01 Aug 1854
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Newspaper
Camden Weekly Journal
Location
Camden, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1854
Page
1
Thomas J Warren notices set payment schedules for delayed payments and penalties. Advertisements will appear at Dorona Square and Singhaine locations with specified per insertion charges. The text instructs that the number of insertions must be noted and ads will run until discontinued and billed accordingly.
The article argues for referring to the people the question of a prohibitory law on intoxicating liquors. It cites the May Temperance Convention in Columbia, notes candidates favor temperance but oppose Maine-style prohibition, and urges petitions to press legislative action. It defends popular determinism, warns of liquor’s harm, and includes a Newberry note on wine opinions and Swine’s blood wine rumors.
A long reflective piece contrasts a drunken man’s decline with imagined respectful scenes of his past, his wife and children, and the inexorable passage of time. It laments wasted potential, urges moral reckoning, and ends with musings on beauty and time’s hold. The narration juxtaposes youthful promise with a grim descent.
The Blue Ridge Rail Road Company reports at Clayton Georgia on June 27 to elect Directors and choose among three adjacent route lines. The board notes South Carolina state aid, Charleston and Anderson CH connections, and a race to lock in contracts with Bangs & Co for Georgia Tennessee lines.
A New York Tribune backed venture aims to publish the Nebraska Palladium at Belleview Terr near Belleview Territory of Nebraska. The prospectus pledges support for settlement, education, religion, and Republican ideals while promising independence from party lines and vigilance on national issues. The note mentions criticism of the project for avoiding slavery questions and hints the paper would cater to pro slavery interests. Virgil A Stewart, famed hunter and historian, died recently in Wharton County Texas.
The National Intelligencer prints an extended synopsis of Mr. Hunters substitute for the Homestead bill. The Senate approved by a large margin. The measure would grant homesteads on public lands with five year titles and allow states to acquire land within their borders. It aims to withdraw government patronage and curb demagogic gifts to corporations and charities. The bill is praised as comprehensive and potentially transformative for public land disposal.
The Senate passed a three section bill on public lands addressing preemption prices, state rights to set higher prices on reserved lands, and railroad or canal routes through lands. It outlines graduated prices from 50 cents to 1 dollar per acre, entry terms for states and individuals, and protections for Indian treaties, schools, and mineral lands. The act sets entry rules, timelines, and proceeds allocation, plus a provision on mail service disputes and public lands in California. It ends noting a large U S surplus cash and treaty payments with Mexico.
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