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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL < W. D. TRANTHAM & J T HAY, c j EDITORS AND VROVUl ETOR8. FEBRiARY 5, 1874. ( Education. Tn this the dav of our darkest gloom, c the prospect is rendered darker still, wheu j we consider how little concern is niani- fested in the cause of education. It seems i that the people have lost all recollection < of the past, and have no regard for the fu- i ture. Can they not be made to believe i that South Carolina's educational interests were never before in so unpromising a condition? Can they not be aroused from their lethargy, and be made conscious j of the fact that they are every day retro - i grading from the elevated position formerly occupied by them?a position which always results from virtue and intelligence? Can they not be made to realize that, unless the progress of ignorance be arrested, their posterity will, ere many generations shall have come and gone, relapse into a condition infinitely morp degrading than that of their ancestors, when, as semi-snv-j ages, they roamed over the continent of, Europe? We may offend some, but our greatest fear is, that a larg s proportiuu of eur people have reached a point where, 44 'Tii folly to be wise," and that our remarks will fail to accomplish that which we most ardently dew lire?a general awakening on the subject of education. As every generation is, in a greater or J! Jess degree, indeDtea to tne preceumgj generations for whatever superiority it j may possess over them, so is every generation responsible, in. a greater or less degree, for the good or the evil, the intelligence or the ignorance of sueceeding generations. Consequently, it is the duty of every one to do nothing that will affect, unfavorably, those wbo are to come af ter him; and of every parent to instil into the minds of his children correct moral principles, and. if it be possible, to provide them with greater facilities for w acquiring knowledge than he himself enjoyed. In other words, it should be the constant aim of parents to render their children superior to themselves. If they fail to make this an object of their solicitude, they fail in the performance of a most sacred duty?yea, they violate the law of their nature. As manual labor de elopes muscular strength, so does the intellect come to maturity, and to the . possession of its proper strength, only by culture and discipline. Any one given over to ignorance, with his faculties un cultivated and undeveloped, cannot be otherwise but an example of weakness and jjpbecility, as compared with what it was in hia power to be, and what he was dosign^Pto be. It has been said that "a thorough education, if not invaluable, is, at least, of higher value than any other amount of treasure, or any position in society which mere wealth can command. It is, itself, the highest fortune, the rich-1 est treasure. He who has it cannot well I be poor; he who is destitute of it, what- J ever else he may have, cannot be truly rich." It is a species of property that will always command its par value. r"' " All are more or less embarrassed, and , it would no doubt be difficult for many to > five their children such an education a* t they might wish. Still, they ought to, f and can, do their best under the circuui' stances. The man who properly educates hie children, will b?* mora than repaid < for his trouble^he will have the fat is-: I faction of knowing that he has discharged ' a most important obligation and in his 1' old age, will be cheered and comfort- j i td by a circle of intelligent and pros-; 1 parous children; while he who rears his ji family in ignorance of all that is right and proper, of all that is ennobling to < humanity, cannot hut lose bv the opera- > tiou?he deserves not to succeed, and ue i tr cun be prosperous and happy. : T? - .. ..1..,. , in mc imure iru iua> prujHjsu ? j>iau ; by which our suggestions may be put into ' execution. We hope to sec the people of Kershaw County moving in the uiattcr. , hThe Attorney-General. ?We have received from Hon. S. W. Helton, Attorney-General, a copy of his report to the Gcnoral Assembly, of his work for the year which then closed ? . The office of Attorney Geueral has been no sinecure of late. The legislation of f the country for the last few years has j been very bulky, and much of it hasty, ( ill-advised, and conflicting; so that numerous and difficult questions, inrolv- t ing sometimes principles almost new ( have 9prung up. These have taxed the learning, ingenuity, and patience of e i the Attorney-General, but he seems to L | have been equal to the task, and to have '' met his duties with ability and industry. v Ife reports seventeen cases that have { been argued, and of which some have j, been decided, involving interests of great o ' magnitudo, and difficult questions of law. v and growing chiefly out of controversies ^ ? upon the power of the State in the matter j f taxation. k The report then calls attention to many r and great grievances, which all, con- ^ eerned in or observing the administru- , L- lion of justice, have encountered. In jmany Counties no Courte have been g held for a long timt, owing to the In-jtl ouipetence and wilful neglect of the e nry Commissioners, who, from some ? itu.-e, never succeed in drawing legal J1 furies. The report recommends that the r aw be amendod so that the Board of Jury o Commissioners shall consist of the Clerk of b he Court, the County Auditor, and a 11 Commissioner to be appointed by the Cir- . suit Judge, and to hold office during his t pleasure. ' f The financial condition of the larger j number of the Counties in the State is also 0 c cited as an obstacle to the adnnnistras tion of the law, and this condition is said , to be without excuse and incapable of ex- t Dlanation. The Constitution provides that J disbursing officers shall apply public funds . strictly to the purposes for which they _ are levied. The liabilities of one year cannot be charged against the fund pro- ^ vided for tho expenses of another. Ksti- ' mates are made annually, to meet a liber- ' al expenditure, and where parties are ( willing to contract with the authorities of ( the County, beyond this fund, they should i learn to do so at their peril. The Attorney-General says, that during ' the past year, he has taken occasion, again and again, to explain the law in this regard, to the County officials; but has reason to believe that in many instances it has been disregarded. He expresses the opinion that the official bond of the County Treasurer is liable for the diversion of the public funds from the purpose for which they were collected ; and tl^ tho court would not hesitate, by matimimu*, to compel the Treasurer to pay the debts of the current year, without regarding tho plea of "no funds," if the taxes collected 1 1 x. a nail oecn aiveneu to pay past luueuieu. ness. The report recommends that all officers having charge of public money, should be required to submit to the court, at the term of General Sessions, a detailed statement of their transactions, which might be carefully examined by the Grand Jury, and then published by order of the court. This would give publicity, and make fraud and peculation hazardous. It is stated that four hundred and fiftyfive thousand dollars remained unaccounted for on the first day of NTovemberJ872, by County Treasurers in office in 18G7, much of whidh has no doubt been misappropriated. The attention of the Attorney General has also been called to the flagrant frauds in the conduct of tho Land Commission, and he recommends that the Legislature furnish him the means requisite to expose and punish these frauds.? He says: "It would seeui to be incredible that men elected to office by their blind and too-confiding trust, should consent shamele>sly to feed upon and consume the Knnntv pnnfprppil nnnn flir> lni.rll*QU tmrl homeless freed man. But so it is. And it is equally hard to believe that the Republican party, whilst true to the principles of an elevated and ennobling creed, can longer consent to bear this reproach and permit such burning and blasting treachery to go uuwhipt of justice." The report is carefully and thoughtfully written, and contains many wise and useful suggestions. Should these be acted upon by the Legislature, and the Attorney.General assisted in his work, (he flagrant and enormous frauds which he comments upon, will be corrected, and wrong removed for a time from South Carolina. Tlie I.tgislulure. A Bill lias passed the senate to extend the tiuic for paying taxes sixty i/ayt from the opening of the Treasurer's books, which will most probably become a law.? The public printing is undergoing investigation iu the House, where a bill hus been introduced providing thut the printing shall be given to the lowest responsible bidder, and that the cost shall not exceed the proceeds of the levy of one-half mill. Mac key has introduced a resolution in the House that a committee of five be Appointed to investigate the charge that members of the Home have been sharing i the spoils of the Republican Printing Company. The committee to investigate 1 ihe transactions of the sinking fund com- , mission has introduced a resolution that ;he Attorney (icucral be instructed to in- I ititutu proceedings agaiustthat Ccmmiss- 1 on. An Act has passed, and been J Approved, to encourage manufactures, vhieh provides for their exemption from j tiTit11iii fur t?m ri?uru 4 .v,. ..... J.,? .,. . On Friday, Chief' .Justice Moses was ( e-electcd, the ballot standing ; Moses 1 .23; Whipper, 1; S. W. Melton. 1; If. F | f rah am, 2. j The committee appointed to investigate t ho charges aguinat Judge Carpenter made ;| ho following report: * '.Judge Carpenter appeared before the ouimittee, and, upon being interrogated j iy the chairman, replied as follows.? l'hafhe discharged the jury because they rere incompetent and that his act was a udicial act, and that the Legislature of !outh Carolina lind no jurisdiction in the 0 ireinises.' The above are the facts of the ase, and your committee submit them u rithout comment, leaving to the House to udge of their importance and legality." 'he report was signed by Charles Minort, a. os. I). Huston, F. A damson, and P. .Sim- 1 ins. Tim Hurley made a long minority v eport in dtfencc of Judge Carpenter, as w allows: After full consideration of the resoluion submitted by the honorablo member rom Newberry, and a thorough investiation, the undersigned have arrived at L it conolafioa that the circuit judge act- w J in good faith, and within the jnstjlimit fa proper discretion It is regarded as inportant to the interests of public jusice, as well as the accused judge, to corect, in the outset, some errors of law and f fact assumed to be true, in the preaiuile and resolution. No jury of "colored uen were cmpannelled for the purposo of rying a colored man." The law is silent n reference to color. Jurors are for the rial of all persons who are properly charged with the commission of crimes, and no ury can be charged with the trial of a iolored or white man, as such. As an irror of fact the preamble states that "the iaid R. B. Carpenter alleges falsely as the 'rounds for the course he pursued, that he said jury were dishonest and incompetent." As a matter of fact the judge did not. n the order discharging the jury, or in iny other manner, or at any other time, assert that the said jurors, or any of them arere dishonest, or in any way men of bad moral character; what he did allege was that it was an incompetent-jury, and this lllegation is, in the opinion of the undersigned, fully sustained by the proof before the committee, and all the facts ascertained from those who witnessed the whole proceeding, embracing men of both race* and all grade* of condition. The resolu tion avers that this action of the judge ' was on account of color." The well known probity and impartiality of Judge Carpenter is a complete refutation of this charge, but if other proof to negative this charge is needed, it may be found in the statements of any member of the commit tee (except the chairman, who was not pres cnt.) to the effect that they did not be> lieve that the action of the court in th< premises was influenced by the color o: the jurors in question. This report inigh properly eud here, but for the painful fatthat the circuit judiciary has of late beer assailed with so much virulence from va rious quarters it is deemed proper to stut< fully the facts in the present case, ant the legal ground upon which the courl acted. The jury for the trial of criminal ant civil cases for tho County of Kershaw con sisted of panels No land 2, contaiuinj twelve men each, supernumerary jurors ti put on cither of the juries in case of objec tion or absence. Upon the trial of Cyru tjlarksou lor grand larceny, tne fitate ex ercised its right of temporary challenge t< the number of five, and the prisoner chal lenged nineteen. The result was that tin most inexperienced and incompetent o the entire jurors were placed upon tha jury,an exceptional case, which would not probably, occur again. The testimony 01 the part of the State and the prisoner wa submitted to the jurors, they were chargct by the cour^, and, after considerable time came into court, and the clerk propound cd the question, "Gentlemen, have yoi agreed upou your verdictt" .No answe was made by the foreman, (who had beei appointed by the court,) but the indict meut was handed to the clerk by the fore man without any endorsement thcreupoi by the jury. The judge then asked if tin jury had agreed, and the jury did uot ap pear to understand him. lie then ex plained to them what was required o them, and the foreman reponded, "Ni bill." After further explanation by tin court, the foreman replied, "None guilty.' Upon further inquiry, it was found tha no one of the panel had over served on i jury before; that they were all entirely unacquainted with the simplest forms o law in regard to the verdicts of juries, aui that neither of them could read nor write The judge then directed the clerk to writt for tnom the verdict of'not guilty/ whiel the court understood to have been agrceu upon in the jury room. It was read U them and assented to by them Ttu clerk then, by direction of the court, wrote the name of the foreman, and lit made his mark; whereupon the judge expressed regret that his duty required liiui to discharge that jury from further services at that term, and did so discharge them upon the ground that they were incompetent to sit as jurors under the statuto, which requires jurors to be "men of sound judgment.' Three of the jurors afterwards informed the court that they 1 1 - a . a. i:~ J 1 . uau iiul udDuuicu tu uiu \uiuiih. auu uulieved precisely tho reverse to bo true, and one them swore to the sauio state oi facts the next day on the trial of the same prisoner under another indictutent. The prisoner was discharged upon the tirst verdict being rendered from further prosecution under the tirst indictment. Up on this state of facts, in the opinion of the undersigned, the circuit judge discharged honestly and faithfully his sworn duty in the course pursued. It is clear that tho order of tho court was judicial in its character. The constitution of this State wisely separates the executive, legislative and judicial departments, assigns to each its peculiar sphere of action, and forbids each to exercise the functions of the other,(article 1, section lid, Constitution of South Carolina.) If a judge is corrupt, it is the duty of the Legislature to impeach him; if incompetent, to remore him; but the orders and iecrces of the court cannot be reviewed t>y this body. It is neither an appellate ior supervisory court. The judicial department of the government is as liec rout the control and supervision of executive and legislative hranehes as they tre front that of the judiciary. This being jurely a judicial question, decided by :oinpetent authority, and the charges of uipioper motives being utterly itiisusained and groundless, it follows legally ind logically, that it is a matter beyond he control and jurisdiction of the General Assembly. Kohpcctfully submitted. Timothy i URLKY. Miuort made a strong appeal in favor of lie majority report, lie wanted Judge 'arpenter to understand that he was eleetd by colored people, mainly, who were hemselves elected by those very colored ten whom he hud pronounced TOO HJNORANTTO ACT AS Jt'ttOKS. There was a good deal of feeling, pro ml con, and a motion of Minor!, culling lie previous question, was carried by a ote of 23 to lid, and the majority report as then adopted. A JlcHiitiful Work of Art. A correspondent of the Louisville (Ky;, e<Iyer mentions as follows a picture hich is being executed by >V. I'. llix, of Columbia, the figures in which will be life th< size: of "The sudden death of >lr. Wearn will wi not deter Capt. Hix, the surviving part- thi ncr, and one of the finest and most famous If portrait and landscape painters in the toi South, from carrying out his announced w determination to undertake the execution pr of a great national work, based on a heroic hi incident which took place at the fiercejbat- nc tie of Fredericksburg. The incident is this: it After the gallant chargoof the National T1 Irish Brigade upon the stone fence behind bt which a portion of Gen Kershaw's divis- J ion of South Carolinians were posted, the ground was covered with the dead and , dying Unionists, who, on the repulse aud retreat, were left to suffer tire untold agonies of a battlo field. It is declared tliatthc Irishmen made as heroic a charge C as it had been hopeless and fatal; and when ii they hud retreated, both armies kept up h a murderous sharp-sbooting upon each jt other. So fatal was this cruel sport that the Federal reports declare that n 150 Unionists fell in their ride pit* u from the fire behind the stone wall. n On tho Confederate side, the moment fi a hand or head was raised above b the wall, it was sure to be perforated with u _ TT ' L.H.. a 1 1) T> V.-\. .-i a unionists uunei. sergeant iv it. iyii*- 5 land, one of the sharp-shooters, stationed r i behind the stone wall, is the hero of the in- t I cident. lie was ufterwards, we mourn to t say, killed in the battle-t?f Chickamauga. ) i He belonged to the Second South Carolina j 1 Infantry. The groans of the wounded t Federalists lying just orer the wall pierced I . his humane heart, and his kindly, humane t . nature rebelled against the cruelty of their t . sufferings. Thoy cried for water, and v ; there was no friendly hand to bring it. r f Kirkland resolved to make the attempt to ; t relieve the wants of the dying, and with t that moral and physical heroism which \ i surmounts all obstacles, and dares death c . for the good of others, he repaired to Gen. e i Kershaw's headquarters and asked the t i privilege of jumping over the wall and v L currying water to the lips of the wounded ( enemy. At first the General would not ; 1 think of such folly. He told Kirkland , . that sure death awaited the man who t r mounted tne wall, for the tire was inces- [ 0 sunt und fatal. Kirkland declured that j h . he could not bear to hear the groans of; s s anguish winch greeted his ears, and he i, . wuuld make the attempt to rolieve them if ] 3 the general would give his consent. The { . appeal was too strong to be resisted by the j ? s magnanimous Kershaw, and he reluctant-1. f ly gave his permission; whereupon the; ] t gallant sergeant departed on his more than j , perilous mission, assuring his friends that ? i he did not believe lie would be kilted. A 11 s bound, and he was over the wall. Hut lie \ J had not touched the opposite turf before a! volley of bullets, tired froui a hundred con-1) . cealed points, welcomed hint on his mis- j x sion of mercy But miraculously, he was j r unharmed. Ho knelt down, the object of ; i a murderous fire, put his canteen, like aj; . blessed Samaritan, to the lips of a dying'1 . soldier, and arranged his kuupsuck for a , j pillow. The Federals were mistaken.!, j They thought, reasonably enough, his pur. pose to be tho rifling of the dead, but they ' J . discovered his noble mission, and the fir- | f iug upon him slackened ^nd ceased, and . ) his work went on as it had, oblivious of ( ? the cruel shafts hurled at his charmed life. y ' From one to another he passed in his t l loving work, and two great and hostile j i armies forgot their animosities in wonder- . j ing observation and admiration of the he- . f ro who braved almost certain death to do t [ a kind act to suffering men. This paint- ? ing will do much toward the totui destruc- ^ > tiun of the still smoking embers of section- | , al animosity. :i I [Mr. Kirkland was a sergeant in Coin' pany G., 2d S. 0. V., and was a native of ,j Kershaw County, lie was the fifth son j . of Mr. John Kirkland, who was regarded I - by all who knew him, as one of the best; ? 1 men we have ever had* and who died at his home near Flat Kock. in 1867. L When the first call for troops was made I i in 1861, younc Kirkland, who had just I i attained his majority, enlisted as a private 1 in the Camden Volunteers, a Company ( commanded by Capt. (now General ) Jno. >j 1). Kennedy, in which he served, first ) upon the coast, during the siege of ^ i Fort Sumter, and afterwards in Vircrinin until fln> PO.1iPimni7.Jit ion in 1 b " ? " " ' Jtrhcn he wus transferred to the Flat Rock Guards, a company composed of young / men from his own neighborhood, und commanded by that genial gentleman and ' devoted patriot, Captain Joseph I'. Cunningham, who fell, mortally wounded, on J the heights of Gettysburg. In all the I battles in which the famous "Old Second' was engaged, lVom the first Mantissas up j to the time of his death at Chickunnuiga, ( sergeant Kirkland bore his part with con- ( spicuous gallantry; and Wc have been told ( that, when lie received bis mortal wound, I* he refused to allow his friends to remove j him to a place of safety, saying: "I can live | only a few minutes, and by remaining with |, mcyou may lose your lives." Thus the poor fellow died alone upon the field of battle. His body was reeovcred and brought home by his relatives, who consigned it to its last resting place in the family bit. rial ground on White Oak Creek. Jfy his aide sleep his respected fjithcr, and: youngest brother, who though not killed L in battle, died khortly after the war, of jo disease, contracted whilst in prison at11* Point Lookout. 1' SI Mr. John Kirk land lived to a ripe old ^ nge, and has left a name that is a cyno- -jv sure of all that is honorable and noble; V and bis two sons, Kichnrd and Samuel, ^ notwithstanding their youth, by their manly bearing, and the stern sense of ^ duty which was manifested in every , thing they did, made impressions upon ^ the hearts id" tin ir liiends, who knew theui well, which time cannot efface.] I [CaHPKNTKII UN CoNTKMPT?Judge Carpenter's extraordinary action in the so-called contempt ease of the Attorneys ! ( of the Citizens' Savings Hank, seems like-1 ly to get him into hot water. It is wta- j | ted that one of the Circuit Judges of I f 3 state is about to investigate the status some of the suspended Attorneys, who 11 appear in his court in a few days in e discharge of their professional duties, found to be, as they are, licensed At rneys and Solicitors of South Carolina, ithout stain on their escutcheon, he will > onounce them free of disqualification in s court, and entitled to appear there, jt by favor but by right. If this bo done ' will be awkward for Judge Carpenter, lie press of the State, we may add, has sen outspoken in condemnation of the udgers course towards the Attorneys. Neict arJ Courier. A New Movement. The young colored men of Richland ounty have been holding a convention i Columbia, and after several sessions ave prepared and presented the followig memorial to the Legislature: We, tho young men of Richland Counf, in convention assembled, do memorilize your honorable body to consider the latters herein mentioned. We respectully urge such legislative action as may e necessary to secure a just and fair valation of the taxable property of the itatc; that the appropriations for the curent expenses of the government he curailed to the limit of the present tax levy: hnf dm rlivhnrfiinir nffirers <if the Sfjite lifi icld to a strict accountability for the extenditures of the money under their conrol; that the taxes for the next fiscal year ie reduced to a reasonable extent; that he present printing laws be repealed, and he printiug awarded to the lowest bidder, rho will do the work at a cost of not norc than ?50,000, and employ workmen rrespective of color. We further memorialize your honorable >ody to ennet the bill now ponding, introlueed by Hon. S. B. Thompson, in refircnce to the hiring of convict labor, for ho following reasons: 1. It lowers the rages of honest men, and takes bread out >f the mouths of their wives and children. I. It indirectly if not directly, puts men rho are out of the penitentiary into it, for if I'nian cannot get work to make a living for lis family, he will steal, and thereby be ent to4tlic Penitentiary. 3. Convicts arc tontenced to hard labor in the Pcnitentiay. Are they in the Penitentiary at hard" abor when working about the city or in lie country ? 4. The people are taxed to upport the Penitentiary. If the convicts ire brought out to compete- with honest abor. how can the workingman pay his axes? 5. That the revenue brought to the ^fnto docs not justify the continuance of his pravticc: fur $258 80 for the past year s a very poor showing for convict hire. We further memorialize your honorable iody to use every possible exertion to ini)cJe the rapid increaseof those poor pco?le, who are hero in our midst, known as mmigrontB. We feci there is labor enough n our Sta'c to do all the work necessary. iVe trust that your honorable body will lot do anything to encourage this immigration. We would not have your honorable )ody believe that we arc prompted by am>itious or impure motives in calling your ittonlion to the things herein enumerated; iut we realize in some degree the rospouability that rests upon us as citizens of his State and members of the Republican >arty. The eyes of the whole world are lpon us; let us be careful lest there come i reaction in the public sentiment of the ountry, which, if it should come, may weep away every dearly bought right vhicli we now enjoy, but which, by tiuiey action, will be preserved to oursolves ind our children forever. All of which is respectfully submitted. Signed: J. II. Pickett, chairuiaD; Thomas H. Jackson, E. C. Carr, 0. 1). jowndos, Walter R. Jones, John Nott, I. J. Price. MARRIED?On the 28th of Docem?er, 1873, by J. P. Thompson, Esq., Mr. ienjauiin Kirklcy, of Kershaw, and Miss iavinia Graham, of Chesterfield County. On Xow-Year's Day, by the same, Mr. I. W. Thrcatt, of Chesterfield and Miss 'abitha Gilbert, of Darlington county. 3AMDEN PRICES CURRENT. CORKP.CTEI) WF.EKI.Y. tPPDES?Green, per bushel , $3 U(> Dried, per lb 15 1AOON?llams, " 15 (W). 17 Shoulders " [) (a) Sides, 1(0 11 JAGGING per vard. IS (a) UTTER?Goshen, per lb 4(1 (rti Country, " (n) 4 V i. .if H'lTini* ;\A? " O" !ANJ).IjKS? * " 20 (ft, 50 IOFKKK? " 35 (a) 10 !<)ItX? per bushel, 1 2;") 'IIK'KKNK? oadi, 20 (7i 30 1GGS? per dozen, 20 (?. 25 'HOIK? per barrel, 7 50 (a, 12 HON* TrKS? per lb S (n !? .A KM ? " 12A (a 15 dvVIIJKH?Solo " HO (a) 55 I pper, " HO Or 75 Harness," 50 (<p 00 [ackkhel?per bbl. No. 1. 24 00 " " 2. ID 00 " 51 3. 15 00 Kit. " 1. 21 (a 3 oo " 2. 2 50 " :i. i 75 [OliASSKS? per gallon* 35 (<t 100 ATS? per bushel, 1 !< NJONS? " 3 00 KACIl KS?Pried, per lb 5 KAUS? " " 1 25 TG AHS? per lb 12J 15 \1,T? per sack, (nj 2 00 \liliO\V? per lb 20 IN KG AH? per gallon, 50 Mt\? ner bunch. 1 50 ------ I 1 Cotton.?Tito market during the wcoh s been depressed, with :i decline in pri*. We i|iiolc Middling at 1IIV cents ipincnt" by railroad fi05 bales; by } ainer 'J.") bales. Total titlO l?alos. SHANNON & LINKING, ATTORNEYS AT I.AW, Inve roinnTod their Oflioe tn the rooms up 1 irs, in ltaum lire's. Brick Store, liitratico on Broad Street. 'ebruary 6. . tf 8. A. BENJAMIN'S, THE ONE PRICE STORE. WILL sell his stock of Goods damaged by removal at (he Are on the 11th of Jnnuiry BELOW COST. Camden, February 5. 6t CONRAD M. WIENGES, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN HARNESS, SADDLES, &c. BROAD-STREET, Camden, S. O(In the building formerly) occupied by S. A. Benjamin,) Orders solicited, and work promptly done. All work warranted. TerjkS?Potiliiffli/ Cuth on delivery, uitfoio exception. February 5 tf. LIBERAL TERMS. WE are offering onr Guanos for this season. on the following liberal terms: PHCENIX GUANO, Per Ton of '2,000 lb9., $57.50. WILCOX, GIBBES & CO.'S MANIPULATED GUANO, Per Ton of 2.000 lbs., $70.00. (1.00 per ton drayago to be ndded.) On a credit until 1st November, 1874, with Option of paying in Middling Cotton, delivered at buyer's uea/vst depot at 15r. per lb A discount of $10.00 per tou will be allowed for Cash. Our Agents throughout the State sell at the same prices and on the same terms as ourselves. Hand in your orders to nearest agent at once. WILCOX, GIBBES & CO. Charleston, S. C. February G 6t FRESH' ^ IDIE^TJ Q-S AND MEDICINES. Our store and contents having been destroyed by the late tire, we have opened with an ENTIRELY NEW STOCK of Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Glas*, Putty, &c. &c. &c. Ono Door above Mrs. Crosby's, Whore we hope In .see our oM friends and customeia. HOI)CSO\ ?fe DI WLAP. January 10. tf At My Old .Stand ! 1 WOULD respectfully inform my friends and cuy to hi era that I lntve opened at my old stand, one door north of Dr. Young, where I am selling off my .stock, at a ' GREAT REDUCTION in prices. All those in want of bargains, are invited to cull. Having lost heavily by the fire, those indebted tome will please call at once and settle, and thus enable ine to resume business as heretofore. W. WALLACE.Jan. 20. tf. PlMwphate! Phosphate!! 100 Tons Atlantic. 100 Tons Atlantic Acid, For sale by RAITM BROS. Hoes, Iloes. r>0 dozen, of different kinds. For sale by * H.UM BRO. January 22. tf AN APPEAL. To all whom it may Concern. It rests with those who are indebted to I me to say whether or not I shall Resume Business, I and I take this method of making an lOnriiost Appeal to such, to come forward and PAY ME PROMPTLY. Ukr* Friendship is an easy, word to say% lmt now is the time to test it. I sluf II expect all who are friendIt, to respond promptly to this, Without delay. ! ROB'T. M KENNEDY. January 15. tf AIJ, RIGHT. The undersigned informs his friends and customers that his Htore is open, and ho is prepared to serveth?m as usual. He will ho ' .ivnhim acall. ginn to wivit tijion hii wimp nj * J. VV. MeCl'KRY, Agent. January I t. if Jfac kcrol! Jfaekerel!! u?o u it mackerel. 10 In rrcls ilo 25 hg If barrel* do. Fomnlebj BAVM BKO. A SOUTHERN HOUSE. GEO. S. HACKEE'S DOOR, SASH, and BLIND FACTORY, King, Opp. Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. U IHll I The only house of the kind in this City owned aud managed by a Carolinian. A LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON IT AND and sold at JO per cent, less than Northern prices. ADDRESS GEO S. HACKER, CuinrGirnu $. fi. VAi nituuu* P. O. BOX 170. January 22. 12 Molasses, Molasses. 20 barrels New Orleans, 25 half barrels 50 barrels Muscovado For sale bj Jan. 22. BAUM BRO. Garden Seeds. LANDKKTH'S New Crop Garden Seeds. For sale by BAUM BRO. Iron and Wteel. 15.000 lb.-?. IKON, of different si^cs, 15.000 lbs. PLOW STEEL, " For sale by BAUM BRO. January 22. tf raiuMFHAim THE Carolina Fertilizer WILL 15 K SOLD AS FOLLOWS; CASH PRICE. $50 Per Ton of 2,000 Poundf. TIME PRICE. $55 Per Ton of 2 000 Pounds PAYABLE NOVEMBER 1. 1874, Free ol" Interest, Freight & Drayage to be Added. its success is I \ PARALLELED, and its standard is ' A TVo. 1 I ' " Acid Phosphate will be sold a3 follows: CASH PRICE, $35 per Ton of 2,000 pounds, v TIME PRICE. $38 per Ton of 2, OOO pounds, PAYABLE NOVEMBER 1, 1874. Free of" Interest, Freight & Drayage to be added, for sale by W, C. GERALD & CO., CAMDfiX, S. C. GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO., CSmernl A'jrnts, at (1h<trl< gt<m, S C. January 10. 4in T A Y VTVPTPT? AAA J.1 V/JLJ.VJLJ. Office ('oiuity Treasurer Kershaw, OAMI>KS\ S. C? DEC. 81, 1873. ON ami after the 10th day of January 1874, the Hooks of the Treasurer of thiscounty will he open for the reception of Stato and County Taxes. The rate of taxation will he as follows: Mills. State Taxes, (including support of Public Schools.) 12 County Tax, 8 Special County Tax to pay past indebtedness, 2 Poll Tax, one dollar. The Free Bridge Tax w ill he collected at the same time, and is as follows: DcKalh hu>' IVateree Townships 2 Buffalo and Flat Rocks Tow nships, 2 The following School Districts have each 1 assessed themselves to be collected at the same time: School Districts. Mills. No. 1. 1 No. 2. 2 No. 8. 1 No. I. On personal property, G No. 8. Unit' n mill, and 00 cents on each pell. No. 9 2 No. 12. Two dollars on each poll. Section 11 of the Act specifies the follow, ing funds a* receivable for State Taxes:? United Slates Currency, Gold ond Silver Coin. National Hank Notes and Certificates of Indebtedness authorized by the General Assembly, and issued to the Kepuhlican Printing Company pursuant to the Act approved November 19, 187.1. DONALD MeQUEEN, County Treasurer. Jnuuary 1,1874. tf Seed Oats, 500 bushels OATS. For sale by BALM BRO.