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Newspaper

Camden Weekly Journal

Location

Camden, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1854

Page

2

Commodore Perry's Treaty With Japan Discussed in Depth

The issue centers on Perry's expedition and the planned treaty with Japan. Reports describe ships Susquehanna and Vandalia, McLane, and the aim to open Japanese ports Matsuma and Osaka. Observers note railways and telegraph works impressing Japanese, while Japan's natural wealth and crafts are highlighted for potential trade. The article ends with commentary on postal service compensation affecting northern and southern mail trains.

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The Whale Trade With Japan and Its Riches

The article explains Japan’s whale resources, especially in the Kenmon and surrounding seas, noting the whale offers oil and edible flesh used widely. It details the parts utilized, from skin to fat, and mentions ongoing whaling by our ships as a potentially profitable enterprise under commercial considerations.

Japan Kenmano Niphon Goto Omora Nemo

Kidnappers Hunt Triggers Worcester City Alarm

Boston Sunday report details a scare in Worcester as two strangers from Virginia were suspected kidnappers. Landlord refused meals, locals organized a large watch at depots, bells tolled if needed, but the alarm proved false and no breach occurred.

Boston Journal Worcester Thant Boston Nashua and Worcester Road Salisbury Square Court Mills John Mitchell Preejeer Club

Benton and Calhoun in the Richmond Examiner critique

The Richmond Examiner mocks Benton's glowing praise for himself and attacks his treatment of Calhoun and other contemporaries. It lauds Calhoun for measured reply, contrasts their tempers, and notes Toronto and Canadian views on American Union decline. It also reports British impressment of sailors and cites the Boston journal on humane progress in war.

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Clever plan finds thief by inked paper slips

A Clarksville inventor devised a ruse to trap a tobacco thief. Suspects were given name slips to carry, and the thief was identified when the shortened slip appeared. The event mentions Munford as the recipient of praise and notes the tobacco was likely recovered. The Northern Empire sailed from New Orleans to Liverpool with 4,762 bales of cotton weighing 2,141,212 pounds.

Clarksville Henry W. Bunkey Dunkey Munford Northern Empire New Orleans Liverpool

Charleston Summer Reflections and Local Notes 1854

Camden Weekly Journal reports on Charleston climate and leisure as temperatures rise, praising sea breezes and avenues for outings. It contrasts up-country comforts with city life, notes plenteous farms and markets, and mentions a new Pacific Railroad authorship dispute, Cotton market uncertainty, and upcoming examinations at Orangeburg Female Seminary. Charleston, Orangeburg, J.A. Woodward, Capt. Pike.

Petit Charleston Syatera Magnolia Mount Picasans Pacific Railroad Congress Hom J.A. Woodward Afr Pike la Pucie Hailroad Company

Appointment of Alexander Werdemant to Genoa post

A fragment from Consul letter to Genoa notes a Friday Senate nomination by President Pierre, praising Alexander Werdemant as a worthy citizen. The message expresses belief he will be a reliable and efficient representative, pleasing both the fianla and the state, and anticipates favorable reception.

Genoa Anya Nammatinn Senate of the United States Piereg Alexander Werdemant Fianla Herbemont

Southern Quarterly Review praise for continued publication

Ware expresses satisfaction that the Southern Quarterly Review will not fold and will continue under Bre. Murer’s energetic leadership. The July issue is praised as admirable, with the reviewer noting the publication’s promise and deserving patronage to secure a permanent establishment.

Southern Quarterly Review Sortimer Bre Murer

Young Men's Christian Association Organizes in Charleston

A Charleston Standard communication notes the Young Men’s Christian Association is fully organized and operating. It lists a large hall at King and Liberty streets open each evening for visitors, with admissions and hours, then details numerous journals and newspapers procured for the association’s reading room.

Young Men's Christian Association Charleston Standard King and Liberty Streets Howraid Odd Fellows Charleston Daily Courier Charleston Daily Standard Charleston Daily Mercury Chirleston Daily Eve News Charleston Southern Presbyterian Charleston Southern Christin Advocate Charleston Southern Baptist Charleston Southern Episcopalian Columbia Weekly Banner Camdent Seithiel Eyefield Weekly Greenville Southern Patrot Greenville Mountaineer Abbe

Association invites readers to join and visit for reviews

A long notice lists numerous magazines and reviews and invites readers to join the association. It notes delays due to preparatory work and honey locust obstacles. It invites members to enjoy an evening retreat at the club, access to papers from across the Union and Europe, and to obtain the constitution and information from the office to become “Weemakers of the Association.”

Harper's Magazine Putnam's Magazine Southern Literary Messenger Knickerbocker Magazine Southern Quarterly Review Southern Presbyterian Review North American Review Debow's Review Christian Review Episcopal Review Hunt's Merchants Magazie London Quarterly Review Edinburgh Review North Erie Revie Foreign Quarterly Review Blackwood's Magazin Dickens Household Warde Lord's Journal Sibrotheca Sacra Quarterly Review of Methodist Episcopal Parish Visitor Evangelical Review Betieft Europe Wwemakers Asaucia

Temperance Lectures to Visit Several Towns

The noted temperance worker The Ray MM and E Cross will lecture in Winnsboro Chesterville Yorkville Charlotte and other towns in the upper state. A controversy over Rev Marcus E Cross a supposed temperance agent prompts letters from W B Wells and J Mansy warning against him and urging caution.

Ray E Cross Charleston Winnsboro Chesterville Y'hursday Yorkville Charlotte Grand Division North Carolina Christian Sun Marcus E. Cross Suffolk American ‘Temperance Unione New York Temperance Union John Marsh American Temperance Unien Petersburg Richmond North South Carolina Wendoxs

Scheme of Conquest and Abolitionist Threats in the South

The Richmond Enquirer analyzes the anti slavery rhetoric and Cassius M. Clay’s plan to overthrow slavery. It condemns militant proposals while urging united action by moderate North and Unionists to preserve the Union against abolitionist aggression and potential secession.

Cassius M. Clay New York Courier Enquirer Manifest & Readiness South North Nebraska Union Friends of the Constitution Richmond Fquirer

Cholera outbreaks and public measures in New York and tidal events

Cholera cases rise in New York with two deaths in Fleet Street Bust and a third in Eliot Street amid new infections. Authorities pledge city cleansing. Staten Island migrants housed in government warehouses to handle patients as public concern grows. House committee forms on Peru gunboat trade. Seabrook, Mass, June 1 reports hangings in Westfield with effigies burned. public burial held as bells tolled. one effigy spared.

Bostox Fleet Street Que Eliot Street Sarah Shepherd Eliza Burke Corneilius Driscoll Staten Island New Yorke Seaisarinco Mass Measra Pierce Douglas Hallet Loring Effiat Westfield

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