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' f ^ '' .\ , r J : : ^SEXXV::. ~~ CAMDEX, S. C, ERIPifrMQRN1NG' yEWARY 1, 1867. - NPMBER29. | f . PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THOMAS W. PECtUES. U???? - r TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Three Dollars a year Cash?Four Dollars if payment is delayed three months,. RATES OF ADVERTISING, PER SQUARE. \ , For thefirst insertion,$1.50;forlliesccond,' $1.00; for the third, 73 ceuts; for each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Semi-monthly, Monthly and Quarterly advertisements. $1.50 each insertion. The space occupied by ten- lines (solid, of this size typo) constitutcsa square. Payment is required in advance from transient advertisers, and as soon as the work is donb, frpm regular customers ~ ^SBOELLANEOUa"'" j ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. An Act for the encouragement j protection, of European emigration,\ and for the appointment of a com- j .... r- missioner and agents, and for other \ purposes therein expressed.. \ Bee. 1. That lor the purpose oi encouraging, promoting and protecting European emigration to and in this State, the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated from the contingent fund, to be expended under the direction of the Governor, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter provided. See. 2. That the Governor, by "and with, the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a Commissioner of Emigration, who shall open an office in the fire proof building in Chaideston, to perform such duties as may appertain to his office, and shall be paid for his services the salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, out of the fund aforesaid, in quarterly payments. Sec. 3. ~T:hat it shall be the d-uty of said Commissioner of Emigration, to advertise in all the Gazettes of the j State 'for lands for sale; to cause such lands, after having been duly - -- ? i r.""? -l i A a. r * laid ott, plattcci ana aescrioeu, at wie i expense of the owner or owners of] said lands, to be appraised by three j disinterested persons, ana their titles to be examined by the Attorney Gen?era] pr_^Solicitors of the State, and as the ease mv ~ , . registry of the .same, together * with the price demanded and the condi'' tions of payment. And in ease such land be selected by any emigrant, to ] supertend the transfer of tide and i other necessary instrument and proceeding of conveyance. Sec. 4. That the said Commission-! ^ cr shall periodically publish, adver-, tise, and cause to be distributed in the Northern and European ports and Sfat?'S. descriptive hVls of.-ueh lands us have been registered and offered forsalei together with litis act, and a statement of null advanta-'or as this Slate oh":*.-, in soil, el: uate, W productions, social improvements, etc., r t> tlic iudutri ens. orderly and frugal European cui:grant. e ... - mi,.:; ii.,.r:,.. ?i_ -LJi^v it IV. r*x i it?i tilbo appoint one or i;:or:- agents for tin; purposes aforesaid, with ;!?- : salaries i of compensations a 5 lie shall deterI mine, or hereinafter may be provide] for, the Commissioner of Emigration to prescribe the duties of such agonf.?, I and to designate their point or points of operation. Sec. G. That the said Commissioner shall be specially charged with the protection of the etui grant, in the proper selection of their lands. i:i the procurement of their transportation, in theguardirig of them against fraud, chicanery and speculation; in their temporary location in proper and reasonable places of I'urd and lodgi g on thciVarrival, and in making ali such regulations and provisions as may be in any manner necessary or conducive to their welfare. A nd all If officers of the State are hereby rcS quired and commanded to aid and assist liirn in the objects aforesaid whenever required. ^ Sec. 7. That the Commissioner shall keen a senarato hook, wherein lie shall register all applications irotn citizens, free of charge, for emigrant | artisans, mechanics, farmers, or male or female help of any hind, together B with tlie hind of service demanded, * and the compensation offered; and another book, wherein he shall veL cord the names, crafts and qualifieaW tions of emigrants that arc looking f for employment; and he shall make memoranda of such contracts as shall be made in consequence hereof. L See. 8. That the said Coinmissionp cr of Emigration do report of his pro* ceedings at the annual session of the -General Assembly, and as often as \ -- B**WL.t?*Jui. j.jijipi u. * is in ruiv i-j -i*-'. ~s*:rjzxxzur*~iLx?z*z~: the Executive shall require. j Sec. 9. That all the expenses contemplated, or which may be occasioned by this act, shall be mat 'by the appropriation directed in the first section, and shall not,, in any "way, create a claim against the State, beyond Said appropriation. Ratified, December 20, 1860. Ajt Act in Provide on Ijxpcditious . mode of Ejecting Trespassers. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives now met and sitting hi General Assembly and by authority of the same, That if any person shall have gone into or shall hereafter go into possession of any lands or tenements of another, without his consent, or without warrant of law, it shall be lawful for the owner of the land so trespassed upon to onni \t tn o.nv Afiioristrate to serve a v" "-V o . notice on such trespasser to quit the premises, and if, after the expiration of five days from the personal service of such notice, such trespasser refuses or neglects to quit, it shall then be the duty of such Magistrate to issue his warrant to any Sheriff or Constable, requiring him forthwith to eject such trespasser, using such force as may be necessary: Provided, howev er, that if. the person in' possession shall, before the expiration of the said five days, appear before such Magis trate and satisfy him that he has a color of claim to the possession of such premises, and enter into bond tatne person claiming the land, with good.and suffi- j cientsecurity, to be approved by the j Magistrate, conditioned for the pay- j meat of all'such costs and expenses, I as the person claiming to be the owner . of the land may incur in the successful establishment of his claim, by any of the modes of .proceeding, now provided by law, the said Magistrate shall not issue Jiis warrant as aforesaid.' 2. That .the Magistrate shall-be entitled to demand and receive from J'- - Tri..rp f,?. civoli warrant 1/L1VJ [;ciauu v "r a fee of five dollars before issuing ,tlie same, and the Sheriff or Consta-ble shall in like manner be entitled to ^em^.id orwl Tp--"-''--"- - r '"ft b.l such v,-arrant, from the person applying for the same. Ax Act to alter an<l a mend the Charter of the Town of Camden. V. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met arid sitting hi;General Assembly, and by' the authority of the same, That ihe Town Council of Camden bo and,arc hereby empowered to raise annually, by taxation, a sum not cxc-eodiiVg 'six'thousand dollars, exclusive of t'hoyeyenue derived from the: ' sale <h'licenses. :I. 'ii::?i i:? liey of the commutation ; tax fnr limid an I Patrol duty,, here- j tofbre h.vi-l, b?V6 nowcr to levy j antimit.y a i:.ip.i:.i;on/tajc upon all i male rs of ti.e Id town, as ; follows: jlv'l v.'ee.i the agys of sixteen j and iiyiitf.-u years, ;; i:?l bet ween the ! r.i' i'nj rv-iivca? d sixiy verts, five I d'ilfiirs i :u\: *, h.-:-.',v-a the ages of j c i r:i!v:*:i a.1; ! forty-.'Ivv years, ten ilol- ; j lata t-.:fliami 0:1 a!i sin-.!: residents, over fixi v .years of age, being owners | cf real estate i:i >:ai-I town, live tlo!; 1 ill's eiicii. ' j Kh?t at F::uxa>:iij>:\.?The For-: nandina (Jou.'i r oi' last Fri lay gives an account of a riot in that cily. It , sa.v-s : j Oar city, on Monday last, was a ' ; scene of rioting ami lawlessness unknown before i:i its history, and came near resulting in the most serious con> seijuences. \VTe mentioned in last ' week's issue that the Sheriff, in attempting to execute a writ ofejcctm"i:t. was forcibly resisted and thrust out of the house he was endeavoring to take possession of. Uu Monday, i lie summoned to his aid a number of ! the citizens to serve as apnwin cxej cutiug liis writ, and again Paul Crippen. and others of like Radical 'proclivities, armed some forty or fifty negroes, and hoisting the U. S. hag! over the building in dispute, placed ! them i:i it, determining to resist the law. This being the state of thomase ; and the Sheriffs force hut few in nuijibers, it was deemed prudent, in order to avoid bloodshed, to postp me action until advice could be had with the proper authorities as to the lu-st course to be persiu d. Tims the affair , stood until evening, when J. T. Frishie, Ine Marshal ofihe city, entered the store o( J. Cook ling, a peaceable citizen, and behaving i.', ;i rude and uubeeoiuiiig manner was ordered to !W^dja^urtia^!-jj>iAJ^.?iJt^v^uifciir-w?T- ... .... . leave, and upon his refusal to 'db so was forced out and the door -shut. Frisbie then gave orders to a lot of negroes he had at his bidding to Ireak the doors and sack the building, which was attempted, the doors luejng cut in with axes, and, had not Maj-or Riddle, Mr. B. B. Andrews, GeAeral Finegan, and several other gciilemen interfered promptly, it certniinly would have ended in the-most senous consequences. Much credit is klne these gentlemen in 'quelling the riot. .' This is a simple statement of thofacts in the case, and we may well ask- the question have we civil law or not? If so, arc these things to go unpunished? There are unfortunately, three or foitr vile men in our community who.Call themselves Radicals, and get their ' * 1? J in rr f.YiP living Uyuupillg aim uujivuv..,.g poor negro and pushing them forward in all their dirty work. So long a3 these wretches are allowed to'remain here we may expect to have disturbances and troubles. All the inso-. lence and insubordination of negroes here come from the teachings and baneful influence of these trifling men; A Terrible Firearm.?The Government is now having made at Hartford,' Conn eli cut, one hundred battery guns of a new invention. Fifty of them will have a one inch bore, and the balance one half inch bore. Tliis gun is quite a curiosity to look, at. The main characteristic of this terrible w^ipoir is that it has a scries ' of barrels, .with a cylinder, rigidly fastoncd to the main shaft, and rota* ting simultaneously and continously by means of a trank, the cartridges being fed into the carrier from the feed boxes, thehce driving endwise into the rear ends of the barrels, then exploded and the empty cartridge cases withdrawn without any pause in the operation. The incessant loading'and firing are produced by the simplest kind of mechanism, there being less parts about the gun, than in the Springfield musket. ' This gun can be discharged at. the" rate of two hundred shots per mia-.. 1A.^ ufe. Gncot us reacure1* lauiaituuivj racy of" its aim. When, the gun <is onco sighted at a given object, the same aim can be maintained at the will of the operator until thousands of discharges takes place. A lateral train motion of -the gun may he kept up, if desired, while the gun is being discharged, go that a perfect sheet of balls can be made to sweep a section of any circle within its range. As .there is no escape of gas at the breech, all the force of the ponder is expended in giving velocity- to the bail. A consideration which is claimed to be of the very first importance in tiiis gnu, is that every cartridge must cither he discharged or withdrawn from the barrels, thus precluding such results as were shown on the battle-field of Gettysburg, -where of the 28.574 muskets-collected aSRr the battle, 24,000 were found to be loaded, j 2.000 of them containing two load.? each, and 0,000 being charged with from three to ten loads each, the cartridges oftentimes being loaded without breaking them, and many inserted- with the ball down . The gun is light and easjrily transported. One'of the sizes now being made at the armory discharges GO ii.ch calabrc balls, and weighs two hundred and twenty five pounds. Tiie other size discharges balls of o:m.i:iclica!ibre(nineouncesm weight) ami weighs between five hundred and si" hundred pounds. The first named lias a range of about a mile, and the latter about two miles. Com pa iiativk Demoralization. ?"The demoralization of the South is a favopitoliobby with certain Northem journals, but they do not scorn to "look at home." A correspondent of the Cinciiiati Gwriting from tiic capitol of Indiana, ou the -ithinst., furnishes the following item: "During the year ISGO there were 224 applications for divorce in this County, of which 111 were granted, ; twenty-six dismissed, and eighty-six are now pending. 142 petitions were i'roin females, ami eighty-one from males. The proportion of divorces granted to marriage licenses issued are one to eight." Here is shown a demoralization which can find no counterpart in the South. Take, for instance, the County of {Davidson) in which the capito'l of Tennessee is located, and we find that only fiity-lhree applications for divorce v.evo filed, two of i which were granted and four dis missed. Tliis is a large number of applications for this section, it must be confessed, but it is relatively greatly below that of the capitol of Indiana, and the proportion will probably hoW good as to other Northern and Southern localities. The Gazctttc s "Washington correspondent furnishes another proof of the- greater demoralization of the North. In his dispatch of the 9th inst., he says: ' "The officers of the Internal Revenue Bureau are dally making seizures of distileries all over the country; f6r illicit distillation. Commissioner Rollins is actively'engaged in the suppression of this business.. The result of which is that many fraudulent cases are coming to light, and large sums of money saved to the Government." These frauds by distillers have all -1 / 4."U? A n/"T I occurred ju wv xiui w, j with these evidences before them' radical journals will wring the changes upon their hobby of Southern demoralization. We refer to these instances to show with .what grace lectures come from these self-constituted censors. - Nashville Union. Beautiful Extract.?The following illimitable extract is- said to I have been written by Bishop Hebcr in one of the very, earliest of his memorable productions: It cannot be that earth is man's only abiding place. It cannot be that life is a bubble cast up' by the ocean o"F eternity to float a moment upon its waves, and into nothingness. Else why is it that high and glorious aspirations, which leap like angels from the temple of our hearts are forever pandering unsatisfied? Why is it that the rainbow and cloud come over us a beauty thath's not of earth, and then paS5 off to leave u3 to muse on" their loveliness? Why is it that the .stars which 'hold their festival around" ..the midnight- throne,' arc set above the-''grasp of our limited faculties,. $?-iwrpiockihg us with their unapjg&if'n igiinJi ilnh ty arc presented to our view and then taken from us. leaving the thousand streams of our affections to.now back in an Alpine torrent-upon our hearts? We are born for a higher destiny than that of earth. There is a realm where the rainbow never fades; where the stars arc spread out before us like the Islands that slumber on the ocean, and'whcrcthc beautiful beings which pass before us. like shadows will stay forever in our presence. Wrio is the Dotard??Sir Isaac Newton wrote a commentary upon the Prophet Daniel, and another upon the Dock of Revelations ; in one #of which he said that, in order to fulfill certain prophesies before a certain j date was terminated?the 1,200 (lav's | or prophetic years of Daniel?there j would be a mode of travelling discovered of which the men of his time had no conception; nay, that the knowledge of mankind would he so increased that they would be able to travel at the rate rate of fifty mile's on hour! The infidal Voltaire got hold of this, and snceringly said: 'Now look at that mighty mind of Newton, who discovered gravity, and told such marvels for us to admire! When he became an old man, and got in his dotage,'he began to studv that book O ' O * called the Dible; arid it seems that, in order to credit its fabulous nonsense, we must believe that the knowledge of mankind will be so increased tbat we shall be able to travel at the rate of fifty miles an hour. The poor I t nvfilniinp/l thf> rdiilnsnnhie infidel, in the self complacency of his profound ignorance. Tiie Tax Act.?Our wise legislators?Ileaven save them from further legislation?in a spirit of emulation, and determined not to be outdone by the government have succeeded in oven going ahead of it. The Internal Revenue Tax was looked upon as odious, intolerable, hardly to be borne, but in comparison to the State Tax Act it bears a better aspect. }\re had a right to expect mercy from our own people, certainly hoped that the fostering care of the State would lend a helping hand to relieve us from the burdens now crushing us down, but that hope dies out with the birth of this new evil, this State Tax Act, to raise supplies. To ratVe supplies for what? Oppressed by a heavy Inter| lyil Revenue Tax, of two year's standing, threatened on every hand I with law suit, cries are rent up for help,' for relief, and the grand measure of relief comes in the shape pf-a doubly lieayy, and unequally apportioned-State Tax. Newberry Herald. Sotjtiiern Youn(> Men.?The young men of the South hare it in their power,to make' a new South, I more prosperous and powerful than the old. They have shown their energy and self-denial in war,' and if they exhibit anything like the same' qualities m peace, they will build up their section beyond the "powers for mischief of their bitterest enemies. The way to do this is simply bo avoid politics and go to work; to apply their whole'' souls to the work- of creative industry to work in all its forms, whether in thefield or theshop, wheth-. cr agricultural or mechanical. 1 Let +1io a.Ranrrl nrftdiii LI1ULU iliU auut u y,. dices against manual labor. There is no form of labor .which is degrading, and if they were willing to per-, form manual, drudgery in the ranks, for tlie sake of the South, in war, letthem be willing to do the same, in the ranks of peaceful industry, and the" salvation of their-section is secure. BaItimorc Transcript, The Lowell Factories.?If the operativesjin the Lowell factories could pass themselves off as "colored persons, n they would infallibly succeed in their attempt to get their eleven hours of daily labor reduced to ten. While they remain white, a misfortune likely to attend them all their lives, they can never succeed in arousing the sympathies of their: Boston employers. Elsewhere working-people are agitating for the eight hour system, and success will crown their efforts; but in.Lowell people must expect harder work and longer hours,, in order tha? fed flannel jackets'and tract missions to the unborn b^bes of . Africa shall be sustained. Are th'cy not in the service of the Lord's chosen ? Then j why should ,7. tliey grUmbIeT?\; ; . v, Tfew JjfyrkrHerald|g Books.?Give us a house furnished with books, rather than furniture! Both, if you. can, but books at any rate! To -spend several days in a friend's house and hungry for something to read, while you. are treading on costly carpets, and sitting down upon luxurious chairs, and downy beds, is as if one weye bribing your body for the sake of cheating your mind. Books arc the windows through which the soul looks out. A housewithout books is like a room without windows. A book is good company; it is.full of conversation "vv'ithbut loquacity. It talks to you, not through the edr, but another way. A young fellow entered a church and took his scat with his hat on. An elder noticing it, stepped up and rc quested him to take it o!7. Ills reimpst not hf>in<r eomnlied with, he 0 i j came to the young man a second time} I'and seeing he still hesitated, the elder ! gently lii'tcdicoff, when to his chagrin, j out rolled a quart of hickory nuts, i making more' noise than was consistent with decorum. "Juan," quietly said the youth, "sec what you have done!" A Literal Fact.?"Bidn't you tell me you could hold the plow?" said a farmer to an Irishman he had taken on trial. . " Be aisy, now," said Pat; "how could I hould it an' two horses pulin' it away? Just stop the crathurs an' I'll hould it for you." Justice to the Living, Tiien Honors to the Bead.?The movements in various localities, for the erection of monuments to the memory of the Confederate dead is creditable to the grateful-sentiments of our people ; but in view of the prevailing distress among the living, is it not possible that we may best honor the memories of those who have fallen, by extending our present limited means to the relief of those "they have left behind ? The brave deeds of those who gave up their lives for their country have monuments more lasting than marble in the hearts of all who recognize their patriotic devotion; and in due time it will be proper to mark their resting places with appropriate tokens of ^appreciation. But it is | mockery to pile marble over the poor i clay of the hero, while the soldiers' ! loved ones arc allowed to suffer with { cold or hunger.?Augusta Dispatch. j Gambling is the "height of fashion" : among the London peeresses. e I .Boi>y l?ct7ND.-r-'i\_t the req^trest of^ I Mr.. DaviSj >Capt. Earle held .an. iii? quest on;i!i'iday last, upon# body , found in th^-'-informantV mili. pond, ' ; v\' :j'^st ontsicTe'.pf the corporate limits of : i -t .' th^town. .. . ; - v ; 1$ proved'v'to be -the body of a ner '^d girljpfviS or 20 years, and was fohnd in a barrel, y.'hich contained roc^ for the purpose of siting it.-?. - ' Theb'ody was dressed in a b.lu'e flow-, " , ' erect niusliiTor. lawn, and a neatly . / worked chemise, but the; clothing was. . '/. .quite rotten, and the:body was so' much decomposed as to prevent recog- - ' nition. A l^rge laiife was'fchndlm // the* barrel, which, with the Circumstances of tlje body,-barrelled and thrown in the.pond, raised the suspf. cion of,foul play. v '' Dr. ,J. M. Westmoreland made; a . close-post mortem examination, but : : : no. evidence of violence was found;' , 'i "i TV e hare heard of no sudden disaph';-A; 'X-l psarance; and the matter is wholly' left in doubt,, as to how the bocjy got ' :t there.; The verdict ofthe jury, after 2 "M-' a. carefuh. investigation, was ^tha't " _ deceased came to her end by . some "unknown-cause. ' : S'oiitJierii Eiitfrprize. The Baltimore Sah furnishes the . ; following, statistics; The. trade; between Baltimore and the Southern'States during the.past year, by water, has.been of a gratifying character. The receipts of cotton during, the year ending. December 31-were'28,- ,"r 683 bales, of which 9027. bale's came . * from Norfolk, 9498 from Savannah,' 4968 . from Charleston, 2443 from Wilmington and other Ndrth/.GaroB-?" . . na ports, 779 from Apalachicola. 924 *. from New Orleans* 364 from'Ttich^ mond, 383.from'Mobile, and 207 from Galveston. .Of tobacco the receipts were 31,701 packages, ,2949 hogs- ., heads; . 506^ boies," hhd :263,'.cas^, ' principally frpm ?RichmOnd,_ Peters-; burg and oth.er -Yir^nia portk vThe receipts" of wool Muring; the year/ ?&?&? were 2834 bag3^ wlhlerth'e,.'amouht 6f , ./ . _ 1 a rciicipL stores North Carolina were- 28,622 barrels / , h rosin, 4266 barrels tar, 5485 barrels turpentine, and 2713 barrels pitch., Besides the .;abovc, there have'been. ^-0 lr^vvr li nai*it <vf lnmtior cl-iin- , v KjI J iiV/Ui?j X vwv^vv y*. " , . . '. glcs, old iron, and hundreds of other small articles. * . v - ? ;< The Taeiep and Taxatios.?-A Northern exchange says it has been ' informed that the iron interest of f"; : V Pennsylvania, the wootgrowing in- - . tcrest of the West and the mariufac- . ;; turing interests'of New England haye combined,'for the -purpose of forcing V"'. through Congress such a revision of . tho present tariff as shall still further increase the already onerous duties upon iron,upon English and French .cloth, and upon all "goods; and it is ' ' ' believed that the combination, no - .v withstanding all opposition, will'at- - ' -lain it3 object. The advocates ofthis >. measure-say its adoption is necessary + /\ cnctoi'n tliA rr\firm{' !<">tnri nrr in+fvmc+a ' ' ? of the country under the crushing weight of the present system of taxation. Life is an enigma. We are here to-day, all activity and bustle, to morrow we are gone. - Wc die, but the world movc3 on as when we were actors on the stage. As we drop away - . others take our places and we are scarcely missed. Thus, since the ere- f ation man breathes; moves and dies. If there were not a solution to. this enigma, beyond the confines of the grave, how dull, meager and unsatis- ' fying would be the few hours we pass on earth. ' J ' *. The'Cry for Bread.?From various quarters of this District comes up the well authenticated report that the poor are alarmingly destitute of the means of subsistence. Many must inevitably perish before the close of the present winter, unless relief is obtained from some quarter beyond the District. We hope that the Relief Societies, in the more favorable ! portions of other States, will not, in the noble distributions of which we See repeated accounts, forget the . poor of Lancaster District.?Ledger. The Boston Journal states that the American Colony at Jaffa is dis? couraged. Tlicy have been deceived j by their leaders; many have died, . . * i others are sick, and they beg for a | man-of-war to take them home.? ! Meanwhile the' Porte has entered a j protest against the whole project of ' an American Colony in Palestine. 4 ,