The Camden Journal, 1866-11-30

nwi.jr wuwuuw "VJV wutov t was to organize a new company, which t should assume the work, and so orig- r inatedthc Anglo-American Telegraph ] Company..- It was formed by ten x gentlemen who met around a tabic in ( London, and put down <?10,000 ? apiece. I hope the excellent Secreta- ^ ry of this company, Mr. Deane, who t came with me across the ocean, will 2 its history, and tell the world what t life and vigor were in its Board of j Directors. The great Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, j undaunted by the failure of last year, ] answered us a subscription of ?100,- ; 000. Soon after the books were ] opened to the public, through the em- j inent banking house of J. S. Morgan ? & Co., and in fourteen days we liad ] raised the whole ?600,000. Then ^ the work began again, and went on ( with speed. Never was greater en- , ergy infused into any enterprise. It ( was only the first day of March that ] the new company was formed, and" i was registered as a company the next \ day, and yet such was the vigor and dispatch that in five mqnths frqjn that , day the cable had been manufactured, ; ' '

Sheriff's Sale. BY virtue of sundry writs of fi. fa. to mc J directed, I will sell before the Court J louse in Camden on the first Monday in Deember next, within tlie legal hours of sale, . 5 the highest bidder, for cash, the following roporty, to-wit : One tract or piece of LAND, containing incty (00) acres, more or less, situated in :ie District of Kershaw, on the waters of ounded by lands of Thomas Davis, Lewis ecblcs, et al. Levied 011 as the property of !. B. King nt the suit of Elisha Atkinsou, carer, for the benefit of his assignee. E. SILL, S. K. D. 1 Nov. 10. ($4.87) 3t J GUANO. o, rllE undersigned, being the oldest importors and dealers in Guano in Charleston, c' aforin their friends that they expect to rccivc a regular supply of Pure Peruvian Guano ] ircetl'rom the agent of tho Peruvian Govcrnlcnt at New York, which they will sell at all ' rncs at the lowest market rates. Orders promptly filled. T. J. KERR & CO., Kerr's Wharf. Charleston, Nov. 0. Gt Notice. ti iTTM. M. Shaxnox, is my authorized agent VV during my absence from the State. W. D. JIOGAN. ' "1 Nov. 16 3t* tJ

fogs and squalls. Still we worked on day after day. Once, on the 17th of August, we got the cable up and had it in full sight for five minutes, a long, slimy monster, fresh from the ooze of the ocean's bed, but our men began to cheer so wildly that it seemed to be frightened, and suddenly broke away and went down into the sea.? This accident kept us at work two weeks longer; but finally, on the last night of August, we caught it. We had cast the grapnel thirty times. It was a little before midnight on Friday night that we hooked the cable, and it was a little after midnight Sunday morning when we got it on board. What was the anxiety of those twenty-six hours? The strain or every man's life was like the strain on the sable itself. When finally it appeared, it was midnight; the lights of the ship, ind in the boats around our bows, as ihey flashed in the faces of the men, showed them eagerly watching for die cable to appear on the water. At ength it was brought to the surface. \11 who were allowed to approach ( crowded forward to sec it. Yet not

f PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY ULAIR & PEGTJES. . 1 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. .'Three Dollars a year Cash?Four Dollars if payment is delayed three months. rates or advertising, per square. For the first insertion. $1.50; for the second, $1.00; for the third, 75 cents; for each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Semi-niontlily, Monthly and Quarterly advertisements, $1.50 each insertion. The space occupied by ten lines (solid, of this size type) constitutes a square. Payment is required in advance from transient advertisers, and as soon as the work is done, from regular customers. MISCELLANEOUS. THE ATLANTIC CABLE. Banquet to Cyrus W. Field.? The Stoiiy of the Great Enterprise.?Mr. Cyrus W. Field was fitly honored in New York on the evening of the 15tli, with' a banquet, given by the members of the Chamber of Commerce, as a tribute to his exertions in the laying of the Atlantic Cable. ^ Mr. Field, in a long and interesting address, gave a history of the un/Invfol-inir ir>t<ivcmnvsnrl with mnnv in -

ires "were at once taken to make a second cable, and fit out a new exper lition, and with that assurance I came ionic last autumn. In December I went back again, o! all our hopes had sunk to nothing, flic Attorney-General of England iad given his written opinion that we iad no legal right, without a special tct of Parliament (which could not >e obtained under a year), to issue ihc new 12 per cent, shares, on which vc relied to raise our capital. This vas a terrible blow. The works were it once stopped, and the money which! iad been paid in returned to the subscribers. Such was the state of things mly ten months ago. I reached London on the 24th of December, md the-next day was not a " merry Christmas" to me. But it was an inexpressibly comfort to have the counsel if such men as Sir Daniel Gooch and Sir Richard A. Glass, and to hear stouthearted Mr. Brassey tell us to 50 ahead, and if need were he would put down ?60,000 more. It was fi: ( nalltr nrl fliof n/mvon x

justate in once. tv, A LL persons having demands against the p ti estate of the late Wat. McKAIN, will trcscnl the same, duly attested to J AS. 31. n )AVIS, my Attorney, and nil persons in any tl vay indebted to said estate will make immc- b liatc payment to him. p MARY 11. SIIAW, ] Oct. 19?tf. Adm'x.. b Notice. rHE Notes and Accounts of Dr. TITOS. . AY. SALMOND, for the years previous o January 1st, 1862, having been placed in r oy hands for collection, all persons indebted . hereon must come forward and pay the same ii >r make some satisfactory arrangement before <? he next Return Day, or said notes and aclounts will be put in suit. W. Z. LEITNER, ^ d nov. 9,?6t. ; Attorney. n : ti Special Notice. A LL persons indebted to the late firm of ti. MATIIESON & CO., cither by note or >pen account, arc requested to come forward ind effect a settlement., or the papers will be ^ daccd in suit for immediate collection. MATIIESON & CO., Oct. 12?3m. In liquidation.

ibuu ujj ui nvui vuh, a uuuiuouj) 1.vm. heir relief, that the old cable works l little better then the new one, but hat is because it has been down longer, as time improves the quality >f gutta pcrcha. But the new one is , ;onstantly growing better. To show * iow delicate are these wonderful cords, t is enough to state that they can be c vorked with the smallest battery lower. When the first cable was aid in '58, electricians thought that 0 send a current two thousand miles t must be almost like a stroke of n iglitning. But God was not in the sarthquake, but in the still small c roicc. The other day Mr. Latimer s 31ark telegraphed from Ireland across ? he ocean and back again, with a bat- f ;ery formed in a lady's thimble! And t iow Mr. Collett writes me from Heart's Content: "I have just sent ny compliments to Dr. Gould, of Cambridge, who is at Valentia, with 1 battery composed of a gun cap, ' * ' c ,1 i

ing prooicius were suucu ?e iuuk ji heart again, and began to prepare s ' for a fresh attempt. This was in 1 1863. In this country?though th<? s war was still raging?I went from < city to city, holding meetings and 1 trying to raise capital, but with poor 1 success. Men came and listened, 1 - aud said " it was all very fine," and J "hoped I would succeed," but did ] nothing. In one of these cities they 1 gave a large meeting, and passed i some beautiful resolutions, and ap- ] pointed a committee of "solid men" 1 to canvass the city, but I did not get i a solitary subscriber. In this city I ? did better, though money came, by ( the hardest. By personal solicita- 1 tions, encouraged by you, sir, and other good friends, I succeeded in 1 raising <?70,000. Since not many. had faith, I must present one exam- 1 ' pie to the contrary, though it was not 1 till a vcar later. When almost all J