davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
SUMNER, FoRNEY, AND A NEGRO.

SUMNER, FORNEY, AND A NEGRO.
Mr.. Sumner has got himself into
grief. 1t. was an understanding among
senator's when Forncy was elected
Secretary that they not only as a
body influence appointments under
him, but they should be made after
the manner of cadets at West Point.
1t seems, upon the death of Mr. Noah
Smith, the journal clerk, 1t happened
to be the tat1m Of Mr.. Sumner to, die
tate his successor, The fact was
spread far and wide, and several of
the Senator's 'colored brethren"
were applicants. i hear that he had
promised the place to one of those as
"black as the ace of spades" Here
was dilemma. The subordinates in
the Senate rebelled. Certain sena-
tors became pale with afright-and
spoke of prudence and all that-and
finally the Senator was with difficulty
prevailed upon to abandon Sambo.
The "colored" applicants left the city
in a huf.-Balttmore Gazette.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
A HORRIBLE CANNIBAL STORY

A HORRIBLE CANNIBAL STORY
A horrible tragedy heretofore briefly
mentioncd) is reported from the ISL
and of Fecjc, South Seas. The Rev.
Thomas Baker, with an assistant mis-
sionary and six native teachers, went
to visit some island tribes, and he and
his party were brutally murdered by
one of the tribes, who are described
as the most confirmed cannibals.-
The writer says:
"In this town Longtown) there
lives notorious cannibal with whom l
had little conversation. He point
cd me to pile of human bones in the
fork of an orange tree under which
We were sitting, and assured me that
he had eaten the men of which each
bone there was representative, and
that he had kept these bones as a me-
mento of his cannibalism. Many 9TH
er things did this inhuman wretch
make known to me, and his counte-
nance and more than ordinarily Worn
teeth only helped to convince me that
he had been literally a bone crusher.
TO have listened to this mans state
ments, and told too, in the presence
of those who could have contradicted
them, if false, would have removed
forever from the minds of some the
idea that Fecjeeans are not lovers of
human flesh. This vile cannbal de-
clared that as for eating, nothing
was comparable to human flesh, not
even fowls or pork"
The main fact of the above state
ment is confirmed by the letter of a
gentleman formerly of Lawrenceburg,
Indiana, in q letter to his brother in
Cincinnati, dated Leonka, Ovalan,
Feejee, September 2, 1867. We
make the following extract:
"Our native population, too, have
been indulging themselves in canni-
bal feast almost unprecedented in the
annals Of cannibal Feejee. There is
district of the interior of the largest
island of the group of which the is
as yet little known. White men have
crossed over it or through it, but it
was never considered safe. About
two months ago, one of the Wesleyan
missionaries, with somewhat of bra
vado spirit, determined to penetrate
into the stronghold of heathenism, by
their leave or no. He took with him
ten of the christian natives of coast
tribe, and marched boldly on from
town to town, through heathendom,
though he was warned by the people,
time and again, that he would be kill
ed if he went further on. Still he
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
THE RAILROAD LANDs.-The &C

THE RAILROAD LANDs.-The act
just passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives of Congress taking away
from southern railroads the public
lands given to them before the war is
in accordance with the general Radi-
cal system of furnishing rebels viz,
to take away their property. Every
step to "make rebellion odious" is de-
signed to enure to the advantage Of
the northern people, either in increas-
ing and prolonging the Radical rule,
or in transferring money from the
South and placing it in Northern
pockets and treasures. The greed
and acquisitivcncss which are at the
bottom of this system are such mon
sters, and their cravings so Unsuitable,
that all that can be taken from the
South to punish 1t is not sufficient
So voracious are those monsters,
indeed, that men who cater for them,
as INSCRIPTIONS as they are, find it
difficult at all times to do what is
required of them. So on this qucs-
ton of Withdrawing the donations 10
southern Railroads.&c. insignificant
when compared to the millions of
acres that have been corruptly given
to northern corporatons-all of the
soldiers of the monsters did not ap-
pear on their side. There were some
deserters, the vote standing Sc to T3!
There is some shame yet left.
1t is feature of the proceedings to
snake rebellion odious," tina; spring
ing from selfshness, greed, and am
bition, they must naturally and phil
osophically be maintained by passion
and violence. Beasts of prey are
always enraged when about to seize
their victims, even when of the most
innocent and helpless kind. Hence
the TRADES of the advocates of the
system of punishment of the South,
inspired by the meanest of passions,
are always vindictivc, vituperative,
and mendacious. Trumped-up accu-
sations to justify inhuman measures
Wholesale slanders invented by paid
libcllers-arc trumpeted forth with
unblushing effrontcry and hypocriti-
cal Indignation. Fitting dcfcnces to
cxecrab.e deeds!
Richmond Dispatch.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
Another Impeachment Project.

1.-The Washington correspondent OF
th, Baltimore SIN, under date Of the
9th inst, says :-"Ihe Reconstruction
Committee have been considering the
War Office correspondence of the Presi-
dent and General Grant with view to
bringing out another sensation. The
committee is reported by the Radicals
ais being almost unanimously of the
opinion that the President, in ordering
General Grant to disobey Mr.. Stanton
as Secretary of War, acted in violation
of law, and that it showed determi-
nation en- his part to defeat the purposes
and laws of Congress. A sub-commit-
tee, composed Of Messrs Bingham and
Boutwell,, have been appointed to look
into the matter, with authority to draw
up new articles of'impcachmcnt, If the
facts warrant it lin their opinion), and
present them at the next meeting Of
the committee.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13

went on; and when in the midst of the
district they set upon him and his
followers and killed all but one of the
natives, who escaped by more of y
chapter of accidents in his favor than
otherwise. to tell the horrible tale
The dead bodies were all piled up,
pow WOW WAS held over them by the
heathens, and then they were distri-
butcd for cooking, the ruling chief
keeping Mr.. Baker and one native
for his private palate.
The coast is in furore. The old
king is making preparations to kill,
hang and quarter the interior tribes,
and sell out the district to the white
settlers for cotton growing. Hundreds
or thousands perhaps, will be sacri-
feed to avcnge the death of the mis-
sionary.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
ABBEv1LLE AND CoTroN.-W

ABBEvILLE AND CoTToN.-We
were on visit to one of the neigh
borhoods near New Market, and were
pleased to learn that very consider!
able portion of the Cotton belonging
to the planters remains unsoid, as We
hope is the case in the State general
ly, so that they may realize the BEN
eft of the present improved prices
The planters are acting wisely in
sending their crops generally to Char
lesion by railroad, where they may,
with less expense than hauling to
Augusta, obtain better prices. The
roads to market are now becoming
almost impossible, and rail road
freights are moderate and reasonable.
1t is the presentintention of plant
crs in Abbeville greatly to diminish
their Cotton planting, and to culti-
vato more land in grain. This ought
always to be the rule. ..i
- GreenviNe Enterprise.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
Char. Mercury Of Monday.

THE CoTToN MARKET:-On Sat-
urday last the Offices of our factors
presented a busy scene, and the anx-
ious desire of purchasers to take hold
ofthe staple was truly animating, and
presented a picture very similar to
many seen before the war. The for
tunate holders who operated soma
weeks since and now possess stock
laid in at prices several cents per
pound below present rates may con-
gratulate themselves as being rather
better off than many of their neigh
bors. The sales of Saturday were
more extensive than any that have Ia
ken place in this market since the
cessation of hostilities. '.>~.
Char. Courier Of Monday.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
ASAD WARNING-A LITTLE Girl

ASAD WARNING-A LITTLE GIRL
CHOKED TO DEATH BY SWALLOWING
A BUTToN.-On Thursday last our
community was shocked to learn that
our esteemed fellow citizen DIR. j. j.
Ellis, had suddenly met with the loss
of one of his children, a little girl,
aged 3years. The child was spend
ing q few days with its grandmother
and was playing in the yard, wheR
she was observed to make strange
sound as if struggling for breath. Her
grand mother ran to her in time to
discover that she had swallowed 8,
button. Every attention was render.
ed to give the little sufferer relief, but.
to no purpose. The family have the,
heartfelt sympathies of our commu--
nity.-Florence Gazette. J.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13

him, aud surrendering the Office with
Which he was entrusted by the Presi-
dent, to his worst enemies, to be used
by them to the detriment and disad
vantageyof the party from whom he
held it. To our own comprehension of
the moral question involved, it matters
but little whether, as asserted by the
President and the members of the Cab
met present, there was positive prom
Use, or only just and proper influence
drawn from the language and conduct
of General GRANT; that officer was as
much bound i'll good faith, to restore
the office to the President in the one
case, as in the other. The President
thus disappointed in his purpose of
having the supreme court decide this
important question, has ignored Mr..
STANTON as Secretary Of War, issues his
army orders directly to subordinates,
and to prevent any interference by him,
has directed General GRANT to obey no
orders issued by Mr.. STANTON in the
name of the President, unless he knows
that they are issued by his authority.
To this General GRANT has replied, de-
claring his purpose not to observe such
orders, because Mr.. Stanton has not been
ordered by the President not to issue
orders as heretofore. The object Of
this, no doubt, was to place the Presi-
dent in the position of making direct
issue with Congress, by directing Mr..
Stanton not to exercise the functions Of
the Office to which he had been restor-
ed, in order to afford the stronger
ground for impeachment.
The President having failed to take
this course, the indications are that an
attempt to impeach him will be made
for his order to GEANT to disregard
SrANroN's authority. It remains to be
seen whether Congress will sh9ve the
nerve to carry the design into execu-
ton. They failed signally in the for
mer attempt atimpeachment, and there
is nothing to indicate that snch pro-
ceeding would moet with moro favor
from the people now, than then, but
rather The contrary, except that Gen.
GRANT has evidently thrown himself
into the arms of the radicals. But on
the other hand, Gen. GRANT is no lon,
ger the power, politically, that he was
heretofore. If a resolution Of impeach.
ment is resorted to, it will be accompa'
MED by an attempt to remove the
President from Office, pending the
the trial. Will he submit to this? In
what manner will he resist? These
are questions pregnant with the future
destinies Of this great country. For u:
of this devastated region, there can be
but little to fear from their solution
Our affairs could hardly be worse.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
Our Agricultural Exchanges.

The February number of the follow
ing are on our table:
The SOUTHERN CULTrvAToR-This
number not only sustains, but enhances
the high character it has heretofore at
tained. 1t is decidedly the best num-
Der issued in many months. To the
planter of the South, it is almost indis.
pensablo to successful farming. Pub
lished at Athens Ga price $500 pei
annum.
The AMERICAN FARMER, presents @
table of valuable contents. 1t contains
articles on Contagious Typhus of Cattle
Management of Manure Hcap-Car,
rots-Cranberry Crop-Class of Labor
Needed on Farm-Relatic ms of Land
lord and WHHe Labor-Good Farming
Rational Agriculture-Cheese-Ma Ma
king-spayed Cows-Lavendor Fields,
Roads and Road Making-Frauds in
Packing Tobacco-Drying Sweet Pota-
to-Hops-Plough Trial-BesidesM esMonth-
lyFarm and Garden Work, and variety
of minor articles-S2 a year in advance.
Published by WoRrHINGroS & LEWIS,
Baltimore, Md.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13

embracing tho whole period Of his life,
and will shed much needed light upon
many important subjects connected with
the late war, which have never been
understood-or, at best but imperfectly
,so-because the facts necessary to theE
elucidation have remained inaccessible
toall previous writers. .a -, F.a.sr..,ss
That such a work will be looked for
with eager interest and that it is eer-
tain to prove one of the most popular
books ever published must be evident
to all. We make the following extract.
from page 73: El1 I
The development in Mr.. Davis Of
the high and rare qualities, requisite to-,
parliamentary leadershigs was rapid
and decisive, His nature instinctively
aspires to influence and power, and un-
der no circumstances could it rest con-
tented in an attitude of inferiority.r-.
Independence, originality, and intre-
pidity, added to earnest and intelligent
conviction; unwavering devotion to
principle and purpose; will stern and
inexorable, and a disposition frank,
courteous, and generous, are features.
of character which rarely fail to make
representative man. After the death
of Mr.. Calhoun, he was incomparably
the ablest exponent of States Rights
principles and even during theilife Of
that great publicist, Mr.. Davis, almost
equally with him, shared the labors
and responsibilities of leadership. His
personal courage is of that knightly Or
der, which in an age of chivalry would
have sought the trophies Of the tourney,
and his moral heroism fixed him imc,
movably upon the solid rock Of princi-
pie, Indifferent to the Inconvenience Of
being in minority and in no dread Of
the storms of popular passion. His
faith in his principle was no less ear
nest than his confdenc IN his ability to
triumphantly' defend them. - -
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
The President and General Grant


The great contest now proceeding
for the possession Of the control Of tho
Government at Washington every now
and then, eliminates in somo serious
issue which threatens instant violence,
open anarchy and confusion. One Of
these crises is now upon the country,
quite as. threa'ning as any of its prede-
cessors. The whole conservative por-
ton of the people North and South,
rejoiced in the proceedings whereby
the President succeeded in dislodging
the defiant and tyrannical incumbent Of
the War office, Mr.. STANTON, and es-
tablishing in his place temporarily,
General GRANT. The step was charac-
terized by boldness and decision, and
the friends of order and the constitution,
felt that there was yet hope for the
country in the frmness and sagacity of
fhe President, SO warmly enlisted in
the cause Of the country.
Congress, on :he other hand, repudi-
ated the act of the President removing
Mr.. STANTON, denied his power to con-
tsol the membership Of his own Cabi-
net of counsellors and ministers of
State, and re-instated Mr. S. so liar
aSthat could be dono blythe paper, pen
and ink, which recorded their resolu-
tions upon the subject. Still the Pres
ident had possession of the war office,
and it seems, had determined to retain
it and force Mr.. Stanton to resort to the
court for his remedy, which would briug
test the legality of the proceedings Of
Congress. AS tho President was fully
satisfied the measures were unconsti-
tutional, and void, he was perfectly will.
ling to abide the test judicial decision
of the questions at issue. But it np-
pears that the party now controlling
Congress, dread nothing SO much as
submitting to the arbitrament of the
constitutional court, any of their party
projects. They therefore resorted to
other means TO effect the restoration of
MIR. STANTON, and induced General
GRANT, without the knowledge of the
President, to place Mr.. STANTON in pos
session Of the Office The President
says this was done in violation of a posi-
tive understanding with General Grant,
that no change should bo made until
he, the President, should be informed
and afforded an opportunity of placing
some one in the office who would hold
it subject to his authority. This he
charges home to General Grant, in his
first letter: to which General GRANT re-
spends, denying any positive promise to
that effect, but at the same time, mani
testing that he was fully aware that
the Pre- esident so understood the mat
ter, and by his own showing as stated
in the Presidents rejoinder, he is placed
in the position Of violating the conf
dence which no knew was reposed in
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13

vance and attack him at a terrible
expenditure Of life, and in every case
he was repulsed. / And at each ro-
pulse he would walk his army round
and make flank movement, giving
another disastrous battle, getting ano-
ther most bloody repulse, and then
going again into the fanking busi-
ness. At last he got 10 city Point on
James River, after losing hundred
thousand men. There he stopped
There he squatted. lie did'nt.do any
thing. lie didn't propose to do any
thing. He said he would eight it
out on that line if it took all the sum-
mer," but his fighting was simply
squatting. There wasn't the first
sign of aggression about him.. The
senior editor of the "Journal"
was in Richmond in the winter of
1865, and we know that the Confed-
erase officers, soldiers and citizens
had no more apprehension of General
Grant than if he had been on the
other side of the ocean,. His prox-
unity didn't keep man or woman
awake single minute. He was held
in contempt. The whole terror was
in regard to the march of Sherman.
And it was Sherman's march, and
only that, which conquered Lees ar
my and all the other Confederate ar
miles,"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
Aap TO TIE SoUTH.-Some of til

AapTo THE SouTH.-Some of the
southern commanders and their prin-
cipal aids, who have been much
excited by the scenes and suiferings
they have beheld, have urged upon
the Government to appropriate money
to aid the southern people and pre-
vent famine. Every now and then the
suggestion is repeated.
The gentlemen making the sugges-
tions deserve credit for their human
ity; but they arc greatly mistaken If
they suppose their propositions will
be entertained.
The money that will be paid out
by Congress to the South will be eI-
clusively devoted to the prosecution
of the Radical plan to radicalize the
South by Africanizingit. The money
expended, therefore, will be given to
the support of the great army of
black voters now embodied and drill
ed in the South for the elections that
occur this year. They will be kept
in close order-well in hand-ready
to be called out in force when wanted,
and will in the mean time be constant
attendants ofthe soup-houses and the
depots for the dispensation ofrations.
1t is for this the money will be ex-
pended-the money raised ny taxa
ton from the hard earnings of the
people 1--WE of the South included)
for the infamous purposes of partisan
scheming. All this will have its day
and then we shall see what follows.
Richmond Dispatch.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13

Gov. ORR ON THE SITUATION
Governor Orr returned yesterday
from his visit to Beaufort, andshas
again taken rooms at the Mills House.
The Governor went to Beaufort partly
to learn the circumstances of the mur-
der of Mr.. Matthewes, recently re-
ported in these columns. He says
that there is neither law or order in
the section he has visited, and that
he will so report to General Canby
to-day. On a drive of ten miles,
through some places once the most
hourishing in that District, the Co
vernon saw not a ycstige Of fence,
not single hog or sheep, and only
two poor COWS. '&is
Char. Mercury of Monday.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
-" Weary of life.
Flung it away in battle with the Turk"

Years afterwards, when the brides S
mysterious disappearance was almost
forgotten tale, the discovery of a
few mouldering bones and ashes in
the fatal chest, with long locks of IA
ded hair, and rings, and wedding trim
kets, revealed the sad story of the
doom that had suddenly snatched her
away from happiness, light, and life.
Precisely such a fate two little child
rem of a we'll known family in this
city narrowly escaped on Wednesday
last. They were at play in a yard
near the dwelling, where number of
boxes and other things had been
placed, among which was a very large
chest with hasp on the outside, clo-
sing down over a staple so as to be
secured in the old style with a pad
lock.
In their play the children-a boy
of eight and his sister of six years,
got into the chest, and the lid, which
was heavy, fell, and brought the hasp
over the staple, fastening the lid
down so securely that strong man
could not have bursted it open from
the inside.
Near nightfall the mother of the
little prisoners missed them, and not
finding them in the yard, supposed
they had, against orders, strayed in
the street. She happened to pass
near the chest. and fancying that she
heard a strange, moaning sound,
stopped and opened it, and there, to
her great surprise, she found her lit
tie darlings crushed down by the
heavy lid, and so nearly suffocated
that they were speechless. A little
longer, and the chest would have been
their coffin.
The boy, it appears, had a stout
and pious heart he told his mother
that when he found they were fastcn-
ed in, he prayed that she might be
sent to open the chest, and he be-
lieved that she had come in answer to
his prayer. He then got out his lit
tie pocket-knifc and felt about for the
hinges of the chest, which he vainly
endeavored to cut loose, telling his
little sister Daisy to pray in the mean
time with all her might, That boys
life was undoubtedly spared to some
good end.-Mobile (Ala.) Register,
'24th nit.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13

A correspondent of the New York.
Tribune, shocked at the terrible, and;
as he says, needless torture of crimis.
nails by hanging, suggests that here-
after they may be made to touehs q
wire communicating with twelve Ley.
den jars, when death by electricity.
would be instantaneous and painless.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13

HORRIBLE SITUATION OF Two
CHILDREN-ALMOsT THE FATE OF
GINERvA.-Every reader remembers
the ancient Venetian legcnd-best
told in Rogers poem "Ginerya'-of
the bride who playfully hid away
from her lord on the wedding day
in an old oaken chest. 1t closed with
aspiring, and she was thus entombed
alive: her mourning friends and in
consolablo lord never saw her face
again, and he,