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r ALEX A NDKRPro pnetor. *b CAMDEX, S. 0., DECEMBERo, itsc. Tho Legislature. m Tf. lias ?T'">ne right down to work. We ai extend our congratulations, and ask you to eat your Christmas dinner at liorae. jc and not meet any m^re until November ^ 1S79. It was the old custom, and is a ti land-mark well worthy to be guided by. 0 Hon- John C. Sheppard. '' This gifted and talented son of South Carolina lias again been called to preside over the deliberations of the General Assembly of our State without op | position. Col. Sheppard is u gentleman ? of rare cultur?, and is a fine parliaments- , rian. lie stood at his post in the dark days of 187G, and was a true sentinel ( upon the watch tower. IIis fine ability j and commanding appearance, with all of those other high qualities which he , possesses, eminently fit him for this or , any other position to which he muy bo , called. We congratulate the Colonel upon this renewed manifestation of con? < fidence and honor. ( Mitch Ado About Nothing. Just at this time the New York dailies are teeming with sensational nr- ' ticks in regard to the stolen body of the late A. T. Stewart. It is natural for kindred and friends to care for the remains of those that wore or.ee dear to them, but for the life of us we caDnot , sec the use of so much ado about to lit. tie. It is true that Mr. Stewart was a great man in a financial point?that his ships dott?-d every ocean, at)d his checks were honored at every moneyed institution upon the globe is a fact. Hut this vrfr Mr. Stewart alive, not Mr. Stewart ' and his dead body to-day if, it is not scattered to the four winds of the earth. is no more than that of the men- J dicant who stood at the street corner and begged for a penny. It ' is but a tenement of clay, and its 1 immortal inhabitant bus long since been ' required to account for its doings upon ' this earth. It would be a relief to hear 1 no more of it. It matters nothing now; ' it is all dust, nothing more. Requictcat in hucc. In making this comment, } J. however, we will not fail to observe that J this occurrence is an argument in favor 1 of cremation, which is now being agita- ( ted by a large and influential party jo 1 this country. ' An Error. In the issue of last week's Journal t we inadvertently attacked the manager, t ment of the '"Waterfee Free Uridge," e and made remarks which now we are t satisfied were too harsh. We understand, we think, our duty, and wo would 't be false to that duty, did we not plainly, \, fearlessly and candidly state our ideas d upon all matters belonging to, or in ft anywise connected with things of pub- n )ic interest. This we try to do, if we si fail, and it is human to erraud to fail. I( we can truthfully say that 6uch error T and such failure comes either from too o O much zeal, or because the lights that a are before us do not reflect che truth. To 11! correct all mistakes is equally our duty, ft and we know of no greater pleasure to a truo man than that of acknowledging j; his errors and making the proper tl amends when he is convinced. Com- h plaints frequent and numerous have come to our ears in regard to this bridge, aud always coupled with criti- w zisms of a harsh nature. At that time y we were even ignorant of the fact that |a a "Special Commission" existed, and as ^ t... ?-mn onnolif 11 n the com V y liUUHn'wii 1 I plaint and wrote the little article which tj wo now freely confess wrs an act of in- d justice. yi We therefore hasten t?> correct the same, u;,d it {lives us pleasure to do so. . In the fir-t place we are assured author- q itaiivcly that every dollar that has heen received froui the county treasurer lies ^ been applied to its legitimate purposes, and if wo had knowu that such gentle- . men as Col. Wm M. Shannon, Mr. M. ^ }>auin and Mr. Clarke had been its tj guardians, never would one single crit- p icistn have come from us. The payments have all been properly made and j. vouched for. and the receipts of the _ Trpnsnrer oDen to the inspec- .t I"'u'v *" ' * II tion of the world. Besides this tlip ^ Grand Jury have time and again gone into an investigation of this matter, as a part of their duty, and never yet has one *f single wrong been discovered. This is surely enough, but to make assurance j doubly sure, the Treasurer gave a bond, which to*day, as far as human foresight ^ can go, is as good as it can be. Wo very ^ cheerfully make these statements, as ' facta, and would further state that not only are the books of the Treasurer opeo to inspection, but he courts it. Whatever ^ may have bceu the differences of opiu- ^ ion in regard to the buildiog of this structure, we must confess our satisfac- T . Li tion at its management. ft There was a report that King AN in fonso, of Spain, had determined to 'asic an the hand of Princess Christine,sister of he Queen Mercedes, his former wife, in up marriage, but later attt/trcts fclMraflicrt an tVe sM^Voti til NEWS ITEMS. The British Council of State are 1 out to discuss a project for taxing f tton imports from America, 1 The latest news froru Gov. Hampton )ecembcr 2d) report his condition j, ucli improved, as he now rests well , ]d has very little fever. i The latest arrests of Socialists have d to the seizure of documents that ave given much information relative to be organization of the Internationalists f Italy, and their connection with situ, lar boJies in foreign countries. A teiuttble disaster happened near he English coast last woek in which ibout filty people lost their lives. The teamer I'omcrania was proceeding on ler way through a heavy fog when she | vas run into and sunk by a sailing ves- ! tel. Boh. McKtmme, the Black Hills lesperado, who was arrested at HillsDoro, Ohio, some time since and subsequently escaped, was recaptured last week in Highland County alter a desperate resistance, in which he was shot .1 1 .1? i . ?i -i i. mrougu mo oreasi auu cuee*. Pbince Lobaxofp lias re-assured Safvet Poslia concerning the execution of the Treaty of Berlin by Russia, and stated that he had arranged with Gen. Todlebcn in regard to the settlement of pending difficulties. He particularly referred to the restoration of Mussulman refugees to their homes. A resolution* passed the Senate and House of Boprcscniativcs on the 2d instant to adjourn sine die on the 23d inst. This looks like a return to the srood old tin.es when honesty and fair lealing were the order of the day. May we ever have'such good and true men to represent us?who look to the interest at their constituents, una not to set/ ilone. The motion before the Supreme Court in the cusos of Cardozo and Smalls was denied, and-judgment of the lower Court confirmed. They arc out >n bail r.ow, and it is a question whether they will surrender themselves. Carlozo has to go to jail for two years and pay a fine of 84.000, and Smalls to ;hree years hard labor in the peniteniary. The Rev. Gilbert Williams, the vorthy pastor of the Elko colored baptist Church, has been adjudged a wayward brother by his loyal flock, bo:ause he voted the. Democratic ticket at ,he late election.. .In losing his flock in gains uiany friends, and they pro)osc to show their regard for him by tiding him to purchase a home, devoing to that purpose the money that hey had promised to give towards the erection of a new colored church at hat place. The Philadelphia Times states that wo men will watch the grave of the ite Thomas Powers, the millionaire, by ay and two by night, the orders of Irs. Powers being that their vigils shall ot censi for two years. To the tombtone will be attached a key to a watch, >cked in a case that the men will carry, his watch must have the key at the rave ioscrted into it every half hour, nd will be inspected twice a day to see lat it has been carried to the grave at equcnt intervale. A I.ARGE mass meeting of citizens of fomnhU rIVnn . who wcro absent from io city during the recent plague, was old there on Thursday, at which resoluons of thanks to all who have given ie strickcu city sympathy and aid ere unanimously passed. Gen. W. '. C. Humes, a major-pcncrnl in the te Confederate army, presided, and lade a speech, in which he paid a arm tribute to the people of all scoops of she country for their ample bairity to the stricken people in the pllow fever districts. Tn Wyoming, where lovely women in vote if she -'will, she doesn't. Inly ono woman in the territory has rcr been elected t" office by the prole, and now official station is never dc landed by any member of the sister- J . ood. Not half the women in Cheyenne j j a3 cast a vote since the first two elc*. j ons. Although there nre separate 1 oiling places for rhe hcx, respectable omen stay away from the polls and eep out of politics. The only women < ho take an interest in elections are i lose of" the baser sort.?Savannah ictrs. i A series of riots occurred at Jackin, Breathctt County, Ky., 90 miles 1 om Mount Sterling, last week which 1 suited in the fatal shooting of County ' udge John W. Burnett, Thomas Little !1 id Wm. Freeman, a negro. Danl. 1 reeman, a brother of William, was also 1 xngerously wounded. These were ' iends of a prisoner whom the sheriff'3!1 isse was conducting to jail and en- ' avorcd to rescue him. Fighting 'has j1 !cn going the whole week, and the |1 overnor has been called on to quell p e disturbance. A special to tlie!^ exington Pren, dated Mount Sterling'< ovember 30. says : "Jacksou is still jr possession of the mob, but the sheriff j t d party are iu possession of the court- 8 mse and jail. Picket firing is kept u i and many persons have been killed d d wouoded.. No actiob has yet bfeen 0 #m.y (Wf aAtwttfH ?> Tub Presidents message, presented o Congress last Monday, was not the iery urticle that many expected, but athcr mild and conciliatory. Suleiman Pasha has been degra i<!cl and sctenced to contonement in a \ fortress for his conduct during the war. This is the way they treat men in thftt country who fail to do what they arc ordered to do, no matter what the cause of failure may be. An election to fill the place of Judge Shaw, deceased, of the Third Circuit, was to be held ou the 3d instant, and it is almost certain that Hon. T. B. Fraser, Senator from Sumter, will be chosen, as his name is the only one prominently bofore the House. The choice of Maj Fraser will undoubtedly give satisfaction to the State. He is not only a lawyer of conspicuous fairness and ability, but his moral fitness for the bench none will question. The following bill, relative to the use of fire-arms on the streets, has passed to its Jhird reading : Br. it enacted, etc., J nat any person hereafter convicted of an assault or as sault and battery committed with any fire-arm on the street of aDV incorporated city or town, or any thoroughfare, or in any place of public resort, shall be punished by fine of not less than two hundred or more than one thousand dollars and may be imprisoned for not less than six or more than twelve months. The Baltimore Sun says there has been much denunciation of the whipping post, and inhumanity and barbarity has been cried against it by its opposers, but the fact remains that Delaware, where it is uspd. is freer Irom crime than almost any State in the Union. It spends very little money on jails and criminal prosecutions, and is one of the few States entirely out ot debt, wncn the honest people of South Carolina come to realize the cost to them of punishing theft and other crimes by imprisonment, they will demand the application of the lash as a more effectual preventive of crime and a much cheaper method.?Register. A lispatch from Calcutta to the Times says that trouble in the Khyber Pa-s has been greatly exaggerated. \ single officer, Lord William Beresford, rode the entire length of tho Khyber ! Pass without beiDg molested. General ! Browne's force will probably wiutrr at I)aka unless some movement on the part of tho Afghans provoke a further advance. Gen. Biddulph's will probably remain at Pesthon, bat if be shall determine to proceed to Kandahar that place will probably be found to be undefended. Gen. Robert's advance on the Peiwcr Pass may encounter ^resistance, but the Pnss will probably be ? _ i .- i - ?:i.. iouim lo ue ua^ny u?cii>vuic. am im-i portant fighting is expected anywhere! this year. Histouv Reversing Itself.?The Washington correspondent of the Baltitimorc Suit calls attention to the fact that in tho Forty fiirst Congress, out of sixty-three Southern Representatives admitted to seats fifty two were Republicans, and of Southern Seoators twentytwo were Republicans. The South says the correspondent, was ju-t about as solid then as it is now, but it was ou the other side. In the Forty first Concress the entire body of the white people of the South, the people who owned I ??11 or/I noiM fill lin fovno I Ull tuv | VJ UllVt |'<4?U Ut vuv VMrtwere practically witliout representation; yet not one word of disapproval was uttored againBt this monstrous wrong by press or speaker of the Republican party. Now, on vague allegations, totally unsupported by respectable proof, that the colored peoplo of two or three States are deprived of representation, the partisan press of the North is in an agony of horror and reproach. It was reported during the early part of the week that the condition of Govpr 1 TV . nor uarapton was very crmcai. jjts. Kinloch, of Charleston, and Campbell, of Augusta, were summoned' by telegraph to meet his physicians in Columbia, to hold a consultation on the case, The following is Dr. Kinloch's statement ; "A few days sinco Governor Hampton was unexpectedly seized with chills, followed by somo fever, and seemed depressed in spirits. There was an apprehension on the part of his attending surgeons that blood poisoning had ensued, and the question of ampu tatiou of the limb was naturally considered. Dr. Kinloch, from Charleston . - .1 rk_ n?A I 1QU XJr. vauipucii, huui .iu^uoui, nciu summoned to see hiin yesterday in con* sulfation. 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