The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-05-16
Irom ule Sumter " scAmaa:: 4. :
To THE EDITORS: OF So gMTER,: CLAIR
8. ENDoN WIlLIAMsBuR G, MARION,
/, MARLBoRo! S CHESTER FIED, I'D q;
NOTION *4ND KERSHAW. !:


EheSonly RENE iss 8 IS chers.
Seminary unds Boar teesS
elected blythe distric Let them
open tic subscript ton, cansG3t the
Hon, En1. Aiken as to q share from;
stheTeabody funds, secure the State
charter and aid the public ap..
spTopfi atio 81 s5., ! ~
8. = Let us rel l.Y5; :oEs sonrs lYes: " 9 are:
TOO poorsst to do it'll out this enc Sem;
mary. Wisdom 3an dssuccess. will 7en..
sure thousand ben nefactors sapd blesz
sings. EAPElRllElNgE!... lE1 l.sls S. 3
TERRIFIC RIA Z TX Gro oWTH::, s: :, OF il 4 THE
UNITED: STATES. The territorial,
grfojwth5of% the United States. sheen
no. less surprising than their growth,
irp popuhltion:s eginn ing atsthe peace!
of 1883 WITH only 820, $50 square
miles, tfhoY= added s89;579 Sbysthte
purchase. Of: Louisiana, 66, 300. by the.
acquisition. Of Horida,s 218 1000 by:
the anncxation.of Texas, 308, 81 by
the. Oregon treaty, and 559, ,455ssbYs;
the Mexican treaties. The Commits,
sioner ofS,the General Land Office.
in 1880 estimated the land area of
the States, and Terri ories @at 22s943,=
25S, square miles,. or, including the
Indian. Z Territory,s 8 O1.0, q & Esq uare;
miles. ThesaF Of the Russiansp pos
tsgsst ,,aerica is computed at,
581,276 square miles: The annex
alton 81. Russian America will swell
THE grand total square :mile les sem-
braced within tho: United: States TO
3;591,,55 little more? than
5eiightYJ years the orig .dimensio
Eoftherepdblic Will thus have eSpan..
lsaed sto an ! AIM osts fourfol degree.
No;nati ionhas eyer eS a erIlillarge its bound:
ari esssis5mnors rapid to so great an eN-
tent { Or: made al At less ;ey pens esmore
valuable acquisitiops: achofsthese:
successive acquisitions has aencoun-
tered opposition, and has been atten7:
ded with Inconvenience, but the
latter have all been counterbalSnced
precious compensations: This will
doubtless prove to bethesease3Nitll
our last accession of territory ,sand:
eur Fourth: of:Jgly orators can boast
with better reason than eyer that ours
is surely a.sgreat country 81: Is;
TERRIBLE ExPLo ION. q FoRT.
SUMTER: IN AM KIIIED ; ester
day: af fternoon about ESQ SO CLOCK, ,Mr,
james RourkefS ell; knoYn iin-this ei-..
! ty. as. an. industrious bricklayer, lost
his life st Fort Sumter, under the fol-
lowing cicumstances s. -
It appears that the contract for re-
moving the old iron, ETC., from.Fort
Sumter expired last week, and MIR.
,Rourke, Mr.. Adams, and Mr.. JAS.
Reynolds, who were engaged in the
removal ofthese relics of the late war
considered that a sufficient quantity,
was left behind to pay for u trip Oh
their own account, and accordingly
on: Monday: last the parties allowed
named, took boat:andto Fort Sum
ter: A hundred shelf was discover
ed by the unfortunate Rourke, who
trying to extract the powder, explo-.
ded, blowing his right leg from The
hip, some fifty yards into the water,
which caused his death in about ten
minutes. His body was, brought to
the city last night, and Coroner Whi-
ting notified Of the sad event for judi
ciai inquiry.
MIR. Rourke;leaves a wife and four
children to mourn his untimel y end.
- Charleston Nercury.
TnELAsT OF TIE MEXICAN EMPIRE
Following the late news from Mexico
that the imperial army uuder Mi
ramon had been utterly defeated.
and the city'of ,Queretaro taken by
the Liberals-we have now advices
from Vera Cruz to the 18th, stating
that Gen. Benavedes, on the part of
Liberals, was about to assault that
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