The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-09-30
Correspendence of the Camden Journal.

Correspondence Of the Camden Journal
CHARLESTON, Sept 2S, 1869.
DEAR JOURNAL The sight of our
metropolis is very refreshing apd ALL
mating after sojourn in the quiet pre-
cincts of time honored Camden.
The papers have furnished you with
accounts of the unusually heavy bust
ness now being done, and Of the hopes
which have been excited Of its contln-
uancc.
A stroll along the Bay, Meeting and
Hayne Streets affords the opportunity
Of testing ones skill in circumambula-
ting and perambulating the many boxes
barrels, &c., with which the side walks
are encountered, as we'll as OF seeing
the activity of the drummers, WHO ask
in most Indifferent manner, the ques
tiou, shave you come down for stock r.
but wait with considerable eagerness
for your answer. If the answer be yea,
you are Immediately button .holed aud
told that nowhere in the world can such
a stock be found, as he has the pleasure
of representing. If the answer be nay,
the interest in you becomes very in6n-
itesimally small, and you are dropped
as if contagion lurked somewhere about
your vestments.
A walk on the Battery in the after.
noon shows you the beauty aud fashion
of the city, and enables you to initiate
your lungs with the pure sea breeze,
while the eye feasts itself upon the
many objects of interest in and around
the harbor.
Every business man down here speaks
of the scarcity of money, as almost un-
parallelled. This of course restricts
operations to a considerable extent
They all say that cotton is coming fast
er than for many years. Some regard
this as an index for large crop, while
others attribute it to the right causes,
viz: the effects of the drought and rust.
The staple in their opinion will go
lower still if run to market at once in
large quantities, while those who are
able to hold will command remuner-
ative price later in the season
Let these interested take notice Of
this universal opinion aad hold their
cotton at all hazards.
Your correspondent was shown several
samples of cotton from your nrighbor-
hood by one of the larsesS factors here,
and his opinion was that E. NJ. BoYKIN
Jr., had shipped the beat he Aad;5et seen
which reflects much credit upon the
rising generation for E. M. BoyKlN,
Jr., is not yet of age, and has only been
planting two years.
Buildings are being erected and re-
paired in many portions Of the city and
altogether there are many evidences of
improvement and prosperity in the
Queen City Of the S"uth.
Your correspondent having been
scourged by that most painful of all
maladies, viz, toothache, and being
naturally impatient could not wait long
er than one night for the pain to cease,
so yesterday after serious deliberation
went to the Dentist and had the offend
ing denial member extracted. The con.
sequence has bccn disastrous. He cau-
not eat anything but the softcst kind OF
food, aud his mouth has gone in mourn
ing over tic loss, so that you readily
perceive his equaulmi'y is much dis
turbed, and his means OF doing things
calmly: greatly impai'ed. This may
serve as an excuse for the dryness Of
his letter. In the meantime, however,
he remains as ever,
Yours faithfully,
eye LOG H."