20 Jun 1854
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Newspaper
Camden Weekly Journal
Location
Camden, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1854
Page
1
Public notice of rates by Thomas J. Warren describes pricing for ads including advance and delayed payment tiers. Rates list per square fourteen lines or less at seventy five cents for the first and thirty seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single insertions one dollar per square. multiple insertions follow a semi monthly monthly quarterly cycle.
A Southern Agriculturist essay argues corn grown in cotton states is declining in usefulness due to exhausted soils. It favors shifting to barley, wheat, and oats on improved ground, with rotations and compost to boost soil and stock feeding. Also notes temperance progress in Texas and historical tales of frontier conflicts and Southern college pride against Northern institutions.
The Western itineraries known as the regix fulminea of American ministry are described as brawny athletic men. At a camp meeting a row broke out on Saturday when about twenty boxer sort lewd fellows attacked, and one preacher was struck by the meeting’s leader.
A South Carolina figure defends limited state power against northern disorder, praising elite rule to restrain the turbulent many. The argument warns that unchecked federal authority breeds anarchy and demands reverence for law and magistrates while resisting revolutionary populism.
The Hannibal the elephant of Broadway Menagerie escaped during a Pawtucket to Fall River move yesterday morning. It rampaged, threw wagons, killed horses, injured several people including Mr. Pierce and Mr. Eddy, and finally was subdued and transported to Fall River. The incident sparked widespread fear and the company paid damages of 700 dollars.
A abroad report claims Palestine has been mortgaged to the Rothschilds as security for a loan to the Sultan. The piece speculates that postwar peace could create a Jewish kingdom under their dynasty, with territorial changes seen as possible but visionary.
A digest of 19th century observations on Palestine’s past prosperity and present desolation, contrasting biblical-era abundance with ongoing ruin. It discusses Greek and Turkish ruins, Crusader remains, and the desert conversion, then argues for Jewish resettlement as a path to revival, citing Russia and Poland as sources and noting potential political arrangements and risks. It also reports mass Native conflicts near Victoria, Texas, and local Boston Fugitive Slave Law protests and notices.
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