The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-01-09
The recent sudden thaw has caused

The recent sudden thaw has caused
numerous floods in England and Scot
land. At Nottingham the food is the
greatest for II years. Tho country
round Darlington and Wrexam is food
ed for miles. Much damage is reported
at Berwick and Aberdeen. The distress
among tie poorer populace seems about
stationary ct the great industrial GEN.
tres.
MANY Of our Southern cities arc
groaning under enormous municipal
debts, and the people are grumbling a
good deal about the heavy rate oftaxa-
ton necessary to meet expenses. Some
of them-Memphis and Nashville-aro
thinking whether it would not be best
to have the charter repealed and throw
the whole thing into the hands of the
county officers, as the easiest way out.
What the result will be we cannot tell
just now.
The tanatical editor of the Pontiac
(IN.) Sentinel, still boiling over with
hatred for the Southern people, and
willing to show what contemptib g
spirit he has, offers to pay 1.-TWO hundred
and fifty dollars for the mule that kicked
Wade Hampton" and further agrees
that "that mule shall have all the corn
and oats that he can eat for the remain
der of his natural life )" with Radical
Hoosier's promise (but that don't amount
to much) "that he shal! also be exempt
from labor for the balance of his days"
Cold AND DISTRESS IN ENGLAND
The weather is again cold and frosty.
There has been a daily increase Of the
popular distress in every quarter during
the past week. On Friday at Mauches-
ter there were 5000 applications from
hoads of families, representing 13,5OO
persons, to the relief committee, aud on
Saturday 1000 fresh applications. Du-
ring the week 1900 families have been
relieved in Woolvorhampton, A consid-
cradle increase of distress is also reported
from Sheffield.
JUAN MoNoAsI. who attempted to as
sassinate the King of Spain, was exocu-
ted at S.55 q. m, on the 4th instant. At
midnight the prisoner made his will,
leaving his property to his wife. At 3
he attended mass, at s he was led from
prison and conducted to the carriage in
which he was conveyed to the scaffo'd
which he mounted without support
listening meanwhile to the admonitious
of the priests. Two battallions Of troops
we're drawn up around the scaffnld, and
an immense number of spectators were
present.
A VERY disastrous Ere broke out in
Charleston on tho morning Of the Is,
inst, which destroyed the Union Cotton
fP7esses aud warchossas$ together with
1O,16l bales of cotton. The loss amount
, to about $3.50 900, insured for $3.50,
, 900. 1t is said to have been anothe
act Of incpndiarism. These villain
ought to be taught o lesson if they ar
caught. There is ton much burnin
going on now, and We do not care to Sc
, the scenes of 1876 enacted over asai,
We think Judge Lynch would be tn
> best court to try them,if they arc caugh
MIR. n. DUMoNT, of Charlotte, n
c., formerly of Springfield, Mass, ha
proposed that convention Of Norther
o born residents Of the South, especiall
. of the two Carolinas and Georgia, b
held in Charlotte about January II
He says: at is desired in the conveu
tiou to prepare statement for publica
tiou in Northern papers setting fort
= the soil, climate, prices, ease Of maxim
e living, and social treatment of the ir
I dividual Northern men. II is not desire
: to cover any question of politics or ez
c trcme views Of any kind"
THE following telegram has been re
ceived from Admiral Hornby, command
: ing the British feet in the Sea of Mar
mora: "One of the 5S ton guns Of tn
: turret ship Munderer burst January
! killing Lieuts. Coker and Dani'l, tw
petty officers. four seamen and marine
The gun burst just in front of the trun
Mons, the muzzle blowing overheard
The gun had just been fired with bat
teriug charge, but when it burst it wa
loaded with full charge and an empt.
shell. A boatswain and thirty-two mel
we're wounded, twelve of them yer,
badly. The turrrt was disabled, bp
The ship was otherwise uninjured.