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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

GEN. EDWARD JOHNSTON.-lHe Cele-
graph has already announced the death at
Richmond, Va, of Major-General Edward
Johnston. The Richmond Wing contains
the following sketch of his life and services !:
Gen. Johnston was son of DR.. Edward
Johnston, of Chesterfield County, and was
born in that County, near Midlothian, April
16, 1916. While at school in Kentucky, he
was appointed cadet from that State to
West Point, in 1888, and graduated in 1888,
VIII en- he was appointed (July y Second
Lieutenant Of the Sixth Infantry, then COM
manded by Brevet Brigadier-G General Zachary
Taylor. In October 1889, he was promoted
to first licutonancy.
. Serving with distinguished vigor in the
Florida war aud the Indian campaigns of the
Western frontier, he was breveted captain
September 8, 1847, for gallant and merito-
sious conduct in the battle of Ell Melino del
Rey, during the Mexican war, and received
the brevct of major in July, 1S48, for gallant
conduct at the battle of Chapultepec. He
was also distinguished in the capture Of the
city of Mexico In March, 1851, he was in
command of his regiment He was made
full captain in 1851. For his conduct in
the Mexican war, the Legislature of Virginia
voted him sword, and his fellow-citizens of
Chesterfield County also presented him with
fine sword, gold-hilted, and with gold
scabbard, appropriately inscribed. -
At the beginning of the late war for South
crn independence, Major Johnston prompt.
ly resigned his commission in the United
States army, and offered his sword and SER
vices to his native State and her associates.
Lie was appnini0d- Colonel of tha Twelfth
Georgia Infantry, and served in that capacity
till 1862, when he was wounded at the battle
of Allegheny, and promoted to Brigadier-
General. His brigade consisted of Twelfth
Georgia, Forty-fourth, Twenty-ffth and
Thirty first Virginia, and two other rcgl-
ments.
With these he made record honorable
alike to himself and them. Being Major
General, he was assigned to the command OF
the Sfonewal Division. He was with Jack
son in all his valley campaigns, and after the
battle of Port Republic and Cross Keys, was
left in the valley with his command as pro-
lection to the people. The Stonewall Divi-
sion consisted Of the brigade of that name,
Taliaferro's Brigade, Jones Brigade and
Stafford's Louisiana Brigade. Under his
command it acted a conspicuous part at
Charlottesville He commanded the Stone
wall Division under Lee at Gettysburg, July
13, 1863. lie was taken prisoner May II,
1864, at Spottsylvania Court House.
Since the war General Johnston has resi-
ded chiefly upon his farm in Chesterfld TO.
He was never married, and leaves one bro
ther who survives him. His death was an
nounced in several of the Churches on Sun
day.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

SENSIBLE SENTIMENTs.-M. J. Wicks
of the exploded Savings Bank of Memphis,
challenged William Rule, of the Knoxville
Chronicle, for writing and publishing let
ter about his financial management. Rule
Immediately exposed the fellow, saying in
his reply:
al do not seek reputation for courage
gained in that way. Ifyou are more anx-
ious to investigate the matter of cowardice
than am, you are at liberty to make the in
vestigation in your own way and until you
are satisfied. l do not propose to leave the
country, but will continue to pursue my le-
gitimate business, going wherever and when
ever that business calls me. While do
not recognize the so-caled code of honor,
l wish you to distinctly understand that |
fully recognize the right Of selfdefence. l
do not court, but on the contrary, avoid per-
sonal difficulties with my fellows, but when
attacked | shall not hesitate to defend my
self as promptly and effcctually as necessity
may require.
"You ask rue to fight you duel. And
for what ? Because I have made statements
concerning you, the truth'of which [ can
prove, and the falsity of which you do not
offer to show / do not propose to pander to
the barbarous prejudiccs of dcpraved minds
by setting myself up as target to give you
the opportunity of the so-called vindication
of your honor. have no respect for any
such foolish notions. They may be in &c.
cordancc with your ideas of courage and
honor, but they are not with mine. Words
cannot express my contempt for such folly
1t is no proof of courage, but OF cowardice' ice
1t is not evidence of manlincss, but of a
weak concession to heathenish and brutal
custom. 1t is not the way to defend gen.
tleman's honor, but practical confession of
his inability to defend it in the manner pre-
scribed by an enlightened Christian public
sentiment and the laws Of civilized peo-
! ple"
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

The celebrated actor, John Palmer, whose
father was bill sticker, and who occasion
ally followed the same humble occupation
himself, while strutting one evening in the
green room in a pair of glittering buckles, a
bystander remarked that they resembled dia-
monds. "Sir," said Palmer with some warmth,
~ would have you to know never wear
anything but diamonds" 81 ask your par
don, "sreplied the other; 81 remember the
time when you wore nothing but paste y
The laugh was much heightened by Bannis-
ter exclaiming, Jack, why don't you stick
him against the wall%
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

Tho Hawaiians are in dead earnest in their
efforts to secure reciprocity trade with the
United States. The new King has been
petitioned by his subjects to visit this coun-
try and use his influence to negotiate treaty
rather an unkingly errand, one would say.
Now it is proposed to cede us valuable har-
Dor near Honolulu as an equivalent for
agreeing to such trade convention and a
dispatch from trustworthy correspondent
there gives us some particulars. According
to all accounts, the harbor is good one We
need such station for naval and marine
purposes but the expedicncy ofareclprocity
treaty and of making acquisition of an out
post in foreign dominions will be much d's'
cussed before determined.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

1t is stated that on each Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday, the New York Post
0fice receives regularly from thirty to sixty
e. srns of newspapers and other printed
.. nve y nunpaid. The receipts from paper
mater: A- ~, -sar were 1885, $40, and for
%a,,s Ia..n,a '0l s,9 % 9s4 o,,n The former weighs
twenty twenty times as much IS the latter. Inc
combined circulation Of new sHoaPei' NV r.
riodicals in the mails is as follo%s 90 Oon' ono
800 00O,0 900 per annum; weeklles, oV''V''''
600. and monthlies, 100, 600 600.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

A native of Kentucky whose name Is
Grant wishes 70 change it to jeff. Davis.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

The more we help others to bear their
burdens the lighter ours will be.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-03-20

How TO SAVE Your EYEs-When will
those working by lamp.light understand
the use of shades to protect the eyesY We
see persons sitting holding their sewing or
other work before or near to lamp, while
the light is blazing full in their eyes. 1t is
plain that the object they work upon cannot
be seen with so great distinctness while the
field of their retina is alrea ~ occupied by a
blaze. But they work on for hours, and
though next morning their visual ornns
tell Of the abuse by redncss and inflamma-
ton. the worker will not learn tho lesson Of
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22
l STRONG SOUTHERN COMPANY,

The only southern life insurance COM
pany doing business in New York is the
Piedmont and Arlington, Of Virgi ia I'm
derth management orCol. VIC Caring
ton, it is having most successful career.
Few companies north or south can show
40 good business, relative, of last year.
The increase ofncw business in 1872 over
ISL was Alp policies, Sl24,S24 amount
at risk, and Si0,9U premiums. It's to-
tai income receipts were 81 $50, 904: and
it distributed among the widows and
children of policyho!dcrs the large sum Of
S33G, ,O26. Since the beginning Of the
new year the rash of business has been
greater than ever, the number ofpolicics
taken ont in February alone being 43j
anl the risks on them being 81 $l,0OO,000.
Al this is evidence Of the high c.tima-
ton in which this company is held in the
south, and that Endorsement is sufficient
to satisfactorily commend it to the pat
ronage Of the people of other sections Of
the Union.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22
Ii Just fits this County.

The Columbia Herald gets off the
following. One would think lie had
been visiting Beaufort county recently,
he portrays so faithfully facts and feel
;ngs existing here.
The people behind the throne, rhc
rank and file, who support the solid
column OF the party organization, have,
in the past years, acquired all kinds OF
property, upon which they hrvo to pay
lax. and their eyes are fast opening to
tic reason wig there arc 50 many patri.
ots every year ready to come to Column
bin. or accept county Offices for the sake
Of their beloved State. They begin to
lock up from Their hard work and watch
the men who have got into Office over
their shoulders. they pick up a man
on the road side, with Southern rlttlc
in his throat, OF Northern twang in hi:
proDhctic nose, anl. black or white, he
is nearly always rubbing his back against
4 pine tree to tear Oh his only aud most
ancient shirt. They put him into Office,
and in less than half an hour he Is rub
binc their hacks up against the same tree
to tear off their shirts, and with the pro-
coed, thereof to manufacture paper TO
print and issue bonds, scrip and lay
certificates, to l.uy lots in the boulevard
in New York, diamonds in Europe, pal
aces ana carr!agc:; watches and chains,
poker and faro, women and wine. all over
the country. This cntcrpr!siug Darwin,
ian, the day preceding his election, is
usually so poor that he docs not even
own 4 father or mother, and the day
att.r he owns everybody clsc's parents,
and has first mortgage on all th"
widows and orphans, One dag, he stop
anxiously, Lcggal ut the gate Of the
county poor house; the next day, b
csly stops there long enough, in hi
elegant tandem, to shove iii some poe!
dey | who vo:cd ior him.
The fellow in oilicc is the frst party o.
tie first part; the mnn who pays the
trxcS is the sccoal party Of the second
naft, and the innocent holder Of the ha.,
lot box. who does thcyolins, is the thir'!
rlry wi,i,oH rn'icc.
This party will have notice hs!1rc The
next election, in thecj.unn' oF Ihr Li"f'
uN.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22

arguments to produce conviction on all
sections interested therefore
], Resolued, That the several delegates
and friends of such enterprise here assem-
bled with view to concert of action, do
hereby resolve themselves into an associa-
ton to be styled THE Chicago, Knox
vile, Augusta and South Atlantic Short
Line Railroad Association"
.. ReSolred, That, as at present ad-
vised, we recommend the following gen.
eral location as embracing the great OBJ
ject in view, viz: from Chicago to Indian
apolis; thence to Lexington, KY; thence
to Knoxville, Tenn, with a branch from
an eligible point, through Cumberland
Gap in the direction of Asheville, n. c.
from Knoxville over the line Of the Blue
Ridge Railroad to Clayton, Ga; thence
over the most practicable line to the City
of Augusta and the South Atlantic coast
having proper regard to distance, cheap
ness of construction and general results
| of business:
g. Resolccd, That to promote and con-
summate, as far as possible, the great
project before us, committee OF ten be
appointed by the chairman, whose busi-
ness it shall be to ascertain ard embody
in report all such facts and suggestions
as may be necessary to bring this enter
prise to the attention and favorable no.
ticc OF capitalists and the people at large
especially the distance from point to
point, practicability Of routes, approx
mate cost of con ;olidation with or pur-
chase OF other roads. wholly or partially
constructed, with such other matter as
such committee shall deem advisable,
which was unanimously adopted.
The president announced as the com
mittee under the foregoing resolution.
General j. w. Harrison, Hon. George
Medill, Ferdinand Phinzy, Esq, DR.. w.
S. Love, Hon. c. II. Nlaghee, Hon.
W. S. Raymond, Colonel VIM. D. Foley,
General S. b. Sondusky and Colonel
p. W. Bradley. On motion Of DIR.
Casey, the name of the president of the
convention was added to the committee.
Mr.. i. W. Ruckcr Offered the follow
ing resolutions, which were adopted
Rcsoiced That as the connection be-
tween the Northwest and the South At
lantic coast is of material importance,
from the vast commercial interests in
vclvcd to large sections Of the country,
and that such interests will necessarily
secure kind and friendly feel ngs between
distant portions OF our common country,
that committee be appointed to men,
orialize Congress to aid this great enter
prise.
.. That the gentlemen present in this
meeting are requested to call meetings
along the line o this contemplated road
| il order TO memOrialize Congress to give
the route the support Of the Fedc' al
! Government.
The chair appointed under these reso-
lrtions the following committee:
Hon. A. IL. Stephens, lion. W. S.
Raymond, General ". B. Duke, Gen.
L. Mayberry, Hon. o. Burt, Hon.
George Mediil, Colonel i. VI. Rucker.
1t was resolved that the next session OF
the convention be held ut Lexington,
Ky, subject to the cali Of the chair, and
the meet ng then adjourned.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22
June irrm Jurors.

The following is list Of the jurors
drawn for the coart. There are Only
two white men in the lot.
William Adk;n, Toby Aiken, Daniel
Eaynard, Hurry Bee, ". G. Bellows,
Frank Bolton, B:ccam Bowles, Aaam
H.i,sht, Amos z. Bryan, William Cham
G., John I. Chaplin, Jf., pick Chislom,
Abram Cochran, Joe Fields, Philip
Gillisoa, Henry Gorlucy, Morris Gra-
lam, Renty T. Greaves, Frank Green,
Bristoe Hamilton, Caleb Hunter, Josiah
Jackson, Hampton jenkins, Samuel
l.elson, Aaron Middleton, Billy Middle
s,n, R,5iu Nelson, SsTgaan: Parker,
Henry Powt', London Pritchagd, Peter
Rivers, Vim. Seabrool, Ralph Walker,
lgaac Washington, james White.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22
Hints to Whist PLAYERS.

Reviewing a small work on whist, the
following rhyming rules strike the Pail
Mall Gazette as being particularly good !:
Mind well the rules for trumps, you'll
often need them;
When you hold five, tits always right to
lead then;
Watch also for your partners request
To which, with less than four, lead out
your best;
When you discard, weak suits you ought
to choose,
For strong ones are too valuable to loose.
There il choice of methods in bring
ing up children in the way they should
6. An agricultural laborer of Englai d
being demonstrated with by the pastor
for not bringing up" his boys as he
should, replied.
81 dunno how tits, sir; I ordered 'cm
down to prayer every night and mornin,
an when they won't 90 down [ knock
'em down-and Yet they.ain't good!' 4.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22
Our Beaufort PhOsphateS.

The dredge of the Marine " River Phos-
phate company have been repaired
thoroughly here during the past week,
audare now at work digging phosphate
rock. Work at Fort Lyttleton has been
postponed for the present. Bennett X Co.'S.
dock has been secured for three years as a
storage and loading depot. The dock is
being thoroughly repaired and made ready
under the superintendent Of Geo. M.
Wells.
This business will be of great benefit
to Beaufo.t, as large number of men are
employed by the company Beside this.
there will be twenty or thirty vessels u
year brought to our port. One VIII come
for load about July Is.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22
A Curious Complication.

The Marine & River Phosphate COM
piny recently agreed tnparchase wharf
site Oh the point Of lanl where are the
ruins Of Fort Ly!tlcton. The present
owner bought the land from a colorcd
llan who had. in turn, bought it from
the l.. s. Tax commissioners. In search
Ing for the antc.war owner Mr. Corbin
discovered that the land in question,
about five a,r,s, hll been cclcd in
J|OS ly the STATE of South Carolina to
the Cn;tc,i States government a site
FIR !. fortiication for use in the contcm-
Iatcd war with England as defence Of
this harbor and town. or course, the
tax commits s:ioncrs hld NJ right TO assess
and sell United States property for taxes,
and conecquently the title given by them
f. the colorcd man was of no value, and
therefore the title has never passed at
III. This discovery has impeded the
rogrc,S OF the improvements designed
ly the Marine & River company, and
they viii probably be obliged to seek
another site.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22
Strawberries and Cream.

On Monday afternoon last, we were feel.
ing particularly dull and dissatisfied We
were willing to assent to the proposition
that "man was made to mourn" But this
gloomy feel ng was completely diss'pated
by the appearance of a dusky Ganymede.
She bore an offering of strawberries and
cream. Compliments of Mrs. Morelli to
de editor" But which editor. Our local
uncoiled himself with very Pixies Pea
kish expression as we appropriated the
tray. Upon reflection that it would be
impossible for one to cat all thereon we
agreed to divide. Peace again descended
upon us. We hereby return the thanks
of the entire editorial staff 10 the fair
donor.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22
cB- The "direct trade" in fish, crab

eY" The "direct trade" in fish, crabs
etc, is going briskly on between Augusta
and Beaufort. Mr.. Davenport is agent at
this end of the line, and will soon have
weirs fixed in which crabs, fish and turtles
may be kept alive and shipped fresh and
lively as they may be ordered from The
west. There have been already shipped
several hundred dollars worth. The men
and boys find ready market for all the
fish and crabs they can catch. As many
as three thousand crabs were shipped last
week.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22
ANIMAL Meeting CT the Georgia
Railroad.

This meeting was held IN Augusta on
the Iih inst. The reports Of the rr2si-
dent anl superintendent exhibited n
y,r; pro o,rcgou> condition. IN speaking
Of the Port Roya! connection aud its
inhu ne OF the prosperity Of Augusta,
President N;nl said:
Her advantage. mast he very much
increased by the completion Of the Port
Royal Railroad, adding to her choice OF
o.aan oatIct the une DUAL ed advantages
of the fine port AMI harbor Of Port Roy
al. -
The report Of the General Superiutcn.
don't, Col. +. VI. Cole, is an allie and
elaborate statement Of the operation: Of
the company dur;n" the past t%clye
month. together with a strong and lucid
cxra,itiJu OF his views upon its policy
nnl mgnag2mcnt. Col. Coles figures
show that The gross receipts for the year
ending &I.t April, 1873, were $685.
..j5 j}. aud that The expenditures were
>! ,i33, 2GO Tj-lcaying a net profit OF
$40, l9j Is, cr about frctce per ccNu'
on the capital stock Of the company.
The Increase in the gross earnings over
last year amounts to $3.50, 1000, OF which
S2S5 900 came from freight and $1,000
from passenger receipts.
In referring to Port Royal, Superlnten-
dent Cole, said:
"With proper steamship connection
at that port there is no reason why the
line of roads between Port Royal and
the West may not secure a large busi-
ness in hauling grain for expectation, as
well as q considerable importing trade
for the cities and towns of the West,
and a fair share of emigration from
the cd World through Port Royal and
over The Georgia Road and its Western
connections. The expense, inconye;,
n;enae and delay o. draying experienced
at other .Nlautic ports will no; be requlr-
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22

In referring to lecture 10 he de-
livered by General Pendleton, the Mobile
Register says: perhaps the most curl
GUS point of all will be General Pendle-
tons clear and concise narrative of the
great fight wherein the liberties of the
South were lOst-and lost by James
Longstreet! The story of Longstreet's
delay at Gettysburg has often been told !;
the effects of that delay have often been
commented on, but only by General Pen
dleton have the motives which induced
that delay been plainly and directly
charged to the recusant."
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22

ed; and by having all the roads extend
ing from Port Royfl to Louisville and st.
Louis bonded, the yexatious delay now
experienced by importers in getting their
goods through the Custom House in
New York would be obviated. The dis
tance is two hundred and fifty-fve miles
less between St. Louis and Port Royal
than between St. Louis and New York
by the shortest route, over roads oflower
grades, and most Of them entirely free
from interruption by snow and ice, which
prove annoying and expensive on roads
running through higher attitudes. "
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22
4 Shooting Affair.

On Saturday last, two Of the c'!nrcd
illnds employed in Ovens sawm'll at Alt
mans. got into quarrel. Onc of them
named Jasper Avery, shot at the other,
Lewis Gaincr, six times with Smith "
Wcsscn revolver. Gamer received one
bal. about the size of a young pen, i'll the
mlscl, of the right arm. We call this
Try poor shooting.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22
The Largest Bona Eide Circulation,
Revive the Blue Ridge r. r.

We are glad to note signs of a
reviving interest in Anderson, Alb
beville and Edgefeld counties in
the Blue Ridge railroad and its ex-
tension to Port Royal. No argu-
ment is needed to impress the adj
vantage Of the enterprise upon the
mind of those who will give it con-
sideration. From Cincinnati to
Knoxville the route is plain and
may be said to have been decided
upon. From Knoxville there
seems but one route worthy OF
serious consideration, if the object
is to reach deep water on the At
lantic coast. 1t must come through
Rabun Gap, thence to Anderson
Ly Edgefeld and Aiken to Port
Royal. Never was there time so
favorable as the present to acom-
plish this great work. The great
question of the hour is, the multi
n!ication" of means of transporta-
ton. What mean these conven-
tons at New York, st Louis, At
lanta and Indianapolis ? They are
but faint .dices of a great move
rcnt Of the people to secure cheap
transportation for food. The con-
sumer at one point and the producer
at the other arc equally determined
to achieve a common purpose.
1t is our fortune to be in a posi-
ton to take advantage ofthis great
movement. We have the deep har-
lor which both demand, We have
the very best, straightcst, easiest
built and shortest route from the
granaries to the sea-.
1t is certain that no gap will
compare with Rahun gap as a means
OF access from Knoxville to the
Atlantic. Certainly two millions
Of dollars worth Of available work
has been done on the Blue Ridge
road through the mountains. The
great draw back to that enterprise
hitherto has been that the road is
too short, in proportion to the ex-
ponsc, to attract capital to i. Let
it, however, be now extended
through Anderson, Abbeville and
Edgefeld to Port Royal, and it can
command the attention and aid of
capital.
The Blue Ridge road is now, for
the first time, in condition to be
cleared Of its embarrassments. 1t
is declared bankrupt and is in the
lands Of an assignee. A good,
clear title may now be obtained,
If the counties on the route indicat-
cl would make a subscription of
100000 each to the stock of a
rev company, We believe the Blue
Ridge could be once more resurrect-
ell from the grave. Will they do
il?