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Th> tokw -flmtUr - BY FRANK T. BXAVD. r, h. c. wDVisBiT, iiravn t% 1?14. ' The trite maxim that "dieeretioa is the bettor pat of valor," has i profound eigntftoatiou now, in tho preeeat undeci dedoondiiion of political t&in in Socth Carolina. There ia more to bo gaioo>J by a viae, prudeat and patient conserva tism, at tail juncture, titan by hot-head ad bapetao^y or vaah action. WW1? ydiioovntMuuiee tiaae eerriog trucu looey, or a beading of the kaee to the party in power, wbioh baa violated Ha moot no lease pledgee, aad prostituted its poeitioa to the detriment of tbe beet intfafto of the State ; jet ve believe ?hat a calm, obeerraat aad watchful oourae ia oar beat policy. * What wo ore to do remains to b? aoen. There ieaa^aeetionably a more heelthly tooe ia oar behalf at the North, and even the admiaietration itself has awakened at hat to the trne condition of the "Prostrate State." It bchorcs oa, then, to do naught rashly, so as to turn this hoaltky current against as. Wc would oounsel neither inaction nor a standstill policy ; but let such preliminary steps be inaugurated aa will insure organisation aod eompact noaa. The .Tax Unions can do no harm, and will be productive of great good. The Republican party is divided ' aad very much oonfused. They fear wiee action on the pert of the Conserva tives, aad would hail indiscreet aad has ty ooaaael with joy.? Individuals and tho Press have alike a great responsibility at this oriaia. The people all over tho State are waiting . anxiously for something to bo done.^ It b tbe doty of their leaders to view the aepect of afiairs, and inaugurate at tho ftoper tiaae a pUa of action. It la a play there ia no sonasrvstive party orgaaiaatioa at thia tiaae m the State. A oompect, well handled, well lad tfM vigflanfninoriiy Is always pot eat. Ita moral iofloeaoe oarrioa weight, aad ita vote, ia SBM of diviaioa, would tarn the by the CeeservatSyVmSUng to aapport the Bolton' movemeat to 1872. PohUeal diaoretion urged it thpafid the opportunity was too good to have hasa thus thrown away. Agfrin, it has been a serious thought with as as to whether there waa not a ritoh ia d is - solving the Union Bnfcim party, after the defcotof 1870. Since then, there has beea no party organisation ia the State. Oommoa wrongs aad the demro fcr relief gave riae to the taxpayers' eon vaatioa. That body has been product ive of good, and the thanks of the whole State an dee to k. Through its ageaey tot believe a healthy, re-invigorating tone haa ^*** eetahlished, and oar poo pla are again +agiaaiag to take hope. Let the good work pjugiam aad wiae eeaaaels ooatiaae. Let aa wait until the Republican party haa developed ita the beat policy peeaible, from the Mgjhfe before to. Let patience peaatos us aad a qaiet determination be oure to do oraythtag la aw power for the wel fare of the Stale ; aad, ha oar aoaroe what it may, lot aaity aad harmoay pre vail. We all have a oommoa ofcjoot in view the ridsaeplhja of the State. Let aamova forward to lto arehieveaacat wieely, irmly aad eompectly. finoqp all Motions of the ooao try, It nfwd to tko growing crop? of wtMftMtoB,!!! iodood ditria|; aod akoold ao aaloowd rraat oaaar W HU* tko pvooao* pampocto ?f tko fkr bma, Am flail of kotk oof ifflrtwi thot of ooy jw asaa tko aar. ? trip Ouowgk portiooo of Kwokov aod Bmm tor wood-, t <Ww doy* riot, iforid i ?iaa ofaafiae odkpky of ?nwM k koraakaa Waa ?rltaa?ad ky tko kordy tOlaa of tkoaofl lar may yoan pool TV# ooro aai oottoa aaapa ato looarlakly ^ood, wkiU mm yurtioaa ara mtpwb ; wkQoffco AraH ooop h mo* aboodaot. Oo tko into ftokao tkoro a|ip? to ka aboat tko aaao qoaotity af bad allotted to?ora aatkavala to oottoo, vkfla paao [_ Wkk o aaooMafclteaaa la tko labor oar laaata aaiaati a proopoat la fold aa io oxMkitod fa tko ?flC* fadaod arigkt wa k< fcr.OTfc.4y c to JJpa," la a n "lilwfc, Notm ?kail make fteld tad For tk? Heard upon tbe atxwta hard!y ujtkiag mm "tfte female college"?'"the female college;" bat for the pat fbrtaight not ? word la relation to this important sub ject hare we beard. Has the subgeet "ran its course" and played out? IV bat are the principal movers in this matter doing ? Has the ?iw>y of the thing worn off, and all interest in *be cause subsided? Or is the matter being push ed to a happy and eueocesful result ? This Is a matter in whieh tho people of Camden are too deeply interested to permit the scheme to fcil. We ^ want additional educational fkcilities in our midst, and if our people will be alire to their own interest tbey will know no such word ss "(ail" in this important enterprise. Hie oo mm unity would no doubt bo glad to besr from some of the "knowing ooes'^n reference to the matter ; at least, information in regard to the matter would be aooeplable to a SUBSCRIBER. For th? Kershaw s o mohumiht association. Camden, 8. C., Aug. 8. Ma. Editor : ?At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Monument Association, held on Mon day, Julj 13, 1874, the following state ment of finances was made by the Treas urer, Mrs. W. K. Bach man : Total amount received, $5,603,16 ; small ex penditures by authority of tbe Board of Directors, $124.63 ; paid Muldrow & Co., architects of the Monument, $3, 476,53. 'About $5,000 are still wanting to oom pleto the sum due. The Board of Di rectors confidently hope that the different District* will sooh report a sufficient amount collected to enable the work to ba finished. Mi* H. M. Land will receive all sub scriptions paid to the Association. X. THE BILLS KPCEITJUILE HAND A - _? CMsun Mocks UmOmm of the CUtaK ants bj JLpfSQltny to the Federal Corrt. , - CoLtMBlA, August 6. The decision of the Supreme Court fa? (ha petitions for a writ of mandamus to Treasurer Cardoso, to require him to iaraohilb receivable of the State, as provided by law, to oertain holders of olaime^punat the State, was filed this evening. ? Tha petitions in the ease of Roae. Fraaee and the Republican Printing Company were granted, and the okdas of Smith, Bowler, CardnnJH, Howe 4 ?Ilea, Aaher Palmer, Breniaer and An drews were all dismissed without preju dice. The amonnt allowed the Repub lican Printing Company Is $79,000. The opinion ia aH by Wright. Willanl gave a dissenting opinion. Treasurer Cardoso will appeal from the decision to the United Stole Supreme Court, on the ground that bills receiva ble are letters of credit, and in violation of the Constitution of the United 8tates. There is asuoh disappointment at the Alt lm Mattol?When the Uni ted 8Mm authorities at Wttbiagtoa pan Ike pay in poHWt mm Mid reoon eilUttoa, bj permitting the 8onth to rise fVoBi her knees, end reoorer Atom Sem ocr'a legney end lit berbarone reeolta, the old flag will be mpodted end loved as our flee m Well m the flat of the Noatk 80 long aa that flag ioate oter I Sooth Carolina, Jhctiontorn 1 moagreltaed BHaatuinpi and I AJnbaaaa, jest ao long e^ll | be niMriliil ai the srwbol oOoppr<*^inn ?nr| the lohen ofdkhonor. W? b*liov? Mini a grant in adrten ie evon now Inking mmM In Ms (he 8onth to her kit. When they ah?U have done ae, prortag I their mmm by their aetp, the 4ta ofl jnbflee over the Mlloanl hnnner efl the I enMen rf ooneord, arilaatioa and N? non glory will hnve eomn to ooaan pnr poee. landing that daj, we eefote An old flag with KM di?^n??, *nd iro on lr eorry that en ?nil n becner MM he bene by raeh veereanl band#. Iter ite folia rerj toon *>vnr North and Bouth LAm fn I Am ? ? ? ? MAn % /iri K ??/! ?Crvea*K Via POMB ?WT WKin OOVfW ^VH14t UU OOUU) with the wfngft of Jnetiea, hnmenky end tm mt??iii Ai apeh a tee. no in ?9 hett k with gienler entha lthe people eft thy await thet? kwnmmuM. Sat Aim am, Anguet 6. The IretbaU of Qeenria eotton. *0 * 0. ...4 -M * .W <W U? ?71 j SOUTH CAROLINA. r Tkel*g*eH?med weteeeeoehssdem the ?oaoa crop in Sumter Oma The eufawd people an building a . . at 8tael Hills. T sai?lar Coma ? valuable deposit of Mlphv ku U? dieoorered on Mr. J oka Ball's plan tation near Due Weat. ' Mr. Joaeph Clark, of Lancaster, kaa invented aa envelope which can be open ed la a second without being torn. Judge T. H. Osaka, ia a speech at Cuasden, aaid that C. D. Melton was his oandidate for Governor ( That is one voteyoeitain. ^e Rev. Dr. Whiteford Smith will dedicate the new Methodist Church in Winnsboro' some time daring tho latter part of this month. An affray ooeured at Snipes'* Mill, Lancaster County, last week, in which Phillip Snipes and several other persons were seriously hart. Congressman Klliott is acting'as solic itor of tho fifth circuit, in the plaoe of Solicitor Ruokle. who goes North oa ac count ot ill health. A committee of the citisons of Sumter hare called upon the offioers of the Wil mington. Columbia and Augusta Rail road and hare procured a reduotiou of freights. The Conservative executive commit tee of Lancaster l-ounty have called a convention to moot on the 29th of Au gust, to nominate candidatea for the Legislature and forwuntj officer*. ? SILTEB LIKING. Democratic Victories la the Sontk. Raleigh, N\ C., August 7. Large Democratic gains are reported from every soction. Wake County has gone Democratic by a gain of some six hnndrod. The State has gone largely Democratic with almost a certainty of seven out of eight Congressmen. Those whose election is regarded as al most oertain are Jesse J. Yeatoa, first district; A. M. Waddell, third district; Joseph J. Davis, fourth distriet; A. M. Scales, fifth district; Thomas 8. Ashe, sixth district; Win. M. Bobbins, seventh district, and R. B. Yanoe, eight district. The second district, comprising the ooun ties of Edgeoombo, Wilson, "i^roen, Wayne, Swain, Jones, Craven, North hampton, Warren and Halifax, is known ss the ' black district," the negvoes be ing in the aaccndcncyJ>yA>etween 8,00(1 and 9,000 majority. The delegation irt^ I the present Congress stands five C crate nnd^rae Republicans, aud 1 en districts have Reeled Conner Oongrsmroeo, there will be a clear of two Democrats in the next ~ The Legislature is largely io, and there is great rejoiuiug and enthusiasm. Business is genorllly ponded, overy one being eager to obtain the latest news. WlMii?eTOft,N. C., August 7?11 p. *.* Returns received to-day from all over the State oonfirm last night's dispatches. The Conservatives have swept the Bute like a whirlwind. The LogUalin Is Conservative by a largely increased ma jority. Inthia, the fourth judicial dis triet, the majority for McKoy, the Con servative candidate for judge, will prob ably reach 600 or 700. The returns now a in are all oae Way, aad it is un to estimate correctly the major die State ticket. . It will proba bly reach 10,000. Ralbiqh, N. C., August 7?11 t. m. The Democrats have gained in every portion of the State, which hss gone Democrstie by from 10,000 to 20,000. Seven Democratic Congressmen out of the eight are elected, aad the Demo crats gain some twenty in the Legisla ture. There is great rejoioing in the city, speaking ia the streets throughout the day sad oannoa booming. Wake County has gone Democratic fur the tret timo ia fourteen yean. THE TURF, ,vr ' Botwlo, August 7?Moon. Magnolia won the first race, and Fred Hoopor theaeeond race, wionibg the third, ai/th and aereoth beat*. * Buttalo, Aagnat 7. Goldsmith Maid to-day, it the Park iaeea, beat bar own time, trotting a mile la S.I6I, the that eat time ever trot ted, aad Red Ooad trotted a Ileal in 1.18. rSSEmT iriTB Rifl Todbu, Raima*, A eg net? Among the -reaointiona adopted by tbe lmitpmdint State Contention waa that 8tatea bare tbe eaahmire to ooatroKheir own The agricultural labor straggla atfll noaHaaaa la KagUnd Sereral maaa M pho?phiit<? diggera la tbe ' rSSim ' bare eloaed their worka their maa ta ing tbe banuat. itrmera aay that >h<7 wM bare no diftcultj in g?uing ia the rear*a erafa wkbont Unto* ama. The leborera aa i wbole are lehrabty wefl br tbe naioa. Aram nf ara ?ooaaaa noiuufa aaa jaaa mob gi* aa to the naiaa by tbe geatieawatobe aaad tor ammi*vetfo* parpeat A i*r Am IfeaA b.. M imanta I. i\ If 91 Iwf nunWH VMffVMw mm% ii0W market on tbe tl* ultimo, aad aarmal an expected to fellow he of tbe It ia ramovod that tbe Oerataar ialead* la have Ma aaparila eiaetfeaa? th* for Cowm ofieer* oa tbe 2*Hh, of Oolobar, a^l that for Stair o4eera at I OfflUlAL TW LAWS #r THE STATE. of 187S-4. " An Act to Rsdnce AO Aeto and pari* of Acta Priding for the taw?I sod Taxation of Property into one Act tad to AatnJ the same. ^ [Cbnfinei] Section 8S. The reel estate ?f any suck beak or banking e?sclation shall be taxed in the plane where the same may he located, the mm at the reel aetata of ladlviduala. Sect leu 14. Tkoro shell, at all timss, bo ?opt in tko IMO Whore tko business of ouch bauk or hankfaw asaociation is traasnrted, n talland eorreetltat of the names and residence of (ko took holders therein, and tko number of shares M4 by each ; also a list of all per. sons, parties, corporations or afoats who nor w aay time hare any deposit, cither person al or general, in sock bank, which ?Mil he at all Uflfcn? 4nffaf bnsineaa hours, opea to Ike inspection oTaU State and oonnty officers wko are, Or nay be authorised to list or as ?ess the rains of suoh shares for tsxation. Section 85. It shall be the duty of the president and csshicr of every such bank or banking association, between the first of Ju ly and the (Wnbeth of August, annually, to make out and return, under oath, to the au ditor of the county in which sucli bank or banking association may be located, a full statement of the namos and residences of the stockholders therein, with the number of 'bares held by each, and the actual value, in moneys, of such shares, together with a des cription the real estate owned by said bank, ? Section 86. *n?s auditor of the county in whioh any lock bank or banking aasociation may be located, upon receiving the return provided tor in the thirty-fifth section of this act, shall deduct from the actual total value of the shares in any such bank or banking association, the appraised value of the real estate owned by such bank or bank or banking association, as the same stands assessed on the duplicate, and the remain. Jer of thaeetsl value sf such shares shall be entered on the duplicate of the county, in the names of the owners thereof, in amounts proportioned to.the number of shares owned by each as returned on said sworn statement and be charged with taxes at the same rate as charged upon the value of other property, at the place where such bank association is located. ? Section 87. Any taxes sssessed on any ?uch shares of stock, or the value thereof, in manner aforesaid, shall be and remain a ien on suoh shares from the first day of Ju y, M1 Psoh ysar, until such taxes are paid ; indj in case of the non payment of such axes at the time required by laW} by-iany ihsreholdsr, and after notice received of the :ounty treasurer of the non payment of inch taxes, it shall be unlawful for ths cash er, or other officer of such bank or banking k*social ion, to transfer, or permit to be ranstorred, the whole, or any portion of >f said stock, until the dellnqspat taxes hereon .together with the easts and penal i? tall ; and no livid end shall be paid on any rtock. to 4o ?oquent, so long as such taxss, penalties and or bannag association may be touted, the taxes that aay be asMased upon its stores as aforesaid, in the hade of Us shareholders, respectively, and deduct the same ton aay dividends that mmj be due, or may hereafter beoomedus, or aay such shares, or deduet the sams from any fends In its possession belongiag to any shareholder, an atoreeaid. Section 89. If any hunk at banking asso ciation shall tail to make out and taraiah to the oonnty auditor thsstatsment required by the 86th section of this net, within ths time herein required, It shall be the duty of said auditor to examine the books of said bank OT banking association ; also to sxamine aay offioer or agent tkercof, under oath, together with such 'other persons as be may deem proper, and make out the statement re quired by mid 85th section, and enter ths value of said shares on the duplicate tor taxation. Any Bank offloer toiling to make out and tarnish to the county the statement or wllltally making a false statement, as re quired in this net, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, together with all ooets and expenses incurred by the auditor or other proper officer In obtaining suoh Statement {foresaid. Section 40. All incorporated banks and bankers shall annually, between the 1st of July and 80th of August, make out and re turn to the nnditor of the proper ocunty, un der oath cf the owner or principal offioer or manager thereof, a statement setting forth : 1st- The average amount of Botes and bills receivable, discounted or purchased in the course of bualusss by such uninoorpora tsd bank, hanker or bankers, and oonsider od good and collectable. 2nd. The average amount of acoounts re ceivable. 8d. The amount of oash Items In possess ion or In tmnsit. . 4th. The nverage amount of all kinds of stocks, bonds or evidences of indebtedness held ss iavsstment or In any way repreeeat ?th. The average amount of real estate, Its assessed value tor taxation. 6th. The average amount of all deposits made with them by other parties. 7th. The average amour t of aeeouats pay able, eaeluelvs of current deposit acoonots. 8th. The average amount of government sod ether securities, specif/lag the kind that ate exempt from taxation. ilk. Th* amount of capital paid In, or employed in such banking business, tegeth es with ths nan her of aharee or proportional i shareholder or Vtam the aggregate sum of the first Are it saw above enumerated, ths said auditor ?halt deduct the agxr^^ate sum of ths fifth, caih and sight Hems, and the re tkna obtained shall be entered ef the county la the hunker or bankers, aad shall ha astaased and paid, the as Is provided tor ether property ss and kaxed in the sa*e city, ward, 41. The eecaaas provided tor In Ik# moiion by K TflR OAZBTTE A - Qelegenheit. '4 Dottaa," Oapt. "The Georgia Gin." Wt I|tii call tho H?H? of tk?w with* out OIKS to tho ibon Gia. We hare told them for leren jHit, tad the uaiTeroal Mt isfactioa they hare (im ud the largely in_ creased deaud nd nil each jht, is the boot evidence of their aorlu. Wo believe they wfQ GIN FASTER. MAKE A BETTER LINT, RUN LIGHTER AND GIN CLEANER, thaa uy other Gin la the market. Order early, of LORICK 4 LOWRANCE, Ageats for 8outh Carolina. CLOTHING REDUCED "WJK7"E OFFER THE BALANCE OF OUR W Stock of Summer Clothiag AT Cost. White and Buff Suits; also, Alpnca Coat* and Ve*t*, Cotton Suits, At., Ac., at S. A. BENJAMIN'S Jnl29t^ One Price Store. Don't! Don't! Dont! DON'T WTIAT ? Why, dou't pay double prices for Dry Goods when you can gel the rery best good* for the very lowoot prices, at the cheap store of F. B. ORCHARD & CO. STOP! ITIM STOP! 8T0PWIIAT? Slop buying from tho*r stores where you aro compelled to pay high prices for inferior articles, and only par chase your goods of the now store of F. B. ORCHARD & CO. RUN ! RM ! RUN * RUN WHERE ? Run and look at that largo and varied lot of Ladies' Hats tint bas just beeu opened at the popular establish*? ment of ' F. B. ORCHARD & CO. Jul-29 Mo. 189 Main Columbia, 8. K "* M BtSSELL, DENTIST. Broad Street, CAMDEN OrricB ovr-B W. >L Aiwwt'i Jrotl. NEW FLOUR! KEW FLOUR!! SUPER FAMILY FLOUR. EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR. SUPER FLOOR. Ground from New Wheat, CAMPSEN'S mills. For sale ?t extremely Ion prices, by mm A QABLAlfD. NEW STOCK OP Spring & Summer GOODS, AT J. W. McCDRRTS. The rabaoribet is junt in receipt of a large and well-eeleotod stock of DRY GOODS, W&UWT, ' DOMESTICS. YARNS W *. FANCY GOODS, Jta., Which 1m oftin at low rate* to eanh 'bjraqrl J W. MoOTJKRY " la afw tartaf ?mI Um ? a ?a 1 6 f *. to ? ittaKjrtt!!'s .".M ?^35 olww J V NOW OPENING! ?AN? HIM NEW STOCK ?OF? 8PRING & SUMMER * a o 90s Bought Since The DECLINE IN PRICES, y 1 <?? AND OFFERED VERY LOW. To which I Invito Attention. I endeavor to avoid that c)as?> of (jood sdcm>m ???Uh1 "eh?**." nnd in conse quent?, cannot soil the best quality f,>r the LOWEST PRICES. ?^CREDITS extended only ucdor special anaageiiK m*. W. L. ARTHUR. ? COLUMBIA HOTEL. FIRST CLASS HOUSE?83 pev day. A CHANGE of sianngLincist, ?uil many DOW*qu*m impr?>Tr??nts, tnitUes the pro prietors to otter to the traveling public more Lomfortrt aad conveniences than can t** *b tain??l at asj other houfc in the eiir. T ol ograph office. Bath nnd billiard Rooms m Lbc house. K*err attention guaranteed. -GORMAN &, CALNAN, tnhlBm3 Proprietors. We Are Satisfied With Small Prv&ttf. Ilcnuo our motto, 'Quick sales and saiaQ profits." . A GAiiLAND. CHEAP! CHEAPER!! CHEAPEST!*! Confections, Frmits, Cnnnod Goody, &c., Jic., cheaper than over, at K1RKLKY & GARLANDS nmjr "9 ? To the Public. fW^HE UNDK^aiaiiEl), HAVING ASt B 8U\1EL> ihr (irutaal Agrnry of th HOUTUERN I JFK lNHUftAKCE COMPANY for the 8utc of South Caronka, hog leave t? inform ?h?ir frirudi and the Wu.c pcnev. ally. that they h*T? opcued tb?|a ofhce <>v Main atrest, in the eity of foluniM^ \?h?n they will be ploa?ed st all tin/ea to me?i theV irienfe, and give euch inform*!ion na muy ba itwlaed, and to write lift policies off most nin>T?d plans, M well to at the luiiT ?took n(M. The very satisfactory and su atantiai eoodition of this ^rcat Southern i ?titaiion, with the prompt ami liboral min n?r wbteh ho* ?hardcteriiu<l it in flie ivijtli mentofitH losnee, should commend it to tht* highest consideration. respect and patrnnaee of the citizen* of Ho nth Carolina. Respect* fully, HAGOOD St TREUTLEN, General Agents for S. N. ft 8. BEARD, Auction & Common Merchant COLUMBIA, S. C. Actio Soda Water. The Artie Soda Water lountain i* now in operation, sod prepared to furnish* nil who desire it with this refreshing beverage. Thankful for the very libervl patronage l>e stowed nponus last as-won, vr? rwj^.ifiUij solieU A eontlnnance of the tame. ' ?* We are sapplied with a large varied assurtsaent of syrups, ho. KlRfmsri Off TRR m ALCOHOL, i* ret* tu 'i - ' ? \ TRIBOIE EMA, ML If. Fe? sent by Address