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JBLS1X?SS A 0 TICKS. Solwn inserted m (in dejwr\mmi et 15 ct?. a hue. Ljtcer rut ft <? parUet tcko advert it by contract. Thooe who are fond of i?<Wlfiag i* S*ur Krout u? invited to c?ll at D. C. Kirkl^y'a, where tkey will ftnd e freeh Mtppljr. Picklod Mullet, one of tbe moot'tewpiiag ?disbee etui bo had at D. C. Kirkley'a. Have you ever tried it T insure your property in the Royal Cana dian fire lna.tranae company, represented in Camden by Frank P. Beard, General In surance Agent. AU pajtfics indebted to the GA ZETTE will consider this paragruph personally addressed, asking settlement We cannot '.. y* indulge. T?CorrwjMo9oDii. " All communication* fur this paper abould .be aooompunlod py the nune ol ine author ; .not neoeaaarlly for publication, buiMtn ev idence of good (kith on the part of the writer. Write oul yon on* ?lilo of lU* proper. Be par ticularly careful In giving Mkim and date*, <to havethe letter* plain and dlrtlnct. ^ I. ? 0. P. The regular raoetlnx of Kermhaw Ixxlgc No I, I. O. O. P.. will be bold on Friday evening next, at Odd Fellow*' Hall.on Broad Htroet 'clock W. R. McCRKIOUT, N. a. Shiver, Secretary. IVAV, ??W it 7m o'? Z. U. h Wkci Bills Are I>uc, Alt bllla for advertising lo this paper are 4u? on the ttrst tcpearanoe of the advert Ue .tuent, except wf.en otherwise arranged by foontraot, and will bo preaentod when tho tiuoney la needed. LOCMi AFFAiaS. ~ fBANK P. BEARD, Local Editor "A chiefs a4Hye * Udtb* notes, An' faith, he'll }>rent 'em." \ ? Court. ^ Bad roaJ.i. -Court week. Moonlight nights. IFarm work la backward. Prep ark your gardens. Read every Hue ou this pago. The odor of guano will aoou fill the .air. The 17th of March ia St. Patrick's Pav your taxes to tho Hampton gov ernment. Tux population of Camden is incrcas ing. The proceedings of court will bo pub lished next week. Items of interest are solicited from all part* of the county. Tuerr are four editors in Camden, .and not a bachelor among tliciu. * Buckwheat and sausage are not pen til ul. Saur Kraut, at 10 cents per pound, at D. C. Kirkley's, Agt. Have you paid your subscription (to the Gazette. - There are 3-451 taxpayers in Kershaw county. If you want to reach all olnsses of out poople, advertise in tho Gazette. So far, this Wintor has been a grand ' auccoss in point of unpleasantness. ?awrt?wn?,'*10suim HUI yyiniil, .at D. C. Kirkley's, Agt """ Youro shade triK? hnvo recently l??n planted in front of tho Baptist Church. ?f*' THKHK.irt a general complaint ut th? bad roads throughout tho county. Those who advertise tho m<?st liber ally are tho mosv liberally patronised. Too many sharUin business eat up sthc proiits of houoet tuen. We regret to learn that the annual ?"swear off" fever U loosening its hold. Insure your property in tho Boyal (Canadian Fire Insurance Company. Blank ?<iens fur advances and for rent may bo had at this office. ''Mind ' your own business" is a dend letter to far as tho maxim "applies to Camden. t-?' . * Send in your subscription to tho Ga 2KTTE, and get one of tho best papers in itho State. Only 82 a your, ? The firo dopaatment passed in roview before tho Mayor and Wardens ou laat Wednesday afternoon. Ninety dollars a year is about the average prica paid farm lubotei* this county. ? If you want puro Ilcrlong Cotton .Seed,,at 50cont? a burfUol, apply at this offioo. The board of county couimistnonors will bold ita next mooting on noxtgWed nosday, February 7th. The Gazette offioe belnjt *o1I fitted up, Job Work will bo executed in a skillful manner at low rates./ J Court oonvened yesterday, Judge Cnipenter [presiding. Splfeitor Aboey ifl present. ? . il "*.' Onljt a pint of blood spilled in front of tho DeKalb House yesterday moru log. ? -a ? Star Kraut. at 10 oents per pound, at D: 0. Khkley's, Agt "What'h the lata* style of fcstherst" is the Question that sgitutcs the pusslud Urain the fowale se*. H? who gots * citison jto subscribe "for a ncwupnpor confers a benefit upon the oomasnnity. Kvkrt dollar duo this oflco is neoded now. not those in arrears aiako an effort to pay at ao nearly day t % Hv?*ton* continues to arcar the aamo old hat,gustos though there hod boeo do eleotion. Now ia the whiter of oar disoontont; worked all sunnier and baroa't got a "Dams" will do no good in the streets just now. Aftsry po^Wlriaua might Jo] wall to inako a uoto oi this. Trsnaiont advertisements 1cf> st this office must be aecoropnnlud by tho cash to enanre insertion. ! Ot)R local editor hea n nacUiao rigged upon his worn) pile tli&t will, srnd the thief to the hsppy hunting irrouud, if boeoew fooling aronnf Ws he t'A WiaK son Maketh a glud father," M . 4 Ttt* pcetticat girl is Uowka was oat pros raiding last week. Dox't tverlnok yo?r Hampton tax. Pay it. aud contribute towards starving out the rugmea. Ayr young man is made better by a sister's love. The love of another fel low's sister will do. Col. 8. S. Solomons, of the S. C. B. It will accept our thanks for an ' annual" orer his road fer '77. ? Mr. Wad* IIamptok Mannino has bceu appointed private Secretary to Got. Hampton. You NO-man-deprived-of his-taxes, is what they ought to dub Chauibcriuin, the bald headed sachctu of the setcdowo tribe. That dear patron of the Qazette who proiniscd.to "liquidate" the next time he came to town, was iu town last week: but v e d d not sco him. II. Baruch has already xcccivcd the first invoices of his spring stock. Wo noticed sooio very pretty patterns of ?prints Miotig them. f ? Vf.uy little, so far, has been done in t ho way of taking liens by our mer chants. This is a favorable omen. Ws are in possession of a valuable recipe for causing the hair to grow 0u a bald head. Old bachelors Jwuh bald head* cao procure the recipe at a reduc ed prico. It would be n blessing if all the poo pie in the world had enough business of their own to attend to without bestowiug any attention upon that of others. Don't let babies bite India rubber or tbtfWnfilk f^oiu bottles through mouth pieces of tho tamo material, us io many eases tho rubber contains lend and other minerals of a poisonous cha racter. Wk would ngain request that adver-: tisempnts bo handed in by Monday 12 o'clock, at latest. Last week our paper waf delayed by important advertisements coming iu jubt as we were ubout going to press. The payment of the 10 per corit. Hampton tax poos vigorously on. Up to this writing 9001.05 have been paid in by 150 taxpayers. "Judomknts arc prepared for scorn crs, stripes for tlie bucks of fools," and everlasting damnation for him who pay eth uot for bin newspaper. It's astonishing what a heap of (rou ble it man trill raise in his family when ho utteiups to conceal a letter from his wife, especially when it is a scented ono. . Dr. Zkmp advcrtisi-s in this issue a validly of fresh garden seeds, onion setts, &o. Those who intend haviug vegetables this summer can find auy kind of seeds they want at his store. Tub rcully enterprising man is tho one who wakes business for himself in stead of waiting for others to make it for him, aud apply for his services. In a letter ruceived by a gentleman of this city liorn Judijo Ashboll Greeue, of Now Jersey, the writer says ' I have no doubt of Mr. TUJen's inauguration un der tho Edmund's bill." Ttrejutiall sura of two dollar*--wiU. jret ooo-of tho bcht wookly papers in tho ? fnw.4uum.--iUu-0 A-J '/ UTTE. ' No timo should now be lost by our formers. Plowing ba? bcoo greatly dt?. layed by the cold and wet wentln.r. To make up lost time, keep evorylbing iu motion. Laht Thursday was observed by (ho Kpiseopal church in cofntuetnoratiou of the conversion ofSt. Paul, whilo on his way from Jerusalem to Damascus. A certain young gentleman iu town has recently como into possession of n machine to make him rise early in the morning. It is u baby. We congralu~ lato him. Thr Stato Grnngo of tho Patrons of Husbandry will luoet iu Columbia on next Wednesday. Butter, eggs, chickens, corn, peas, dttfkg, turkeys, potatoes, eto. always find find randy sale at the Gazrttk offioo, %hen offered by delinquent subscribers. If you need cards, bill heads, envoi opea, letter heads, hand bills, wedding invitations ornnything else iu the print ing lino, plain or fancy, ooino to the Qa ZETTB oflioo. Cham it Cik lain has offered his rcsi dunoo in Colombia for sale, and tho Columbians thiuk he's going to leave them. Ttit chitons of Camden and Klrk wood should not bo slow to patronise tlip Dairy Farm of Mr. Miller Williams. Through his o^wvpriso nnd energy our oitixnns aro now enMod to proeuro fresh milk in any quantity at their doors otory morning. Wo liopo to see this now business made a perfcct success. Mr. John Civ-burn, a native of this county, but who hag been Tor the Cat two or three year* n eitiwn of meafltor, died on the 20th mat. He wai a man of flno trait* of character and endeared' himself to all with whom ho qame in oontaot. Wk havobeen requested to state that Pine Troo Pomoerutio Club will meet regularly horeafter on tho first Saturday in evory month. Rkmrmiif.r. wo arc fully prepared to execute nil orders for job printing at ?hort not co mid at tho lowest pricca. Wb have now one of the best appoint ed job pristing uifioea in ilio interior of the State, and oan turn out an neat worfc M can bo executed in the State. Give ?? a trial, and if we pleaae, then kocp vo?r money at homo by patronising hoate enterpriao. A Bark CiiANcr? Sealed proposala will b? reoeived at this offio front Trial Justicea between thia <Uto aad the 14th of February for the contract to collect all monoya due thia office by delinquent aubseribon Aa wo bave be twee* four and flvo hundroJ accounts of UtU kind, it will readily be seen thai there ia a huge bonanta in thia centraot. The ana ocaaful competitor will neceaaarily be compelled to emplov four or flvo aaaiat anta, aa the roah of dellquenta to nettle up their amall bill* will doubtless 1?e uo j>ree?'dentod. In fiew of tho want of oonfidenoo in husioeas cirolo*, we have agreed to plao-: tho bond* of tho Trial Justice at tke caajr flgur* of f 1,&0Q. A Candkn dry good* clerk, with a uobbu^busUche, says there ia an old * J^^Khia city who is hi the habit of asking ao maoy queaUoes, when buy ing anything io nit line, ti??C hit head fairly swims for an hour after abe k It wouldjoost a man over $5,000 to purchase the piano that "cinied off the honors" at the centennial exhibition. There are so many of them. ^ux>OE Townsknd has decided that the election fur oouuty officers in Novem ber last was legal, and has rendered judgment of ousters against the incum bents who havo becu holding over on the grouud that no lawful succeseers have been clected. John R Abuey.-^Esq., the newly elected Solicitor of the fifth circuit, is in utteudauco ou the Court of Sessions.? He is tx young lawyer of fino iatellout, and will doubtless rapidly achieve a high petition at the bar. Mr. W. D. Trauthani, ofltheJ?/oMrn?f, left on Monday inoruing for N. C. It is rumored that ho intends to bring somebody back with him ahd will tliero alter no longer be known ax a lonely bachelor. Gradually the editorial pro fession in Camden has "picked up," and we claim tlio honor of iuitiatiug the good causo. We hope to work our readers up to the importance oi furnishing their local paper the uews from their section, in the course of time, but nre satisfied that it is going to take a -great deal of good hard work on our part. If we could only get every reader to feel that it was his or her duty to inform us of all the news of iuterest then transpires in his or her section, that we would havo accom plished the desired end. Can't you, dear reader, help the good work along by seudiug the news each week. . Ark wc to havo any readings this season ? What has bccomo of the "Pennj Headings?" An evening spent how and then, tor tho mutual improve ment of all, would not only prove bene ficial but pleasant to all lovers of good reading. Mr. J. J. Richardson killed thrco turkeys ono <l.iy last week, which will ed over sixty pounds. Tho largest one was a finegoblcr with n beard over 12 inches long. Mr. it. killed two of them at the first shot and the thirrf at the next shot. Tiik commcrcid journals from all quarters unite in paying that the ?pros pects now for an amicable settlement of the l're-idcntiul controversy is having a fuvorabl ? influence in commercial circles in their roped ire localities, and that there ur; hut few merchants who are imt looking forward to ti brisk spring business. Farmkrs should novcr put off till to morrow tliat which cau b? done to.day Procrastination is tho thief of time. Feuccs, gates, out houses, wells, chicken coops, hog pens and many other things arc usually left out of repair until lie. ecsaity forces the farmer to look after theiu, and then plowing aud planting arc in sctisou. Tho conscquenco is, something is neglected, and the man is unhappy aud thinks this is a hard world to live iu. Tills is a good year for our people to mmiiimM .I'm in** vi'U i lia tl unusid v?>? and within their incomes. Credit will bo hard to obtain, and, consequent. Ir, more costly thuu usual. None arc so generous as not to take advantage of the market priec of every commodity. Credit is very scarce this year, and the hulis have decidedly the advantage. l*aj/ ctuh us you (jo. In these times, when all classes arc practicing economy, it inay bo well to consider tl?e best means to this end. Whatever tends to increase tradeor i-ave money, will eMioutially assist, and it is urged that a few dollars expended in judicious advertising will accomplish much. Threo or four lines, iu the coursc of a week may bring trade to the Value of hundreds of dollars during that time. True.?It cannot bo disputed that tho man who stops advertising tor the purpose of retronohing his expenses sue cecus in accomplishing hta objeot. At the same tiino nis receipts aro largely retrenched, enabling n material saving in clerk biro. If tho policy of retrench ment is nrthered to, ho will soon bo nblc to elude tlio payment of rent nnd annoy ances of conducting a business. , Oi'R city boasts n young analytical chemist who has recently become an anti-tobacco advocate. Inspired by the hot?o of doing something to check tho rapid and fearful growth of tho habit of using "the nasty weed," ho made nn analysis of a good cigar a few days ago, and gives this as tho result: A cigar contains acetic, formic, butyric, aleiic and propriouric aeidia, prussio acid, creosote, curbolio acid, ainmonis, sul phuretted liydrogen, pyridine, viridine, picoline and rubideno, to say nothing of cabbagino and burdoekic acid. And yot our young men will presixt in p\it ting such a conglomerated mess in their mouths I At tlio annual meeting of tho Vigi lant Fire Kngino Company, hold on lust Friday evening, I ho following oflieers wero elected to servo tho present year : ?W. i). Trantham, President; John MoO. Sinyrl, Vico President; W. T. Barrett, Secretary ; A. Kohn, Treasurer ; Directors, W. M. Hillings 1st, 11. It. ] Boykin 2nd, Joseph G ood ale3rd. B. O. Kennedy 4th. Chief -of Kir? Depart ment Brasington was present and made an urgent appeal to tho firemen to build up and maintain the firo department.? It is nnderttond that tho hall ofor 'he JMweuix Truck Houso Js soon to ho fit ed up for i he tr>co;io< n of both tho Vigilant and 1'hrcnix companies. U?kh;i, to Kvkuy Onr.?In no other way ean n p-rson get back so largo ft profit tor a very little m-Mioy, as to expend it in learning what to do, whon to do it, nml how to do it?in other words, to have hi* brains holp his hands. Hero is ono way to do this : The small wiving or extra production of less than half ? cent n day, or 3 cent* a week, will how procure a large, beau Iful, ohonp pupcr f>r oil of 1H77, splendidly illustrated, with over GOO fin* oViginal K'tgrHvin^fl, and over a thouaand col umns of the very b<*t plain praoicnl, trustworthy information shout the every day in door and outdoor work and uoiufort of #very home, in Country; Villago and fit?.* 8n<;h a Journal i* the American AgrioaWferlrtt, ao oaim-d b'-caiiM started H5 yearn ago as a rural jourool, but ainr? greatly enlarged and awprorcd to ittittha daily wants of It is pocked fall of useful information that every ope ought to hare. Many single hints and suggestions wiJ repay mors than a whole year's cost of the paper. Its original engraved plans for buildings sod improvements, with details of cost, etc., and commoii-seate directions, sro worth far more than's majority of the costly works on arohi teeture. The departments for House keepers and Children ate very useful and entertaining. In short, the Ameri can Agriculturist is full of good things, and ought to be in every house tho bad. The circulation is so large that tho Publishers can supply it at liltlo above the cost of the printing paper? or SI.GO a year, sent post paid; or four copies 85.40. Take our advice and send your subscription for 1877 (Vol. 38) to Orange Judd Company, 245 Brood way, New i'ork. You will find it pay, and pay well. Personal Mention. Mr. W. A. Clarke, a ruing young lawyer of Columbh, and Mr. K. J. Donaldson, rocciver of the Bauk of Camden, were iu town last week. Mr. Joseph Baruch, ''dot Ocr uiau vat you calls Joe," has executed au artixtie piecc of penmanship for the Lit* ly Fair Association, which it afforded us pleasure to examine. Tho work consists of the uiost difficult kind of penmanship and clearly indicates that Joo knows how to handle his pen ''in tho most ac complished stylo of the art." ' Mr. Titos. I. Jones left on Monday morning jus commercial agent and solici tor for tlie house of Sherwood, Karns Co., of St. Louis. Hev. G. W. Whitman, the new Pas tor of the Methodist church, preachcd both morning and evening, last Sabbath, to large congregations, lie is a young divine of much research and is a forcible speaker. We predict frr liirn a brilliant future of usefulness. LANCASTER ITEMS. Lancaster in looming up as a cotton market. The Court of General Sessions con vene* next Monday. Mr. Gaston, tho uew Solicitor, will bo on hand. There in a general complaint against the Town Council for neglecting to light up the street lamps. The old bvard of county commission ers failed to turn over tho hooks, &c., last week. The new board met nud a^? jourucd to ucxt Monday. The Sous of Temperance have fitted up the lull over Mr T. C. Welsh's store and will hereafter occupy it. The prospect that work on tho Cher aw nud Chester railroad will bo resumed at an ourly day, is good. A pmty of thieves entered the store of J. S. McCain, colored, one night last week, and stolo goods to the amount of thirty dollars. West Watereo Items OatR planted in sandy lands badly damaged. Those planted in stiff land arc doing well. yho wheat crop is iu fiuo condition/ ?. Farmers arc at work preparing for the next crop. The lands are ii> good con diliou, and ploughs are in operation. This section of the county was never iu a houltiiier condition. Not a single case of sickness reported. Doctors look blue. Our people ore determined to mail - tain the legally constituted government over which our Hampton presides.? Tlioy won't reeognizo the bald-headed earpet-ba?ger worth a cent. % Mr. Isoni Hinson, aged about sixty five, died last week. No schools in operation yet. Our people are looking forward to the inauguration ot Tildon ou the 4th of March. No marriages on docket, that wo can hear of. Our farmers arc going to eat their own "hog and hominy" this year, aud arc ahmidoning thu lean system and fertilisers. THE ( OTTON MARKETS. Camden, S. U., Jun. 30. No nnterial chango took plnco in quotations during tho week until to-day, whcu the market boeaino somewhat de pressed, prices ruling a littlo lower.? Good middling to day quotod ut 1 * o ; middling at 11) to 12c. II0T13L ARRIVALS. DkKald Hoiisr. ?8 M Mathis, J I Villepiguo, W 1) Hannifin, F C Ituntin, 8 ifcltxhoovar, W M Graham,* F Pit" mnn, Robert Fimie^nn, Dr. J J Horton, C 8 Barrett, W l"' Barrett, G W Gar land, 11 VV Powell, M Sinclair, J Mc Clair, A 8 Abofnothy, Win Younees, It () Kennedy, R J Donaldson, W A Clark, T II Clark, J H Cunningham, .John 8 Rosier, Jas C Howell, W Ro sier. J K Bosely, K M White, J G Dickson, Wni Greftg, A D Jonea, R R Jones, W A Cunningham, C W Klliot, (^?pt Skinner, L li Coone, R R Carpon ?vr, J l* Carponter, John li Ahnoy, So licitor 5th circuit, I) II Reed, 10 M Rrayton. CONSIONKKS PKlt 8. KXIKE88 Co. Henry 8ttirke, Jr., N rt H CliafTee, John \V Haw kind, K 1* Sliodd, J J i'liiinor, T N rfiool, F 8 Hvam.4, K H (liintcy, S'mo r# Moore, J 1) Kennedy, Mr* Goorgi&na DouultiM, J 8 Gardner, W A Lucas, IMiillip Cautlten. I) G La nier, Mis Mary A Kotvltfr, John Hren Imin, Thos J Itoovon, Benjamin West, Nathaniel Williams, Mrs. M J John?on, Tritntlmnt & liny, W 8 Brewer, P I) (jiuiiliur, li (J I'uysear. 11YMENK AL, TRl) ft*I)KT.T.?TKUKKDF.M..? On ilto Ifitli iift., by Hot. A..S. WllMford, Mr. W. V. TIM KSDKM.lo M1m JUf.IA TUIJKH ; nil of Korahnw. Mansion House, Mnln Htrcot, Columbia, H. C. rpltlM UOtTHE t* now wndy fnr the nrewt 1 mtxUllun of truimletU ?ml i>erm?u?itt iVvtittn# ?vn?l l-'urnlture nil nfw. Hwirti* con vonlrnt iturt AmnfortAblG. Currtiure* In conntv?t4?m wtth thr floii*o. d?Wl K. N. UOWUANCK. ALL ABOUT THE STATE. he Her. Paul Derrick died at Lcx" ir.g ja on tho 16th instant. i ourt convened in Kingatree, on Monday. the 29th iustaut. 'i ho grangers design starting a co epe itive store at At beville. *lhe bad roads make it iuipo*siblo to haul more thaa two bags of cotton to tho wagon into Newberry. Blr. lloddon Beasly, an old citixcn of Timmousvillc, died ou tho 10th instant, aged 73 years. Mr. J. II. Richardson died of heart disease Dear Gibson's Bridge, Aiken County, aged about 55 years. Thor? are thirteen inmates of tho Abbeville Jail at present, all oolorcd.? xney oo^t tiie county forty cents a day. * Tbo Herald, at Ninety-8ix, has been renvoi. Captain Jatnea Rodders, Jr., has charge of the businosa department. The uavio of the editor is withheld. MulHus' gave ilampto-i the largest majority at the lato election, and has paid moro than tiie 10 per cent contri bution called for. Mr. A.. Witcover, ot Marion, vr .s ^Kk..,4 v-:-!? * ?wwvi 11iuuj , iiauuary io. His store was broken iuto, aud valuables, stock, etc., curried off amounting to $500. Mr. ? Allen Heugan, of Abbeville county, an old and respected citizen, died at his home on the 7th inst., in the scventj-fourth year of his age. A colored man was deliberately shot and kiHcd in Clarendon County, not far from the Williamsburg line, lust week, by another colored man. Cause?a vfo man. Tho murderer escaped. Mitpr Julliua Mills, special tax agent at Chester to receive tho contribution called for by General Hampton, opened his office Monday, January 22, and in two days, despite the unfavorable weath er, ovor 31,000 was received. A written demand was made on Mr. IT. B. Whites, Special Tux Agent, for Newberry Couuty, by cx-Auditor Wil liams,>to return the books, or take the consenuenoes. .Mr. Whites is now ta king yio consequences in the shape o! taxes,through the couuty. The complaint as to the condition of tho ronds throughout the State is geno nil. The recent heavy snowrf and severe Creeses, followed by frcqueut rains and wurui weather, have rendered the high ways almost impassible, and pontoons arc spnken of. The residence of Col. Tlios. i'errin, at Abbeville, waseutered Muiidavmiirht January 22, and rubbed of a number ol article*. Daniel (Jowun, a colored man, wan Junpected and his house 'so a relied, resulting in tho discovery of the missing article;. Cowun is in jail. Twouty-two teacher's certificates, eighteen white nnu four colored; have been i^uod this year by the board of ex aiuin&i of Al?bovill*j ccunty. Tlio nu swirs *>f some of the would be pcJago t^ucfl Are Raid to havo boon Yery amu sing though not iustructivo. NORTH CAROLINA. <t Cuiholio Church has Loco (.ud at (jroensboro'. Cupo Fcer they steal cotton by A nc^ro was urrosted at ;ton, the other day, with a boat iVuutccQ boles. freshet ia Capo Fcai tlicro had foot above the' end ther* v** River, %oo, is overflowing its banks 1aoi;s. \ Wilmington papers arc in mourn >1. Strunge, tho distinguished > died thee of apoplexy on lay. ft Notice. Tli? firm of McUREERY.-LOVE & CO. is this iiity dissolved Hy mutual consent. THOMAS A. McCREERY and UARRIE B. McCltEEllV are authorized to close the busings, and will sign in liquidation. All person* owing said firm are requested to moke immediate payment, and all* to whouMlhe Arm Is indebted will please pre sent their accounts at once to the above for paywint. THOS. A. MoOREERY, AVM. 1). LOVE, RAUHIE McCREERY, January 2, 1877. Notice of Copartnership. Tli<S business heretofore conducted under the firm name o( McCREERY, LOVE CO. will l? continued by Thomas A. McCrkkry and Barrie McCrkkry, under the ftim name.of McCREERY & IIBOTHER. Tliiy will keep tlicir usual full slock < f Dry woods, Roots, Shoes, Hutu, &o., which Ihoy Will sell at tlie lowest possible pricee for cash. Thfclr facilities for buying will enaM? them to otfer unprecedented bargains ir everything they keep, andjby honorable an<! fair dealing they hope to receive the liberal patronage heretofore enjoyed by their pre decessors. Mr. 11. A. Rawl* and Mr. W?. Horka> have on interest iu the business, and will be g)?d to ace their friends ?ien in want o: goods. McCREERY Si RROTIIER, Crand Central L>ry Goods Establishment. jaQlO-ml * ( olumbia, M, C. 1 Dr. Zemp TlKOS TO CA 1,1, ATTKNTION TO IIIK Inr^tanU carefully nclvMeil mUwIc of DRUGS AND MEDICINES ! Ml" "took In mndo up of the bost nn<l purest , oon?!>tiiiK It) part, or Drtiga, UedlolnoM, ( oil", Paint*, Dyo SI ll(I'm, OIUttHH, rutty Turpen lino, Koupft, Fnrtey Toltet Arllelon, Choice Perftimory. Urnpn, Hur.ters, I'atonl Medicine*, Tru*??, Hook?, , Stationery Paper, Envelop?*, Fancy Candle*, nr PH YMIf!I ANH'""PIIK.^('HIPTI()NH ac curately compounded, anil millctM from ?ll part* of the country. Statu Frank P. Beard NOTARY PUBLIC [Om? of KKRflffAW 0AZKTTK.1 Husine** animated to bin cure will h promptly and faithfully executed. Attenlio given to noting protexta, Inking rennneiatio of dowor, and ai! mn't?r? pertai ning to h ollloe. fe23 A IO adwyathntne. A*ent? wanted. Out ^ I 4 lit ?nd ternti rre?. TltUK A Co., An* iiiImw, Maine. H.BARUCH offers Goods as cheap as to tbey cob ^bc bought anywhcro in this country. C?ll ao<2 price them. Politics and Business Just at this time, the entire State is at the height of exciteirent over the probable election of Wade llainptou as GOVERNOR The people are thoroughly aroused to the necessity of electiug him to .occupy the gu bernatorial chair and to restore the one? proud name of our commonwealth to her former high position among her sister states. To this end, the people, with one accprd. hare resolved to put down radical rascality and its prime leader, Governor Notwithstanding this fact, J. W. McCur ry, who has just returned from the North (where he bought up the largost and best assorted stock of new and desirable goods which U has ever boen his pleasure to offer to the public) intends tcksew that his custom ers shall ba*u the benefit of the low prices at which he bought them- Tho rumor thai a prominent citixen of Camden had beea UTI? Would no dotfM cause grt>at excitement among tho people, but the rush ami excite ment of eager buyers at J. W. MoCURKY'S popular store eclipses any event of that kind which might take place. BY THE Experience of a long mercantile career, 1 have bc?n enabled to buy my goo>ls at the very closest figure, and atn determined that buyers shall have all the advantage. It is well known thai the RADICALS have lielJ power in tlic state for (lie pa* nine years, l>ni this will not dctor tnc front selling p)D-ls sit ante bellum prices. A oorJiul invitation is cstctnletl to my frieii'ln and the public lo cull inul inspect my Mock. k J. W. McCurry. F. W. WINC, Manufacturer of DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Door and Window Frames, Plain & Matched Lumber, Flooring, Celling, Fenco Rails, Pickets, Moulding, &c.,&c..&o. ? COLUMBIA, S. C. TAYLOR IRON WORKS Manufacturing Co., Manufacturers and Doalcrs in MARINE, STATIONARY", AND portHblo Engines & Boilers, Oftsrtlxx&si Of every Description in Iron and Brass, Saw Mill MacMnery, Cotton Presses, Gins llailroad, Steamloat, Machinists, Engineers an 1 Mill supplies. Iter iron, Bolt Nuts, Packing. Pelting. I.acing, &c. Special atten tion given to building and repairing boilers. Itepairs execute?! with promptness nnd des^ patch, flrnfral Office, W'ork Shop* ami Siiji /ill/ Store, t.'ii*t liny, Corner J'ritchard Street, nov ^tf CHARLESTON, S. C. DEKALB HOUSE. J. W. 1101)0 Kits, Superintendent. Ontulcn, S. (j. Table supplied with the best the mar kcta afford. (ioofi* accommodation* for man and boost. Karo from 81.50 to 82 f)0 por day. nllKONiei.K A HKNTINKI, In puhlimiod O Dully. Trl-wopUJy kiiiI \V<'okly, at Aukuh ih, (!?., ?Jf Wnhh NV11 Kull t<?loicr?i>h!o dlnpntohcn Irom i? 11 point*, f<nipnl i?n<t m>m nrouritto mnrketroportn. Intorest iir and reliable oof re*pondcn<-<' from itn i.n.t' of (loorgln, Mouth furolltm, And Wimiili g mi Clly. <J<x>rgla ?nd Mouth Cnr ollnA Nn*?? Rpeolaltjr. Daii.y, onn yrnr, $10.00; six month*, Sfi.oo. Tkj-wk.f.ki.y, oho year,Sft.00; *U month*, 12..*). Wkkki.y.ooo yenr, OT.<*>; ?lx uionthH, $1.00. "^ed Oats. bubiibIj8 REL) nupT li""V PROOF OATS on hand ami tor saIo bj. HOLL1NOM Xi PAOB. nolfitf NOTICE. All persons Imishled. to th? Int? firm of llodgn.in h Dfllhp are renpect fully request ed to nettle with the un<ler?igne<l, who ha* purchased tlia eutire iiiterentn of the firm. s?20tU? V.J. DUNl.Al'. Toliho Ladies. My *toelt ofT iilot Powder*, Lily White, ke., U coinpleioanJ at trad ire *e20tf C. J DUN LAP. 1 BARUCHS Hat Department is replete with "NOBBY STYLES. Bujs them direct lrom manufacturers audjcao^thereforc sell them cheap. C<v]l aud see. H.BARUCH OFFERS TilK Largest and Most Complete Stock of BOOTS AND SHOES, And Joc?, without a doubt, Bell them cheaper than any other house. A FINE SI OF DRY GOODS NOTIONS AND HOSIERY, "Embracing all the newest productions. Also the best brauds of BLACK ALPACAS ou"cxhibition aud offered very cheap 11, Blltllfll, GLiOTHIinsr Q FOK Men Youth's and Boys In Rest Qualities and styles, and ex* ccediugly cheap at H. BARUCH. Look to Your Interests. Our merchantsare certainly losing heavily In their profits by not getting their Cigars rucI Tobacco from MetiKrx, Perry <fc Hlawson, wholesale dealers, Colunbla, 8. C. They are fur ahead of any House In the State In this line. Their heavy ahlpments of Chewing Tobaeco and the demand for th(^xo dime (.r>o.) cigars aresutnelent proofs of this. Con sumers ask for Perry ?t Mlawson's cigars. THE GAZETTE OFIC IS cftpahlo of promptly and neatly execu ting all styles of J t>li PRINTING ut the lowest rates. VISITING CARDS BUSINESS CARDS WEDDING CARDS, BALL TICKETS, CIRCULARS RECEIPTS, CHECKS. INVITATIONS, HANDBILLS, # l'f ?STERS, DATES, DODGERS, PROGRAMMES. [n short, we have the presses mid material for tilling any ordvr which may he given us I Wo solicit a trial. New Arrivals. Cod Fish, bologna Sausage, French ('undies, . New Unisons, New Figs, Kmokcd Herring*. NUTS of nil kin.If., at r?o22tf 8. A. BENJAMIN'S. A FULL LINE, or nil (he popular P.1TENT MEDIC'INKS and l'ills always on bund nt se20tf C. J. DUNLAP'S. Private Boarding-. Having taken possession of the larpe and comfortable resilience at the corner of Do Kalh ami Market street)", 1 am prepared to roceive permanent hoarders A few transient hoarders will also he received. Tables furnished with the host fare, and guests receive attention from a corps of po lite servants. JOHN (IANTF.Y. January 20. If. BOOZER & WRIGHT, ^Silicon Denis's JfelT" OfTic? opposite I lie Columbia Hotel over DnfHo'n Book Store, COLUMBIA, 8. C. n.I>. Ttno*ga On. O. F.H. Wrioht j! y'28y I &'? ?BJenanflcri PHOTOGRAPH Kit, fins reopened bit* flallcry, corner I'rond end DeKalh Atreet*. Thntikfiil for pa*t pntronftjee, solicit* * eontlnwinoe of the eam-v nnd promisee en< lef.to.tion both in ctylo ?n<l price. octl 1-tf H BARUCH * OFFERS THE FINEST STOCK o r . Gents' Furnishing 6oeds ' in Camden. Gents White Dress Shirts, Woolen Jt Merino Undef%x?t, HOSIER Y, GLOVES, SUSPENDERS, HANDKERCHIEFS, NECKWEAR. TI?o Celebrated New Ideo Shirt at $1.25, which eaps the climax. WIDE BELTS. LARGE COMBS, NECKTIES, RUCHINGS, LACES, HAMBURG EDGINGS, INSERTIONS, LADIES LINEN CUFFS, COLLARS. TABLE DAMASK, DOYLIES, * NAPKINS, TOWELS, SIURT FRONTS, RIBBONS. JET JEWELRY, HAIR NETS, Real Ilair Switches, aro offered ?ia large quantities at H. BARUCH'S. NOT CE TO THE LADIES The Celebrated Custom Made Shoes of T- Miles & Son, Philadelphia, For Ladiest'and Children. The most popular make in^thcUuited States, arc'sold by H. BARUGH. TIIK subscribers continue to keep ft ftill assortment of COFFINS AND GASES, CONSISTING or Pino, Poplar and Walnnt, At Prices Ranging from three to Eighty Dol lars. ALSO Metallic Burial Cases, From Twenty-five to One ITundred and Ten Dollars. FUNERALS attended with promptness. Or 'ers bromptly attended, at any hour day or night* ? ??? K. J. MoCRKIGHT & SON. o2yl . Undertakers W. W. WHILDEN & 0., FA C TO R 8 ANI) ?Elt'ARL C T/ MISSION MERCHANTS * * Marshall's Warf, East End Calhoun St., ?Cotton Ofiice, No. 3 central warf, Charles ton. S. C. W. W. WHILTIEN. i. r. BttOCKINQTONj Q. T. WniLDKN iur 17m3 " Tit &OA per day at home.* Ha tt '>> worth 31 free. 8TI THON Co.,I'ortand, Maluo. ENCOURAGE HOME PEOPLE AND HOME ENTERPI8E. CHOUGH 8. HACKER k SON'S ^AOTOR Y, CHARLESTON, S. C. The only Door, Sash and Mind Factory owned and managed by a Carolinian in Charleston. Always on hand a large stock of Doors, Sash, Minds, Mouldings, Brackets, Scroll and Tnrned Wor* (Mtevery description. Clius White Leads and Builders' Hardware ut manufacturers' wholesale prices. I'Uned C. and T. flooring, ceiling xind lining hoards delivered in Camden hy carload at low rates. se'22y 1 Iimui HOUSE Bar and Billiard Saloon. I oVF.Hn of fdlllnrrin nro InvJtfKl to 1l?o ill tlio l><'Kiilb llllllnrcl Hw !?><>?>. |W well w Mi fixture* And liquor* I of ill I k IiiiU. Hf^rp you run gt>i MINT .Hn.H'H, COCKTAILfl, MILK MJNCHER, liOTTI.RK SODA WATER, Frcthclt'iinri CooleM rmrinnnttt Beer, nml nil kind* of Fancy Drinks. Prepared In th? mnil *rt!*llc m*nn*r. m (1AKR of *11 n? d *n ***<r..-0 ment of choice chewing tol.ncco.