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Newspaper
Camden Weekly Journal
Location
Camden, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1853
Page
2
Prominent dispatches from Havana report Mexican political upheaval with Santa Anna’s maneuvering, Arista banishment, and Mesilla tensions. Letters discuss Mexican sentiment toward the United States, Mexican leadership, and the risk of war, noting Arista’s exile and Lopez de Santa Anna’s centralized power. The item contrasts Mexican instability with U.S. interests and hints at evolving diplomacy and military posture.
The Camber Weekly Journal notes a Charleston Courier report nominating Major J M DeSaussure for the presidency of the South Carolina King Railrood Company. Also lists new books from Lippincott Grambo Co and others, local deaths, college pamphlets, and Bank of Chester board elections with names of directors and officers.
Virginia voters cast ballots Thursday for Congress. Winners include Lat Diatriot Thomas J. Bayly second, John and Millison thirty four, Joli S. Cackreath, Wm. D. Goode, Juhn Latelier, Fayotto McMullin, among others. Outcomes in other districts pending.
The stockholders receive a notice from JOAN BELTON U NEALT announcing the resignation of the railroad president before July. The communication praises his leadership in building the road and urges successors with strong judgment and loyalty to public prosperity. The meeting is set for Abbeville and Anderson with proxies urged for those unable to attend.
A fragmentary note praises Arthur's Home Magazine May issue and writer Anmns prose style. It notes the publication by Ae nie & Co in Philadelphia and urges broad circulation. Subscription prices are listed as $4.00 for a single and $5.00 for four copies.
An extract from the Grand Worthy Patriarch report and the committee report is presented to members. The Grand Division reconvenes at its quarterly session to discuss past work and future plans for temperance and benevolence, noting South Cary in review.
A recommended plan urges a convention of temperance allies across South Carolina to engage even those not pledged to abstinence. The proposal requests a three person committee to liaise with state groups and notable citizens, seek funding, and organize public meetings to promote temperance, law reform, and social welfare.
It is announced that Jeremiah Stroud, convicted in March of the murder of Samuel Gentry and sentenced to be hanged on the second Friday in June, has received a respite from Governor Manning until the first Monday in September. If not granted, the prisoner may face a public execution by law on Monday, a highly extraordinary event.
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