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1 "THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. W. D. TRAXTHAM & J. T HAY, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. JAHUARY 29. 1874. Cheap Transportation. Among the great i^uotiun.H wlnen aie agitating the public mind at present, that whifli low the subject of this article stands prominent. Our country is of great extent, and its settled domain i> constantly increasing. Its variety <>f soil and climate enables it produce whatever can be grown in almost any part of the world. The only difficulty is to bring these products within easy reach of the people of all sections. The wonderful advance that has been made, within comparatively a few year9, in the facilities of transportation, both as to the cheapness and rapidity of the transit of men and merchandise, stimulates the desire that gucb transit should be cheaper, and, if possible, easier and more rapid. In many parts of the country the people are wagiag war upon the railroads, which furnish f'a **cifilies that would never have been dreamt * ? ? -lu?><n<u> thov are not oi Rome ycuio ...v ? more accommodating.. The great Northwest produces an almost unlimited quantity of grain, which the manufacturing population of the North and Northeast, and the cotton-growers of the South need and most have. This grain scarcely repays the cost of production to the farmer, who sees his barns tilled with corn and j wheat, while he wants money. When this grain reaches the Atlautic seaboard, the consumer pays four or five times as much for it as the producer received when he sold it. Both parties then complain that middle-men, and especially the railroads, absorb all of the profits of the laborer. The producer receives nothing, and the consumer pays everything that he can make in purchasing what he needs. The consideration of this state of things so wrought upon the popular tuind at the Northwest as to cause a revolt against the raihroads. Legislators and judges were ehoeen who promised to bring the whole weight of the law to bear against the uio nopoly of the common carriers. Upon their pert the railroad managers replied % that they were making nothing, and that few roads were paying any dividends upon J*t. stoek. The interest of the people j in Ifcia question, and thoir desire to settle it' Whgir favor has caused the rapid vgnrnth of the Grange, and gives their *mngih to the various farmers' move j maata, which have increased so rapidly jrfthin a few months that they have taken 1 the government of several States into their own hands, determined to administer it for their own benefit. The railroads wen doabtlesa obnoxious to many of the charges preferred against them, but were not responsible for all of the fanners' grievances.^ Transportation by land is uu avoidably expensive. It costs a great deal to level hiUe and fill up valleys, to purchase crote-ties and rails, in building a I?e4f and much attention over afterwards to keep it in order. The purchase and repair of locomotives and cars, and the wages of the numerous employees also demand a great deal of money. So that, although freights might be high, the rail roads could well say that their profits upon what was taken from the farmer were small From separate States this question of Cheap Transportation has spread uutil it hee now become one of uational importance ; so that a convention has been held in Washington to consider it, composed of delegates from many States, in which South Carolina was represented. The object was to devise means by arhich the products of one section might be placed in the hands of the people of others, without too much cost, and to recommend such legislation as might seem noccsaary upon the subject. Several methods present themselves by which this might be accomplished. Congress is asked by some to regulate railroad tariffs, so as prevent the extortion of monopolists, and compel the roads to transport goods at such prices as tha people can pay. The railroad corpo rations in the United States arc, ii<> doubt, great and dangerous monopolies, and their power is constantly becoming more threatening, sufficing, iu many instances, to over-ride legislatures and courts by the influence of money. It is proper that the law, which grants them privileges, should also plaee them under salutary restrictions But Congress should not interfere, because the province of the general government is limited and defiued by the constitution of the United States, and the exercise of implied powers has already been carried far enough. It is also proposed that the government should build and control roads, to be used for the benefit of the people at large, u the rest of the puDiic property is ?npposed to bo. This plan is open to uia ny objections. An opportunity would be thereby offered for ondless jobbery, speculate n and emberxloment. The "Credit MobUier" would bo so often repented ? . .... to eease to excite any surprise or indignation. Large sums of money would necessarily be placed in the hands of many individuals, and our experience as n nation haa taught us by this timo that the honesty of but few men is proof against the leftjtettan of public money. The patron>i - - ago of the government, already too great and corrupting, wouldlethereby increased. With the increase of offices tin re also come# an increase of the number of applicants for them, and oppoitunitics and inducements to bribery are multiplied. The solution of the problem can be much better left to private enterprise, and the active competition of our busy age and country will do much more to reTTuceTanffs than the interference of the governments ^Competing lines should bo built, connecting wrrmi* points, by the most direct routes.' with the chief distributing centres. This is rapidly being done, and the constantly ; improving systems of through freights will soon accomplish happy results, in accordance with the regular and healthy rules of trade. The cutting of canals, wherever practicable, will greatly facilitate and ebcapen transportation, as carrying by water is much less costly than by land. The Grange expects and desires to benefit the farmers very materially by destroying, as far as possible, the whole system of middle-men. The operation of these varions agencies will in time remove the grievances of the farmers, who are the most important, and at the same time, powerful element in the^ body polit ic, if they will act together and intelligently. The Legislature. Since its meeting nothing worthy of much consequence has heen done by this body. Among the bills introduced is one to protect landlords and others renting lands. Several attempts have beon made to extend the time for the collection of taxes, but so far have not succeeded.? Kills for that purpose are before both branches of the Legislature, and there is hut little doubt that the sense of justice of our rulers will extend same relief to the oppressed tax-payers. A resolution was passed by the House that a committee be appointed to wait on Hon. R. R. Elliott, and congratulate him on bis efforts in behalf of the colored race on the floor of Congress, which the Senate laid on the table. A special committee have brought in a report arraigning the Republican l'riuting Company for refusing to employ colored printers, and making excessive charges for work done, showing that the appropriations made to that Company, daring the last twelve months, aggregate the sain of $574,000, or about one-third of the total revenues of the State for that period. Tho House has adopted, and sent to the Senate a concurrent resolution, expressing sympathy with, and endorsing the Civil Rights bill now before Congress. On Saturday last, Mr. .1. 1>. Boston introduced in the House the following resolution. which .vent over under the rules: Whereas, R. K. rarpentcr. judge of the filth circuit, at the recent term of the Court, held at Camden. C. H%, in the county of Kershaw, did over-step the bounds of his duty by discharging a jury regularly drawn and empanelled, because said jury was composed of colored men, and were empanelled for the pui-jsise of trying a colored man for the offense of larceny; and, whereas, the said R. B. Carpenter alleges, falsely, as the grounds for the rnnrsc he pursued, that the said jurymen were dishonest and incompetent.? Now, therefore. Be it That the said R. B. Car pouter be impeached fur condjict unbecoming u judge, and for denying to citircns of this State, on account of color, the right to serve as jurors in and for the county of Ketshnw. A committee of five was appointed to investigate tho charges against Judge Carpenter, consisting of Messrs. Minort, Hurley. J. R Boston. Adamson, and P. Simkins. Tho question seems to be agitating the Legislature very greatly at present. The New Chief Justice. The Senate of the United States has confirmed Mr. Morrison 11. Waite, of Ohio, unanimously. It if)ust be extremely flattering to the new. Chief Justice that this great olhco sought liiui. and that he, by no intrigue, or other unworthy means, either by himself or his iriends, did any thing to gain this great pri/.e, which our most distinguished statesmen and jurists have ever held as the fulfilment of.their greatest ambition. It is well known that lie has refused to permit any number of the constitutional convention, now in se?uwkii in I IViIh tn iiiici liis iiifineiipn ?f Washington lor his confirmation, though several have offered to do Indeed, he was not aware that his name was presented until he saw it in print. The following is a brief sketch of his life: "He is the son of the late < 'hief Justice Waitc. of Connecticut, one of the lending jurists of New England. He is in his fifty eighth year, and graduated at Vale College, at the ape of twenty two. ''In 1838. he went to Toledo and studied law with S. M. Vouug. with whom he practiced for eighteen yoars. lie has for many years stood at the head of the bar of nnrthweetcrn Ohio, and twice declined a aoii# nti thn Siinrptrtp Court bench of Ohio. 5VHI '/II VMV ? ' In 1840 he was electod r member of th? Legislature, serving with distinction. In 18f>2, he was a candidate for Congress, and though defeated, received a majority 1 )f 1.200 In Toledo. In I>ccember, 1871, he was appointed as counsel nt Geneva, which position he filled with honor. He is now President of the Ohio Constitutional Convention, to which position he was ohosen by the unanimous vote of both 1 partier"? VniowHtrnld. I J'' Grunt's Third Choice n S COMMENTS OF THE METROPOLITAN PRESS a ON THE NOMINATION OP ME. WAITS A8 [ CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES j AH the New York papers of this mom-! ^ ing have more or less to say about the s President's nomination for Chief Justice.! 11 The Sun says: "Mr. Waite is well spo-4 ^ _L.cn of by those who are acquainted with s hiui, but the fact that he is not generally t known to the country, will render his c nomination for Chief Justice less satisfac- 4 tory than it might be otherwise." 4 From the World: "If President Grant's 4 third selection for Chief Justice had hap- T pened to be his first, the appointment of 11 Mr. Waite would have been received with 1 wonder by the country. It is now a dis- s appointment to that portion of the bar a who have had any practice in the Su- a nr(>ms Court. We have no doubt that v Mr. Waite is in possession of some very 1 good negative qualities,*but the eight as- 0 sociate justices can decide every case as ably without Mr Waite as with him, and the Seuatc wouldjserve the country by 11 keeping the Cbiet-Justiceship vacant until a we get a President who has sonic apprccia- 1 tion of the qualifications requisite for that v groat station." * From the Herald : '-No other reason is c apparent for the nomination of Mr. Waite 6 save that Grunt is determined to nominate & a man whom he considers beBt, and not p the man the country considers best." u From The Tribune: "Of course Mr Waite is not the best man who could be named for the place, but there is no good reason why he should not be promptly confirmed, so that the great mass of serious people who believe in the principles for which we went to war. and who regard it d as the duty of the National Legislature to v fortify and defend those principles by t statute, and the duty of the judiciary to h take care that they receive no detriment d through a hostile construction of the law a or the constitution. The correct political ^ antecedents of Mr. Waite will seem far p more important than all the learning and i> brilliant abilities of Gen. Cushing." f n A. rr: ?c a r IUUI IIIC JL iUICO JL I1C liuiiwiiaiiuu vi Judge Waito to the post of chief justice s of the Supreme Court is a thoroughly t respectable one. and will probably meet c with little opposition from ahy quarter, n He is a man oi very high personal char- c acter, of recognized ability, and of quite n sufficient standing in his profession to f justify the belief that that he will make a a good chief justice. In nominating Mr. t. Waite the President has shown an earnest t desire to discharge the very difficult duty s in a conscientious manner, and without u reference to party or the private wishes of any clique in Washington or elsewhere." f ti The Cotton Crop. 1 V From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce, Jan. -1. * We are beset by a large number of cor- 8 respondents to make an estimate of the cot- 8 ton crop for the current year. We have '' already given all we can learn of the pros- " pect, and anything more definite, besides 11 being a venturesomo guess, would iu our " judgment be going beyond the province f of legitimate journalism. We arc willing, 1 however, to do all we can, from a fair M presentation of existing facts, to enable '' our readers to draw their own conclnsions a of the probable yield. For this purpose P wc have obtuined from Mr. Charles Kas- n ton a table giving the total receipts at giv- P en dates in former years with which to 11 compare the current deliveries to date and P for two months to conic. The opinions M now present a large range, from 3,800,000 P to 4.500,000 bales for the present crop. P Tn five crops out of the last, six, the tl amounts delivered at the ports up to the c 27th of March average 72 65-100 per *c cent, of the total crops as made up at the j P end of the year, and including the over- j w land arrivals, and Southern consumption, js' The greatest variation from that average 0 in any of the five years included, it will be seen, is lesB than one per cent. The year we have excepted is 1871-2, that n crop having been delivered with greater rapidity than any of the others within the l' limit Besides the more obvious reasons P for this?such as a favorable condition of n roads and rivers, satisfactory prices, or a 01 pressure for money among planters, there may have been others not within our estimate. If the average up to the 17th of v March as given in the five years grouped together is tcT hold good this year, the 01 receipts for the next eight weeks would Vl then give us a very good idea of the entire crop. If they equal 1870-1, wc w should have up to March 17, say 3,312,- P 081, or 73 per cent, of a crop of 4,537,- P1 100 bales. If they equal 1872-3, the total to March 17 would be 3,085.425, or 01 73 per cent, of a caop of 4,226,600 bales. ^ But if we take the average of the exeep- ai tional year (1871-2) to govern this year. then we may have on the 17th of March (if the receipts equal 1870 1), 3,312,081 ^ bales, and if that, is 79 per cent, of the total, still ronlize 4,192,500 bales; or if ^ they equal 1872 3, we have 3,085,425 w bales on the 17th of March ; then on the same basis the total crop would amount to C( but 3,905,600 bales. Whether the first 3t (the five years average) is to govern, or the last (the exceptional year) is to pre- w vail again, is certainly a fair subject to be included in the common calculation. ' tl t>6 To bk or not to he.?The question "who is to bo the next governor" is being pretty thoroughly discussed by the Kc- ^ publiican press of tho State nnd all the r lights of the party are aspirants to this J-1 ejiiltetl position, it is hard to tell who tne * ,j, nominee of the ' regular party" will bo. Rolting" the Greenville Republican inti- 01 mates has played out" mid no attempt at a ^ reformation by this kind of a prescription | will bo attempted. They aro to move for- J ward in solid phalanx and sweep every thiug beefore them. No doubt but what ^ the Republican leaders in every County in . the state are laying their plans and getting Is their house in order for the conflict but the Conservatives and all other elements opposed to the present intolerable state of i affairs combined under the leadership of 1 such a man as General Kershaw for Go vernor, would not be so easily overcoino ^ as the Republican party profess to be- , lieve.? Rickent Sentinel. New York, January 20.?A despatch from Richmond, Virginia, says a despatch 18 Prom Greensboro, N. C., gives the an- wi ouncemcnt of the sudden death of the iiauicse Twins, on Saturday morning last, R t their residence, at Mount Airy, Surrey ai 'ounty. X. (). There are no details, fur- 8: her than the fact that Chang was parayzed last fall, since which time lie has J iecn fretful, very much debilitated, and J; trongly addicted to drinking liquor u a a leans of alleviating his suffering. Ho had (] eon quite feeble for several days; indeed. o jnuch as to confine both brothers to ed; but bis illness was not so great as to ause any anticipation of'the catastrophe ^ hat was to follow. On Friday night, hey retired to bed as usual, but during " he night Chang became worse, and expired suddenly, about 4 o'clock Saturday Homing. As soon as it was discovered R hat he was dead, Bng became so terribly R hocked that lie raved wildly for awhile, t times exhibiting signs of great mental R bboration. This attack was followed by V rhat seemed to be a deadly stupor. In C wo hours it is supposed from the death i (Jhaog. Jfing breathed Ins.Jast. * J! K Palsird.?While in attendance upon a meeting of the Lodge of Good Templars ' t Greenwood, last week, Rev. G. H. ^ Pilchard, of the Methodist Conference, ^ ras struck with paralysis. His left side ras paralyzed, and he has been lying in a ritical condition. Mr. Pritehard ia a ^ ood preacher and a useful man, and it is 9 be regretted that he has become iumaired for its work by a strange and mysterious Providence. The Business Outlook. ^ TUB RISING TIDE OF SPECULATION. j] The NTew York bank returns of Satur- !, ay show that the average of deposits last ^ reek, as compared with the average for ^ lie week ending'Peeember 29, 1873, was [ * irgcr by more than thirty-six millions of ollars. This is an enormous increase, * nd betrays a flow of money into New 'ork City, which is by far the most itnortant fact in the financial situation. It n i not necessary to in(|uirc in detail M' rhejice this money comes. The Times 11 ays, however, that it is only partly the re- e1 ult of collections of just matured obliga- tc ions, or of extensions accorded by city s reditors to their debtors lost fall, and that (] much of it comes from country banks. In onnection with the accumulation of ino- tl ey at this point, there has been a reaction rem the low prices of a few months since, j nd this is traceable, perhaps, not so much ! sr o actual current demand as to a disposition ' uj o discount a demand anticipated in the \ <11 pring. The Times thus pictures the sit- i LUIIUII UIIU . No one who know thin country only J rom observations niudc. say between the! uiddle of September and the middle of I )ctober last, would believe it possible that j rithin three months from the latter date i ~ he charactffistic of the money market hould be a full supply, not to say an overupply, of money, seeking almost in vain or profitable investment. Yet that this is iow the ease no one will doubt There is " iot the slightest question among business len that the accumulation of money so upidly and in such large amounts is revivng the spirit of speculat ion, is getting a ;rcat many shaky enterprises on their 1 sgs again, is making dealers vent tiresome, nd is, in short, paving the way to an cxansion of operations the end of which o one can foresee. We have already ointcd out that the vicious mode rff dung business on the Stock Exchange which revuilcd before the panic, and which ms one of the things which caused the anic. has been resumed. Wednnntsupose it has lost its power for evil. It was rgued then, and still is, that if the banks ould not follow up the old methods of mding their money, they could not rofitahly handle the immense balances hich, as a consequence of the banking _ ysteiii, arc periodically heaped up in this * Money has been arriving in New York >r three weeks at an uvernve rate of velve millions a week. The result is lat it lias pressed, and is presing into all ic avenues where it can hope to find euiloyuient at even moderate profit, and wc en lay be sure that the stimulus of a ploth rie money market in .Now i ork will lie :lt from the Atlantic to the Pacific. <*i We need not point out the cheerful iew which is taken of the condition of lings by those who are brought most imicdiately in contact with it. There is a ery general and not an unnatural feeling, lat the effects of thc|panic have passed aay, and that now everything is to go proserously. With money plentiful, trade i.- ox ectcd to be active, new enterprises p<?puir. and the recovery from old embarrassients possible. Rut there is a reverse, i this picture, which must be looked ujkiiis id which will not escape the cautious usiness man. If things arc to go on as sfore, may they not also end as they did efore, or worse'( If the country has besen stimulated to uudertuku gigantic exirpriscs which it could not manage, and liich swallowed the capital and credit of reat houses, until their fall shook the luntry, may not a recurrence of the imulus produce similar imprudence, ringing about similar dangers'/ Have e recovered from the effects of the panic p > completely that we can afford to forget lat it ever occurcd, and to disregard all ie lessons wo read ourselves at that iniresting period ? We have been passing through a ponotl hen credits were universally shaken, and oui which a large part of the mercantile immunity emerged with an enormous ad of "extended'' obligations to carry J I 1 ... O I 1 i-i 1 ? . 1.1 lie sysioiu in wnien depioioo ine Ittying country of itN currency :it tlic j irlies' possible niotncut, to gather it in j ow York l'<>r tlio use and abuse of spocu- OF tors, is not reformed or modified, and ands small elianco of being so. The I hole country through, people are crying i j Congress to help them ; but that b >dy not likely to do anything of the kind, if,' of deed, it docs not make matters worse d?, it not safer, then, in all business trans-' r( ' lions, to move cautiously ? We believe j'J" is, and if we were to sum up the bnsi j if,; !S9 situation in a nhraso, we should say t was one ofsmooth and rapid sailing in ' o midst of unseen but possibly imminent mgcrs. | a',,i The public debt of the United States th? only about 00,000 times greater than it is in 1845, less than forty years ago. 1 MARRIED'?On the 21st inst., by the ev. J. E. Rodgera, Mr. W. J. Ammon'd id Miss Eliza L., daughter of Josoph bullions, Est). On the 22nd inst., by the same, Mr. T. . Davis and Miss Mary J., daughter of ames Tliouipaon. All of Kershaw. IAMDEN PRICES CURRENT. OORUECTKlJ WKKKLY. .PPLES?Greco, per bushel . 82 00 Dried, per lb 15 ACON?Hams, " 15 fa 17 Shoulders " 9 fa Sidon,. 10 J. fa 11 AGOING per yard. IS fa UTTER?Goshen, per lb 40 fa Country, " @ EES WAX? " 25 fa 30 ANDLES? " 20 @50 OFFER? " 35 @40 ORN? per bushel, 1 25 H TOKENS? each, 20 @30 !GG8? per dozen, 20 fa 25 LOCK? per barrel, 7 50 @12 RON TIES? per lb 8 fa 9 ARD? " 121 fa 15 EATIIER?Sole ? 30 @55 Upper, " 00 fa 75 Hurness. " 511 UU [ackekel?per bbl. No. 1. 24 00 " " 2.- 19 00 . " " 3. 15 00 Kit. " 1.21 3 00 u' " 2. 2 50 " " 3. 1 75 [GLASSES? per gallon- 35 (at 100 ATS? per bushel, 110 NIONS? " 3 00 K AOIIES?Dried, per lb 5 EARS? " " 1 25 UGAKS? per lb 12* (ft 15 ALT? per sack, (ty 2 00 ALLOW? per lb 20 IN EG A R? per gallon, 50 AKN? per bunch, 1 50 Cotton.?We have to notice a decline the market since our last report. We quote at 14 cents. Shipments for ie week, by railroad, 736 bales; by steam\ 108 bales; on hand at depot, 425 bales; ?tal 1.209 bales. )rphan Society School Notice. It hciugthe imperative rule of this Society mt tuition shall be paid in advance, and it nrinjj came to the notice of the Executive ommiltee that this has not been done, Notice is hereby given, that those persons nding their children to the School must, jsnlutely, comply with tho rule, or with A I miY i IImi. J. M. DESAUSSURK, President. K. M. BOVKIN, Vice President J. M. DAVIS, J. A. YOUNG, J. B. KERSHAW. Standing Committee. January J'2. tf AT COST. aving lo?t my place of business by the fire, and being pressed by WANT OF BOOH, am now selling my present stock of Goods AT AIVI> BELOW COST. THOSE IN WANT OF BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS, Kpad^-Hade Clothing Whoos, Hnta, Are Ac. Ac. Will con ult their interest l>y giving me a II once. ^ Those indebted to me mil! please t/1 and settle. JOS, S. CLOUD. One ilonr South of resilience of William j Clyburn, Bruutl Street. January 20. *tf GOODS AT f 1 Moduood PrioGS, n FOR CASH ONLY, FOR THIRTY DAYS, j i AT t OB'T. M. KENNEDY'S, AT THE POST OFFICE CORNER. ti CAMDEN, 8. C. ? bargains in Damaged Goods, 1 Q-DWniAT. KTHTTDTTl 1 UJ. UV * i JI.I I *1 w A 'KICK OK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS S KERSHAW COUNTY, Camokx, S. C. January lfi, 1874, All persons holdingChecks or other claims ninst the County of Kershaw, are required present tlic-iu for registration, at the other the County Commissioners, within thirty ys, in compliance with section L'of a joint c inluliou of the General Assembly, to levy a p icial tax t<> pay the past indebtedness ot ! g r.-haw County, approved December -Otli. | p3. Said section reads as follows: Section 2. That til'persons holding claims tins) said County be, nu<l they are, hereby, |itired to file a list of such claims, with the onnt and date thereof, in'the office of * County Commissioners, before payment tl ireof." tl JOHN A. ROSWELL, Chairman. t< Attest: Fbask Cartkb, Clerk. FJtESH ' 3DR.TJC3-S AN J>; * MEDICINES. wrJt- Our, blot. uud couieui# Laving been desti\/7.d bv tbof.it. frtT. Vii h;ivo ooeneil with an ENTIRELY" NEW STOP* of Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils. (tins*, Putty, A / L < Ac. Ac. &e. f* * f . Z - j One Door above Mrs. Crosby's, . Where we hope te see our old friends aud ' customers. * _ HODUSOX A DITXLAP. January 19. tf At fly Old Stand! I WOULD respectfully inform my friends and customers that I have opened at my old stand, onedopr north of Dr. Young, where I uni Helling off my stock, at a q GREAT REDUCTION in prices. All those in want of harguins, are invited to call. 1 Having lost heavily by the fire, those in- j debted to me will please call at once and settle, and thus enable me to resume business as heretofore. W. WALLACE. r Jan. 29. tf. Phoaphate! Phosphate! Z 100 Tons Atlantic, * 100 Tons Atlantic Acid, For sale bv BAUM BROS. Hoe?, Hoe?. 50 dozen, of different kinds. ! For sale by BAUM BttO. | January 22. tf AN APPEAL. To all whom it may Concern. It rests with those who are indebted to mo to say whether or not I shall Resume Business, I and I take this method of making an Sariiest Appeal to such, to come forward and $ PAY ME PROMPTLY. Friendship is an easy word F to say, but now is the timo to test it. I shall expect all who arc friends, to respond promptly to this, WITHOUT DELAY. ROB'T. M KENNEDY. January 15. tf A CARD. Our Store-House and Stock were damaged $ By the great fire, and we have met severe losses, besides being interrupted in our business. ? Those indebted to us will oblige us very ^ [iiucli by mtIHii;/ up their accounts without Jilap. This is imjieratirctf/ necessary to keep us from suffering, and enable us to accommodate our 'riends iu the future. KENNEDY & I50YKIN. I" January 15. NOTICE. Our friends and customers will please come orward atid settle their accounts. The losses >y the receut fire render a speedy settlement mperalivc. For the present, we will be found ( it the office of J. ]) Kennedy, over W. L. Arthur's store. ? UODUSON & DI N LAP. January 15; tf A CARD. 0 Having suffered from the fire, and requirug all our resources in carrying on our?bu- is ine.ss, we appeal to all indebted to A. D. jy KENNEDY & (M. and to the undersigned, ('fl o cotue forward and pay up tliei.* accounts.. A. M. KENNEDY. A. D. KENNEDY. g| January 15. In ii Few Hays. S| We will be ready for ^business, and have a P< ne slock of Goods to offer, received since Tl he tire, consisting of DRY GOODS, [Ii hardware and Groceries. 11 Our stock of Iron, Steel, Plough Moulds, 'I 'race*, Axes, Mantes, Nail.", and ull articles SJ<or lMantaliou|ti8e, is complete, ami will he old low lor cash. KENNEDY i BOY KIN. January 16. tf Au, SiciSTK The undersigned informs his friends and ustnuiers that his store is open, and he is jn, repared to serve them as usual. lie will he fj| lad to wait upon nil whoninv give him a call. ? (, J. W. McCl'RKY, Agent. 0f January 14. tf nj IVo Interruption, p1 Tlie subscribers heg leave to announce that to recent fire has caused no interruption in ? leir business, and that they are prepared ) wait upon customers as usual. J. & T. 1. JONES. January 16. tf % A SOUTHERN HOUSE. . GEO. S. HACKER S DOOR HAHM, am# ^ BLIND FACTORY, Krx??, Op p. Cannon Street, J ^ (M1AHUX C. The only house of the kind in thfr City ivned ami managed by n Oarolinian. LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON If AND ami sold lit 20 per cent, less than North ei n prices. ADDRESS GEO S. HACKER, j Charleston, S. C. P. o. BOX 110. January 22.. 12 MolsiftKeH, ROIRSSM. 20 barrels Netv Orleans, 25 half barrels 50 barroN" Muscovado For Bale by Jan. 22. BATCH BRO. <Trai'cIon Hee<l?. LANURKTll'S New Crop Garden eeils. . For sale by BAUM BRO. Iron audi Steel. 5.000 lbs. IRON", of different sizes, 5.000 lbs. Pf.OW STEEL, v " For sale by BAUM BRO. January 22. tf TRIU^HAOT! THE Carolina Fertilizer WILL BE SOLD AS FOLLOWS: CASH PRICE. 60 Per Ton of 2,000 Pounds. TIME PRICE. 55 Per Ton of 2 000 Pounds PAYABLE NOVEMBER lr 1874, Free of Interest, "reight & Drayage to be Added. . ri^s srccESS is UNPARALLELED, AND ITS STANDARD IS No. 1. Acid Phosphate WILL BE SOLD AS FOLLOWS: CASH PRICE, 35 per Ton of 2,000 pounds. TIME PRICE. 38 per Ton of 2,OOO pounds, PAYABLE NOVEMBER 1, *1874. Free oF Interest, reight & Drayage to be added, FOR SALE BY W, C. GERALD & CO., CAMDEN, S. C. GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO., a. j,s r January 15. 4 in TAX NOTICE. ~ Ifiee County Treasurer Kershaw, CAMDEN, 8. C? DEC. 31,1873. ON nn?l after tlie 10th flay of January 74. the llooka of the Treasurer of this counwill be open for the reception of State and itinty Taxes. The rate of taxation will be as follows: Mills. ate Taxes, (including support of Public Schools,) 12 unity Tax, . 3 ?oo1nl County Tax to pay past indebtedness, 2 11 Tax. one dollar. le Free Bridge Tax w ill be collected at the same time, and is as follows: Knlb and Wnterce Townships 2 iflalo and Flat Hocks Tow nships, 2 ie following School Districts have each 1 assessed themselves to be collected at liesauie time: hool Districts. Mills. No. 1. 1 No. 2. 2 No. 8. 1 No. 4. On personal property, 5 No. 8. Haifa mill, and 6U cents on each poll. No. fl " - - - - - t Xo. 12. Two dollars on each poll. Section 11 of the Art specifies the followi fuuds as receivable for State Taxes:? lited States Currency, Gold ami Silver in. National Hank Note? ami Certificates Indebtedness authorized by the GenerAssembly, and issued to the Republican inting Company pursuant to the Act apoved November 19, 1873. DONALD McQUEEN, County Treasurer. January 1,1874. tf Seed Oat*. 600 bushels OATS. For sals by BAVM BRO.