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PMpHMaHMMMHHI THE CAMBER JOURNAL. : t W. B. TBANTHAM & 1 T HAY, 1 EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. IAIT4RY S. IS? 1. The Official Paper. ^ the request and upon the recommendation of some of the Republican office-holders, the dtcrvkaw Gazette has been declare J the official paper for Kershaw County.? This appoiutment is maae in pursuuuee of the law, which provides that the Attorney-General, Secretary of State, and Comptroller-General, shall designate some paper In each County, in which all legal notice* must be published ; and Sheriffs. Judges of Probate, CWks of Courts, County Commissioners, and other public officers nre required to advertise in such $apcr, without regarding whether its eircollation and standing are such as to make M if a desirable vehicle for the publication of important notices. For many years the Journal has published all legal notices, and we are at a Joss to discover any -reason why aehango should be made at this t* time. We attribute no special motives to w rrtir County officials for wishing to make the ' Giizettt their ori/an. Wo have always 4 onnnt,] n pprmin wtdl-drfi nod Course of *-^dWihict; onr political opinions arc well 1 known, and alivajs openly expresscd) we stlifco to give no causeless offence (<< any one, while we reserve the right to * criticise the actions and policy of those i who bold positions of power and public responsibility in the State and County. THeitMne- pokey, which has marked our * eondaot in thai past, wo expect to maintain * in the future. The Journal styles itself an indepeiCdeiU paper, meaning thereby that it intends to hare opinions of its own, and to speak I andaot according to what it judges to be right, without submitting to the dictation of any WwA or party, independence is not a aero negation; it is something positive. The Ban or newspaper, thut expoets to be'treated with any respect, must have tqtnc, opinions on tonie subjects. The holding of eertain definite views, based upon reason, and the advocacy of such views, when the occasion requires, marks the truly indtpcndtiit individual or pttbfic journal. A# things are at present in South Ooro Una a-paper must hare some policy. The government is called upon, almost daily. tg tran?act matters of vital importance to the peoplo. Its actions are either right or wrong. The press, if it docs its duty at all, hol^s the important position of a medium between the governors and the governed. It must counsel, remonstrate with, and, if necessary, donounce and expose the former; while it must vigilantly watch over the interests of the latter, advise them of the conduct of their stewards, and ^?*rthc alarm when danger threatens. An tmleptiuLnt press does this thoughtfully, calmlyj^and dispassionately. It does not shot its eyes, and refuse to see what is going on; or closo its mouth, and say nothing. --calf wrong ui being done, and it makes no opposition, it becomes. to a certain extent, an accomplice, because there is much truth in the old proverb, ".Silence gives consent.'', On thesother bund, if it l'actiously teta itself- in opposition to a line of poHey, for no other reason than that it Is the policy of a certain political party, its influence may have, the cflcct of proventing the accomplishment of what is good. The persistent and well-directed assaults , of the press have succeeded in exposing monstrous frauds in government, and led , to the punishment of the perpetrators. A , corrupt government, whether it bo f)emoeiwtic or Republican, will be thoroughly , content, if the press will allow its tr ansae- , tions to pass unnoticed. Benign smiles. , and aubslUHiial patronage have been and | will eontiuua to be the rewards of such si- , 1 louoe, almost as much as of open, avowed. < auu cnugiug ?u?uvo*.j. Tho Journal must have the right t?? ] express itaepiuions ou public questions, j t<? advoaate the fpy*l and denounce the ( bad, without regard to utan or party.- , Until the time conn* when we will again t bo yVMki tor them, all legal notices of any . importance, or eyuopsea of them, will be t published frafnttdkiji by us for the inlormation of our subscribers a Immigration. j Kvery man, woman, or child, who feels a the least soHeltude for the welfare of South r Carolina, can huj regard with the most '' lively interest the movement that is now ' >n loot to procure immigrants to come 1' and settle ainongatu#. .No 8outh (Jaroli- ,( niati, who, (tryo to the instincts of his " nature, liopes tp sed our onco proud old commonwealth rise from her prescut pros- " irate condition atm prospor as sue ha> never before done, cuii be unmindful of " the vast importance of this immigration ' scheme. As wo said in a former article, ^ it seems to bp the only avenue left, by " wliich our prosperity can be regained, and, being such, it slrnuld certainly eoui- 0 mend itself to every one who has interests '1 at stake. We are informed that the immigrants ? arc not the " riff-raff " of the world, as t| many have supposed they were, but honest and industrious laboring men, vho, s< rowdcd out of the thickly populated produces of Germany, havo sought an asylum, tu our country. They come of their own . accord and ask us to give them homes.? Shall we, heedless of the impending danger, and yielding to that apathy which, alas! is taking hold upon too many of our citizens, let pass unimproved a fine opportunity of recovering what wo have lost ? Or shall we welcome and assist thorn, and thereby restore order to our labor system i devclopc our vast natural resources, render all species of property productive?in I short, make the whole land blossom as the rose ? Let our people consider these two uestions and act for themselves. A meeting of the citizens of Kershaw County is called, to assemble at the town hair on Monday next, at 1- o'clock, to consider and discuss some schcnio by which immigration may be promoted. We hope there will be a large attendance. The Taxes. There is something startling in the thought that the effect of the present tax levy will be to wrest from the impoverished people of South Carolina, the enormous sum of THBKE MILLION DOLLARS. But such is, nevertheless, the fact. We may be disposed to look at the statement somewhat as a general proposition. and with the indifference that results from considering it as something at a distance, and a matter in which each of us, individually, is only concerned as a small factor in a large total. But let us bring the question home, and see how it rt" "* ? " 17?i /-i inecis us ot iversnaw vuuui>jr. imuuui ngard to our fellow citizens in other parts of the Stato. The State governuient calls upon us tor twelve mills, one and one fifth per cent. In addition to this, the County government want? five Wflis, oht-half of nut per rent. We must, therefore, pay eeventeen mills upon the assessed value of our property, for State and County purposes. We omit from this calculation, the special taxes that are levied hy the Townships for free school., and the tax to pay for the bridge over tho Watered river; these , are imposed by the voluntary suffrages of the people, and they can see and know what becomes of them. Assessing the property of Kershaw County at $2, 500.000, (at which we beliovo it is valued,) and imposing a tax of two per cent which is nearly an average, we find that our portion of the common burden is $50,000. This large amount of money our people must pay within sixty <hv/s. at the longest, and the serious inquiry is. how are tlicy to do it? Money is so scarce that it can with difficulty be obtained for the most necessary purposes.? The most rigid economy under the* closest management is required to conduct business at all. Nut if, owing to the stringency of the times, an unfortunate individual is unable to pay his taxes, within the time allowed, twenty per cent, is immediately added to the already intolerable burden, and next follows the sale of property, with additional costs, penalties, and commissions. Our little county, with its unpretentious juii, its rough roads, and dangerous, unmciiilcd bridges. iLs small noor house and comparative peacefulness and absence of criuie. must have $12,500 for one year, and .still be in debt. Things are radically wrong somewhere, and must ho remedied. Kvery four months the Judge charges the Grand Jury upon the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the County Commissioners, and orders a searching investigation of their behavior. The Grand Jury examines, makes ageneral, indefinite presentment, and there the whole thing stops; but the County goes on sinking in debt. The situation, as regards taxation, is rapidly getting no better. Our whole people, white and colored, without regard to party, will soon have to meet and answer his i|uestioii: Are you going to .suffer the government to take all of your earnirigs, ;o absorb all of the income of your property The past year has been one of reverses and failures in business. The :)rutit upon investments has been small, specially to farmers, upon wham the burleu of taxation presses most heavily, owing o the great decline in the price of cotton. \ irrt/ furyr portion of the little profit uade must go to pay the taxes. Governments are made for the people, aid arc their servants, according to the Vmerieau idea. This order is being rapidy reversed among us, and wo will soon be ? abject slaves to our government, as arc be subjects of the iShah of l'ersia. who. , iut lately, were starving to death by thous. lids, while tue revenues, wrung frotp hem, were being squandered by their ru. r in giving rich presents to European obleuieu, policemen and servants. It is high time that the people should < mko thumsclvoa heard upon this subject id tboui assemble a# tax payers, grangers, r under uny nauie that seems bust, and , evise some measures for relief. Our eon- ( ition is not remediless, if wo will only , ct. * I Ireland Is profiting by the large in- 1 reuse in the price of coal in Kngland. ! 'lie island is known to contain many riah- 1 nal fields, which have been liitbeito wrnrk- < d on a very small scale. Capitalists are OW beginning to look on those as profiible investments, and preparations are < eing made to work the coal on u large 1 < !?. 1 VIRGINIA. ? inauguration op oov. kemper. "Richmond. Va.,.January 1.?The Lc- I gislature convened, to-day, at noon, nearly i every uieinbor of both houses being present. I The organization having been previously arranged in caucus, the election of officers was quickly gotten through with, and resulted in the re-election of all the officers of the last session, except the Sergcant-atAruis, which office was filled by the election of J. F. Wall, of Frederick. The Seuate and House then went into joint session, and proceeded to canvass the returns of the recent election for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, with the follow-?? """"lt 1^ak a* Tarrioa llljp rcnun i ui VIUTOJ uui, xj UUIUJ **. Kemper. (Democrat.) 120.728; R- W. Hughes, 93, 499; majority for Kemper 27,230. The majority for Col. R. E. Withers, (Democrat.) for Lieutcnant-Govcrnoi, was 27,546, Immediately after the conclusion of the count, the Governor elect was notified, and he proceeded to the Executive Mansion, where the oath of office was administered to hfhi by Judge Fitzhugh. of the Chancery Court. Governor Kemper then sent his inaugural message to both houses. In his mossagc, he says: "I do not hesitate to affirm, so encouragcing and decisive has been the progress of the last four years, so clearly developed by the past are the oblications of to-day, that if we are but guided by prudence, if ^re go forward with courage, tempered with forbearance, mid if no Federal legislation shall intervene to disturb the relations between the races, we cannot fail to bring our groat experiment to a successful and prosperous issue." lie then refers, in flattering terms, to the uniform system of free schools for tlw e<}ucaHnn of hnth ri.oes which challeiifOH onm parison with any similar scheme elsewhere He says that recent events prove how futile and how disastrous to its authors must be any future attempts to array the colored race against the whites. He refers to immigration ap<J .capital as the two grcnt material wants of Virginia, and says that the interest of the whole country demand the establishment of a lasting reconciliation aud the return of complete normal relations between the people of the State, on the ono hand, and the people of all the other States and the Qovernment of the United States on the other. Of political party relations, the Governor says : "Virginia, recognizing no such obligations as bind her to tny national party, promises the. maintenance of her fidelity to all who shall bepome allies in the defence of measures calculated to sgcufh the ends named, and is ready to oo-opsratn cordially ?ith men of whatever party in upholding these measures, by whomsoever proposed, supporting those who support them, and opposing air opposition to them." llo alludes to the fact that the dismemberment of Virginia during tho war has left the old State responsible tor the whole debt, with sttch a conflict of claims as to render a compromise impossible, and leaves both States without remedy. The Government of tho United States, by its action, has prevented the State from fulfilling its obli gations, and intervened between Virginia J and her creditors. Without any discus sion of the power of the Fcdoral Government, under ordinary circumstances, to assume the debts of the States, he argues that if the Government of the 1'nited States should now, in the plenitude of its wealth and power, restore prosperity to our State by assuming her debt, a paltry burden on the uationai treasury, but grievous to us in our poverty, it would only iu a small measure nuke a return for the vast donation with which the mnnifieeneo of Virginia endorsed the Union in its weakness am] infancy, lie alludes to the fact that as a result of the war, the burden of the States is greatly increusc.d iu the education of the frccdmen and sup ! port of colored paupers, while the taxable property has Uon greatly decreased, thus leaving Virginia entrusted vrifh the care of educating more than 500,^00 of wards of the nation without being provided with the means of executing the trust, lie would deplore the interference of the Federal Government with public schools of the State ascertain to result in their dc i structjon,- yet justice, humanity anil the : best interest of (he colored race and conn try at large demand that the N ational Govcrnment should furnish tho .State with the necessary means to educate them. Virginia has less than one-third of her proportion of national currency, and the Government should cither afford her her due pro- ; portion or repeal the existing tax on the ' .State hank notes, thus allowiug the State ' to provide a circulation medium of her J own. He urges that every effort be made by the State herself to provide for the ' public debt. He advocates a liberal pro- j vish.ni as true economy in the carc of the ( public institutions. The Tax-Payers' Convention.-*-'Ac members of the Executive Committee of the Tax-payers' Convention are requested to meet at the rooms of the Chamber of . Commerce, in Charleston, on Tuesday, i 13th day of .January, instant, at 12 M., for the purpose of consulting upon the j proposal of the Chamber oi' Commerce, that the Convention be re-assembled ''to take into consideration the present condi- | fion of tho tax-payers of the State," and also a proposition to enlarge the numbers . of said convention. The following gentlemen compose the Executive Committee: . t J.I 4 ii II ^,| cum * ? ricsnur. muiiimih un^uuu, ? hit. V. Simons, \V\ Hudloy. K. H. (!. Cash, V. I\ Wnrley, A. J*. Aldrich, Henry (fOurJin, II. ('. Smart, Willjaiji Wallace, f It. L. .McOnughriu, T. J. (Joodwyn, J. L. WestmorelnnJ, A. II. Davcga, A. H. Woodruff, John L. Manning, M. I?. Hon- r liaui, X. Hurt; W. D. I'ortor. President. The London Arho believes thut among the things l4rir?t generally known" is the e fatal connection between Saturday night ) wd infant mortality. The number of i children who are smothered by affectionate t but over-tired or not over-sober paronts a between Htindown on Saturday and honrise 1 n Sunday, far surpasses the mortality of i iny other night in the week. This is not v precisely the idea of tho "Cotter's Satur- t Jay" which poetry has made familiar. ? The glaenvsre house of K. J Hart & t I'u., of Tehoupitoujas street, Xew Or- t leans, was burued yesterday, causiug u, d loss of 820,000. J c i j n SPAIN. ^ I _ fc Madrid, January 3?Midnight. ti In the Cortes. to-day, the deputies, on ti two votes, gave majorities agaiost Presi- ri 3ent Cast?ar. Gen. Pavia, who is a c friend of Castelur's, thereupon occupiod the palace of the Cortes and other public n buildings with a force of 14,000 troops. 8 He dissolved the Cortes and summoned the I most^pminent men of all parties, ineiuding a members of the present government, only t excepting Carlists and Insurgents, to form r a new governiuwit. This, Gen. Pavia de- d clared, was the only means for the salva- 1 tion of the country. He refused persou- v ally to become a member of the govern- t ment. The streets are filled with people, t and there is great excitement, but no a blood has been shed. The majority in [ the Cortes against Prosidont Oastelar was j one hundred and twonty-six. Washwoton,"!). 0" January 4. j Pavia's coup d'etat in Spain sadly disap- x points our diplomacy. ^It has been known n that our dainty treatment of Spain in the c Virginius matter was iu the interest of the r Castelar Government, and his defeat is re- f garded as ours. t As it was not supposed that the Casfelar 1 government would he of long oontinuance. f a change was expected, but not in the 1 manner yesterday reported from Madrid, t and therefore the cuvp de'etnt of Gen. 1 Pavia excited much snrprise in diplomatic 1 and other circles?his name not having t heretofore been mentioned in a manner t which would opc&on even a suspicion of such a movement on his part. Specula- j tions are freely expressed as to the future, ( and the general opinion is that the Itepub 1 lican cause has been damaged by the re- ( ported revolutionary proceeding, but the t official information thus far received is of t so meagre a character as te afford no basis ; for reliable comment. The Castolar government had, during tiro Virginias negotiation, repeatedly declared, not only its t friendliness toward the United States, < but its desire to draw still closer the rcla- t tions of the two countries; and our go- ] vet nment evinced a like amicable feeling ] toward Spain, even taking tlio negotiations t out of the hands of Gen. Sickles in order to be in bettor accord with the Caatelur government. The friends of that govern- t uiciit in congressional and executive cir- c U1C? ICgirt IIIC ictcilb vvvuws AM ^niu no t likely to delay the promised reforms in i the Anliiie*, and preycqtin^ ijcgotia- j tions through (Jen. Cashing as would tend i to a pacification in Cnba and Porto Kico, s and at the same time protect American in- J tcrests in Cuban waters from the annoy- t ances and outmgea to which they have t been so frequently subjected. i Th.ere ^-d oflfojal (jispajphes to the effect I that Pa via is to be court uiartialed for re- c bellion, that his forces are disarmed, and t that the government is undergoing reor- r ganizatioii under Marshal Serrano. .Madrid, January 1. The final and decisive y--tp by wl)ich j Castelpr vyaa beaten jn thp Corl'ps stood ^ one hundred and twenty to oqc hundred, ( the majority against him being twenty in- c stead of one hundred and twenty as first reported. As soon as the result was an- v nounced Ccn. Pa via sent an oilicer to the | chamber with letter demanding a dissolu- M tiuu of the Cortes. Sgnor Sulmeron and (j others urged CastoLr to continue in pow- , cr, but their prayers were refused, where- | upon a company jof- the muncipal guard c entered the palace wf the Cortes and ex- j pellcd the deputies. (Jen. i'aviu, with jj his stall, held position outside with can- ( non pointed at the building. It is ex- K peeted that the new lnjuijatry wilj be com- j, posed of Conservatives and Radicals, with ^ Marshal Serrano us president. Madrid, January 4?Midnight. 0 The new ministry has been formed us j follows: President, Serrano; Minister of fj i oreign Attairs, oagostaj war, ceavaia; ( Justice, 1'ignorola; Agriculture, Bacarra; t| finance, Kehugifrray j lulerior, Garcia p. lticise; Marine, Topctc. All the strategic c points of the city were occupied by tlie military last night. The chief civil and w military authorities of nearly all the (| provinces in poqiumriieitfion with madrid have telegraphed to Gun. Pavift their ap- 0 proval of his conduct. No disturbance is reported in any quarter. The transmitsion of private telegrams has been teinporarily suspended. j. u TAXATION. 11 H Tho tax which has bepn ap- ^ proved by the Governor provides for 11 i tax of 12 mills for State purposes, a' md 3 mills for county purposes, and in " scvurul counties there will he an additional :i tax of bomo sort to cover the deficiencies 1,1 tnd debt-of previous years. Tho appropriatiou of the tax and the amount which a it should yield, the assessed value of the ,l] taxable property being 817f?,95G f)02, are ' diown in tho following table: P Mill*. Amount. j;' 11 .fop Executive and .J udicial *l Department, ^*'21,1 i?f> r; I! for l ublic Institutions I for Public Schools 363,913 I 1 4Ait li'vl r i *111(1 l{nmil>kt* Sloo r I 2 liAtlU ? livi l?Vgl?ltl| | '?,T siom. 205,435 I for Public Printing 170,950 C JJ for Deficiencies 575.109 te j for Hank and Trust Company 132,717 [ lor half yearjy Interest on Pubfic Debt. 170.050 1 for County Tax {j.'W. 809 y 15 Mills?Total Tax 82,054.347 J' Cast year the assessment was 8107,4811,1 )92, and fiic tax was as follows : j." Mills. Amount. J for Goneral Appropriations 8 837,405 I for Public f'i.lioo^ J134 902 i for Deficiencies H37,4j<5 1 for County TaX f>()_,ll3 , 5 Mills?Total Taf $2,512.215 To tins must be added the poll ?.a? for ^ ducational purposes, which amounted last w ear to $9tt,950, and will he at least as i I. iI * . . il.i <1. . C1..1 . nucn iiiucii mis jear; so mu me mmu ?c ax may he put down, in round numbers, ,t $2,750,000 this year against $2,000,000 nit yeur. increase, as things go. Iocs not, at tiic liivst gbuAC apl^y fo Jir I in reasonable, especially as in the la.x of he present year there is included a sum of , '170,050 fur interest on (ho public d.-bt. ^ lut the Moses government were clcotcd o office under the must solemn promises hnt they would abolish useless offices, reluce salaries and practice economy iu very departme nt of the government. The ft irstep was to imppse a tax of fifteen mill >r for 1872-73, which was the heaviest ix ever levied. The excuse for this was, bat previous Radical administrations had an the State in debt, nnd when this was ancoljed the cost of ,tbe govern ment rould be exceeding small. This was the eason given for the tax of five mills, or 837,405, for deficiencies. The tax was evied, und now we find that the State is s much as ever in debt; that a tax of fifeeo mills npon an increased assessment is cnuired, including an appropriation for ieficiencies amounting to over half a milion. Besides, the tax bill makes no pro ision for the Blue Ridge Scrip Steal and ho Pfiff Horfifioofoa Sfonl nnd flio ntlior >ig and little Steals whioh Gov. M^ses ,nd his pojitieal bedfellows count us a mrt of the floating debt. Can there >ossihly be a worse record than this ? In 1860 the entire value of the real and lerswnal proporty in the State was, in ound numbers. $500,000,000. and the iverage annual expenses of the State government were only $500,000, being a tax if one mill on the dollar. Now the tax is iftecn mills on the dollar; although most axable property is asaossed at its full /qllip, while in I860 the assessment was ar less than tho price the property would wing in tho open market. In other words, he value of the property in the State has alien from $500,000,000 to$176,956,502, >eing a decrease of sixty-four per cent., md the amount of money raised by taxation has has risen from $500,000 to 82,>00,000, or an inorease of five hundred >or cent. Add to this the Comptrollerieneral estimates the taxes and costs for [872-73 at $2,810,000, of which amouut >nly $1,719,727 have been paid into the :reasury, and some idea can be forqie4 of lie effeofs of Radical rulo upon this State i i? \r. /y * t ill I jicupiu.^-iTnrji irnu tun/ ?c/. Sickles.?Kven the New York Times ejoices at the Cuban embroglio, if for no ithcr reason than that it has resulted in lie removal and disgrace of Dan. Sickles. Dan. began life as a New York rough.? lie will now hay? a cluiqca of returning o the dirt tVorn whence he sprang. The Thncs dismisses him contemptuously thus: "We confess that we are heartily glad he public service is rid of him, and we larnestly trust that we have now heard he last of him. or, at least, that he will lot be chosen again to represent the Vmej icap people, oy any seoii6n of them, n any capacity whatever. Wo may now tnte that the recent negotiations with >pain were carried on without reference o Sickles in any way?his own bad judgnent and worse temper having rendered t impossible for the Spanish Minister to iold any iijtarcoyrsp with h>ih at a vcvy larty day. Wo may almost be thankful or this Vhrginius affair, if it has been the iicans of digging a grave for Sickles.'' Fetishism?Neoro Sut'erstjtjo.n ok jOnu Isf.AKn.-TIf is reported by it New fork paper that fetishism exists among he negroes of Little Neck, L. I. A few iveniugfl since, it is said, a Mr. Wallace nd two friends were driving homo in a ragon, when in passing a barn brilliantly iglitcd with lamps, they beard many trangc voices. 1 hrough the crevice of the loor tlioy saw eight colored men and wonon, with howed heads, kneeling around a arge can or urn filled with burning charoal, upon which a young kid, with bleedng neck, lay roasting. One elderly metnier of this fanaticul congregation bounded o his feet as if suddenly inspired, and frrctchingout his arms and clasping his iai|ds ijltprii!|tely, sobbed forth, "Give us ack thcspiril-oftliy prophets who aro gone louie. Send us down the heart and souls f Abraham und Isaiah and Moses and iaron. We want to bo forewarned of lie Messiah's coining. 0, thou eternal iod of Moses." At this some cast up heir eyes and groaned, and fell on their ices toward the roasting kid and burning harcoal. One Kfown who was clad in a long diite goivp, and who was tho high priest f the occasion, walked up to the sacrificial id and staunched its neck with a piece f white linen. He then culled upon the rostrate cirelo to riao to their knees, and laced upon tho forehead of oach the lood stained cloth. This being done, he nell himself, kissed the cloth, placed it pun his forehead, and then burned it in lie fire. Rrown then removed his long hite town, nnd taking a short stick from lie pile of boughs and branches in a cor* er of thp barn, lie formed a circle with it round thp roasted kid- ntid !'as* lto the urn of charcoal. This seemed to bo well known signal, for the worshippers rose, and going slowly and solemnly to ie pijo, each took a bough or braneh, ml returning as orderly they wen-), lirew them upon and around the fire.? ho blaze was soon over a yard high, and rayers, hosannahs, moans, and ejaculaons, mingled with the crackling of the iel. The services closed with a Scriptuil offering to the ''God of Moses." M.\KKIER-?On the Bjstglt., by Rev. . E. lfodgcrs, Mr. J. N. Davis, of Sum>r County, and Miss Florence II., daugli* r of C. 1. Shiver, Esq., of Kershaw. TZEI-AJSTICS. VK desire t^ return cur nutans to the! puhlio genera'ly fur the patronage ao j herally I eslwwed upon uh in'Itc past, an?l jpc, l?y a strict attention to husiticss, nn?l i earnest endeavor to please, to merit u tntinunuec of tliesame. KIRK LEY & GARLAND. January 8, 1X74. tf TMQSE IN WANT )K ANN TJIIN,U iu the li^c of foreign and Domestic FRUITS, dJO., ili nltyn^s fjml it fo their interest to buy here the inrjre?."t ami be?l uxsurtuiCi?t js -|.t. M'c always keep a complete Htock iu a sou KTUKLEY & GARLAND. January H. tf :Vi:itYTHlNG Iff Iffa M^UKL I'jJ ? First (liiss Grocery Store, t'AN BE HAD AT HIE VERY LOWEST PRICES, AT LIRHLEY A GARLAND N OAMDEN PRTOES (WEREN'T " CORKECTRD WEEKLY. APPLES?Green, per bushel , $3 00 Pried, per ft 15 BACON?Htms, " 15 @17 Shoulders " 9 @ Sides, 10 @10* BAGGING per yard. 18 @ BUTTER?Goshen, per ft 40 @ ] Country, " @ BEESWAX? " 25 @30 CANDLES? " 20 @50 COFFEE? " 25 @30 CORN? per bushel, 1 20 CHICKENS? each, 20 @30 EGGS? por dozen, 20 @ 25 FLOUR? per barrel, 7 60 @ 12 { IRON TIES? per ft 8 @ 10 LARD- " 12* @ 15 * n i imvy n ts r? i s / n a /K fr LfcATHUiK?COiO " JU {moo Upper, " 60 @ 75 Harness," 50 @ 60 Mackerel?per bbl. No. 1. 24 00 11 ? 2. 19 00 " " 3. 15 00 Kit. " 1.21 @3 00 " 2 2 50 " " 3. 1 75 MOLASSES? per gallon* 35 @100 OATS? per bushel, 90 ONIONS? . " 3 00 PEACnES?Dried, per lb 5 PEARS? " ? 1 25 SUGARS? yerlb 121 @ 15 SALT? per Hack, 215 @2 25 TALLOW? per lb 20 VINEGAR? per gallon, |50 YARN? per bunch, 1 50 Cotton.?The market during the past ( nronlr V\na Vttfnn native with middlincM At 14J cents. Shipments since last roport, by railroad, 1575 bales?by steamer, 34 j Total, 1000 bales. NO USE TALKING! WE want EVERYBODY t? know, that we ( do not intend that ANYBODY shall sell Goods cheaper tiiau we do. Kirkley d Garland, 1 January 8. tf j THE LARGEST AND BEST Assorted stool; of French and Amerioon 8 CONFECTIONS, C NUTS, FRUITS, CANNED GOODS, &c. 8 Can always he found at KIRKLEY it GARLAND S. i January 8. tf BRT OOOIDS, { Notions, hats, and various articles, selling at exceedingly low figures, hy KIRKLEY & GARLAND. ' 6 Nmall Profits, AND QtJICK SALES, IS OUR MOTTO'IMlOHE who don't helieve it, call and eg- j, 1 amine our Goods and the prices at which (j we arc selling, Q KIRKLEY & GARLAND. oi ^WA^tedT" I nVBRYBODV to know that' KIRKLEfl I j OARLANl) keep Store ome door south of the corner, in the Workman Building, where tliey keep always on hand, a complete stock of (tenoral Merchandise, at LOW PR1CR8. AN UNDISPUTED FACT, Thnt those \vl|ii sell FOR C.\SH, cqn sell cheap?but those who sell on time, MUST 81 have big profits. We sell CHEAP, FOR CASH. KIRKLEY & GARLAND. " LO?T, l On the 21th ?f December, 1878, a Due Bill -| given by John H. Meroney, agent of K. ? Mciuney, to the undorsigned, for fifty dollars and sixty-five cents. This notice is to forawarn all persons against trading for the same. * John W- Cooper. ?3 January 8. It* g( NOTICE. i CITIZENS' SAVINGS BANK, Si CAMDEN, JANUARY t>, 1874. Bi Depositors win please call at my office fe during I he week ending the 10th instant, ou business of importance to themselves. W. D. McDOWALL, Ass't. Cashier. C1 Januarys. It mSSOLOTION. 5 The co-partnership heretofore existing be- rj tween the undersigned, under the name of BROWN & HOLLAND, has been dissolved by inutua) popsent. The business will be closed by i. p. Holland. ? B. M. BROWN. , i. p. HOLLAND. J January 8. lm The Wilmington Star, ' Eatiilslislicd oul^ ftflx Ve?M. th( DAILY STAR. " Has the largest circulation of any Daily Newspaper in the 8tate, and a circulation in .H Wilmington nearly twice as large as any other natter. All the news of the day will he fouu<l in it. ' condensed when uuimportant, at length when u of moment, nud always presented in a clear, *en intelligent u^d irileptslijig tunfljjCj; " SUBSCRIPTION (iN ADVANCE.) C. One Year, $7 00 'l* " Si* Months. 3 60 *' Three months, *J 00 WKEIil.Y STAR. PUI0R REDUCED. J The \W:n?yU t>r\p is now combined with *1 the North Carolina Farmer, and is one of not the cheapest papers in the country, at the as i following pri REDUCED RATES: ,he . One copy, one year, ft htt One copy, si* months, 1 00 Cluhs of ft to 10, one year, $1 26 per copy. ' Clubs of 10 or more, one year, only $1 IX) j Specimen copies sent on application. Address. Wll. H. BERNARD, Editoi and Proprietor, x. p. Itfnckereir 'Jffackerel?!' 1 liH> kits MACKEREL, - c " J Foi 10 barrels Jo 25 half InrrcU Ja. For'gfUfl.y BAUM BRO. I TOWN HALL. FOUR NIGHTS ONLY! COMMENCING rHURSDAY, JANUARY 8,1874. GBAND OPENING of m HFT MAGICAL SOIREE Of ?I?IM IlLTiro, aided sy PROFESSOR MAtJRICE, AND THE WONDERFUL R07AL miOSHTES. 100 PRESENTS INCLUDING Watches, Clothing, Furniture, Hardware, Groceries, GWven Away Nightly. Admittance, 50 Cents. Children, 25 CentsDoors open at 7. Performance at 8. reentry 8, 1872. II TAX NOTICE. Hike County Tremrer Kershaw, OAMDEN, 8. C? DEC. 31,18T8. ON and after the lOtl/dfcy tf jMoary OTl IL. l)-.t ?>L. m ?... Oil, me owHOltae t|niiirer? IDUCOUDy will be open for the reception of State and Joanty Taxes. The rate of taxation will be as follows: , MillS. tate Taxes, '(including support of Public Schools,) 12 lonnty Tax, 8 pecial County Tax to pay past indebteUuesa, - - r 2 'oil Tax, ona dollar. 'he Free Bridge Tax will be collected at the same time,'and Ism follows: 'eKalb and Wateree Townships 2 uffalo and Flat Rocks Townships, 2 he following Sohool Districts hare each 1 assessed themselves to be collected at the same time: # Ichool Districts. Mills. No. i. *1 No. 2. 2 No. 8. , 1 No. 4. On personal property, 6 No. 8. Half a mill, and 60 cents on each pell. No. 9 2 No. 12, Two dollars on each poll. Section 11 of the Act specif ea the followtg funds as receivable for State Taxes nited States Cnrreaey, Gold and Silver oin, National Bank Notea and Certificates r Indebtedness authorised by the Generi Assembly, and issued to the Republic? rinting Company pursuant to the Act aproved November 19, 1878. DONALD McQUEEN, County Trtuunr. January 1,1874. tf Camden Orphan Society mam: academy. . The exercises of this School will be related on Monday next, 6th instant. JOHN W. JAMISON, January 1. Principal' District Court of lteOiM Stats 7K)R the Eastern District of Sooth Carol!' na?In Bankruptcy.?In the matter of re CITIZENS* SA VINOS BANK of South arolina, Bankrupt. This is to give notice that on the 1st day of ecember A. D. 1878, a warrant of Bankruptr was issued out of the District Court! of the nited States for t{ie Eastern iKstrtcf pf Juth Carolina, against the' Estate 'of ifee rriZENS' SA VINOS BANK in the Cooq, of Richland in said District of South Carona, adjudged a Bankmpt on its own petian; that the payment of any debts and dorery of any property belonging to said inkrupt, to it or for its use, and the transr of any property by it are forbidden by w; that a meeting of the creditors of the id Bankrupt, to prove their debts and to oose one or more assignees of its Estate, 11 be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be ilden at Columbia, at the Citisena' Savings ink of South ^Carolina, before E. M; Snook,' Registrar in Bankruptcy for slid l)i$ict, on the fourteenth" (14th) day of Janua, A. D. 1874, at 10 o'plocki a. m. r u wit r A no *?* United States Marshal for said District, Jauarjr 1? it As *fe!??P|1F; ?rm r?: ^ Mpi ?. '^jt Pacific Guano Company's (CAPITAL 9100,000) Soluble Pacific Guano. riria OUANO is now so well known in all ' Southerji 8Utes; foj- its re;hajkjM, eAitf an agency fop lusretjsiqg tlje pro^ucli pf or, as not to require special oommendatiea m us, Its use for eight years past has estlished its character for reliable excel, ice. The large fixed capital invested by ) Company in this trade affords the surest arnntee of the continued excellence of this ano. The supplies put into market this ison are, as heretofore, prepared under the jcrlptcndence of Dr. ?t. Juljeu jtajeagi, eiulstcf iM Company," at'Ubarleafoq,' q. Ilence. nlanteis uiav rest assured thak quality and composition i? precisely the uu as that heretofore eohl J. N. ROBSON, Selline A coat, Charleston, 8. C. JOHN 8. REESE A Co., General Agent#, Baltimore. Peripi-^$i8 cast; $M time, wilfco?t ipVa^* Po accommodate planter#, they can order v and have till the lat of April to deoide to whether they will take at time or oaak ce. When delivered from the factory by carload, no draypge will be gharpd. aTAClD PHOSPHAt/ ASTER, Ac., alwaya ou hand, quality ranteed. J. N. ROBSON. anuary 1 8m Guano. }0 tons SEA FQ\VL GUAN?, 10 tool Dissolved bone1 r sale upon reasonable terms, to purisers making early application. I A T. I. JOENS. Fanuary 1. tf