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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-11-04

:. ORGANIZATION OF A CoIoRED Con-
SENTATIVE CLUB.-Last night about
thirty colored men assembled in tho
hall at the corner Of Hutson and King
streets far the purpose of organisingas
Conservative. club. Among those pre-.
sent were W. r. .Fordham, w. Coch.
ran, ". G.. Rout, NJ Cochran, Aaron
Harper, Isaac Taylor, Joshua Hague,l
John Thomas, Abraham Deane, s..
iddleton, w. Long, F. Matthcsson,
Ed. Butler, Robt. Fields, B. Brown..
Aaron Harper was called to the chair,
and Isaac Taylor appointed secretary.
Tho rules for the government OF the
club were presented and sigueds.by AL.
but three. 49,. s...t
A committee was appointed to nom-
mate officers and report on next Nom
dny night,..,o which time the club then
adjourned -Chariestos N.qosj of Non
ddy .,B e,.asr
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TIE Rural CarOJinian.

The Nov. number of the Rural Carroll
nian has been received. The following
is its contents
Improved Farm Implements-The
Steam Plough, illustrated, by the Edi-
to-; Concerning Agricultural Fairs by P.
J. Malone; The Application of Manurcs,
by Edward E. Evans; Rural Domestic
Architecture, illustrated, by the Edi-
tor; Docs Deep Ploughing Pay ? by the
Editor; China Grass and the Ramie, H.
lustrat'd; Results of High Culture, by
the Editor; Nut Growing, by James H.
Daniel; Sow Wheat, Rye and Barley;
The Tea Plant and its Culture, illustra-
ted; Chinese Agricultural; Economy of
Manures. Gardner's Chronicle; More
About My Clover Experiment, by COL
onel D. Wyatt Aiken; System of Cot
ton Culture, by DR.. N. B. Cloud; Rasp-
berries fer the South, illustrated, by the
Editor; How to Plant Strawberries,
by the Ed tor; Moore'S Extra Apple,
illustrated; Pears for the South, Illus
trated by the Editor; Plan for Fruit
and Vegetable Garden, illustrated; A
Hand Boquct, illustrated; Strawberries
How many Quarts to the acre; Trans
ferriug Plants; Another Rustic Gate
way, illustrated; Lime Around Apple
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Religious Meeting.

An interesting meeting was COM
menced in the Baptist Church in this
place on Sunday the Oath ult., which
was protracted through last week, du-
ring which six persons professed con-
version, and we're baptiscd on Sunday
last. The pastor, Rev. j. E. Rodgers
was aided by Rev. Mr.. Richardson, of
Sumter, and Rev. Mr.. Woodruff, Of
Spartanburg. On Sunday evening
much feeling was exhibited, and the
meeting closed with the regret of all.
We are glad to learn that it is the inten-
ton of the pastor to hold another series
of meetings at an early day.
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: 1t is proposed that Lancaster and,
Kershaw subscribe about onetenth OF
their assessed property, this would re-
quire, until ilrelieved by dividends, ataK
of seven.tenths of one per cent. This
estimate is upon the peoples own as
sessment and return, not the equal'zd-
tsion which makes l. 05 mean 3.l5. NoW,-
when We reflect that this moderate tax
is merely payment of interest, fora few
years, on a judicious debt contracted
for the purchase ofproperty, aud which
will more than double the value OF all
our other property, can zoe hesitoteF
In this connection; 1 may add that
have examined the statistics of the
most wealthy Cities, counties and town
ships in the United States, those most
renowned for wealth and progress, and
1 find that, with few exceptions, their
debts created for rail roads and other
internal improvements which have
made their wealth, very fur exceed the
ratio proposed for Lancaster and Ker-
shaw. t"t :" Pc
|. As intimatcd, I SHALL, from time. to
time, renew this subject as !. am de-
termined that no effort of mine shall be
wanting to bind together indissolubly,
tho people and interests of the ancient
and honored districts of Lancaster and
Kershaw. ~ HANGING Rock.
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SheriGS Sales.

On Monday last, being sales day, the
town presented lively appearance.
Several tracts of land in and about
town we're sold at the following figures !:
Two parts of town lots for two hun
dred and sixty dollars; seventy four
and half acres on Swift Creek three
hundred dollars; one hundred and cigh-
ty-ninc acres of sand hill land at one
hundred and ten dollars. Lot in town,
three hundred dollars and another at
thirty dollars. Other tracts were sold
but bought in under mortgages.
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HEARTH AND HoME.-The propri-
etors of the Hearth and Home, h essrs.
Pettingill, Bates & Co., 81 Park Row,
New York-makc the following liberal
proposition to their beautiful illustrated
family paper:
"To all who subscribe before next
January, for one year, at the reduced
rates printed below, Tho Hearth and
Home will be sent free from the date Of
their subscription to the end of this
year, so that all such yearly subscrip
will end January l, 1871. Our only
terms hereafter are tho below reduced
rates for 1870 invariably in advance
Single copies, 81; three copies all at one
time, 50; five copies all at one time, Sl2
all over five copies at the same
rates. Making Hearth and Home, to
a club of five subscribers, at S2.40 each,
the cheapest, as it is the most complete
family newspaper in the world"
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THE JOURNAL.
CAMDEN, NOVEMBER 4, 1869.
To our Patrons.

It is we'll known to our friends that
it has not been our custom to dun them
through these columns, but we are re-
luctantly compelled to deviatc from this
custom, and now earnestly urge all in
debted, to call at once, and settle their
accounts. The great end VIC have in
view, in conducting the Journal is to
make it welcome visitor to every house
hold, and to do this requires money, as
all our expenses have to be paid in Cash.
We arc encouraged to hope that this
call will not be unheeded, and that in a
short time, no unsettled accounts will
remain upon our books.
To those who have pune ually paid
and enabled US to keep our little bark
afoat, We tender our warmest thanks.
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TIE SYNOD OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
met at Chester G. H., on the Goth ult
The session was opened by sermon
from from Rev. A. A. Morse, Modera.
tor of the last synod. Rev. D. +. Fri
crsou, Of Harmony Presby,ery was
elected Moderator, aud, alter three
days discussion Of matters of interest
TO the denomination in the State, the
Synod adjourned to meet at Anderson
CHI, on Wednesday before the fourth
Sabbath of October next. ,Is."E
Korkpiie Enquirer.
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FOR THR JOURNAL.
Wateree and n. G.. Rail Road.

Mr.. EDITOR: "The Wateree and
North Carolina ina--RailRl..,a'.T'a1S
trust; De regarded as q destined and
important institution, but as this great
work will not be accomplished by or for
supinc or Indifferent people, pro.
pose, as time and opportunity admit, to
claim brief spaces in your columns for
the purpose of bringing home to all you:
readers between Camden and Charlotte,
prominent and controlling reasons why
we cannot, if We have ordinary sagacity,
allow this opportunity to escape.
Two points only will be suggested in
this article. First, the increased val
ue of lands between Camden and Char
lotto will, Of itself, pay for tho Road.
We find the proof of this assertion
in the facts that lands below Camden,
on the S. C. r. R., within ten miles of
either side are worth now, more than
twice the amount that lands of the same
or better quality are above Camden, off
the line of Rail Roads; uncleared lands
are readily sold at Sc, So and $40 per
acre, in the former locality, which would
not bring in the latter more than 81,
So, and SIS. Now take into ccnsid.
Grafton the facts that for each mile of
rail road built, you have on each side of
the Road, ten square miles each con-
tanning six hundred and forty acres,
making the twenty square miles contain
in the aggregate, twelve thousand eight
hundred acres, does any one doubt that
all these acres will be doubled in value
by the Road? Estimate the average
value of these lands even as low as one
dollar and fifty cents per acre, and the
result gives their increased value per mile
of rail road, nineteen thousand two hun.
dred dollars-suficicnt to build and
equip the Road, and of itself good
investment, if the stock subscription
were donation instead of purchase
of property, valuable in itself and in
valuable as a means of developing all
we own or aspire to.
Second, the scheme of furnishing the
Lancaster and Kershaw subscriptions
by the issue of County bonds is wise
one-our people arc impoverished and
financial facilities, for individuals too
much crippled and out of joint to ad-
NIT of individual subscriptions to any
large extent. The bonds will be 80
thoroughly secured and have such long
time to run as to command the conf
denco of purchasers and enable tho
stock to appreciate and, before maturity
of the bonds, provide by sale for their
payment-all that taxation will be re-
quired for, will be to keep down the in
terest, assisted by the dividends in q
few years.
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Trees; Nicholas w. Darrell and the
FIRST Locomotive with a apOrtrait,) by
James NJ. Easou; A Homemade Cane
Mill, illustrated.
Ra@ Those of our friends who
have intimated their intention to sui.
scribe, and all others who desire to do
so, will please call on us. We weuld
like to know that Kershaw was largely
represented on the subscription list.
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ANNUAL ADDREss.-It is announced
that The Annual Address before the
State Agricultural Society will be de.
,livered on Thursday, 1lih day of M.
vember. by Hon. ,'ohn G Breckenridge.
of Kentucky. The exalted repu'a'a.
ton of this gentleman will doubtless
attract many visitors to the Fair, and
we trust that nothing will intervene to
prevent his attendance and fulfillment
Of this engagement.-Anderson MteHt'
gencer.
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Latest Cotton Quo
CAMDEN-24 IL.
CHARLEsToN-25
BALTIMoRE-26.
NEW YoRK-26 l-8.
LlvERpooL-12 1.8d.

SPECIAL NoTI:E.-To parties in
want of Doors, Sashes and Blinds, We
'efer to the advertisement Of p. p.
Toale, the large manufacturer Of those
goods in Charleston. Price list fur
nished on application.
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The Charleston News.

The proprietors Of tho Charleston
Neps admit the tightness of the times
and necessity of economy when they
offer the public the Rural Caroliniau
aud Daily Mr,cs for II months for $3.50,
or the Rural Caroltnian and Tri- Week.
y Ners for twelve months for 81. We
do not see where the profit is to cone
from at these unprecedented prices, but
we know that it is to the advantage of
all our readers to avail themselves Of the
opportunity now afforded them.
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are united nearly face to face, and pre-,
cisely resemble Rita Christina, with the
exception that the unnatural production
has three legs, while the former has but
two. Our informant assures us there
is no humoug about the matter, and that
he saw this curriosty himself, which
was the illrgitina.e offspring Of sgirl
living in Tazcwell. IL is now dead.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-11-04

TIE OPERATIONS OF A CONFIDENCE
MAMIE BUYS PROPERTY AND
STEALS SHIRTs.-A man giving his
name as Mr.. Fisher came TO the house
of gentleman residing on the Mechau-
icsville turnpike about two miles from
the city, on Saturday morning, and rep
resented hipsclfn as Lutheran preacher,
stating that he was from California and
had plenty of money, and wished tobuy
place the gentleman owned in the
city: He said he had seen the place, and
offered him $4,000 in gold, but before
making purchase he wished the gen.
tleman to 60 with him and see if he
could not make a bargain for the va
can't lot adjoining. This was done, and
Fisher agreed to give him $4,000 in
gold for the two; which offer was ac-
ccptcd, and The two returned, Fisher
remaining at the gentleman's house du-
ring the night.
On Sunday morning he had an en-
gagemcnt to preach in Lutheran church
in the morning, but would return after
service. He then asked if the the gen.
tleman could change him twenty-dol
lar bill, as he had promised to give a
poor woman dollar. The family, not
having the change, loaned him the dol
lar, and be started, but returned about
the time for service to close, and re-.
mained until Monday morning, when he
left, and has not since beenseen or heard
of. ...-,.
Before leaving on Monday a gentle
man who attends to the old gentleman's
business came in and drew up the ne
cessary papers, deeds, &C., for which
tho owner of the property paid Sl.;0
Fisher stated to the gentleman that
he had been to Staunton, and had
made some heavy purchases there also,
among them n house and lot from Mr.
Arst. He (Arst) being friend Of
the Richmond man, he wrote him let
ter after Fisher inquiring if lie knew
him, and, ifso, he had Did him u house
aud lot, and received an answer stating
that no WAS uu imposter, as he had not
bought a house, but had borrowed a
considerable amount of money from
him, as we'll as two shirts, and had re-
turned neither, and that he had also
served several OF the citizens of Staunton
IN the same way, and that he had also
been in Jail ut Harrisonburg for six
months, but for what crime he did not
say.
The swindler is about sixty.fve years
Of agc.-Richmond Dispatch.
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Almost a Serious Accident.

On Tuesday afternoon, about 4 o'clock,
VIC saw horse and mule attached to a
wagon run down the alley between DR..
YOung's and D. L. DeSaussure & Co.'S
store and turn suddenly up the street,
with Mr.. Minor Clyburn and colored
man holding the rcins and attempting
to stop them. Mr.. Clyburn was thrown
1Own just as the wagon turned up the
street, the wheels barely grazing his
ankle. # The colorcd man was thrown
between the horse and the wheels but
fortunately the wagon was turned sud-
denly, almost round, and he escaped also.
The parties are indebted to the steady
character and action of tho mule for the
.=as4r~~4;;,u-ii4fri,e n n 4fri,efFlra rs u nut Cnefr
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The localcdi.or Of Columbus, Mis-
sissippi, paper having got married, q CO.
temporary says: "May his fariher-in,
law die rich, and cuable poor Stevens
to retire FROM the printing business and
set up cake.shop at railway station"
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A Bad Bridge.

We have been requested to call the
attention of the proper authorities to
the bridge across the canal, leading
from the creek to Chcsnu.'s Mill, on the
Charleston road. Its condition is said
to be not only unsafe, but really dan
gcrous.
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A CHILD WITH Two HEADS AND
Four ARMs.-The Knoxville Why,
Of the 18th inst, says: "Drs, Divine
and Overton, of Tuzewcll, now have, in
their possession u natural monstrosity-
a child with two beads, four arms, double
:horax and abdomen, three logs, two
separate and distinct verebral columns,
two hearts, two pair oflungs, and two
genitals. The gender is feminine. They
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Rural Caroliniano

Every Farmer and Planter should
subscribe to the Rural Carolinian.-
Send ycur names to the JOURNAL Of
fee at once. Price only $500 per an
mum.
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The NEW ROLE OF RkDIc.L1sM IN

The NEW ROLE OF RkDIcALIsM IN
SOUTH CAOLINA.-We have before al
luded TO the effort of the exponents of
South Carolina radicalism TO create po.
litical capital by seeking to array the
poor, so-called, against inc rich, so call
cd. We stnted at the time that most of
us were unfortunately so poor that this
would hardly do The movement has
assumed somewhat new form. The
persistent effort now making is to create
an antagonism between the employees
and employers. The doctrine ia pro-
mulsated that the capital ofthe State
is dealing harshly with the labor. And
appeals are made to the laborcrs in all
departments to ngitate, to move, to
strike for higher wages. And the eff.
fort is industriously made to induce the
the laboriug whites to unite with the
blacks in solid organization. All this
is done under the prctence of glowing
zeal for the la,,orers of the country. The
fact of the matter is. tie movement is
neither more nor less than transparent
game of political trickery. 1t is to drum
up white recruits for the radical party
If they can get them. Its to make
political for q party thatmust have some
new agitation-some new plausible toy
with which to please their dupes. 1t
will not succeed. In common with all
ght-minded persons in the State, we
ta see ali classes Of our people prosper.
ous. We desire to see the State stand
upon the basis of q renewed prosperity.
R...Ha-nernr- expect to find this ac'
complished by arraying labor against
capital, or by sowing the seeds Of bitter
ness and distrust between the two classes
of our people.-Columbia PArni1
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Judge Carpenter rendered an opiuoin
at the Oraneeburg Court, that a colored
woman had no right, as the Law nov
stands, to prosecute for bastardy--the
net Of 1873 saying distinctly that only
n white woman can be prosccutrix ip
such case. -
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MARRIED-Tn New Orleans, o.
tober %, 1869, JOHN NJ. DESAUssURE-
Jr., ci Camden, to Miss L. ALICE DO
IsE, daughter Of the late A. Noise, Jr.,
Of Charleston. o,d
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SURVIVORS, ASSOCIATION.

A meeting of the Survivors. of the Con-
federate Officers and Soldiers residing in
Camden and Kershaw, is respectfully
requested to convene Monday next, the
9th inst, at 10 o'clock, at the Town
Hall, Camden, to organize an Associn.
ton, and appoint delegates to the State
Association to be organized at Charles
ton on the 18th inst.
By request.
j. B. KERSHAW,
j. D. KENNEDY.
Nov. 4. o'."' It
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MASONIC.

THE Regular Communication Of Ker-
shaw Lodge No. 29, A.. F.. NJ, will
bo held at their Lodge Room on Tues-
day next, at 7 O'Clock, P. n.
J. A. SCHROGK, Se'cy
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NOTICE.
a CARD

DR.. B. F. WATKINS having resu.
med the practice Of Medicine, respect
fully tenders his services to the citi.
zena Of Camden and vicinity. ,,
Office and residence at Kirkwood,
Dot. 7, H
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MULES AND HORSES.

I will be in Camden next week With
a drove of we'll broke Mules and few
fnc Saddle Horses. .'.'
g" ], A. ARMSTRONG.
Nov. 4. . 1t.
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lives
C,ath ofRey. w. A GamewelI.

We learn that this eminent divine,
and pious servant of God, departed this
life in spartanburg on Sunday after
noon last.
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Mr.. R. c. Shiver has bcen elected
President ol the Columbia Board Of
Trade. .,fe.a. .{.,.,f...
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ofa better watchword to fire them on
to desperate efforts for success at elec.
tions. QUERcUs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-01-09
MARRIED..

At the residence of the brides father, at Or
ange Court House. on the 9Th instant, by the
Rev Dr. Handy. Dr.. 4. M. Nom U RRAN, OF
Culpeper, to Miss MARY e., daughter Of Mr..
Alfred Thompson, of Orange Court House
At st Thomas's Church. at Orange q. b., on
the 9Th instant, by the Rev. II. Nj. Carson, MT.
r. s. KINCHELOE to Miss MOLLIE o.
DADE, daughter Of the late Gen. Dade, of Or
ange co.
On the 3lst instant, at Farmwell, in the VI. h.
Church South by the Rev. James II. Wolf,
Mr.. FRANKLIN ORRISON to Miss KATE
Is. WKENN, all Of LOudoun.
At the residence Of the brides father, Colonel
A. S. Grigsby, on the 10th Of December, 1868,
by the Rev. N. X. Sledd, Mr.. CHAMPES
FITZHUGH, of Loudoun county, to Miss
CARRIE L. GRIGSBY, Of Campbell.
December 3lst, in Leesburg, by the Rev. DA-
vid ShoaG Mr.. JAMES w. burgess and
Miss JOSEPHINE f. RYAN, both Of Lou
doun.
In Leesburg, same day, by the same, Mr..
HENRY T. WILDMAN and Miss ALClNDA
ELLEN WILDMAN, both of Lcudoun.
On the 31st Of December, 1868, ut the resi-
dence Of the brides father, by the Rev. X. j.
Richardson, Mr.. WILLIAM i. GARTER to
Miss AMANDA v, daughter OF Mr. John
Davis, all Of Loudoun.
On tho 18th Of December, 1868, in tho Pres
byterian Church. at Harper's Ferry, Va, by
the Rev Dr. Dutton, ISAAC 9. STOCKS, OF
Cotocton Valley, Loudoun county, Va, to.
Miss BE. g., daughter Of g. Y. Cutshaw, OF
the former place.
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OBITUARY..

Mr.. THOMAS LOVE, Sr the subject fthis
notice, was born in Fairfax county, Va, Aug
18th, 1894, and breathed his last at his residence
near Lynchburg, in Amherst county, Va, on
the morning of the 2lst of December, 1868, in
the 10Th year of his age.
MIR. Love served as a soldier in the war OF
1912, and had been resident of Lynchburg or
vicinity more than half century, and was a
member of the Baptist Church about 90 years.
AS q citizen he was unpretending and unob'
trusive in his habits, and possessed the. friend
ship and esteem OF al classes of society. Ii
may be truly said that in his death, many have
lost friend-none have lost an enemy.
AS a man Of business he WAS distinguished
for his sound practical judgment, and for uR-
benished integrity in all other transactions.
He lived and died without reproach as bust
ness man.
. AS christian he was distinguished for hi:
implicit and unwavering reliance upon The The
merits Of his Saviour for the salvation of hi:
soul, and strong and abiding faith in the
promises Of God as revealed in His word.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-01-09

ASYLUM FOR THE MEXICAN WAR SOLDIERS
Senator Cole presented in the Senate yestor
day petition from Alex. NJ Kenaday, Of Sar
Francisco, agent in Washington of the Asso-
ciated Veterans of the Mexican War. asking
Congress to appropriate $llS,79l, 10, being
the remainder of alevy on the city Of Mexico,
in lS47, by Gen. Scott The money was ap-
propriated by Congress in 1850, to establish the
Soldiers Home, and the fund for the support
OF that institution and other asylums connected
with it has since accumulated to several millions
Of dollars. The petition states that of this
vast charity the originators derive no benefit
whatever that in the event Of sickness or
death occurring among the Mexican soldiers,
in many cases, relief for their necessities and
decent burial depend on the contributions of
their old companions in arms. He therefore
prays Congress to either establish branch asy-
lum in California, under the direction OF the
society he represents, or so amend the laws
governing the institution as to admit soldiers
discharged at the close of the Mexican war on
the same footing with those who have served
continuously for.twenty years. Accompanying
the petition was an endorsement ofGen Grant,
favoring the establishment of an asylum there,
if it embraced soldiers also who fought in the
late war.