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The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-30
america First

Speaking of a grand masquerade ball
lately given at the Tuileries, the writer
says: <
The grand scene Of the evening con-
sisted in q magnificent procession rep
resenting: the five parts Of the world,
Europe, Asia, Africa, America and
Austria, each personifed by lady, and
followed respectively bv a gorgeous
train of all the different nations compo-
sing each division of the earth. The
cost and trouble of getting up such a
display were immense. A grand re-
hearsal by the chief actors took place
the day previous. The Emperor and
Empress announced their intention to
arrive at 10 o'clock, and at 10 1-2 all
the performers were summoned to be
ready dressed and in their places, to
pass before them. All was ready at the
appoiutcd hour and the effect was SUI
pcrb. Of all tho group, that Of Ame1i-
ca was acknowledged to be the most
splendid. America was represented by
Miss Garter i'll emblematic costume, re-
cining in tile hammock borne between
two palmetto trees, and followed by o
long train of fair Americans attired in
every variety IF native costume, and
among whom cannot forbear mention
ing by name as most conspicuous fol
grace and elegance Of attire. Miss Tor
rance, the Misses Mason, the Misses
Egerton, Miss Penniman, Miss Beck
with, Mrs. Riggs the Viscountess Fob.
rian, Qate Miss Phelan). Nothing could
exceed the exquisite coup ds'en1 Of the
scene; and on all sides loud murmurs
Of applause greeted these fair represen-
tatives of the New World, as being first
in beauty, as their husbands and broth.
ers have just proved themselves the first
in vdlor.
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Later from Europe by
he..Steamship Germar
MIA.

The marked and remarkable impress
sion produced in Europe by President
Johnson's wise and statesmanlike pol
icy is feature of the news. The Lon
don Times speaks Of the Presidents
veto message in terms of the highest
>eulogy, and the French Empress, her
self possessing administrative ability of
no mean order, is reported as speaking
in terms of amazement of the ability
displayed by the tailor President Of the
United States.
aESGLIsH OPINION as EXPRESSED DY TIE
LONDON TIMES.
Ike President of the United States
has Just refused his assent to bill
passed by both Houses Of Congress,
<and has thus brought the Executive
~and Legislative powers Of the Repub-
lie into direct collision with each other.
This exercise of authority he has just
.i6ed in long and elaborate message,
-ofwhich it is not, we think, too much
to say that it establishes, completely
and absolutely, the wisdom Of his deci:
sion. In the country the courge and
decision exhibited by Mr.. johnson will
confirm the respect in which his policy
has been held, and will entitle him to
credit as one Of the ablest statemen who
Shave ever conducted great nation sue
.cessfully through q perilous crisis by
.Grmness, moderation and wisdom.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-30
Popularity of Gen. Lee

When General Lee was in this city
short time ago he sat for his picture
at Brady's gallery. The fact became
known, of course, and ever since Mr..
Brady has been overrun with orders OF
the picture. It would seem that al
most every family in Washington, and
many in Baltimore, wish to have hang
ing in their parlors a representation OF
the form and features Of the great Con-
federate chieftain, to judge from the
rush there has been for copies Of the
portrait. The latter, Of course, is all that
could be desired in the way OF artistic
excellence. Straws show the direction
of the wind, and it is very evident that
if the time ever comes when the Amer
ican people will be allowed to manifest
the real feelings of their hearts they
will confer upon General Lee such a
testimonial of their affection as will put
to the blush the disgusting toadyism
that is lavished upon Gen. Grant.
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Brigham Young's1 j Mes
baga :; .'7.z

Brigham Young persists in claiming,
the Territory Of Utah as his own judi
cial district, irrespective of the coltrol
of the United States Government. He
calls it the estate efDeseret" and !un-
der date of January 22d, issues a doou-
ment from the Executive Office,
which he designates a Message. He:
takes the ground that, although the
Territory has not been recognized as q
State by the General Government it
will not be long before it will win its
way to place and power. Settlements
are continually extending and 9: vide
traffic has been opened up. He leaves
the solution Of the question @as to how
long it will be proper for the Mormons
to submit to have their constitutional
rights and franchise withheld from
then.-to-u-F4 -F4i;lhorBE,estt Fiehor Destiny; and cousid.
ers it an act Of great injustice that the
Territory should not be the recipient OF
the same Government patronage that il
extended to other Territories of -Ieas
Importance. LII
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Remarks Of Hon. A. Burt

Hon. 4. Dnrt closed his argument in
the Showers case with tlcse words:
"My task is fnish"d. have done.
But will not resist the impulses of my
nature. by ouir,ing to say how earnestly
| lament the murder Of that youthful
guard and deeply l regret that the drama
If Browns Ferry was enacted within The
borders of my State. Every emotion of
my own heart tell me it WAS prompted
by no auimosity TO the Government wlHse
flag WAS Lornc by the guard. With
their arms, the people Of South Carolina
have laid down their resistance. A high
principle and a great cause have been
decided against them, by the last and
highest argument of nations. They ae-
ouiescc in their fortune, and will abide
their fate. With heart that was never
fa.sc, and an honor that was never stain
ed, they have pledged submission to the
conquvror, and they invoke the God OF
Heaven 10 witness with what faultlcss
fidelity it shall be rendered. Mercy is
not the attribute of the sword, and they
make no appeal and utter no complaint
They crouch not to the conqueror with
prayers for pity. With no spirit of de-
6anee but with no tone of despair, they
say to him: Strike, hut hear You arc
the representatives of great and vlrtu'
ous Government, in crushed and con-
euered country. Your word is law, and
Your arm is power. Remember justice
graccs and cquanimi,y adorns the ruler
of a mighty nation. We look with con-
fideuce to one, and with hope to tue
other"
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The New Hamshire EleC-
tiOns.

The elections in New Hamshire last
Tuesday resulted in favor Of the Repub,
lican party. Governor Smythe was re-
elected by between 5000 and 5000 ma
jority. In the State Legislature the Re-
publicans have nipe;out Of twekeS Senators,
and about one hundred majority in the
House. This election may be looked
upon as an endorsement Of the act of the
Stevens wing in Congress. The Demo,
Gratis took firm and decided stand n
support of President johnson, and their
defeat is an evidence Of the prevailing
sentiment in New uamshire. 1t is rea>
sonable to believe that the result Of this
election will have marked effect on
elections in other States, and sill also
exert much influence on the coarse Of
members in Congress.-Garksson Css-
riw.
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The Attempted Assassi'
nation Of Maximilian.

The particulars concerning the late at
tempt to assassinate MACMILLAN are fur"
nished in correspondence from Mexico
to the New York HeraMus follows:
s'Thc day during Maximilian's last So
iourn at Cuernavaca, while walking about,
followed at short distance by one OF his
staff officers, the attention of the latter
was excited by the suspicious movement
Of man who appeared to be DIGGING
the Emperor, stopping when he stopped,
aud gradually approaching closer and
closer to him. Finally, when the indi>
vidual had got close to his Majesty, the
staff officer rushed forward and seized
him. Upon searching him n londed re,
volver was found concealed under his
coat. He was of course arrested; but it
is reported that be WIS shortly afterwards
released by order of the Emperor, who,
as rumor has it, said to the Minister of
Justice, 4 do not think that my life is III
danger; the people of Mexico love mo
too wellv What strange hallucina'
tion !"
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-30
Reverse of Fortune.

The effects Ct the recent war in chang.
ing the fortunes and relations Of many Of
our citizens, says the New Orleans Pr
cay,sne, are brought home to us every day,
in many striking aud even romantic
forms. \ few days ago, in a ease before
one of our district co.rts, which involved
an Inquiry into the solvency of a secu-
rity, one of the witnesses stated that he
knew the security was hopelessly ly ins"l-
vent before the war, whereupon the judge
remarked very sensibly and truly: "Ihe
fortunes and positions Of many of our
people had been reversed by the effects
of the war; many who Lcfore the war
were and had been for many years
wealthy, were now hol,clessly y ihsolveht,
and many who llad struggled for nearly
their Whole lives against poverty and adj
verse fortune, werc now in easy and affiu>
ent circumstances. "
A distinguished attorney engaged in
the case, stated that he could cite I'LL iu>
stance within his own experience, con-
frlnat,ry of the justice Of his honor's
remark. IL. :. himself had becn-quite
easy aid comfortable before the war !;
hut when he returned to the city without
dollar in his pockets and applied to l'ls
former rIch clients to pay some fees dne
him, he found that they were as poor MS
he was; and the only person who came to
his assistance and promptly placed him
in funds was man whom he bad known
as an iusolycnt for twenty years.
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Names Of months.

The names of the months were given
by the Romans.
January, the first month, was sc
called from Janus, an ancient king Of
Italy, who was defiled after his death,
and is derived from the Latin word, Ja-
narius.
February, the second month, is deriv-
cd from the Latin word, Februo, to pu-
rify, hence Februarius; for in this month
the ancient Romans offered up expiato-
ry sacrifices for the purifying ofthe peo-
pie.
March, the third month, anciently
the first, is derived from theiword Mars,
the God Of war.
April is so called from the Latin
word Aprilus-opening because in thus
month the vegetable world opens and
buds forth.
MAY is so called from the Latin word
Maiores so called by Romulus, in res
pect toward the senators.
June, from the Latin word, Junius,
or the youngest sort ofpeople.
July, the seventh month, is derived
from the Latin word Julius, and SO
named in honor ofJulus Caesar.
August, the eight month, was so call
ed in honor of Augustus, by a decree
of the Roman Senate.
September, October, November and
December, are derived from the Latin
words, septem, Octo, Novem, .tand De-
Gem.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-30
Extensive G Confscation of
Distilleries by the Gov
ernment-Death Of a
Detective.

Owing to the suspicion for some time
entertained by the authorities, Govern
ment detectives, under the direction of
MIR. Lewis, City Revenue Agent made
raid, on Friday afternoon last, upon
thirty dstilleries in this city, and found
most conclusive proofs Of fraudulent re-
turns in each. Suspicion was excited
by the fact that liquors have been res.
tailed for some time past in this city
for less than the ordinary duty per GAL,
lon, and also from the fact that the re-
venue receipts were not in proportion
to the consumption, great caution and
vigilance has for considerable time
been exercised by the detectives in or
der to insure certain discovery Of the
actual state of affairs in this particular,
and their efforts have so far been
crowned with success. The Hon. D. G.
Whitman, Deputy Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue came here for the
purpose of assisting, and brought with
him special detectives. The distilleries
seized are located up town, and it ap-
peared that the practice Of evasion has
been in existence for long time. In
one case it is shown that at least seven
ty barrels were turned out each month,
while the revenue returns only show
two barrels in the same time.
Various modes for evasion have been
hroupht into practice, and in one case
what was supposed to be soap boiling
establishment turns out to have been 8
distillery. There are in this city alone
upward of thousand distilleries, near
! ly all of which find means Of defraud-
ing the Government to unlimited extent
| During the investigation, en- untoward
| and horrible event occurred in the awful
death of Mr.. w. A. Griffith, one Of the
detectives. 1t appears that the distil-
lery of Mr.. Sanger, Abatior place, West
Thirty-ninth street, hod been seized on
charge of fdefrauding the Government,
and that while making an Investigation,
MIR. Griffith oponed a trap door which
he presumed to lead to cellar. In
stead of this it turned out to be vat,
eight feet in depth and full Of liquor.
mined d1aUe1y the un1orrunate Ufr1rer 1e11
in and was at once suffocated:: Deceased
lived in Jersey City and had a large
family, His body was recovered and
removed to the Dead House, at the
Bellevue Hospital. York Nescs.
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A "Reminiscences of the
Kearsage and Alabama
Fight.

A writer in the Cornlill sNagasase, VIII o
has had opportunities of conversation
with some of Semmes' old crew, gives
the following interesting "reminiscences of
the fight between the Alabama and the
Kearsage:
II thought you had been in the Con-
federate navv ?" Il was,', said Aleck; III
was with Scmmes everywhere he went
I was in the naval brigade and blockade
running, and on the Alabama all the
while he commanded her." "But not
when she sunk, I'suppose," I rcjoined.
"Wcll, I was, and was picked up with
him hy tile Deerhound." ut was q
pretty sharp fight, wasn'ti,a' Isuggest,
ingly asked. sit was that" replied
Aleck, but lie didn't care about charging.
"I suppose that it was the eleveu-nch
shell tl,at did her business e "Oh, no"
said he, coming to kind Of confessional,
'we never bad any chance; we never
had 10 gunners to compare with the
Kearsage's. Our gunners fired by rou>
tine, and when they had the gun loaded
fired it blind. They never changed, the
elevation of their guns all tile fight,
and The Kcarsagc was working up to us
all the while, taking advantage Of every
time she WAS hid by smoke to work u lit
tie nearer, and then her gunner took aim
for every shot, "lhen it isn't true that
the Alabama tried to loarl the K"ar'
sagc!" "No, sir; sLc did bcr hest 10
yet away from her fr"ln the time tn"
fuht commented. We knew well that
ii VIC gol in ra"ge of her Dahlgrcn how
itzrr> she would sink MS in ten minutes.
But asked, "dout you believe that
Srmmps supposed he would whip the
Kcarsagc when hc went out to hight
her?,' "Nu; he was bull;cd into it, and
iouk good care to !eave oil lis val.ables
on shore, and had life prcse,cr on
through the fight. | saw him put it on,
and | 'hought if it was Wise in him 1t
wouldn't be- foolish in Inc, and put on
one too. When Scmmcs s;;w that the
ship was going d"wu, he told us all to
swim who could, and was the first to
Jump into the walcr, and We all made for
the DrcrIound. WIS II long way ahead
of Sen utcs, aud when came up 20 the
Drcrhou,itrs boat, they asked me II |
WIS S, un:s before they would take me
in. Said that wasn't aud then they
asked mo what'I was on the Alabama =
Said |, "no nlaltrr What | was on the
Alabama. shall he dead lran Snon II
YOU don't take nc iu." TLey asked me
again if 7 was an officer or a seaman,
and wouldn't take me in until told them
That 7 WIS an ,tiicer." But" said !,
did tl.cs ecu " rvfu to pix up cons
mon scanner, and lesre them to drown r
They dill that" replied he wrathtulIy,
aud probably not very correctly; "and
as soou as lncy had Scrmcs o" board they
made tracks As fat as they knew how,
and left evcry o'v "Isr to drown or e
picked up by the Kearsagc."
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The Emancipated Negro.

Mr.. Munro, the British Consul at
Surinam, in report to the Foreign Of
fee, describes the immediate effect Of
emancipation on the negro slaves in the
Dutch colony. On the 1st Of July 1868,
the freedom Of the slaves was promul-
gated, and, the right and privileges Of
freemen were accorded to them. "The
negro population received the boon with
out any great signs of exultation the
day passed over even with more still
ness thahia Sabbath. The agricultural
la6orers did mot so readily turn out to
work, and when they did, it was only
to work what they pleased, and. that
generally was poorly done. Many OF
the people, when the time Of contract
ing with the owners Of the estates was
appointed, left their former homes, and
took tosquatting in the bush and aband-
oned plantations and grounds, on the
borders of creeks in the neighborhood
Of towns, where they led Life of COM
parative idleness, of little use to them
selve and less to the community at large,
returning to a state ofgross heathenism,
praeticing and enjoying the supersh-
tious African dances with all their i'm
morality. Their wants being but few,
are easily supplied from bountful
soil, forests teaming with game, and the
rivers and swamps abundahtly stocked
with fish, which require but little exer-
ton to procure. The negro population
who have remained on the estates do as
little work as possible, which tells great
ly on the crops; they do little else than
reap the fruits of former years labor,
planting but little for the future"
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-30

The papers are almost all publishing
statement directly the reverse ol the
truth in regard to the orders recently
issued in South Carolina relative to the
lands granted for three years to the freed-
men by General Sherman. The order Is
that the owners may have possession (the
title to stand as it isl where they make
with the freedmen contracts, approved by
the Frcedmen's Bureau, to remain as Ia
Lorers. If the freedmen refuse to make
such contracts, they will be dispossesscd
If the owners SO refuse, the freedmen
will rcmqin in possession.
Charleston Nscs.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-30
THE COCkNEY.
BIT. JOHN G. SAIE.

bI JOHN ". oaAL.
1t was IN my soressn traveh
At famous Flemish inn,
That met stoutish person
With a very ruddy skin;
And his hair was something sandy,
And was done in knotty curls,
AID was parted in the middle,
In the manner OF girls.
He was clad in rAequered trousers,
And his coat was OF sort
To suggest scanty pattern,
It was bobbed so very short,
Ard his cap was very Ii tie,
Such as soldiers often use:
And le wore p-ir of CATERS,
And extremely heavy shoes.
I addressed the man in English
And he answered in the same,
Though he spoke it in a fashion
That thought it'll. lam
For the uspirat- was missing
Where the letter should have been,
But where 'er it wasn't wanted,
lie WIS sure 10 put it in!
When 1 spoke with admiration
Of ST. Peters mighty dome,
lie remarked. ;''ris really nothing
To the sights We ave at 'ome!
And glare,l upon Ills lon"r-
Though ofcoursr, twas very queer
That he doubted if the Romans
I'D the hart Of making beer!'
Then we talked ofolhcr countries,
And he sa ID that he had l,eard
Tim, Hnmericsus spoke Hinglish.
Bot he deemed it quite habsnrd;
Ye. he fl, the deepest hintcrcst
In the missionary work,
And would like To know il G, orgia
Wns in Boston or New York
When LEFT .llc man in gaitcrs,
lI-'was grumb!iug o'cr his gin,
At ,hr charges Of the hostess
OF that famous Flemish :nn;
And lie ,ooecI avery Gri'o3.
$50, methinks, seu him s:ilD,
As he po k'ted the candle
That was mentioned in the hill!
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Compliment to the Sex.

The late King of the BeIgisns gave tho
following opinion as to the ability Of .
woman to assume different station -
az cannot but admire the natural facility
with which women enter into the spirit
of any part they may be called upon to
play in the great drama Of human fife;
for to women to acquire taste, ton, and
even talent, is as easy as to put on new
dress: they are as uncoustrained and as
much at their ease in the robe of kce
or of cashmere as in the russet
gown, and, within month after her
metamorphosis, no trace Of the homble
village girl will be seen in Is grande
dame de Ia Cour.7
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The Northern Frontier

Secretary McCulloch received tele-
gram on Tuesday from the Canadian
Minister of Finance, requesting that the
provincial authorities be permitted to sta.
tion officers along tile railroads on the
American side Of the border to examine
baggage and freight destined for Canada.
The Secretary, in reply, sent the follow
ing telegram to the Collector of Customs
on the Northern frontier :-"Allow the
Canadian authorities to place officers at
railroad points on our side to examine
baggage and freight destined for Canada.
1t Is understood that we have similar
privileges in Canadu.'
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Two fellows recently crawled up under
the depot at Newport, bored a hole up
through the floor and into puncheon of
whiskey drew off sixty gallons, which
they carried away with them, and tet the
rest of the fluid to waste.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-30

Lip-service is considered discredita-
bic to Christian, but it is a delightful
thing between two lovers.
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When are soldiers like good faaasI I
When they won't shrink