02 Oct 1855
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Newspaper
Camden Weekly Journal
Location
Camden, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1855
Page
1
An extended polemic argues agriculture as the foundation of national wealth, praising the farmer’s dignity and independence while critiquing traders and speculators. It emphasizes soil cultivation, stable food supply, and the farmer’s social honor amid urban commerce.
A garbled report describes an 1800s Pacific wave event near San Francisco and a harbor incident, interwoven with a controversial Evening Post correspondent critique of a servant named Jane and free Black women. The piece mixes a speculative quake tale, a ship-to-shore wave account, and racial commentary.
A lengthy South Carolina political column critiques Know Nothings led by Col Cunningham and Nationalists led by Col Orr. It notes a quiescent state amid secession debates, calls for states rights and Southern rights, and recalls local events like the Anderson dinner and Spartanburg affair while warning of party fealty and unity under the Confederacy. It also touches on Denmark US Sound tolls, Peruvian winds, and distant maritime matters as digressions.
The Greenville Mountaineer editorial laments factional division in the South while praising HP Conring and urging restraint in political and religious polemics. It argues that preserving the South’s welfare depends on pragmatic unity rather than hostile critique.
A Boston Transcript blurbs praise upright men and noble generals, asserting they built cities and lighted the seas with their sails. It extols youth and energy, claiming the people can never be broken or destroyed.
In a late anniversary toast at Yale College, Professor Silliman was praised for his health and vigor. The discourse recounts his abstinence from stimulants and rich foods, his lifelong plain diet, and his sustained mental sharpness into old age, noting his past fevers and appetite subsiding as he aged.
A New York Times correspondent reports widespread European intrigue driven by Russia's diplomacy and arms. England and France back Spain against Isabella while Cobsa-Spain shifts threaten allied influence. unrest brews in Naples Lombardy and France. An India uprising is dismissed. U.S. politics hinge on party purity and Palmerston warned.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a medicinal scheme alleged to treat disease by dosing animals with a tonic. It mentions a physician or seller in Chester County Pennsylvania and a claimed purchase price of fifteen head of cattle for a thousand dollars. Warnings of constipation and dangerous ingredients are implied, with improper administration through the animal’s throat and enema procedures suggested.
The Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church will convene in Petersburg beginning November 28, 1855, with officials and clergy gathering for the annual session.
Washington Unum reports a series of winter lectures in Boston on slavery. Invitations extended to noted speakers, including Senator Butler of South Carolina, who outlines topics from constitutional questions to the slave trade and northern profit from slavery, promising further amplification.
A Greensborough notice warns against a man claiming to be Dr Samuel M D Tan from New Orleans. He boasted a rich medical practice and property in multiple cities, but letters and reports expose him as an impostor. He left town for Charlotte and may travel to South Carolina.
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