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~_THE CAMDEN JODML W. D. TRANTHAM & J T HAY, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. JAYIABY 22, 1874. Commendable. Id the case of the State vs. Cyrus Clarkson, (colored,) indicted for graad larceny, in stealing cattle, tried yesterday in the (Jourfc of General Sessions, the Jury, composed of colored men, brought in a verdict of "not guilty," contrary to overwhelming and conclusive evidence of pioAnoi* Mo nna nnnri .hp I MIO|UU?V? tu? |/iwvuv?< m^v.. ...? Jury was able to write the verdict, and the Judge ordered the Clerk of the Court to eadorse it upon the record, and the foresail to make his "mark." His Honor then commeuted upon the conduct of the Jury Commissioners in drawing men grossly illiterate and incompetent to serve as Jurymen, rebuked the Jury for their total disregard of all la viand evidence in the case, ordered that their names be stricken from the ! ury list, and that the Sheriff furnish twenty four men of intelligence and integrity, from which another Jury might be selected. He expressed his regret that under the law the verdict must stand, and that he was unable to set it aside. This conduct of Judge Carpeuter cannot be too highly commended. Some such rigorous and fearless administration of justice is needed to check the unbridled partisanship of some of oar public officers, and the shameless disregard of all obliga tions shown bv many who are called to act is jurymen and witnesses in tbo Court*. ///< the T?i<Pajen' Co*re*Uoa. V The executive committee has called a meeting of this body, to be held at Colum-' bis, on the 17th day February. The situation of affairs in this State is such, that 9 some action must be taken, and that positive, and without delay. From one end of our Commonwealth to the other a great cry of indignation, mingled with pain, has been raised. In'the depressed condition of our people the burden of taxation threatens to crush the life out of them.? Not only is the rate of taxation heavy, but, in many quarters, it is charged that property has been assessed at two or three times its value, so that the taxes of last year are doubled and trebled at present. If the people cannot pay, what are they to do ? They cannot sit quietly, and see their property confiscated. We heard a gentleman, who has to pay taxes on a large quantity of land, say that if the State would take one tract of tirtem hundred , -TV ?-"4 the rest of his proparty from liability, it would be a great relief to him to pay in that manner. We may reason as wc like about the percentage of taxation in this State, as compared with other parts of the Union, but whenever the pressure becomes so great as to neoemitate a step, similar to that proposed above, it is time that some decisive measures should be taken, if so much property should be sacrificed to pay taxes this "? Inrinaf. onnnl rnmntitv nillKl tm the next, and so it will continue, until the government shall have absorbed all of the citiaens' property. This is confiscation Oar Legislators knew what the financial condition of the State was when the Act to raise supplies was before them. The prem of the State spared no pains to urge this upon their attention, while it respectfully and firmly protested against a burdensome levy. The State does not need so much money, and therefore the imposition of roinons taxes, in spite of entreaty and remonstrance, shows a wilful disregard of the interests, and contempt for the distress, of our people upon the part of the government. There ie another matter which deserves the serious consideration of the tax payers. The State has been so extravagant in the , past foor years, that it has just been compelled, in self-defence, to repudiate a large - * .1 1 li ?t-!-L !i 1 1 i t portion OZ toe (leDl wmcn u uau con ir?vied. We are not disposed to find fault with the administration for resorting to thi| course. The debt was so heavy that it could not he paid, and its partial repudiation will work do substantial injustice But what has happened onee may happen again. If, notwithstanding the immense and unprecedented ainouut of money, that has been wrung from the people since Reconstruction, the State was constantly sinking in debt, it becomes the wise and prndent to anticipate and guard against a recurrence of the same calamity The tax-payers have no voice in creating ; our public debts, and are therefore not responsible; but they own the property 1 of the State, an^give the Commonwealth a tangible shape, since bonds, scrip, and J ?tock would be but empty and worthless , shadows, unless there was property, which i tbe government could make liable for ' their redemption. The debts of the State are a charge upon tbe tax-payew, and re- ( pudiation may not always be convenient or feasible. Tbe opinion is expressed by some that no good can result from the calling of , ' a convention of the tax-payers, and the j Kepublioan press of the State generally ridicules the idea. But if the proposed Convention is well made up, representing the sentiment of tbe people thoroughly, j nd ii properly eoodieted, muoh good 1 ? oan be accomplished. The character, ability, aud weight of the Executive Committee must have great influence with the powers of the State. The intellect and wealth which the Convention will represent, constitute a powerful minority, and possess a force which cannot he contemptuously disregarded. We trust to the wisdom and combined counsels of those who will assemble, to devise some method by which our troubles may be alleviated. We expect to see dignified, conservative views, a thorough comprehension of the toaiiAO tta nml liinrl nvo to Ortll tl CpI^ IS9UUO UC1U1C UP, auu uiuutmvv vvuuwwiM marking the deliberations of the Convention. Frothy, threatening speeches, and impracticable schemes are not wanted.? The people of South Carolina, who are debarred of all participations in the government, must speak, and if their utterances are marked by the spirit which should distinguish th sui, our rulers will listen to thein. If no other good should conic of it. much will be accomplished by bringing our people together to consult upon their common interests. The people of different parts of the State are gradually becoming, politically at least, strangers to each other. As each man is working at home, bravely battling with difficulties, he is forgetting the thousands of others, whose interests are idoutical with his own, and who arc I oppressed by the same evils. If a people ! become disintegrated, the task of consuming it by piece-meal is much simpler for ' its enemies, than is the destruction of a compact band, actuated by a close sympathy for each other, governed by the same wise counsels, and animated by the 6ame hopes. The nun-represented of South Carolina should meet each other in convention; and consult together. They can protest against oppression and misrule, if they do no more. We hope that, when a meeting is called to select delegates to the Convention at Columbia, every township in Kershaw County wilf be represented. Let the proposed Convention be one thoroughly representative, not of any "class or clique," but of the people. The Order of Judge Carpenter in the Contempt Case. The State of Sooth Carolina, ) ' Richland County. ) In the Common Pleas. John L. Watson, Plaintiff, ayainst The Citizens' Savings bank or South Carolina, Defendant,?Rules against Attorneys, &c.?Decroe. ' Rules having been issued in the above stated case against J. D. Rope, A. C. Haskell, F. W. McMaster, L. E. LeConte, W. K. Bachnian and L. F. Youinans, esquires, attorneys, solicitors and counselors in this eourt, requiring them to show cause why they and each of them should not be adjudged to be in contempt of the orders and authority of this court, and why they and each of them should not be removed from their said offices of attorneys, solicitors and counselors of the Circuit and Probate Courts of the State, and their nauies be stricken from the roll of attorneys of this court, and returns haviug been made by each of the respondents respectively; It is, upon due consideration thereof, adjudged that each of said respondents is in contempt of the authority and orders of this court by reason of the several acts, charged against liiui in the rules herein. And it is further ordered, vuljtubjcd and decreed that each of the respondents be, and he is hereby, suspended from his office of attorney, solicitor aud couuselor in the Circuit aud Probate Courts of this State, and forbidden to practice therein until the properly aud effects of the Citizens' Savings Bank of South Carolina shall be.restored to the custody of this court, aud until all fees received by hiu* since November 22d, 1873, from tho funds of said baak shall be restored to the said bauk and to the custody of this court. K. B. CARPENTER. Columbia, January 12th, 1874. The C'ouurfl of Safety The Taxpayers Convention Summoned to fleet Xext Month. Unanimous Action of the. Executive Committee? The Evolutions. Charleston, Tuesday Jan 13,1874. The Executive Committee of the Taxpayers' Couventiou met to-day, at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, pursuant to the call of the President, Hon. W\ I>. Porter. The meeting was called to order by the President, and Mr. J. Adger Smyth was requested to act as Secretary. A letter vnc rn:i it from S. Y. Tunnor. Esu.. Presi? I dent of the Chamber of Commerce, enclosing the following resolution adopted by that body: Chamber or Commerce ) Charleston S. G\, Dec. 31.1873. j At a regular meeting of this Chamber, held on the 29th inst, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Ww/, That in the opinion of this Chamber it is expedient that the Taxpayar?* Convention, which adjourned subject to the call of the President and the Kxecutivo Committee, should bo called together at an early day, to take into consideration the present condition of the taxpayers of the State, and that thel'rcsident of this Chamber be requested to communi Mtf. tliis rpuiilnf inn tn the nresident of the w*"vv r convention. *The letter of Presidont Tupper also informed the exeeutivo committeo of the appointment, at the request of the prcsideut of the convention, of the following committee from the Chamber of Commerce to meet and consult with them, viz: Hon. (i. L. Trenholm and Messrs. Richard Lathers. F. W. Dawson, W. A. Wardlaw, and J. Adger Smyth. On motion, this committee was invoked ty join in the deliberations of the oxecutivo committee of laptjtre. Gen Junes Cheroot, the ^ < <? chairman of the Executive committee took the chair, and after a full discussion, the following preamble and revolutions introduced by Col. Thomas Y. Simons, were unanimously adopted, and the delegates from Columbia wero requested to make the necessary arrangements for tho meeting: . j Whereas the convention of the taxpayers of South Carolina, held in May. A. D. 1871, with a view to the protection of the right? of the citizens, adjourned, subject ! to be reassembled on the call of their president and executive committee; and whereas the necessities of the times, and a due regard for the welfare of all interests and classes, requires that the taxpayers of the State should again meet for counsel, therefore: Resolved, That the taxpayers' convention of this State, be summoned and re* - 11. - ? it-- n_ quested to reassemoie in me city ui Columbia, on Tuesday, the 17th day of February ensuing, at twelve o'clock, meridian. llcsohcd, That for the purpose of enlarging the said convention, the taxpayers of the State of South Carolina who are opposed to the frauds and corruption which prevail, and who are in favor of honest government, with exact and equal justice to all, are requested to meet at the county seats of their respective counties, on the first Monday in February ensuing, and then and there elect or appoint additional delegates, equal to the representation of the county in the House of Representatives of the General Assembly, to represent them in the taxpayers convention of the State, with a view to the security of right and the prevention of wrong. W.D. PORTER, President. James Chesnut Chairm'n' Johnson Hagood Thomas Y Simons CW Dudley KBC Cash F F Warley a f Aidncn Henry Gourd'n H C Smart [-Ex. Com. William Wallace R L MeCaughrin T J Goodwin J S Westmorland A H Davega A B Woodruff John L .Manning M L Bonham A Burt The Chair of Chaiie. why tub nomination of cubbing was withdrawn. To the News and Courier. Washington, January 14. Yesterday afternoon, before the Republican senators resumed their caucus session Senator Sargent called npon the Presidont and mentioned to him the fact that he had received an anonymous letter in which it was stated that on the 21st of March, 1861, Caleb Cushing wrote a letter to Jefferson Davis strongly recommending Archibald Roane, a clerk in the attorneygeneral's office, to Davis's favorable consideration. Roane having strong Southern symnathies, and being an able scholar, wtut a ouauibutor to Review, and while briefly alluding to the subjects which then divided the North and South, Cushing spoke of them as the cause of a final separation of the Union, which he regarded as an accomplished fact. The ! President a short time thereafter applied to the secretary of war for the original of this letter, which was produced, it being found among the captured Confederate archives. The President, on reading the letter, at once concluded to withdraw the-j nomination and caused a communication to be written to the Senate for this purpose. Tho President, before he nominated Cushing, knew that this gentleman had taken the State Rights view of the questions which agitated the country, just previous to the breaking out of the late civil war, but that when Fort Sumter was fired upon, Cushing made a patriotic speech, and offered his services in putting down the rebellion. Other gentlemen had, like Cushing, declared their opinion that the government had no right to coerce a State, yetrwhen hostilities resulted, they were actively found on the side of the Union; but now that this letter to Jefferson Davis had come to light, stating so broadly disunion views, the President, notwithstanding his high appreciation of Mr. Cushing's legal attainments,' resolved to withdraw his name, apprehensive that his opinions, as expressed in the past, might injuriously affect the decisions of the Supreme Court in the event ol his connrination as cruet justice. The President called an extra Cabinet meeting to-day, which continued for nearly two hours, during which the subject of the chief justiceship was considered; A short time before the President's private secretary started for the capital, a long letter from Mr Cushing, through Gen. Butler, was received by the President, in which the writer thanks the President for his kihdness, and particularly for nominating him for the great flice of chief justice, and as if in contradiction of the numerous charges against him from newspapers aud other sources, he expresses his conviction of the propriety of the several amendments to tho constitution added since tho late civil war; and, in conclusion, he asks that his nomination be withdrawn from the Senate. The President detained the private secretary, and added to the uiessage of withdrawal a postscript stating that since the message was written yesterday, ho had received a letter from Mr. Cushing. a copy of which he enclosed, deeming it an act of justice to that gentleman to lay tho samo before the Senate. As soon as the postscript was written the prrvato secretary left the Executive mansion for the purpose of delivering the messaere to the Senate. The mes o gage was accninpanied by Gushing's letter to .Jefferson Davis as the ground on which the nomination is withdrawn, and also the letter of Gushing to President Grant, to which reference is abovo made. The original letter of (lushing to Davis is in possession of the war department. Senator Sargent has a copy of it, which he procured yesterday, by virtue of his senatorial privileges, and which was exhibited by him to the caucus. Efforts to obtain copy for publication have thus far proved unsuccessful, as the paper is considered confidential. Nothing has yet been j concluded as to a new nominee for ohief i justice. It ie supposed, in ofioiil quar-1 t ters, that Cushing will soon loave Washington of Madrid. caleb cushing's letter of withdrawal?a new profession of faith. Washington, January 14. The following is the letter of Gen. Cushing requesting the withdrawal of his nomination : To The Prerident: Sir?Animated by the sense of profound gratitude for the honor you have done me in nominating mo to the high office #of chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and perceiving that the continuance of my name before the Senate may be the cause or occasion of inconvenience to yourself or your political friends, therefore I respectfully request you to withdraw the nomination. Permit me to add that the charges of disloyalty to the Union and the Constitution which have been brought against me in this conneation are utterly destitute of foundation in truth or in fact. I indig nantly repel the imputation. In the time anterior to the commencement of hostilities in the Northern States every act of my political life, in whatever relation of parties, was governed by the single dominant pur pose of aiming to presorve the threatened integrity of the Union, and to avert from my country the calamity of its disruption and of consequent fratricidal carnage. How could such a purpose be promoted otherwise than by political associations or personal intercourse with citizens of different States, in eluding those of States Srofessedly disaffected to the Union ? hould the only possible means of laboring to prevent civil war be stigmatized as disloyalty to the constitution ? But immediately on the occurrence of the first act of hostility to the Union being struck in the State of South Carolina. I took my stand with the Union and its government. I publicly announced my adhesion to them in the most unequivocal terms. I tcndcrod my services to the government in the field or in any other way which might testify my fidelity to it, and I have continued from that day to this, as well in official as unofficial action, to tread in the path of unswerving devotion to the Union, whether during the actual progress of hostilities against it, or in the subsequent event of its reconstrution, and of the successive amendments of the constitution rendered necessary by the changed conditions and relations of the several States of the United States and of their respective inhabitants. The recent amendments of the constitution, each and all of them, as they were in turn adopted, nnd dip Ipfislative nets for their enforce mcnt and for accomplishing reconstruction, had my co-operation and adhesion, and I havo supported them constantly, if not in political debates, from which my comparative reserved habita of life afforded neither occasion nor opportunity, yet in legal opinion, or in the courts, and in counsel or discussion with officers of the government, members of Congress and private pcrsons.|I entertained the same general respect for these amendments as for other provisions of the constitution, and also rendered the special observance due to them as tne just and necessary incidents of the reconstruction of the Union. While my nomination was undergoing consideration in the Sonata, it. would U?ve been unbecoming for me to speak in explanation of my acts or my opinions, but now with relative indifference towhatever else may have been said, either honestly or maliciously, to my prejudice, it belongs to my sense of public duty, and it is my right to reaffirm and to declare that I have never, in the long course of a not inactive life, done an act, uttored a word or conceived a thought of disloyalty to the Constitution or the Union. I have the honor do be. very respectfully, (Signed) (f. Cusuinq. * Congress on the Stool of Repentance. # now THE SALARY GftAB WAS PASSED BY THE SENATE. WAsniNOTON, January 12. The Republican senators were in caucus this morning more than an hour. They had the opportunity in an entirely private way, to express freely their opinions as to the best thing to be done on the salary questioim It was agreed, With little dissent, that the good of the party demanded the entire repeal of the salary grab, as far as it could be done under the constitution. Sepntor Morton, who has been very impatient to get up his Pinchkack resolution, appealed to the caucus to dispose of the salary bill to-day, so that he could call up his resolution to-morrow. There was no formal consent given to this, but it was understood that the majority would make the offort to get through with the i bill this afternoon, and tke country will 1 be relieved to know that it was finally disposed of beforo adjournment. The bill as passed is very short and comprehensive, restoring the entire class of salaries put up Inst March to the rales prevailing previously. The salaries of the President nnd the justices of the Supreme Court remaining as now. The bill will be laid before the House to-morrot, and members will have to face tho music squarely. It I does not seem as if they can havo now any loophole ?f escape. Some members of the House are now pronouncing it as a piece of buncombe, and say that even if it should pass the President will veto it.? This is not probable. The? also sny.that the House will non-eotiour *nd ask a com mitteo of conference, which will take it upon itself to shape up another bill. IN MEMORIA.M. REV. BENJAMIN F. DUJII1N PERRY. _ .1 i_44 I... 4l.? 1 nricc 111 uienr muti /!' ,> ubd mv 1 tiate Archer brought mourling into flrace Church, iiml ruhed her nit??n in the habiliments of woe. Again is she iFnped in the sad symbols of orphanage, for herlnte beloved and admired Rector, whose name it herejinscribed. Talented, aecoiaplished, schslnrly nud eloquent, pure, gentle andnttractive, his memory is as a rich fragrance in the .warts of his bereaved pariahioners, for wheat he labored with a faithful and fervent zeal, that marked a ministry of rare excellence. The subject of these lines was born in Charleston, 8. C., on the 18b of August, 1834. where his early youth wis passed. In his boyhood, he was brought iito near association with tha Rev. Dr. lUchffd Fuller, undtr irh?i? mJaiitry, at thirttfi jrtara of ag?> he was received into the Baptist Ohurch.? He graduated at the Newton Theological Seminary in 1866, and the same year entered the Baptist ministry. In 1866 he was admitted into the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and received Priest's orders in 1867. He filled a temporary vacancy in the Rectorship of Trinity Churc]^ Abbeville, S. 0., in 1868, where he is still affectionately remembered, and in 1869, accepted a parish in Gainesville, Fla. In January, 1872, greatly to the regret of his parishioners, he accepted the call of Grace Church, Camden, where, for two years, often under great bodily infirmity and much mental depression, he ministered unto us most acceptably and faithfully, In the summer of 1872, he was seriously ill, and obtained a respite trom his labors, but his earnest spirit brought him back all too soon for the welfare of the body, for from this attack he seemed never to have wholly rallied, but with a strength of will, and a heroic power of endurance, at once admirable and affec- c - ? ting, lie labored on and on, Sundays, Hoiydays and week days, until, a mere shadow, he dragged a feeble form to the sanctuary, and, weak in body, but strong in faith, with his be'oved people celebrated his last Eu. charist on earth, on the first 8unday in the new year. And then he lay down upon liis couch, a dying man. and so entered his rest, spent in his Master's work, on Tuesday, January 13, 1874. As a minister, his spirit seemed filled with the love of Christ, the Incarnate God and Saviour of His people, and of His Holy, Catho- . lie and ApoBtolic Church. To present her in her beautiful garments and holy ordinances, her solemn ritual, her fervent prayers and < praises, and her lessons of Holy Scripture, and so bring fallen man into contact and com- munion with Christ, this was his work among us. Almost his last words weve of her.? "Keep the Chutch open," said he, shouting his battle-cry with his last breath.? It is not too much to say, that his burning ( love for the Church of his adoption, has left a kindred glow in the hearts of many, and a higher devotion to our Zion. He was interred in the Cemetery of this place, in holy . ground. Beside his, rest the forms of the venerated and beloved Bishop Davis, the able, learned And devoted Thomas F. Davis, Jr., and the young, piouB and promising F. Bruee Davis. Where shall we find those more worthy, ( more amiable, exemplary and accomplished? OAMDEN PRICES CURRENT. corrected weekly. APPLES?Green, per bushel , $3 00 Dried, per lb 15 BACON?Hams, " 15 @ 17 Shoulders " 9 @ Sides, 10 @ 10$ \ BAGGING per yard. 18 fa BUTT Kit?Goshen, per lb 40 @ J Country, " @ 1 BEESWAX? m " 25 fa 30 CANDLES? " 20 fa 50 COFFEE? " 35 (a, 40 CORN? per bushel. 1 20 CHICKENS? each, 20 @30 EGGS? per dozen, 20 @ 25 FLOUft? pwr barrol, 7 SO fa) 12 IRON TIES? per lb " 8 @ 10 " LARD? " 12$ @ 15 ' LEATHER?Sole ? 30 fa 55 Upper, " 60 @75 Harness," 50 fa 00 Mackerel?per bbl. No. 1. 24 00 ^ 19 00 0 " *3. 15 00 o Kit. " 1.2J @3 00 " " 2. 2 50 ^ " " 3. 1 75 J MOLASSES? per gallon- 35 @100 n OATS? per bushel, 90 a ONIONS? " uu PEACHES?Dried, per lb 5 PEARS? " " 1 25 SUGARS? yer ft 12* @ 15 SALT? per sack, 215 (hi 2 25 TALLOW? per ft 20 b VINEGAR? per gallon, 50 1 YARN? per bunch, 1 50 ? Cotton.?The market has been very active during the past week, openings a 14; cenLs, but declining to 14 and 14J f cents. Shipments bv railroad 920 hales, by steamer 60 bales?on hand at railroad depot, 445 bales. Total 1435 bales. Orphan Society School Notice. ? ii It being the imperative rule of this Society that tuition shall be paid in advance, and it \ having came to the notice of the Executive Committee that this has not been done, Notice is hereby given, that those persons sending their children to the School rnuBt, ~ absolutely, comply with tho rule, or withdraw them. J. M. DESAUSSURE, President. E. M. BOY'KIN, Vice President. J. M. DAVIS, J. A. YOUNG, t J. B. KERSHAW, ? Standing Committee. January 22. 'f The Humanities and Industries. Carolina Military Institute. CHARLOTTE, N. 0- J TnoiUnla triflt iiu flanov(manlo_PpA. lUia lUOlUUW| t???u m%9 w.?VM.u . .V pnratory anil Collegiate?ia now in successful operation. It contains new and progressive t features in education aud training. The next term begins February 14th. i Send for Circulars. Address: Ti Col .J. P. THOMAS, fo Superintendent. sc January 22. It. Marble! Marble !! I hereby give notice to the citizens uf Camden and its viciuity, that 1 will be iu Camden in a few days, with a lot of MAR11LB, and cv will be prepared to furnish Headstones, Mou r. umcuts, Ac., on as reasonable terms as thvr i g cau ho obtained clscwhero. All orucrs nromptly attended to. tf. P. SMITH, Jan. 22.?If. Of Suuiter H. C. Iron and Nteel. 15,11(10 lbs. IRON, of different sizes, tl 15,000 lbs. PLOW STEEL, ? t, For sale by BAUM BRO. .January 22. tf Iloes, Iloes. 25 dozen, of different kinds. For sale by BAUM BRO. January 22. tf t f " A SOUTHERN HOUSE. GEO. S. HACKEE'S DOOR, HASH AND BUND FACTORY, Kino, Opp. Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. j The only house of the kind in this City iwned and managed by a Carolinian. I v LARGE STOCK alway8 ON HAND , and sold at 20 per cent, less than North- ] em prices. i ADDRESS 1 GEO- & HACKER, j Charleston, S. C. p. o. box 170. . ( January 22. 12 Molasses, Molasses. 20 barrels New Orleans, 25 half barrels .50 barrels Muscovado For stile by Jan. 22. BAUM BRO. , i Garden Seeds. LANDRETH'S New Crop Garden ! Seeds. For sale by BAUM BRO. AN APPEAL. 1 To all whom it may Concern.; [t rests with those who are indebted to me to say whether or hot I shall Resume Business, ind I take this method of making an Earnest Appeal to such, to come forward and PAT ME PROMPTLY. Jteg** Friendship is an easy word to say, but now is the time to test it. [ shall expect all who are friends, to respond promptly to this, WITHOUT DELAY. ROB'T. M- KENNEDY. | rfrouary " tf~ " TO THE PUBLIC. \ A LTITOUGH burned out of my plane of bul\. sinesB by Ilia late fire, I succeeded insaiug a lure portion ot my stock, and will re- < pen iu a few days in Meroney's Building, no door north of Ur. Young's Book Store. My losses have been heavy, AND I WILL FEED MONEY to enable me to carry on my usiness My friends, and those whom I have i ccoiumodnted, will, 1 hope, lemeinher ine in I ly present straits, and coine up promptly nd pay what they owe. The time of adversity proves friendship. January 15. JOS. S. CLOUD.. A CARD. - Our Store-House and Stock were damaged iy the great fire, and we have met severe oases, besides being interrupted in our busiless. Those indebted to us will oblige us very luch by sttiling up their accounts without delay. 'his is imperatively necessary to keep us from uffering, and rouble us to accommodate our riends in the future. KENNEDY & BOY KIN. January 15. ^ NOTICE. Our friends and customers'will please come ?1 trward and settle their accounts. The losses y the recent fire render a speedy settlement nperative. For the present, wc will be found t the office of J. D* Kennedy, over W. L. rthur's store. f HODGSON & DtJNLAP. January 15, * tf A CARD. Having suffered from the fire, and remtir ig nit our resources tu vurryiug ou out uuness, we appeal to all indebted to A. D. ENNEDY & CO. and to the undersigned, i come forward aud pay up their accounts.. A. M. KENNEDY. A. D. KENNEDY. January 15. ii'Fow Days, We will be ready for Jbusiness, and have ft te stock of Goods to offer, received sir ,Ce i ie fire, consisting of f DHY GOODS , ( lardware and Groceries. < Our stock of Iron, Steel, plough Moulds, ' race-, Axes, Haines, NV;l9( and ft*ii articles , r l?lantatioii|use, is couipieto, and will be , ild low for cash. KENNEDY & BOYKIN. , January 15. If , RIGHT. Tb'c umlersigned informs his friends and ^ loiners that his store is open, and he is -repnred to serve them us usual. He will be ( ;lad to wait upon all who may give him a call. J. W. McCUKRY, Agent. January 14. Ao Interruption, The flubucrihers b?')r leave lo announce thai lie recent tire ban caused no interruption in ! Iieir business, and that they nre prepared u w tit upon customer#'as usual. J. \ T. 1. JONES. January 16. tf i JWfnekerel! MackeiTl!! lt>0 kits MACKEREL, 10 barrels do 2o half barrels do. For'salehy HA I'M HRO. The Ravages of the late FIRE! I LL who lost by the fire, and expect to rebuild, au?l those tvho tvi3h LUMBER or any purpose, are informed that my SAW HILL is in full repair, and that I cfcij furlish Lumber of the VERY BEST qunlity up>n the shortest notice. The Mil! is situated upon the public road Columbia, six miles from the town of Camlen. Lumber will bo delivered at the Mill, or n town as purchasers may desire. Terms?The Lowest possible Cash prices. Orders are respectfully.solicitcd. T. H. CLARKE. January 15. ^ tf School BooIsjb. Union Render, Holmes' and Reynolds' Union Spelling Book Davics'lArithmetics. Venable's and Sanford's iVebster's Dictionaries Stephen's History of the United States l^uackonboss' do do Easy Rooks of Instruction for children Printers and Readers Classical School Books, for advanced pupils Paper! Envelopes, Pens and Ink. J. A. Y0C5G. January 15. tf Strayed or Stolen, On the2d of January, a large dark red OX, ibout nine years old, with while face, and tips of his horns sawed off. He also has a wart upon hiiu that cannot fail to attract attention. Five dollars reward willbe paid for information that will lead to the recovery of mid Ox. L. M. HELL. Russel Place, 3. C\, Jan. 15. 2t ~ THANKS. WE desire to retnrn our thanks to the public genern'ly for the.patronage so liberally bestowed upon us in the past, and hope, by- a strict attention to business, and an earnest endeavor to please, to merit a continuance of the same. KIRKLEY & GARLAND. January 8, 1874. tf TRIimPHAMT" ??BBS?B Carolina Fertilizer Trn.L'UB souras tollotvs; casii price. &50 Per Ton of 2,000 Pounds. time prtce. &55 Per Ton of 2,000 Pounds PAYABLE NOVEMBER 1. 1?74, Free of Interest, Freight & Drayage to be Add&d. its success is IHPlttllMllll AND ITS STANDARD IS A No. 1. Acid Phosphate WILL BE SOLD AS FOLLOWS: CASH PRICE, 535 per Ton of 2,000 pounds. ^ TIME PRICE. 538 per Ton of 2,000 pounds, PAYABLE NOVEMBER 1. 1874. free of Interest, :rfiiffht & Dravace to be added. ~'0 '* ? J "O FOR bALK BY W. C. GERALD & CO., CAMD EX, S, C. GEO. W.WILLIAMS & CO., General A;/eats, at I 'harletton, S. C. January 15.- 4iu TAXNOTICE. * iffioe County Treasurer Kershaw, CAMDEN. S. C? DEC. 31,1873. ON and after the 10th ?lay of January 1874, the Books of the Treasurer of thiscouny will he open for the reception of State and bounty Taxes. The rate of taxation will be as follows: % Mills. State Taxes, (including support of Public Schools,) 12 Joupty Tax, 3 Special County Tax to pay past indebtedness, 2 Poll Tax, one dollar. inc free uri?ige ?m ut<i?uwitiioi the panic time, and is as follows* Ih-halh ami Wateree Townships 2 Ituttalo ami Flat Hocks Townships, 2 Hie following School Districts have each 1 assessed themselves to be collected at the same time: School Districts. IVJills. No. 1. tfci No. 2. 2 No. 8. 1 No. 4. On personal property, 5 No. 8. Half a mill, ami 50 cents on each poll. No. 9 2 No. 12. Two dollars on each poll. Section 11 of the Act specifies the following funds as receivable lor State Taxes:? United States Currency, Gold and Silver Coin. National llank Notes and Certificates of Indebtedness authorized by tiie General Assembly, and issued to the Republican Printing Company pursuant to the Act approved November 19, 1873. DONALD McQUEEN, County XrtMuror. Jfttuiftry 1,1174. II