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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13
A Fine Fish Story.

Mr. j. A. Watkins, Of Quitman, Ca,
tells it, and the Free Press asserts that
there is certainly no doubt of its truth.
He says: While fishing with set lines
for catfish in the Coosa River n small
three. pound cat was caught. This cat
was put on one of the lines whole for
bait. Visiting the hooks the next day
it was discovered that something tre-
mrndous had been caught. 1t proved
to be cat which weighed forty-three
pounds. Upon examination it was
found that the fish Of three pounds had
been swallowed by an eleven pound cat
and had been caught, and in turn the
two had been swallowed by the forty
FOUNDER. The three weighed ffty-six
mounds.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13

Yesterday morning a Confederate bat
tie flag was found floating from the top
of the large derrick at the monument
Some one had climbed np the ropes in
the darkness of the night and fixed
it at its perilous height, and there,
flashing in the morning sun, was the
starry cross that fifteen years ago was
the emblem Of nations hopes. Many
heart leaped at the sight, and many
an eye grew dim as memory rushed
back through the intervening years to
the comrades whose ringing laugh and
joyous shout had frightened tho camp,
and whose forms we're foremost in the
field, who now sleep beneath the shad-
ows of the pines from the Potomac to
the Rio Grande, from the mountains to
the sea.
"For the living are brave and noble,
The dead were bravest Of all"
1t had nothing of political signi6i>
cance, it was rather as though one had
suddenly come face to face with the
portrait ola long dead and dearly be-
loved friend, and the yearning Of the
heart was
"Oh for the touch Of vanished hand,
And the sound Of voice that is still"
About ten o'clock this morning some
of our citizens thought that the act Of
an individual might be tortured into
an act of political import, and it was
decided that it should be removed, and
one of the workmcn climbed up and
brought it down.-Augusta Evening
Ne,es of July 5M.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13
The Famine in China,

In the earlics. period Of distress the
living fed upon the bodies of the dead;
next the strong devourcd the weak, and
now the general destitution has arrived
at snch climax that men Jevour those
Of their own flesh and blood. History
contains no record of so terrible and
distressing u state of things, and if
prompt measures of relief be not instl>
tutea, the whole region must become
depopulated. Local sources Of supply
are entirely exhausted; the granaries
are empty, and the treasury drained
dry, while the few wealthy people have
helped with contributions and loans till
they themselves are impoverished
Pek'n Gazette.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13
"Oh for the touch Of o vanished hand,
And the sound of voice that is still. !.
An Incident of the Late War.

The death in Texas of Albert Mellen
is announced. In the summer Of 1864
Mr.. Mellen, then young man oftwen-
ty>fonr, was a prisoner at Vicksburg.
The Federal military authorities, then in
possession of that city, ordered him out
for street or fertilization work undeI
colored guard. Ie claimed his exsmp-
ton asa prisoner, and peremptorily re-
fused to obey the order. a squad Of
cJlored soldiers. under command of
white Lieutenant. was sent to him to at
tempt coercion at the point Of the bay
onrt. In the presence Of the flashing
steel he stood unawed, and, a moment
later. seeing that the squad was bent up
Oh coercion, and that he must 90 or be
impaled, he suddenly seized a hatchet
that happened to be in reach, and throw
ng himself upon his kneer, quickly cx-
tended his left arm along the floor, aud
with two bold strokes Of the hatchet
completely severed tho hand> from the
arm. Then rising TO his feet he held
the bleeding, mangIed stump close to
the face of tho Lieutenant, and said !:
snow, sir, will you make me work for
your rotten government. under u negro
guard" He conquered them: and never
afterwards regretted the act.-N. U.
Pcdyune.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13
Josh Billings TO the Girls.

Dear girls are you in search ofa hus-
band? ?
That is a bumper, and YOU are not
requested to say eyes" ont loud. but are
expected tew throw yure eyes down
onto the earth as tho you wus lookin fur
pin, and reply 10 the intcrrogatory
with a kind of draulin sigh.
Now tew press so tender theme un-
til it bekums thorn in the flesh, we
presume Ito avoid argument) that you
are on the lookout for something in the
NAL" line. let me give you some small
chunks of advise how to spot your fu-
ture husband:
l. The man who is jellus ov every
little artenshun which you git from some
other frller, you will find after you are
married to him he luvs himself more
than he does you and what you mistook
for solicitude, you will discover has
changed to Indifference.
2. A mustash IL not indispensable i;
it il only a little more hair, and il much
like mos and other excressences-often
does best on sile that wort raise notbin'
else. Don't forget that those things
which you admire in feller before mar
riage you will probably condem in hus
band after, and mustash will git to be
weak diet after a long time.
3. IF husbands could be took on trial
as Irish cooks are, two thirds of them
would probably be returned but there
don't seem tn be emmy law for this.
Therefore, girls, you will see that after
you get man yu have got to keep him
even if you luze on him. Consequently
if you have emmy kold viitles in the
house, try him on them once in while
during coating season. and ifhe swallers
them well and says h, will take sum
more, he is q man Sho when blu Nun.
day Genes, will wash well.
4. Don't marry feller who is always
tellin' how hiz mother duz things. 1t
iz hard to ween young one.
3. IF man kan beat YOU playin on
piannsr, and Kant hear fish horn playin
on the street without turnin a summer
set, on account Of the musick that il in
him, | say to you leave him he might
answer to tend baby's, and cf you set
him to holm out in the garden, you will
find you have got 20 du it yourself. A
man whose whole heft lizc in musick
(and not to heft that amt no better
than scedlitz powder; but ef he luvs
to listen, while you sing sum gentle bal
lad, you will find him meller, and not
soft. But don't marry ennybody for one
virtew emmy quicker than you would
flop man for list one fault.
Git is one ov the most tuffest things
for femail to be an ole maid success
ccssfully. A CRATE menuy has tried it
and made bad job ov it, and had bad
time. Everybody seems to lock upon
ole maids jist as they do upon dried
herbs in the garret--handy for sickness
and therefore. girls, it amt no mis-
take, and you should be willing to swop
lives oph with sum tru harted feller, for
husband. The swop is good one !;
but don. swop for emmy one who is re-
spectacle jist because his farther IL.
Yu had better be an ole maid 1000
years, and then jine the Shakers than
tew buy repentance at this price. No
wummun ever made this trade who
didn't git either phool, a mean cuss
or clown for n husband.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13
Re Sure to stop at the
| atham House,
CAMDEN, s. G.
TRANSIENT BoAKD, $500 PER DAY.)

~-Ample accommodations. Tables sup
80 u;,b ,be hest the Markets afford. Eve
~ attention paid to the comfort OF quests, @
sesY. Persons stopping at the Latham
Unuse will be conveyed to and from the
depot free of charge. Passenger ",'"vu, w and
heavy baggage, will be conveyed 10 1nu n"
from any part of the town. not ABOVE D'
Kalb street, at % cents. Go.
nag-Connected with the house IS a hrs'
class Bar. which is located separately from
the house, and orderly kept
ras-Conveyances supplied to guests ea Oh
liberal terms. either for city or country USE
ianS-ly S. B. LATHAM, Proprietor
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13
DeKalb House,
BY A. S. RODGERS.
Most Centrally Located Hotel
in Town.
Terms SO Per Day.

Commercial Travellers will nave eIers
attention paid to their comfort, ana De ,li M
nishsd with SAMPLE ROOMS al ln,f mn
Uouse; and persons visiting Camden VIII
6nd it quiet and pleasant home
Social rates made for parties travelling
,.gs+s er and for those who wish to stay
week or more. :.
ss,s- In connection with the house is
e,-o,oss LIVERY STABLE, where horses
and vehicles can he had at all times ioi
town or country use, at the most reaSoha
bio rates. Conveyances to and fron th
depot ai every tram. "'''''
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13
The Darkey's Consolation.

No, long since San Antonio darkey
aid some whitewashing for man living
in the fith ward. On paying for the jon
tn the ' employer paid off Nose, t, Tor that
wo. the darkey's name, in Mexican
auarters as par. 1t was several days
berare Nose found ont that they were
,Sor,h ONLY 90 cents. Nose was very
mnch hurt about it. "Jess to think OF
Colonel - chcatin' dis hard-work'ng
u;agoh outen 80 cents. Foah De Lord
T. 7 wu,l neber bab believed 1t on h'm.
h.Su't JuI ortur tux de job in de lust place D &c
',a" .nd then he added more cheertnlly
..Rut Of [ hadn't whilewashed de fence nee,
: I nobsr would have found out whar all
dom chickens roasted what | sold neS' i
u,nrrirr for dollar. DE banks ha9n
nn,ch 'D up wid dis nissah yet h'ah
t bcab y-GaiecstOn Ners.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13
THE HEROES WHO DIED

"God knows who was right"
All, yes, it is true:
AID the God of the Gray
Is the God of the Rlue;
He bore their proud spirits
To mansions above,
And he crowned them ct last
With his garlands of love.
The grass grows green
On the graves where they lay,
The flowers bloom alike
Der the hlue and the Gray;
And loved ones tears
Ale mingling with dew,
While with it God blesses
The Gray and the blue.
In heaven above US
Cod opens His gate
No strife or contention,
No discord, no hate;
The portals are open,
And there, side by side.
Stand the heroes OF patties-
The heroes who died.
God welcomes them all;
Though in battles array,
One bore the bright blue
And the other the Gray.
Though one fought for Union,
The other for State,
One angel Of mercy
Guides all to Gods gate.
And there, at the right hand
or Him who is just.
AWAY from the mortal
And up from the dust
There by Gods throne.
Far away from earths' grave
In raiment unspotted
Stand the true and the brave.
Shall we, the frail worldlings
Who yet live and wait
Shall we sit in judgment,
Or cry ont in hate,
While Father above US
A Father all-wise--
Calls back his loved children
From earth to the skies !
Forgive us. forgive us:
Dear Father above
Bring back to our conscience
The heartbeat Of love;
And while we are weeping
For our loved ones to-day,
Let us tenderly cherish
The Blue and the Gray.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13

"Whcn does man most feel the
value of wife ?" asks writer. That
depends upon what the writer means by
"value." If he means estimated value,
we should say just after he gets her; it
intrinsic value, when he pays the first
bill for the Christmas presents she made
him.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13
All Kinds

cf Canned Goods. Ct rest qualify an'
xor,outcd full weight. ioi sals ly
febl2u hiNAL1A o'A
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13
ADVERTISING RATES.
An Incident.

cs- Transient advertisements mustbe accom-
panied with the cash to insure insertion.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13

An alluion was mado to the feeling
in the South that Davis was an INJURY
TO the Confederacy and did not 90 ms
hest II never thought so" said the
General. Davis did his best-d'd all
that any man could do-to save G., the con,
fe]eracy. This argument Is IKE some
of the arguments current in history
tba. the war was war against winu'
mills. and that if one man or ano'he,
had been in authority the result woulu
have been different; that some more
nlacable man than Davis could rave
made a better fight This ls not true
The war was a tremendous war. anu nc
one knows better than those who were were
in it. pavi~ did all he could ana "a az
,,v man could for the South: ioe
Son,h was beaten from the oeS.n"'"s
There was no victory possible ior any
a,,n,,m. vt resting upon the platform
of the Southern Coniedcracy' just a'
sno,, rs the war united and aroused the
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-08-13
+. JOHNSTON.

An allusion wns made by Your cor
respondent to Albert Sidney Johnston,
and the General said II knew Albert
Sidney Johnston before the war. When
lie was sent to Utah had high opiu-
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-24
FOR N

A late author very truthfully says. Gold
cannot buy happiness, and the parents who
compel their daughters to marry for station
or money comnait a grievous sin against hu-
manity and God. And a woman who mar
ries a churl for his wealth will find that she
has made n terrible bargain-that all gilt
terings Of heartless grandeur are phosphorus
cent Offerings of Observation-Disclosures that
her life will be one of gilded misery, and her
old age will be like a crag on the black side
of q desert mountain, where cold moon
beams sometimes glitter, but no birds sing,
but wild storms howl and hoarse thunders
roar, and through the sweeping storms shall
be heard the stern voice Of God, saying /:
"Your riches are corrupted, your garments
are moth-eaten, your gold and silver are
cankered, and the rust of them shall be a
witness against you and eat your flesh as il
It were fire."
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-24
KINDNESS.

This, from the GoideH Rt5e, is as true rs
it is beautiful Who ever did n real kind
ness for another without feeling II warm
glow of satisfaction creep into some shady
corner OF the heart. and ill it with sweet
ness and peace 1t is like the tying of a
knot of violets and u~iignorstte into the
button-hole, just where their prefurne may
rise deliciously to our sense al day. And
what 4 pleasure il will he. when the present
trouble is over, 10 remember that. even in
the darkest days, we found time and inclin-
alton to give 10 other persons SOME portion
Of that tenderness, or practical helpfulness,
which was the overflow OF thai generous
spirit, which finally bore US through it all to
a happy and peaceful ending. Rejoice
with them that do rejoice, and weep with
them that weep"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-24

Corrected weekly by whipple s Hay. Whole
sale and Retail Grocers and commission
FfarahnntG r
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-24
THE LEMON.

Few people know the value Of lemon
Juice. a piece of lemon bound upon a
corn, will cure i: in a few days it should be
renewed night and morning. A free use of
lemon sugar will always relieve n cough.
Most people feel poorly in the spring Of the
year, and 40 take medicine for relief; but
if they would eat Il lemon before breakfast
every day for n week-with or without
sugar, as they ~like-they woulI find it
better than medicine
Perhaps We would moi go beyond the
bounds of proper conjecture. if we said
were promotive of devotion and
valor, for it is recorded of Stonewall Jack
son, the greatest military genius md most
prayerful man of the age, that he was a
a. habitunl lemon sucker"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-24
rz1 sIocx.

OF all the objects shown to visitors in the
Tower OF London the most impressive, per.
haps, are the block and axe formerly used
for beheading persons convicted OF treason.
The block is a rough, heavy mass OF wood,
about two feet high, two feet thick, and
three feet long, with an excavation in the
upper part to receive the breast Of the suf-
ferer, and a corresponding excavation on the
other side for the chin. The marks Of the
axe are still plainly visible on the block,
some of them showing by their depth the
needless force Of the e~xecutioner's stroke.
The axe Is an ancient, awkward instrument,
which seems to me, when 1 handled It, to
be very i'll adapted to its purpose. There
used to be shown, also, an awful-looking
black mask, which the executioner wore
when he performed his office, SO that he
should not be afterward recognized by the
spectators.-Parton.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-24
CHEYENNE MARKETS.

Groceries, ara,n. Provi.ionr, Etc.
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-24

The Grcdtest Medical Discovery since The C1eo-
lion Of Han, or since the Commence
ment Of me Christian Era.
There never has been-a time whcn the
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Street or Block
ATTORNEYS.
"; MCLAUGHLN Ferguson
JOHNSON s. POTTER, Carey Block
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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-20
CROPS AND MARKETS.

London, June 18.-The Mark Lane Ex-
press says that the standing crops are all
suffering from continued wet and cold. The
exces i've humidity of the past six weeks has
seriously compromised the agricultural pros
poets. Until within the last few DAYS the
growing crops in Scotland did not suffer az
much az in England. Now, however, mat
tiers have changed for the worse. Floods
nave occurred in many low land districts,
doing vast damage. Deprived by the holi.
days Of the principal market day, the Lon
don corn trade has been very quiet, and
transactions mainly retail. Any elements
OF strength, which, under ordinary circum-
stances would have been apparent. have
been totally eliminated from the trade by the
exceedingly heavy arrivals from abroad, and
consequently all classes of foreign wheat
have only been saleable at a reduction of
fully a chilling in a fortnight; nor has the
concession attracted any improvement in de-
mand, as buyers do not appear to think the
lowest point yet touched, and consequently
have abstained from purchasing, except in
such Quantities as immediate needs require.
The necessity for rapidly clearing the grain
laden ships in port has therefore caused
most OF the corn to be put in granaries,
which are rapidly filling up. The augmen.
tation OF stores will probably be considerable,
as enormous shipments Of wheat and maize
from America are flooding the markets
when buyers seem least disposed to operate.
Political influences having ceased to affect
trade, an index as to the future course of
prices must be looked fer in the legitimate
action Of supply and demand, and although
at this moment great depression prevails and
values may possibly recede yet further, an
increased activity and a healthier trade, no
doubt at a low range Of values, may be con-
fldently expected when the bulk Of Ameri-
can shipment is received and peace is settled.
With the large arrivals Of the ports of call,
dull at about a shilling decline. Maize has
steady.
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