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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-01-02

DEATH OF REV. j. LEE D1xoN.-Thc
painful intelligence reached this city, yester'
day, Of the death of this clergyman, which
occurred at his temporary residence at Pa
colet station, Union county, on the goth.
Mr.. Dixon had resided in Columbia for a
number Of years, whsreh had many friends.
The disease was bilious fever, but his death
was doubtless hasteued by congestivo chill.
He was born in Lancaster, and was juet
about entering his forty-6fth year. The re-
mains were brought to this city yesterday,
and will be inferred to-day. He leaves =
wife and FIVE children.
Columbia Phonir, 23d "h.
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suiting the action to the word.
In a short time the unfortunate man be.
gan to recover, and turning to the parson,
his eyes yet swimming in "ater,a a "Varselist,
l believer"
81 am" mildly answered the parson.
"Wall, I want to know ifyou think it con-
sistent with your belief to go about with
hell-6re in your breeches pockets"
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Watches, Jewelry, &c.

NOLD and Silver Watches. Chains, Rings
(T Pins and Earrings Studs, cuff Buttons
Knives. Ra1ors Scissors, Steel Spectacles, Tooth
Hair, Nail aid clothes Brushes, Willow Baskets
china and Granite Ware, cups and Saucers
Plates, Steake Dishes, Bowls, Pitchers, &c
German and French Toys, violins and Strings
Gums Pistols, caps, wads and cartridges.
Nov. .7.-3m, \. 4. fpPNV'
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\ Young parson Of the l'niveraist faith,
many years since, when the Simon pure Uni
vcrsalism was preached, started westward to
attend a convention of his brethren in the
faith. He took the precaution to carry a
phial of Cayenne in his pocket, to sprinkle
his food with as preventive Of fever and
ague. The convention met, and at dinner u
tall Hoosicr observed the parson as he season
ed his meat. and addressed him thus:
Stranger, I'll thank you for little OF
that ere red salt, for I'm kind of curious to
try it."
"Ccrtanly," returned the parson, ''b"t
you'll find it very powerful; be careful how
you use it,
The IIoosior took the prodcrcd phial and
feeling himself proof against amy quantity OF
raw whisky, thought that he could stand the
rcd salt with impunity, and accordingly
sprinkled junl; OF beef rather bountitnlly
with it, and forthwith introduced it into his
capacious mouth,
1t soon began to writhc dcnoting very
inharmonious condition physically. Finally
he could stand it no longer. He opened hu
mouth and screamed 'sfire"
Take drink of cold water from the jug,
said the parson."
"Will that put it out?' asked the martyr
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-01-02
Sheriff. Sale.

John Kershaw, as Receiver of the
assets of the Estate Of VIM. Kirk
land, decd. Plaintiff
Against FORECLOSURE
J, ]. Richardson, as Trustee. CD.
McDowall and D. L. DeSaussure,
Defendants.
DY virtue of decretal order made in the above
Is entitled cause, by the Hon. 8. W. Melton
Judge Of the Fifth Circuit, at April Term, 1872
Of the Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw coun-
ty, will proceed to sell before the Court House
door in Camden, on the FIRST MoNpAf, osing
described real estate, to-wit: Tracts Nos. four,
(4) seven (7) and eleven. (ll) Of the land belong
Ing to the defendant J. j. Richardson, as Trus-
tee, sold at the risk Of the former purchasers. :,
Terms of the Ssle-One-third (S) cash, anu
the balance in one year.
Purchasers to pay for stamps and papess-
SAMUEL PLACE,
dsci2-tds. SIX G.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-01-02

CAMDEN BOOKSTORE

CCHOOL BOOK of all XII nds. Novels and
- Miscellaneous Books. Photographic Al
buns. Family and Pocket Bibles, Hymn Books
and Testaments, Prayer Books and Hymnals,
Diaries, Pens, Ink, States, Pencils, Paper and
Envelopes. Tin Cash-Boxes and Writing Desks
All new books can be obtained in short time,
at Publishers Prices
Nov. 7-3m. j. A. fOUNG.
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AN INTERESTING DEcrsIoN.-A low case
arising from the burning Of building in
Massachusetts, has just been decided by the
Supreme Court. The case is this: The
building of a company was on fire, and the
engines were playing upon it, having their
hose stretched across railway track, which
a freight train passing, run over and cut in
part, and the burning building and contents
were consumed. The owners sued the rail-
road company to recover.for the loss. The
questions involved in the case were. whether
the hose was rightfully put across the track,
and whether the loss by the fire was not so
remotely connected with the negligent act of
the company as to preclude recovery. The
Supreme Court decided that the firemen had
right to lay their hose across the track, and
the negligent act of the railroad company
was a direct and efficient cause of the loss.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-01-02

4 NOVEL IpEA.-An anomalous genius
;s rcsnonsibc for the unique idea that the
so,ts :. Is our churches be arranged on pivots,
90 tbat the devotional portion of the con-
or oreration who enter the church at reason
eble hour. may more conveniently turn
aronud tc examine the elaborate toilets and
locations of the late members whose entry
fifteen or twenty minutes after service has
commenced is apparently designed to be
snoctocular and to attract the notice and ad-
m;ration Of the audience in utter disregard
Of the annoyance it occasions the minister.
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GREENVILLE DISTRICT.

R P Franks, p. i. TstG -. =
Greenvillc Station. EJ Meynardie.
Greenville. John Attaway. -. -.
Buena Vista. A B Stephens, supernume-
rary.
Reidville. w Bowman. ss s
Walhalla W Dickson, + NJ Morgan, su-
pernumerary.
Pickensville. O i Durant.
Williamson. r wv Barber.
Seneca circuit and mission. To be supplied
by H Tyler.
Bushy Greek. To be supplied by Q
Stockman. -.
Anderson station. G T Harmon. =
Anderson circuit and mission. ID ID Byars.
w A Hodges, supernumerary.
Pendleton. D. McMillen.
Cheohee circuit and mission. J c Davis.
President Williamson Female College S.
Lander.
Transferred to Baltimore Conference. T. A
Grifiths. r..
sUpERANNUATED PREACHERS.
N. Tallsy, j Townsend, W G Patterson,
D Derrick, E J Pennington, L Scarborough,
John Watts, A McCorquodale.
The next session of the Conference will be
held at Sumter.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-01-02

Those two lots of Land, with the improve
ments thereon, situate in the town Of Camden,
and known in the plxn Of said town as Nos. 1896
ara 1855 Levied on as the property Of c.
Stsckley, at the suit Of Sparburg Co., Case,
Chapman & lockwood, Henry c. Folger, s.
Levy & Go.
TrRxs-Cssh. Purchasers to pay for papers
SAMUEL PLACE. s. D. c.
December 12. At
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-01-02
Sheriff. Sale.
South Carolina na-Kershaw County
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
James Chestnut, Prosl)
%.
Metxhsva A Team

DY virtns Of sundry 4. fa's. to me directed, 1
II win proceed to sell before the court house
door in amden, on the first Monday in Janua-
~ next, being the 9Th day Of said month, du-
rinr the legal hours Of sale, the following valu-
able Real Estate, to-wit:
All those three (S) tracts Of Land, situate on
Pine Tree Creek and Wateres River, near the
town of amden, county Of Kershaw, and desis-
mated In general plat made BY 8. N. Boykin,
d. g., Of date April /, 1869, as lots numbers
nine, 10y fourteen, (4) and Hftesn (l5,l Lot
number nine (s) containing four hundred and
eiehty-three (4Ss) acres, and bounded north,
and northwest by Big Pinetrse Greek, ssstiby
lots numbers seven ~ and eight, (s) south and
southwest BY the Black River Road, and west
BY the South Carolina Rail Road. Lots num-
bers fourteen (l4) and fifteen (15) containing in
he aggregate three hundred and ninety-seven
(3e7) acres, bounded north and northwest by
Lands Of H. DeSaussure and Pine Tree creek.
east By the Charleston Road, and south by the
Wateree River and Pine Tree ecreek, as described
in said plat. Levied upon and to be sold as the
property of John E. Matthews and Adam Team,
at the suit Of James Chesnut for others, and to
be sold as one tract.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

All Transient Advertisements will be eharglt
ONE DOLLAR per Square for the first and SsvEed
rY-rIvE CENTS per Square for each subsequent
insertion Single insertion, 81 SO per square.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
The Louisiana Massacre.

At the last election in Louisiana Of
State officers, the Republicans of Grant
Parish in Louisiana, although clearly in the
majority, we're, as they claimed, cheated
out of the election Of their county officers
by the Democrats, who falsely counted in
their own nominees. The Republicans,
mostly negroes, smartng under this alleged
fraud subsequently drove out these obnox-
ious officials, swore in their own officers, and
entrenehed themselves at Collax, the Coun-
ty seat of the Parish. Here they were
driven into the Court House by force Of
their opponents, who then set FIRE to the
building, and either burned its inmates or
shot them while attempting to make their
escape. 1t is stated that from two to three
hundred negroes we're killed The latest
adyices from the Parish make the not
wonderful announcement that no negroes
were to be found within miles Of Cofax.
We do not stop to enquire who origin.
ated this quarrel between the whites and
blacks. Doubtless there was some fault on
both sides. But whatever measure Of
blame belongs to the earlier phases Of the
conflict there can be only one opinion al
to the act of firing the Court House. Tha
was crime against humanity which was al
wanton as it was wicked, and which moth
ing can extenuate. Even though the black
had begun the stife, there could be no pal
liation for this monstrous outrage, who's,
circumstances preclude the only possibl,
justification, that of self-defence. The as
sasSnation of General Candy by the say
age Modocs was less barbarous and bruta
than this massacre of citizens of this re
public
And we cannot avoid the impression
that much greater measure of guilt de
wolves upon those more cultivated white
who were guilty Of such peice of butcher
as this than would devolye upon the ignor
ant and degraded negroes (as they love t
call them under similar circumstance,
By just SO much more as their superio
education and native talent would lea
them to detest such an act more than thei
3 inferior colored brethren, should they b
held the more responsible for having CON
mitted it.
The matter is to be thoroughly invest
gated by the United States authorities, an
the guilty parties seem now to be in iai
way to be punished, which is all the CON
fort possible to be extracted out Of tn
affair
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23

The Legislature Of New York has
passed bill providing for the enlargement
of the Champlain canal from Lake Cham
plain to Fort Edwards, on the Hudson, SO
as to allow the passage Of ships and for
slack water navigation upon that river
The improvement looks to uniform depth
Of ten feet Of water in the clear through.
out the whole distance between the two
points 1t is claimed that the entire work
can be done for s30,000,000, and, as a be-
ginning, one-thirtieth of the amount is to
be raised by State tax, this year and next,
The subject Of making this improvement
was first preached about the time that
Chicago and other leading grain ports on
the lakes commenced to ship products Of
the West in immense quantities to Europe
ria Montreal, Instead Of sia the Erie canal
which, it was alleged, was unequal to satisfy
the growing demands of shippers The
object Of the Champlain canal improve
ment is to neutrallze the rapid movement
Of grain pia Montreal, and retain, II posi-
BILE, the shipment of the greater part of j
to New York by the roundabout cours'
suggested by the canal improvement.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23

"Oa, mamma, why did not know yor
s)orer2' she would say with the foudcst
clrCssts.
Aunt Patience, Mrs Parker aud Miss
Samantha called, when all danger Of iniec.
ton was over, to express their coincidence
"poor thing" said Mrs. Parker, "how
pale she is III dare say her stepmother
didn't half take care Of her"
Clara rose Indignantly.
Don't dare 10 speak word against my
darling motherw she said with flashing
eyes. "lf it had not been for her, | should
have been dead and buried now. love
her better than all the world beside, and II
| hear another word in her disparagement.
will instantly leave your presence"
The three old ladies stared at each other.
The stepmother had used some potent spell
which had out.generaled them all.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23

Tho Order of the Patrons Of Hus-
bandry, which is now making a prominent
figure in the West through its organized
warfare upon the great railroad monopolies,
was started in the State Of Iowa, and now
oranges are to be found in almost every
community Of farmers, in twenty-five States
Of the Union, and the aggregate member
ship is estimated at 1900 600. The prima-
~ object Of the organization was to enable
the members to cooperate for the reduce
ton Of expenses. The idea was to buy all
their agricultural implements and machine
ry on the cooperative plan, from first hands
The grange also par,ook somewhat Of the
character Of a social and literary club
The wives and daughters Of the patrons are
eligible to membership, and by means Of
the social character of the organization, it
was hoped by the originators that the till
ers Of the soil might be stimulated to as.
pire to higher aims and purposes in life
than to be always mere delivers, without
knowledge. OF late, however, the order
has increased so rapidly, and it has become
so formidable in numbers, that it has con-
ceiyed larger and more ambitious ideas, and
now proposes to deal as an unit with all
political or social movements having any
bearing upon their interests
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23

The cable announces the death Of
Baron Justus Lebig, the eminent chemist,
at the age Of seventy years. He was born
at Darmstadt in May, 1903. lie develop
ed liking for physical science in early
youth and studied several years at Bonn
and Erangcr, Attention was first drawn
to his fine talents by paper which he read
at the Paris Institute on Fulmic Acid. lie
was then appointed Professor extraordinary,
and in 1926 he was made Ordinary Pro.
fessor of Chemistry at Giessen, where he
raised the University to high eminence in
his peculiar specially. In 1915, the Grand
Duke of Hesse bestowed upon him al
hereditary barony, and in 1852 he accepted
a professorship at the University of Munich
as President Of the Chemical Laboratory
He was the author Of numerous able works
on chemistry, the best known of which arr
a Handbook of Chemistry, Organic Chem
istry in its Application to Agriculture, anC
Familiar Letters. Professor Liebig wa
named Foreign Associate at the Academ.
Sciences, Paris, in 1861
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
Your obedient servant,
julius CONVERSE.

THr LATE DR.. THoMAs.-A dispatch to
the Boston Advertiser has this statement
regarding DR.. Thomas, slain by the Modocs
recently
He was man Of prominence and much
ability, one Of the highest officials of the
Methodist church, and for some time editor
of the Advocate at San Francisco. A,
the request Of the secretary of the interior
Senator Sargent was asked to select tn,
man he thought best fitted for peace com.
mission to the Modocs, aud after consider
alton he recommended DR.. Thomas, anC
telegraphed to him to ask if he would con
sent to undertake the duty. Upon tele
graphing his consent he was commissioned
by the secretary. 1t is stated both at tn,
war and navy departments, that Gen. Can
by had full discretion in regard to tn
course which the commissioners should pur
sue.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
The Atlantic Inquiry.

The decision Of the court Of inquiry int,
the wreck Of the Atlantic was delivered
Saturday, by Il. Mcdonald collector o
customs The report commends the con
duct Of the officers after the ship struck
but condemns her management from the
time she bore up for Halifax at | p. NJ. Oh
the 3lst Of March, especially the captains
conduct in leaving the deck at midnight
His certificate might be Cancelled, but in
consideration Of his efforts to save life il
shall be revoked for two years John Brown
fourth officer, to be suspended for three
months The action Of the captain in bear
ing up for Halifax is considered prudent, III
view Of the short supply Of coal, but the
action Of the officers Of the company In al.
lowing the steamer to start out so poorly
provided with fuel for a winter passage, is
severely denounced Thercport recognize.
the fact that the steamer must have been
set to westward by current Of something
over ono knot an hour, but considers this
fact as Of little importance since the same
errors as to the speed Of the ship and lack
Of vigilance on the part Of the officers who
were on duty, which is too apparent, and
the total neglect to obtain soundings or use
the most ordinary prccaution that ought to
be used in approaching the coast, would
have run her ashore had she been on the
course that captain Williams supposed her
to be. The distance from her point Of dc.
parture at ! P. NJ. Oh Monday, to the land
had her course been correctly held, being
about the same os the distance from that
point Of departure to the spot where she
was wrecked, II seems impossible to account
in any other way than by want Of vigilance
for the fact that no light was seen. 1t has
been proved that Sambro Island, Chehuctc
and Devils Island lights were all in good
order on that night, and could aud ought
to have been seen. A gross error must
have been made in estimating the speed OIL
the ship. The officers seem to have left the
duties of heaying the log and noting the
rate Of speed on the log slate to the quarter
master From the time the ship bore W
to Halifax until she struck, she made an
average Of twelve knots an hour. The re.
port further states that il is well authon.
ticated fact that there is no oontinuou,
northerly set of currents on this coast, and
the course Of drifting in shows the current
to be of aud not on shore. 1t is therefore
impossible to account for the error in esti
mating the ships speed except on ,he grouuc
of iucompetency or carelessncss on the par
Of those attending to the log. The conduct
of the captain in leaving the deck after mid
night seems to have been at leassimprudcnt
and calculated to create an impression OF
the minds Of the officers on duty that thej
were not as near land as to make extra Wig
lance imperative
Tbisyerdct is severely condemned in Hal
flax, and among those posted in naval mat
tiers, as not severe enough upon the officer
implicated A much more searching in
quiry is to be made by the British Boar,
Of Trade at Liverpool, into this matter, B,
which the investigation ut Halifax was onl,
preliminary.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
What the Governor OF Vermont said TO The
Governor of Louisiana.

The following letter Of Governor Con-
verse to the would-be Governor McEnery,
of Louisiana, is published in the New Or.
leans Picagtne.
STATE OF VERMONT, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, J
Woodstock, March 27, 1873
Hon. John Millinery
DEAR SIR Your letter of the 18th March,
inst, with the address 10 the people Of louisa.
ma, have just reached me. The sessions of the
Legislature are now biennial instead ofannual
as heretofore. will present both documents "a
our Legislature at its next session, as you re.
quest. The people of Vermont are unanimou.
in their very deep regret that SO noble and val.
liable State as Louisiana should be 10 shaken
and her quiet disturbed, and industries inter.
rnpted and embarrassed by intestine commo.
ton and political animosties | hope sincerely
your controversies may soon be amicably set
tied
Your obedient servant,
julius CONVERSE.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
For the Waterman
Black River Railroad.

Messrs EditOrs.-ln your issue Of the 10th
inst. | noticed an article signed Observer"
in which some exceptions were taken to certain
statements made by me, in the WA1cnMAS Of
the week previous, concerning the different
routes for the Black River railroad.
would say, in reply, that did not intend to
msrepresent any section on either route, with
regard to its feasibility or resources for bust
ness. The estimates which made of the lum-
Der resources on the Eagle Ledge route, were
under, rather than over estimated, both as to
the number Of acres, and the product per acre
and the extraordinary display OF subtrac-
ton and division made by Observer" is
neither logic nor fact, aud any number Of
divisions by two will not change the condition
OF things on the two routes as they now stand
With regard to land damages, think the
land damage to Jackson Bridge ria Eagle
Ledge, would not be more than ria East Ca.
lais, TO the same point, provided there was an
independent line into Montpelier, as surveyed
on the East Calais line. And any other plsn
is impracticable, for the people Of the Black
River country want an independent route to
Montpelier, to realize the benefits OF Compel
ing lines from that point---and their traf-
fc should not be controlled by, or subject
to the will of any other corporation and so
far as am acquainted with their views they
desire emancipation from the exorbitant ia
riffs Of the Passumpsic railroad and the equally
high rates which have prevailed on the Port
land Ogdonsburg road.
1t now costs nearly as much TO transport q
car load of lumber from Irlsburgh to Boston,
or from Wolcott to Boston, as is charged per
car load from Detroit to the same destination;
I'D unless this lumber interest, which is the
main interest along the line, can get cheaper
transportation to market, it would be useless
to expend any more money for railroads.
With regard to grades up Woodbury. Gulf,
would say that upon reference to the profile
OF the East Calais route, which was kindly
placed at my disposal by one of the engin-
GERS, find the maximum grade to be what
stated it, viz. $40 feet per mile. This grade
continues for about 1900 feet In other places
in the Gulf the grade is 1906 6-l0 per mile--lOO-
$40 and s6,--"which figures were made by 9
practical man and willshow for themselves" a.
Observer" remarks. sincerely wish that
Woodbury. and East Calais had railroad
for they arc deserving people, and have re-
sources, as has been shown by " Observer -
but it does not appear to the people Of Montpe
iier that they eau afford to build over that lin,
TO the Lamoile Valley.
| CITIZEN.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23

BACK PAY" - Mr.. Douglass, in his
Washington Era, has this remark touching
the partizan features Of the compensation
act, as he styles it, The obnoxious proyis.
ions were by parliamentary ruse thrust
into an appropriation bill by a conference
committee,-so that when the final question
came there was no alternative the bill
was passed upon as whole. The Era's
comment, however, is just
Whatever may be thought Of the extra
compensation act Of the late Congress, il
is right that the responsibility for it should
be placed exactly where it belongs. The
official record shows that majority Of the
democratic members Of Congress roted foy
the measure, and that a mojority of the re.
publican mem ers Of Congress roted against
it. But either party might have defeated it
and it would have been defeated but foi
the votes of members of both parties whose
terms Of Office expired on the 4th of March
Neither can, therefore, be held responsible
for it, and each must have an equal share
for the merit or odium accorded to the act
as the final verdict may be.