The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1874-01-29
Grants Wlnderf'ml Pen.
THE MAGIC OF ALADDIN , WONDERFUL
LAMP SURPASSED.
From the Whitehall Times.

From the Whitehall Time
When Aladdin wished to accomplish
great things he merely rubbed his WON
derful lamp and magnificent basins of
costly Jewels were placed before him, or
elegant palaces were erected at L moments
notice. Never since the days of Aladdin
have such wonderful miracles been per
formed until the present time, Probably
President Grants pen alone possesses more
of the same power than even the wonder
fnl lamp of the "Arabian Nights" When
Tom Murphy left the Custom House IN
disgrace. blackened with his infamous load
50 as to be nearly unrecognizable, Grants
wonderful. pen was invoked, when the
formerly charred remains Of Tom wore
rendered snow white with immaculate puri
ty. Angels in their spotless robes seemed
black beside honest Tom after he had re-
cciyed the benefits of his masters pen
When Colfax tumblri from the sidiy
height at which he had always prrrlcd
himself. and fell broken aud hrnisr'i. an
unrecognizahle mass of smashed states,
man. the same wonderful pen Wa dipped
into magic fluid, AMI a H. Ii. living
nectar dropped from the Prcsid'D,- in
gers the chronic smile of :h" ry.Nirr WAS
restored in all its inncccny simplicity. and
Nn!tax is now n grinning honorary mcIn-
Der of the Radical hcusrEoM Whoa the
constitutional soycinmvn! - Iral /" al
American ciii2elis is t. bt ".rfhraWn III
any State, dash of the sam" wonderful
instrument has by it, magIr power over
turned whole commonwcalth> as i'll Louis
lana But probably one "i the greatest
feat; ever performed by ihi- truly magical
quill is the feat Of removing from what
ha. usually been called stealing all Of it
lamnng qualities Last yea'- when mem
bcr, Of Congress concoctel 4 scheme to
RIB the people by legalzing the back pay,
the wonderful, magical and supernatural
Splrudor and power Of Grant pen III
stripping the bill Of its coat oi teal COM
pctcly outshone the feat # Aladdin's
lan.p. when the magnificent palace, which
w;s the grandest ever erected made its
appearance in one night. By the simple
dash Of the executive weapon corporations
have been enriched and 'rna- that have
appeared plain without any setting what
ever have hecn sndden trau-i .rmel into
dlamond rings. "Bos," SHEPPARD, whose
skirts have been exposed nuliI they had
lrrumc miidrwcd, is clcau>"d aud purified
Ly Grants pen a. thoroughly aS II the
.lc.L i.ns, had been ,uub,ri ~ Ihr wa
ter, J..ldin ior a hall r,ur,ry VII
l,a.h~. wh" drabblrd his rlru,nr i'll the
-louah ii corruption, ha, b, 3; lip Of the
.;,!"c wonderful pen been elry Jrl and re
criy i the nomination to thy beach So late
lately lono,cd by Salmon L thase Rlng-
ham " hn helped to fix lnclr San 81 that
the er,nt Credit Mobilier crowd 10 which
lie belonged mi ght rob him b., i dash Of
Grants wonderful pen WAS rlcansed as
expcdi'i"uely as the lepers ol I'D. and sent
on his iprcI@n mission rcjoirne aud bless
n,g his master. Hundreds, yea thousands.
like ,he thlrSting travellers III the desert,
who Suddenly discover All OASIS and are
saved. have fallen down and hl.ssed their
masters pen, which turned their despair
To rejoicing No matter how large their
corrupt sores have been, even afflicted
worse than Job of old, the wonderful pen
of the master has puncture.! ia" sores and
let out the bad matter Even ,.ow. Gen.
Howard ,tands waiting Ia b. clcans,d,
and thc ,Anc wonderful pen VII heal the
rertuIlcl >prit OF the Genera AMI send
him ava, hl.S,ing the man that p,s-cs~'.
the f uItaiu that has ry-t..d - many
fallen statesmen. VERIFY ,r -1y. th,
.lory If tIAdiin's wondcriu! lamp lose,
Is splrnior when conlarrd beside the
miracles performed by the tt'rr cxecn-
tiyc's wonderful pen.
INcoMrEIENCY IN Br>INt,s.-W hat
AN unmitisatrd nuisance is thl- ncompc
,cncy. You employ a proir,>ci carrcn-
ter to build you barn, he puts up the
job. gct~ his pay, and goes away lou
fill the barn with hay and grain aud next
day fnd the frame has spread. and the