The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-08-31
CHARLESTON.

some means, last Friday, by which itand a the
store of Messrs E. 3. Stoddard & 60 and
and anottfef adjoining, were destroyed or
OF greatly damaged. The Insurance upon
the stocks will probably cover the losses, but
it was very small upon the buildings.
Yellow fever is in the City. Up to the
present, There have been about forty cases,
and tenortwelve deaths fromit. 4 The papers
say that the fever has been in town about
mnnth or more, but the fact was studiously
kept from acknowledge Of thepeople.' This
we regard as criminal, because many unac-
clamatized persons might have visited the City
during the prevalence of the disease, and
might have gone into every portion where
it was, which would not have been the case,
had they been informed The fact Of the
fever being there, has, caused manynorthener'
to depart, and it is intimated that the Custom
House will have to be closed, because mist,
if not all the employees are not acclmated.
We are Informed that the fever has not, as
vet, assumed an epidemic form. Il o,ai - ni
In consequence Of the fever, Augusta,
Wilmington and Savannah have established
each rigid quarantine, and all persona 9' :
coming from Charleston, are examined by .
physician before entering those cities, or
compelled to go around them. &. Much excite
ment prevails. and it is said that the terribly,
foul condition Of the, various sewers: drains
and streets are incentives to the spread OF
the contagion. This will prove o severe
flow to the trade of the City, butwe sincerely
hope that it will be spared the homers Of an
epidemic. This is the first summer since
1864, that Charleston has been visited by
this terrible scourage. e.. ~'1@ .-.% ..
... EDGEFIELD.
SheriH's McDevitt's horse ran away with
his wife, child and himself, throwing them
all out, and severely injuring his hip and
back. "That horse is for sale cheap" ."'.''a.''"
.,;t. UNION. 80 lag. f7.; >. =.
A gentleman of that town, mistook the
recess for the pulpit of the. Methodist
Church for Chimney, and exclaimed ''well
this is the dufndest biggest Chimney ! ever
did see to house. X l.s-,.,4 -,;siiet. p
Col. Plato Durham has written letter,
denying that he gave the testimony before
the Ku Klux Committee, which he, is re-
ported to have done, by the Washington
Chronicle. IL No ~ !:
oCoNEE. .'
The late storm reached Walhala on the
22nd inst, and brought rain which was much
needed. .
A gas generator has been introduced into
the hotel at that place.
LEXINGTON.
The young ladies of Lexington county are
said to be the prcttiest in the State. Who
is to decide? T........
Some parts of the county are still suffer-
ing from the effects of the drought.
FAIRFIELD.
The Herald has been presented with
some ''swcet potatoes" and is SO elatcd there
by, that we can find nothing worthy of being
chroniclcd. =,
On the 21st inst, some soldiers fired upon
some Negroes In Sumter, woundlng three OF
them, in response to shot fired upon them
which wounded soldier in the leg. An in
vestigation will be made.
Thirty pigs have been stolen from one
neighborhood, within the last two weeks,
and many of them sold to citizens of the
town. Sixteen have been identified and
recovered. .... ........ -..... .
Ridgeway, youth ofseventeen summers.
was enjoying a ride upon upon a stick OF
timber when the chain gave way and ne was
thrown about ten feet in the air, and fall
ing, was some whatdamagcd. d,
..... ... :. MARION. r,..,.. ........;. u
Surprise parties are novelties to Marion,
for the Crescent devotes half column to
one. ...'.a 70. 49,, .. - ,
PHYLLIS Davis, colored, was found in dying
condition, on the plaza of Jane Tillmans
house, bad treatment and exposure were the
causes. She died soon after she was discover.
ed. ...
Disorder, consisting of cloud and profane
"Language" runs riot in Marion. "
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