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"lirk, THB0WNKR8 OP THE 0MXIBU3SES
T y*- Tunning to and from tb$ depot, feel compelled
lo advance our rates, as our expenses are much heavier
than heretofore. From this date the
. F re witliiu the Town will be 75 cts.
Pare to Kirk wood ' $1 50 cts.
- ' f J. K. WiniEKSPOON.
? ' K. G. ROBINSON.
April 10 5
KTotio?.
A LL GUARDIANS, TRUSTEES, Ac..WHO ARK
i\ by law required lo account annually to the Corn t |
of Equity fur Kershaw District, S. 0., will pleaso tile
tlwir returfis with the Commission! r of said court, on
or before tho 23d d <y of A prit inst. Rules will ho
issued against all defaulters immediately alter tho
? expiration of said day.
WM. R. TAYROR, C. E. K. D.
Commissioner's Office, April 6, A. D., 18G3.
April 10 2
NoticeA
Hi PERSONS WHO H A V'K CLAIMS AGAINST
the estot* of WM. KIRKIjAKD, deed., will
plense present the same, duly attested, to one of the
uttdersignod, qualified Kxccut rs. on or ???.f re the
first day of May next, or this notice will be p end d
in bar ot payment of same. All persons who are in- |
debted to said estate will please make i avmcnt to one
of the undersigned, Executors-aforesaid, at an earlv
dor. Wk. R. TAYLOR,
JOHN KIRKLANE),
.r SKPH K. KIRKI.AND.
April 10 .3 Executors Wm. Kirkland.
ftTATKJUEM'rOf
the Condition of the Lynchburg Hose and Fire Insurance
Company, on the \st day of January: 18G3,
made in accoI dance with the law of the State of
South Carolina,. '
1ST. THE NAME OF THIS COMPANY IS "THE
LYNCHBURG HOSE AND FIRE INSU RANGE
COMPANY," and is located at Lynchburg, Virgini r
2d. The amount of Capital Stock is $200,000 00
3d. The amount of Capital
Stock paid up $100,060, 00
Amount of bonds for
Stock 99 0-10 00 200.000 09
4th. The Assetts of the Company consist of
1st. Amount of cash on hand,
and in hands olagents $ 45,078 03
2d. Ileal Estate ' None.
3d. Amouut of Bonds ownod by
Company?see above 99.940 00
4th. Amount of debts duo Company,
secured by Mortgage
on Real Estate, worth doublo
the amount secured 65,232 25
5th. Am untof debts otherwise")
secured?Rills. Notes, Ac.. 1 91,292 36
6th. Amount of Debts for premiuins?part
of the above. J
7th. Amount of all other securities,
viz:
Par value, Market value.
1st. Boftd of the Confederate
States of
America $56,000 00 $56,000 00
2d. Stock of the Cit.
S. Bank, Lynch?
burp 2,000 00 4,000 00
3d. Mortgage Bonds .
ofVa.& T. U R 12,000 00 12,000 00
4th. Mortgage Bonds
Orange A Alex.
Railroad 25,000 00 25,000 00
6th. Bonds of State of
Tennessee 20,000 00 20,000 00
$116,000 00 $117,000 0f?
Total $418,512 71
5th. The amount of the linbili ies of
tho Company to banks and
other Creditors $ 65,229 23
6th. The amount of Losses adjusted
and due 3,718 25
7th. The omount of I.ossed adjusted
and not due 1,000 00
8th. The amouut of Losses unadjusted!
Sth. The amount of Losses in suspense, j- 39,008 OS
waiting proof )
10th. The amount of nil other claims
againsf tho Company, (un
paid dividends, ?c.) 27,983 66
Total. s $136 940 24
lltli. The greatest amount issued in
an}' one risk $12,000 00
12th. No limit as to city, town or village
13ih. Not ovt-r $12,000 to beexposed
to loss hv one firo
14th/ For Act of Incorporation, see
ofllc'alc py of set marked
"A." tiled with former
Statement, since which
tiitie;. no alteration has
been made therein
Amount of P;einlums Received
duringtheyenrendingSlst
Deeemdor, I8G2 101,78166
Amount of Losses paid during
the year ending 31st December,
1862 61,195 32
Amount at Risk on 31st December,
1802 4 968 681 09
"We hereby certify, that the foregoing statement is
substantially true and correct, to the best of our
knowledge and belief.
JOHN ROBIN McDANIEL, President.
C. T. WILLS, Secretary.
W. D. MoDOVVALL, Agent.
April 10 2 Camden, 8. C.
! KERBS!
1 A AAA P0UNDS G00D CLEAN LINEN
and Cotton Hags wanted immediately
at the Confederate Office, for which the highest market
price will lie paid. "
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Negro to Hire.
\NO. 1 FIKLU HAND WILL BE HIRED FOR
tile present your. Apply to M. BAUM St BROS.
April 10^ v
Country Bacon.
TV"ew COtJNTRV BACON* FOR SALE AT THE
1> "Old Corner" by E. VV. BONNEY.
April 3 I
i
Furniture for SaleA
LARGE LOT OF ^KOorfD II aN'D FURNITURE
will lie eoM on '( hur tlay morning at 10
o'clock, at lite Store of Mr. James -McEvvax, uu Main
Street. .. ?- v>; .
Apri' 3 1
pnr 1 a.
* V* ?V M JLXS '
A neat and commodious cottage, sit4JaT
icd in a de>irab.e part ot thu town, which I
will be sold lor cash. Oil the lot?containing two
acres, more or loss?are all nece-aury ? ut-buildiiiKH,
good V\ c I of Water, the place under good fence. For
further information, apply to WM JOHaSON.
March 2u. * 3
South Carolina^-Kershaw District.
Office of Common Plena and General Sessions.
IW. CLYliURN, ? LEIIK t>F RAID COUNT,
^ in pursuance of the directions of the Act of the
General Assembly in such case made and provided
do hereby give public notice that an election tor Ordinary
for Kershaw District. So .lit Carolina, to till the
unyxphed term ot A m. M. millock, deceased, the late
incumbent will be holden v>u Tuesday, thu 21st day
of April next, at the usual places of election throughout
tue s i d District
Witness ujy hand, on this tne seventeenth ot March,
A. D. 1803. W'Ci.YbUttN,
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ADiai^ivnurrEsts *OTI
PERSON'S HAVISO OLA IMS AGWNSTME.
as Admiivstr.iter of John Kelly, do-'d. present
ti.em 1 o Wm. M.MJAKXOn, Esq . who will pay them.
March 27 2 J. It S-, DYE, Adm'r.
For Sale,
A VERY LIKELY ROv ?TWENTY-THREE OR
four years old?accustomed to tv rk nhout a
liou-o mid yard. Mid >8 also an excellent lield hand
Apply at tins office.
At arch 6 3
Notice.
PERSONS II WING DEMANDS AGAINST THE
under igncd are icqne.sled to hand them in for
payment us early as poss.bio.
March 6 E W. BONNET.
Embroideries
TN COLLARS, UNDERSLEAVS, EDGINGS, AG.
also Black and White Bohinets and Illusions
Chendle Cards, Dross Triniminfcs, Fnncv Buttons, sunshades.
Muslin Curtains. Ladies white Kids. Black and
White silk llose, Ac., for salo at the Ohl Corner, by
E. W. BONNEY.
March 20
Alabama
Fir? Insuranco
COMPANY.
r|^HE Undersigned, as Agent tor trie above SouthI
ern Insurance Company, is prepared to issue
policies of Insurauce against loss by Firo 011 all Build J
ings, Ac.
November 1 W. L^DePASS.
Notice.
The stage fare to Lancaster will be
raised to ?5 Ob a scat, and thirty pounds baggago
allowed.
Volunteers going or returning, will be charged
$:i 00.
Any package to or from volunteers Vill be taken
and forwarded free of charge. All others must bo j
pie-paid. MoClTRRY k H AMMERSLOUG1I. I
November 7
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PliOtlAMATKON.
STATE OF SOUTH CVttOLINA. , ?
KXECLTIVK IWWRT.MKXT, \ 1
coi umuia. Mareh 18. 1803. ) , j
TVHFnRAS I AM CREDIBLY INKOIIVED ,
V ? tlmt large quantities ol provisions are being i |
exported from tl< a Mate lor the purpose <?f-peculation. ; ?
b\ reas ?u whe oofthe p ice ofpr..vis oijshas beeutnlioh i
enhanced, to the #great discomfort of' the citizens of j |
the btutt*; and whereas the present supply :s deemed
itnpor not for the subsistence of the people and the 1
a"ldiers of the' oufoderncy. - , < > t
Now, therfore, 1, M(i.LEPQ1S L. BONMAM, Governor
of bout It Carolina, by virtue of the power vested
in me under the Constitution of t'?is State, do issue
this mv proclamaiion, and forbid r.II p t-ons. for tlio
si ace of thirty days horn this date, front exporting
be\oud the li aits of his Smte, any bait, Ihioon. Pork,
Beef, Corn, Meal, Wheat. Hour, Uico, I'eas, Potatoes '
<?r othe' pr visio'-s of any description < hutsoover. !
The ful owin.* pe s. us art* excepted, viz: Quartern! ?h- '
ters. Commissaries and other agents of the Con lode ale '
Goveriiuie t purchasing provisions for the army, who I
must exhibit satisfactory evidence of their tlieial char- '
Meter and attlh rity; persons irotn other States who <
purchase for their own private use and comui up ion. <
and 1. l for resale, w .o shall make oath to that efteet '
j belore the next magistrate previous ?o the removal of I
the articles purchased, which oath 'lie niagistrn e shall
preserve and furnish for the use of the Solici or of the '
Circuit when required: agents ofcou ties, towns, cor- <
por.itions and < kliors Moar s of Be.ief ol other States,
who exhibit satisfict it pro f of ibeir authority to
purchase such provisions in behalf ot such eo> nties,
towns, corporations or Soldiers Boards of Belief, for
public use of for distribution at costs and charges, and ,
not for tcsele <*r profit. , '
?valt made by it u residents and cargoes entering
our ports from abroad, are also oxc pted
Any of .-.aid articles that may be stopped in transitu
will be eontiscatcd o the use pf the State.
It is njoirt d upon all tnagisr ales and militia officers,
ami all goo I citizens arc appealed to, to aiu in the enIbreente
t of this proclamation.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Mate, at
Columbia, this eighteenth day of M reh,
[t. s.] in the year of.our lord otto thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three.
M. L. BON HAM.
W R Huntt, Pccretnry ofStatc.
1^* AII papers of the fcjlalo publish once a week for ;
one monti >
March 27
Nfoties to Tax Payors'
\|YB ? >KS WILL B I OPIO Kl? 0 V WlCDXKS
i>a 1 ii xi, mo loin insi., ior receiving raxes
and Returns 1 will lie at Liberty ill. n Vtuidnv,
tin Glli ol April; at Flat Roek, on Wo mcsday.the 8th;
at buffalo, on hursihiy. the 9th; at Lysenby's. Oti
Saturday, the lltli; at fclirocks, on Monday, the !3th;
and.at Cureton s, on Wednesday, the 15th.
The owners o all slaves that wore employed or resided
in the District, on t"0 lirst day ol*October, 18G2,
are required to be returned to the Tux-Collector ol the
District.
The Tax Books will bo closed on the first day of
dune; al returns must he made on or nelorc that day.
A hie Act of the Legislature requires ail owners of
slave', or employees to give in on oath to the Tax
Collector the number ol bands owned or employe i by
them (in ngricultur.) between the ages of twelve and
till ecu. and litleen and tifty-live, and nfcy-tiv.' and sixty
live, ninlor a penalty of one hundred doll.ns for
each hand
WM McKMN,
March 13 2 Jnx Collector Kershaw hist
Council js otic9
< IiL PARTIES I vTKRK-TKI). ARE HEREBY
/\ requested not to lay off any l ?ts in t ho ?'cme'.ery,
on the new g outid, north of the gate av, w th ut permission
of the t'ouned. until ttit- grounds are poperlv
hiid oil', which will be d me as soon as possible
By order of Council:
K. ?\1. KENNEDY, Recorder.
Moreh 13
American Guano,
17*011 SALE BY T:JL BARREL "AT TilE "OLD
i Corner,' by K. \V. BJNWEV.
.Tnunary 30 '
Closing up Business.
BE INft ANXIOUS TO CLOStf UP MY PR I'SIUNT
business, the rematnder of my stuck will be disp
scd of nt low rates for cash Per-ons wishing supplies
would do well to call and look at the goods.
February 20 E W. BON'KEY.
Town Taxes.
rf "MIE BOOKS WILL BE OPEN I OR THE PUR
? pose of colleeti. g tlie taxes, on nndaflo' the '23d
inst., at ihe Bank of Camden, from !) a in. until 2 p f
ni ?Sunday excepted?lint 1 furt er noth-e (
N. D. B^VXLKY, Tax Collector. f
February 20
Runaway.
C-10 MM ITT UP TO THE JAIL OF KKRPIIAW 1
J Districi a Negro Boy, who says his name is
JOJJA', and that he belongs to Robert Oliver, of
t.oorgctown, S C.
Said Boy live feet five or six inches hi.di, wi 1
weigh 150 or (>() pounds, had on an old b nek cos", and (
grcysiiin tt pint-, and a i onfc derate hat, nu.de of '
wire g a a The owner is requested to come forward,
prove propeity, pay ex penes and take him away.
dlnoa.s shkorn, Jailor.
March 6
Notice.
Alt,the noti'S and accounts, formerly
in the hands of \V. l. PePnss, duo J M.
(*ayle, and J. M (iayle & Co., will hereafter be found
at the store of J. s. Do Pass, one door above 0. iMatlioson's
store
March 27
AIT ORDIlfAKCG ' I
rp0 PREVENT SRKKP FROM RUNNING AT .J
1 large in the T?>wy of Camden:1 M
#B it ordained bv tbe-luiemlantand Wardens of tha 1
Towno!'Camdin, in i oimcil assembled, and by the
lutiiorily of the same, that from, and after the, passing
>f this O dmniice, nil sheep found cunnitur at large
in Brcnd street, or trespassing. in any enclosed lot,
iliall be liable to l?a -Impounded, under a penalty of
Ifty cents per head. t<? b paid by the owner.
It shall l?e t'?e duty.of the Marshal;, or jany of the
fo vn Qutmi, to take into custody, and Impound all
tlieep. loutnl in violation of tlii?,ordinance, atid ",l}srthwith
give notice to tlio ownera ih practicable/ who
shall pay the excuse of keeping, and foeding.caid
>heep and in case the owner, neglect, or refuse to
?laiiu and take away the aatne within? twenty-(dur
tours, such sh ep shall be adverii ed for five (5) day.*,
ind sold at public,ou cry, and the proceeds (tiller delaying
expenses, held subject to lite oider of the
nvner, lor twelve months, ami II not* ciaimeu in tn?t
.iine. the amount will be, appropriated for the use of
.lie Town. . :/
Ratified in Council, this fourth day of March, in
:he year of our Lord ono thousand eight- hundred uud
<ixty-three.
J a?. dunlap, Intendent.
* P. M. Kennedy Recorder. . ,-?,i ,
March IS > j
Council Notice. - ^ -'
Information having been received
hv the authorities. that certain parlie* are Iwtho
Ituhit of injuring, and defacing ornnm-ntul and sltade
trees. on the pul>lic square-* and st eets of the Town,
by stripping hem of bark tomak dye-stiff*.
This is to give warning tlmt all persons found guilty
if this m sdetneanor. shall ho prosecuted to the utmost
'Xteiit of the law. and a revynrd of. Kivo l)ol|ar? will
be pai 1 to any One giving such irilbrfndtiph 99 will
lead to t e lonviction of the offender. 4
S relv 1 hero are ir> os < n ugh in thew. od; Withont rejor
ing to stu-1. wantonness, as.the destruction ? f noqje
>1 the handsomest oaks within the limits of the Tow.g.
11. M. K KN \ E D Y, Recorder.*
Council Chamber, February 26. 1803." 1 ** *" f
Marco 13
K i:i{M 8 A W?I EQUITY.
Mary J. Buskin, vs.?Hill?D. T. Menhaffey, Trustee,
el al. *'4
IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER PASSED IN
above stated c.is^t (bill). I will offer fo<- s-tle at |tubI'itciy,
belbie the Court House door in v amden< S.-0??
)o the fir.-t nioud y in April next.; at 12 o'clock, M.,
lie teal estate d'seribed in ihc pi 'tidings in sail) case,
bill), hi ing the same co veyed by Daniel Gaskin, jr.,
o D. T. Mcalmflev. Trustee fo* il'O ? IfildrCh of J?.hn
/ Raskin Terms?so much cnsftas will pny tHfif costs
>f proceeding and costsof sa e; tli balance on a credit
if one, lAoaiid three years-?with interest on the same,
payable a> ie ally from day of sale Said balance to
?e secured l?v Bond, with at 'east, two jfot.d sureties,
hi i a mo. tga^u of,the property?Purchaser to pa^ for
japtrs. . ; , ,ji . j ,ii*. mC
WM II. TA LOR, C. K. K. D.
Commissioner's OQice, March 10, A. D. 1863.
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Notice.
All perrons indebted to the estate
of the lute WARHINOTQN MYKR8, are-.relllOQ'nH
tl? m-il'A immoili.ilo rvntrmnnf ?%/! ?U/\nA ltA?t?M/w
jmvw v.. vx/ ..c.nv i'll V Iiirnt, nilU tllUSC llil VIU^
;inims against said estate will present them properly
ltt s'ed.
Febru >rv 27, T. S. MYERS, Admf: *
E W BONtfEYi
I^URAKCR ANI* BHK AGEKT
Broad-st, Camden, S. Oi,:1'v
March 13
Cash Store- ~ .
SWEET,
FVREY, AAD
, NECESSARY.
1000 T)?LLAR!S WORTH OF StTPERIOR
8 barrels ('rn hod. Clarified and Rrown Sugars;
!ft roams superfine Rath lb Sis Writing Paper;
8 boxes choi ev?nd common Tobacco; *
'4 t'e* ces fresh Rice, v .
Oavciyie I'cppor and Pepper Sauoo;
Capers Worcestershire do;
largo lot .Tugs and Jars:
1 caso 199 lbs. very dioiee smoking Tobacco;
Xovembor. 14 A. T. LATTA.
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