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* Wfr "VOLUME 28. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, MAY 13, 1869. NUMBER 39. ? 1 ? - i 10A n MISCELLANY, j COMMON POLITENESS. It is not polite to refuse to accommodate another, when it is in .your power, and jou can do it without detriment to ^yourself and without infringing on the eights of others. It is not polite to request of another a >j ?mi:?1? ?n_ flavor JOU WOUIU not WiuiugiJ jjiau. V... 'der similar circumstances. It is not polite to invite .persons to .jour house when you do not desire to -see them. It is not polite to chew tobacco in the jprcsence of those to whom your breath may be offeusivc?whether in a dwellnng-house, a stage-coach, a ctrr or a -steamboat. It is not polite to say through anoth-cr, to a stranger or acquaintance at the -door, whom you do not wish to see, that you are engaged or not at home. ^ It is not polite to spit on the floor of -I ^ Vi nncn *t f?Q r in a enureII, u uncmue uuuov,, u vu., *the cabin of a steamboat or a ferry-boat. The spitting on the floors of our cars ;and ferry-boats has become so common that ladies have found it difficult to obtain seats where they could prevent soildog their dresses. A person who uses 'tobacco, and-is obliged to spit, shoald never eater apartments set apart exclu sively-for ladies and gentlemen unless lie iis willing to swallow the delectable juico. It is notipolrte -to'contradrct another, or rudely "to-question the truth, of his 'remarks. Yon should speak with moderation. and convince with truthful arguments. It is not polite, when passing another on the sidewalk, to turn to the left; al- i ways to the right. J It is not polite to hurry through the reets, jarring one person, jostling an_ ?>ther, and steppiug ou the toes of a It is not polite to use perfumery shoot., your person. Nature docs not require -it in those who keep thcmsclvos clean tTBeu a person is highly *cctcd, it appears as if it wre done to conceal an o.fensive^oreatli or some other disagreeable smell. It not polite to-borrow money, a book, or any article and not to return at the time designated, or to'wait until-called upon by the owner. Forgctfulncss or thoughtlessness is not a justifiable excuse when.you retain, a moment longer 'than the time specified, whatever belongs k to another. It is polite to use pompo us or highbounding words in conversation. The more simple words the better, in which you can convey your meaning and be understood. It is not polite to notice the defects of nature in others, or to speak in their presence of their deformity. Cast your eyes on what is perfect, and speak ouly f ? t. .A _ LI. rOi wnai is agieeauie. ^ It is not polite to beg earnestly in H -public for any chariu.blc object. It is sufficient to lay yourcasj before your hearers, and let them decide how much ,it is their duty to give. They can judge without the advice or-dictation of anothA Methodical Young Lady.?We Bet- hear of a very precise and methodical B joung lady .in town, who divides her time with the utmost exactness. For instance, she allows j ost so much time to eating, so^iuch to vis ting, so much to reading, etc., und on no accident suffers herself to deviate from her rules. If she has a caller, she says looking at B- her watch, "Now, 1 have just (en minutes to see you :n without infringing B iudon my time for meditation." A friend I (Called oot bngago to relate the saj particulars of the death of her much-beloved grand mother. The methodical young woman was affected, even to tears, but she didn't forget her time card.. She drew forth her watch at the most touching point in the story and begged her friend to cut it short, as in four minutes and twenty-two seconds she must practice with her dumb bells 1 Cincinnati Times. 'James, now I want to hear jour lesson, said a schoolmaster to an urohin not in the habit of studying much.? 'Gueth not thir; papa thajs little boyths should be seen and not heard.' r ? y ; > - Home.? There is something in the S word Home, that wakes the kindliest Thu feeling of the heart. It is not merely wim friends and kindred that render that ??m place so dear; but the very hills and the rocks, and rivolets throw a charm around the the place of one's nativity. It is no C wonder that the loftiest harps have been 400 tuned to sing of "home, sweet home "..The The rose that bloomed in the garden help where one has wandered in early 3 ears, Tin a thoughtless child, careless in inno- tuar cenoe is lovely in its bloom, and lovelier ISO in its decay. No songs arc sweet like ulat those we heard among the boughs that aboi shade a .parent's dwelling, when the havi moming and evening hour found us gay wen as the birds that warble ovet-us. No nior waters arc bright like the clear silver hist streams that wind among the flower- it is decked knolls where in childhood we die* have often stra)cd to pluck the violet, onlj or the lily, or to twine a garland for | '1 some loved schoolmate We may won- sevi dcr away, and mingle in the "world's all. fi rce strife-" and form new associations 40,1 and fr'e tdrliips, and fancy we have al- bt.ii ; most forgotten the land of out birth; nut ing | at some "evening hour, as we listen per- and chance to the autumn wind, tie rrmem- mot brance of other days come over the soul, wh. and fancy bears us back to c lildhocd's crej scenes, and we roam again in the old ncx familiar haunts, and press the hand of bub companions long since cold in the grave ty i and listen to voices wc shall hear on one earth no more. It is then a feeling of melancholy steals over us, which, like Ossian's music, is plesnsant thoush ntoumful to the soul. The Swiss Gene- ^ ral who leads his army into a foreign juh land, must not suficr the sw-eot airs of uf * Swiizeland to be sang in the hearing of '?w his soldiers; for at the thrillin?r sound ^cci i.i i in 'rCe they would leave the camp, and fly away ( to their own green Wills. 'How docs the irai heart of the wanderer, after long years cre( of nliflpppc. KLi cyi-u illl. j*rn catches a glimpse erf the hills of Lis nn- ^ tivity, and when he has pressed the lips u?j ofa mother or a sister, how soon does the he hasten to sec if the garden, and the ?'pt orchard and the stream, look as in days j ,ct"' gone by. We may find chimes as beau'tiful?and skies as bright?and friends ijne as devoted; but that will not usurp the gooi place of Hume. OW11 but pan What we owe to Poverty.-? ?ec Wealth owes to poverty an immense was debt. Society is immensely and ever- "l8r lastingly indebted to the poor who have done its work, the long forgotten work ^ on which it builds and lives. It is pov- nflg erty that felled the forest and planted eon the wilderness, and levelled the hills, '1CU and made straight the paths in which we walk. Poverty handled and trim- 3 med and laid upon one another every Clr brick aud stoue by which th city has utot been built ip, stretched every telegraph a S'c wire from Maiue to California twisted ihul every strand of the -cable which binds liini ihe hemispheres iu electric counuunica- [t it lion. is,it Directed by intelligence, it is true, setbut what were the braiu without the self haud? Without poverty who would strvc A. us Htid do our work, build out railroads croi and navigate our .-hips; and procure st<7 the products by which civilizatiou sub- froi sists? Let not wealth ei xue 111, ^ii-d say wit' "It is uty capital ttiut has d -lie all thrt this." True, niy brother, but whence han the capital? i J as thou thcu tpuu it gen spider-like, out of thine own buwcL ? Tnut capital is neidod and moulded he i with the sweat, of thy brothel's lace.? han His years, his wcaiy years, are iu it; met it is carved out of thy broth- r s life.? *' For what is capital but concrete labor ber ?the labor of the past coiiueused aud A. uiade portable? Poverty, uot wealth, ' has dune the work, lie is the great i the aud patient creditor c>f us all. Poverty,! liev hard-hauded, coarse clad, toil-bowed, I had weather-scarred, shut out fruui the pal-1 ?ic< aces, and temples of tluue own rearing j han thou art creditor. Who shall icpay j utio thee thy loDg dues? What a reckouiug | ' will that be when thou aud wealth shall goo "meet and couip!"?Dr litdye. ' 11131 I A batov is said to be like wheat, be- ?1 cause it is first cradled, theu threas td 1 and fina ly becomes the flower ui the lam- Chi j!y I nio guth Carolina Negroes.?Mr. irlow Weed has been Spending the ter at Aiken, S. C., whero he own e property, we believe. His paper, New York Commercial, publishes * following: If the population of South Carolina, . ,000 are colored and 300,000 white. 1 ratio is changing fast. Emigration h and so does the death rate. A ws correspondent says that the mory reports in Charleston for the year ( 8 exhibit the fact that out ot a pop j ion of ubout 40,000 in the city? ' it half white and half black?thier e died 1,208 persons; of these, 818 j e colored, and 3'J0 white. That is, < - - uu-A-A ! C m;iu IWO UCgroua IU Uiiv; niuvv,uin. j year in Charleston. More exactly J i, one negro in every twenty-four | i annually; while in the same time j f one in every fifty-one whites dies. I Mic vote of the State is about one in sn; that is, about 100,000 votes in Of these, 60,000 are negroes and J00 whites?t lie majority o f negroes ig 20,000. The black race is crowd- j towards the coast; leaving the upper middle country. This gives the i intuiu Counties already a majority of tc votes; and this majority must ini~c that side of the State. At the ] t elections, in 1870, it is very pto- ! le that the whites will haven tuajori-"' ( n the State Senate, which consist of tvon^each v^ouoiy. < Political Corruption.? Perhaps liing allows the political corruption j eh is prevalent in all branches of the i rerntnrnt more than the conduct of i hi P. Hale, our Miui-fer to the Court Ipuin. Of course, Minivers are aled to import such articles as arc ne- 1 <ary for their personal or family use, j i of duty. Hut no one would sup- i b they would turn smugglers and de- 1 id the Government to which are ac- | iited, as well as disgrace the tTov-' i mctit- whnne they ' pen to be. Hut Mr. John P. Hule, ^ ibolition candidate for Pre-idcnt, now Minister to Spain, hns none of > scruples which ordinarily govern 1 l. In October, 18GG, he was dc- , cd in bunging in 830 pounds of on, 1,500 pounds woolen felt, 44,l pounds of carpeting, 875-pounds of j n damask, 700 pounds of curtain I ds. These uooda. were not lor his i use, as will he seen by their amount, , were for a certain commercial cum?r in Murli-irl Tviili u-hteli lio is rnn. j *?; " - ? ? - ted, and in tlie profit of which lie tu share. Can anything be more rraccful? Ouclu he not have beeu [iped of all his diplomatic priviligcs, tried as any other foreigner would under the laws of Spain, for the nee of smugging? What American Id object to it who had any sense of or or decency? Cincinnati Enquirer. Ir. Johnson as a Tailor.?At r land the train stopped twenty min? for refresh men t. That means, on luthern railroad, that a man is given t amount of time wherein to make sell sick trying to cat a dollar's worth. ?seldom that a fellow succeeds?that 1 eating a dollar's worth of the fare before hiin, but he can make hintsick with but very little difficulty. J. wanted to cat supper, and the vd wanted him to mount the depot >s and speak. lie excused himself n making a speech, but shook hands | Ii a few dozen. An old man rushed jugh the crowd, grubbed A J. by the d, und said to the assemblage: "Here, tlemen, is the man who cut and made ' wedding coat. God bless him! Here s, right here! " and he shook Andy's d with great energy. "Don't you re nber the time, Mr President?" Certainly I do, Mr. Davis; I rememthc coat, too; it was a good fit," said J., laUL'hiiig. 'A good fit ? I reckon it was; it was best coat I've had. Why, I doa't bec my wife would have had mo if it n't been for your fitting me up so a. You made the coat with your own ds, and there" never was a bett r )) 'I'm always glad when I've cone a d thing," said A. J. Well, you did n good thing when you Jc that coat."?Chattanooga letter Cincinnati Commncial. fhc newly inaugurated Aldcrn en in jrlcston do notgetaloDg very uiirioous'y. SOUTliUKJN STUUJL AND Mutual Life Insurance Co. Capital stock 1st January, 1869, S2fi9.100.00 Vusets over 400,000.00 PRINCIPAL OFFICES. Louisville, Ky. Memphis, Tenn. Allanti, Geo. OFFICES ATLANTA DEPARTMENT. Jen. J. 8- GORDON. President. i":B:H:CmLLU1TT' I Vic. N. C. MORRIS, Secretary. REFERENCES. tfessrs. John Frazcr & Co., Charleston, S. C. Jen. Wade Hamp'on, Columbia, S. C. T R ITopolmw riiimflnn. S. C. 3en. S. McGowan, Abbeville. S. C. Son. H. V. Johnson, Augusta, Ga. Son. Robert Toombs, Washington, Ga. 3en. John S. Preston, Columbia, S. C. Messrs. Willis & Chisolm, Charleston, S. C. Jul. N. G. W. Walk r. Sheriff. Barnwell S. C. [. N. Teague. Judge Probate. Barnwell, S. C. Son. A. P. Aldrich, Barnwell, S. C. Sol. James Patterson, late Commissioner in Equity, Barnwell. S. C. Kinds of Policiu issued by this Company To any on? on hi* or her life, payable at ieath to the legal representative of the asnirpd. To a wife on the life of a husband. To a husband on the life of a wife, payable o him at her death. To creditors on the lives of debtors. To Churches on the lives of their Ministers. Also, ENDOWMENT POLICIES, secuing to the party insured the amount payable Jt daath, or at any age between forty and seventy-five. A l8o, Children's Endowment Policies, scouring to a child the sum assured, upon arri ring at a certain age?18, 21 or 25 Also, non-forfeiting Life Policies. All iremiums to cease after five or ten payments. PREMIUMS May be paid on Life Policies annually or innti.nniiuitltv or the Dremiums for the whole life may be paid in five or ten annual pnvmants, or nil premiums may cease on reaching 45, 50, 56, 60, 65. 70 or 75 years of ago. TVII" SHOULD INSURE ? The rich and the poor; the clergyman and ihe laymen; the physiciun, the lawyer, the merchant, the mechanic and the laborer.? Every one having a family dependent upon. Iiim fur mipport should effect an insurance on his life for their benefit in case of his decease; ihe rich, because they have the means to provide - ft a i * ii" t the <.hnnc3B of fortune; the poor man can sfcarc a luila every year for the fuItire wi?nt<Pfcf those who muy. bcleliilcslUiito, rUB"pf5TesMonal man. while in life and health, finds a sure means of support for his family, yet lie raiely nccumulot?'9 a fortune: the salaried man. because none arc more exposed to the changes and vicissitudes of fortune In short Lile Assurance is applicable to all circunrsianecs in lile. AN EXCELLENT FEATURE. The character ol this company specially provides that a wife can insure the life of the husband for the benefit of herself and children, free from any claims, dues or demands of his creditors in case her husband should die in debt or the estate become insolvent. H M. MYERS, Jr., Attorney nt Law, Barnwell, S. <?., Special Acent. J. II. MILLER, No. 207$ Broad Street, Angustn, Ga., General Agent. May 6. Dm Corn and ?2aeon; WE are still receiving supplies of Corn and Bacon which we will sell at Charleston prices with actual expenses added. HODGSON & DUNLAP. ' Condition Powders, THESE Pcw-'ers will cure most of the diseases to which Horses and Cattle arc liable, also improve the appetite and spirits. They arc much superior to any other in use. No Planter or Farmer should be without them. Prepared and sold by HODGSON & DUNLAP. IIOSTETTERS And Plantation Bitters AND all of the most popular PATENT MEDICINES For Sale by HODGSON & DUNLAP. DURHAM'S Smoking Tobacco. JUST received a large lot of this popular Smoking Tobacco. HODGSON & DUNLAP. Sweet Oil. STARCH, PEPPER and SPICES, of all sorts. For Sale by HODGSON & DUNLAP. Stationary, &c. INK, Paper, Pens, Pencils, Mucilage Sic. For Sale by HODGSON & DUNLAP. Perfumery, COLOGNES, Extracts, Fine Toilet Soaps and Brushes in large variety and Styles. For Sale by HODGSON & DUNLAP. _ v^umiJLiu. JUST received a large lot of Quinine, which we will sell cheap for Cash.? Persons wanting this article had better lay in a supply for the summer, as it is likely to be higher. HODGSON & DUNLAP. Hides, Hides. &c. HIGHEST market price paid CASH for GREEN and DRY HIDES; lor T? FT 1> 0 t KJ IAO, CLEAN RAGS, OLD PAPER, BOOKS, WOOL, WAX, TALLOW, IliON, METALS, &c., At F. GOSS' DEALER IN PROVISIONS, HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES. SHOES, BOOTS, Hardware, &c., &c. WISES, LIQUORS ASD ALE of all kinds and best qualities, IN ANY QUANTITY. Workman's Building, Broad-Street, CAMDEN, S V. April 29. tf^ SPRING GOODS! I have just returned from the markets, and am now receiving a WELL SELECTED STOCK OF SUITED TO TEE SEASON, To which I invite the attention of the public. Prices Satisfactory. TERMS CASH, ft. M. KENNEDY. April 15. tf i LI'JATII UK. SOLE and UPPER LEATHER, i For aale by JAMES JONES. April 22. tf Shoes! Shoes! THE subscriber lias on hand a good stock of Ladies' and Gentlemen's SHOES, which he is selling at very low prices He is gratified to know that his Shoe; have given satisfaction to all who hav< purchased of him. Terms, Cash. C. NOELKIN. January 21. tf The Thorough Bred Stailion BREAKSPEAR WILL be let to Marcs until the firs of June next, at the MULBER RY plantation, three miles below Cam den. BREAKSPEAR is out of Effie Dear by the celebrated thorough bred horsi Charley Bald. Effie Dean was got bj imported Monarch out of Kate Scaton two of the favorite horses of the lat< Col. Hampton. TERMS?Ten Dollars iu advance ii all cases. One Dollar to the Groom and no insurauce in any case. 31. JN HiLSUi'N. April 15. 7t. DENTISTRY, I. H. ALEXANDERDENTIST. TEETH Cleaned, Filled, Extracted and Artificial Teeth, inserted in tin LATEST IMPROVED STYLE, fo the LOWEST CASH PRICES. Patients waited upon at their real dence if requetcd. Office, on Broad Street, above J. 2w Leirrand's Jewelry shoo. Office hours, from 9 A. M., to 2 P M., and from 3 to 6 P. M. $200 REWARD! THE above REWARD will be paid foi proof to conviction of the party or parties who set fire to the property of the estate of John Workman, March 25th and April 6th, 1869. By order of the Council. W. CLYBUKN, Clerk. April 15. 3t-. J.OU 9. SrRIWTfiOODS. M'DONALD & M'CURRY Offer to the Public a Choice Variety of Spring and Summer Goods, Embracing everything kept in a retail Store, which will be sold at tho lowest figures forJCash. They invite particular attention ?to the following specialities: LADIES' DRESS GOODS, . FANCY GOODS AND TRIMMINGS, BOOTS AND SHOES, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, AND GLASSWARE, READY MADE CLOTHING. . J Also Gents' HATS of every description and at prices to suit all. Feeling satisfied that onr Stock of Goods is equal to any other bouse, in prices and styles, we respectfully invite old customers and friends to examine the same, and to bring along with them all their neighbors and frieods. Mcdonald & MoCURRY. April 8. tf T? rrr\ A T c JT. IT. lUALHi, Charleston, S. C., Manufacturer of DOORS, SASH, BL1KDI Note.?We would call the particular attention of our friends to the above caid. P. P. Toale has a large Factory, and such facil_ Jtica. aflJMibj^ him to supply the best work of bia own mafce at low price*. A ery lu-ge and complete assortment always on hand at his Factory, HORLBECK'S WHARF, near the North Eastern Rail Road Depot, CHARLESTON,\ S. C. N. B.?Orders from the country solicited, and strict attention paid to shipping in good order. April 8?ly. SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. Gen'l. Supt's. Office, Charleston, Feb. 13,1869. ON and after SUVDAY, February 14, the Trains of the Camden Branch of the .South Carolina Railroad will run as follows : On Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. ' Leave Kingville 4.20 p. m. 5 Arrive at Camden 7.00 p. m. Leave Camden 6.35 a. ra. Arrive at Kingvillc 9.20 a. m. H. T. PEAKE, General Superintendent ! Feb 18. REMOVAL. ; GROCEBIEsTPROVISIONS! THE subscriber having removed bis Store l to th.* stand next above the Market, and ad; ded largely to his stock, is now offering to T the public a CHOICE SELEUTlUiN Uf ; FAMILY AXD FANCY GROCERIES, 1 To which ho respectfully'invites the attention ? of purchasers. Thankful for LhtJ liberal patronage heretofore extended to him, he promises to use every effort to sec ire its continuance, assusing the public that every thing he offers rhall be of the best quality, and his prices as easonablc as possible. Terms Cash. C. NOELKIN. Janary 21. I PARKER'S DREECH-LOADING r DOIBLE BARRELED S1I0T fil'NS. - The latest, best and cheapest made. Uses any ammunition. Prices, complete, $70 to $95. Address VV. II. GIBBES, Columbia. or BISSEL & CO., Charleston. Feb. 25- 3m Whiskey, &c. FINE old WHISKEY, of various brands, at wholesale. PORTER, ALE d-c. For sale by DO BY & BALLARD. i April 22. OMNIBUS. PERSONS wishiucr the OMNIBUS sent to their residences will leave ! their orders at the DeKALB HOUSE