The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-10-23


relI in dinrinc we'll on his place i'll Prentiss
county. eXhumcd the skeleton OF man at
the depth of forty-three feet below the sur
face OF the earth He also obtained several
gold coin, oi the Fifteenth century, bearing
the s,,pl>cription and coat OF arms oil ferol-
nand and Isabella.
The jacksonville (Fla.) Sun and Press
asks: Z" VIII some medical man explain why
or how il is that the negro is never known 10
sneezc? Ask any old planter, who owned
scores Of servants, and he will tell you he
never heard one of his servants sneeze. 1t
NAV appear very singular fact, Dut IL Is
none the less true; and we allude to 1t Just 10
show how unobservant most people are.
Prof. Bibikov, of Columbia, S. c., went
over to Georgia, and at place about sixteen
miles from Augusta, OH the Georgia rallroad,
he came to wall OF Ignite in the side OF q
hill, about twelve feet thick, which proved 10
be a first-class brown coal. He estimates that
the quantity of this deposit is so large that If
it were on the market at this time its value
would not be less than two millions OF dollars.
Wilmington On. c. Star: James b.
Young, Postmaster, and w. j. Young, Depu
ty Postmaster, at Cameron, Moore county.
were arrested at that place, by Special Agent
George B. Chamberlin, for robbing or rit1lng
and OBTAINING registered mail. The accused
parties were taken before magistrate on the
same dav and bound over for their appear
ance at the next term of the United States
Court at Raleigh.
Houston Telegram: 1t is curious fact
| that CITY of 25,000 inhabitants, with tax
| able assessment of $5,3l3,000 at one per cent,
amounting to $53, ,l30, can not collect sufti-
| cient money to cover expenses anc prevent
| the wholesale issuance of taXpaying scrip,
| which is now Offering at any price that can
be obtained for it by the employees OF the
city, and which can not be sold in Houston
to-day for over thirty cents OH the dollar.
Memphis Avalanche: AS an incident
of the present epidemic, showing the almost
complete depopulation of the city, the Jew
ish New Year, which was ushered In last
night and celebrated by divine worship at the
temple, corner of Main and Exchange streets,
special permission for which was granted by
Hon. John johnson, the congregation num-
bered only twenty-six. Under ordinary cir
cumstances the building would have been
crowded to excess.
Charlotte (N. c. Observer: A curl
osity is presented by a citizen of Davidson
College. He sends box of grapes, which
arc similar in appearance and taste to the
ordinary winter grapes that grow abundantly
in the woods, throughout this section OF North
Carolina, but they differ very widely from
them in that they are entirely without seed.
4 grape without seed is surely novelty III
these parts. Theyare growing on the planta-
tion OF Capt. A. J. Gray, near Mooresville,
and the vine has been known for eight years,
and never has there been found seed III any
of the fruit produced thereon.
Savannah (Ga.) News: The rice plant
ers felt considerably relieved on Wednesday
when the time for the usual gale had passed
by. The water threatened to be very high,
as it was the highest spring tide OF the year,
and the moon was i'll pergee, something not
often occurring in this season. hence there
was general anxiety felt as to the result.
With blow from the northeast, the water
fields and Occasioned great damage. Instead,
however, Of the dreaded wind, there were
only pleasant breezes from the south and
southeast, and the danger greatly diminished,
hence the satisfaction OF the rice planters.
Col. Brewer, Auditor of Alabama, said
in a recent declaration, in alluding to the
result of general negro exodus: "Whlte
labor would no longer come in competition
with the black labor; there would be no vast
hordes of unskilled laborers to butcher the
lands and wreck the homestead, there would
be no squalor, and but little idleness; fewer
crimos and more intelligence. White cottages
would begin to feck the landscape as the
torrent of immigration came pouring in til
lage would be more thorough and its imple-
ments more perfect; schools and churches
would be sustained as the population thick
ened, and our children educated at home as
the standard OF education was advanced, and
the marshes were drained.
New Orleans Democrat: NJ. DeLes-
seps, the celebrated French engineer, has by
letter informed the Chamber of Commerce of
this city that during his visit to this country,
which he intends making in short time, he
intends to take in New Orleans, and he ex-
presses desire to address the chamber while
in this city on the subject of the isthmus
canal The date OF his arrival in New Orleans
is not fixed by him, and as the Chamber of
Commerce has no knowledge of his pro-
gramme, they can not name the probable
time, However, when he does come there
can be no doubt but that he will meet with
a reception beftting his reputation and his
standing among the great engineers of the
world.
The WayS of Trade.