him, if he had been spared little
longer.
In this brief not ice we have confined our
remarks solely to Judge 'WITuERs public life
as memory turns towards personal andsprofes.
siOnal association of all of active lifa orr