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9 THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. ; Vi. D. TRANTHAM & J T HAY, ' EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. FEBRUARY 36, 1874. The Political Horizon. To any one obefrving the aspect of affairs in this country at the present time, it must be obvious that a change is gradu AAMimra ?n/1 ^mnaw rvf awjr wuiiug Vict vuo o^iitv auu nuijim u< tho -American people, which change promises to accomplish good things lor us.? This revolution in popular sentiment is coming about as it should, in order to attain a healthy development. It does not manifest itself in sudden enthusiasm upon questions whioh have been long before the popular mind; but, leaving all old and dead issues, is consideriug uew, vital, and important matters. Nine years almost have passed since the close of the war, during which time one political party has held unshaken swayover the dostinies of tho United States.? The power of this party is due to its having realized the popular sentiment of the most powerful sections of the Union, and lent itself industriously to the accomplish ment of the will of those sections. Several times has the power of this party been assailed, and its opponents have flattered themselves that a change had taken place in the current of public opiuion, to find, too late, that they were mistaken. As long as the battle was waged upon the old issues dividing the country, so long did the Republican party gain an easy victory. The mass of mankind does not so readily change its mind upon subjects which have long interested it. The change must be gradual, brought abont by the slow but steady operation of new causes. The great issues which produced the war, and have divided the country since, Vows V>ann Battled The drift of nublic sen ?... ?? , tiuicnt does not indicate a return to the principles of the Democratic party, or a disposition to restore that party to power. Perhaps, if that organization were to regain its ascendency, ere long wo should find ourselves groaning under evils similar to those which now afflict us. The new party will be one separate from both existing organizations, ignoring their distinctions, because they are no longer important. tVhat signify the rapid growth and increasing power of the Grange? This association promises soon to take possession1 of the entire country, and control national and State legislation. It binds the people of this whole country together, without regard to jectional divisions, by the tics of common interests^ a society it claims, in inch thing^vouia rob it of its power it is wise to abstain entirely from what it known as politics. But it must have { * powerful influence in shaping the politi cal opinions and actions of its members dealing, as it does, with their most im portant matters of every day life, anc interests which are directly favored or do pressed by the existing government. Th< members of thy Grange, outside of theii lodge-room, must be politicians, and hav ing a common interest, must act together Some change is necessary The Arneri can people cannot suffer the life of the country to be eaten out by the canker ol corruption and official infidelity, whicli has been wasting us for so long a time.? Governments must be administered foi the benefit of the people, and not soleh for the aggrandizement of those, whost only claim to public favor is a real or pre tended allegiance to a party which ha.< accomplished its work. One effec^f the thoroughly executed work or trie ucpuD lican party in this country lias been tin erection and consolidation of a liioustroui systom of fraud and misgovern mcnt, which ruinous everywhere, threatens to destroy some StaflK President Grant, in the laconic style characteristic of hint, says that it is time for the Republican party to ''unload,' meaning thereby that it cannot any longer carry some of its self-imposed burdens ^ ^^that unless the ^tate governments, whicli it has established and sustained by it: countenance, amend their ways, they musi be thrown overboard, this course bcini: necessary to keep the Republican shij afloat. Congressman Elliott makes a speed to his constituents, at Columbia, in whic! he urges reform, that a stop be put to tin corruption and extravagance w?hi<-h hav< so long disgraced our State government He warns them that the Tax-payers' Con vention is not an assemblage of "sore heads," but men who arc urging rcfortm which the Republican party should carry out, and must effect if it would retain it: supremacy in tho State. The Tax-payers he says, aro his constituents, and that Ik - . i /' will see that their memorial 10 receives the proper attentiou. It is ccr tain that he must reflect the sentiment! of the leaders of tho Republican party ai Washington. We hope that these leaders are begin ning to realize the fact that the people ol the South have acquiesced in the settle mont of certain issues, and that a furthci continuance of the state of affairs, at pres cut existing in some of the States of thai section, must injuro the country. Wt imagine that the people of South 'Jarolinn will be willing to have Geucral Grant a.< President of the United States, and thai # t matters little to them whether our State idministration is Republican, or anything ilse, provided only that }t is honest just. The questions of slavery, States-rights, suffrage, and complete equality before the law, sink into insignificance when brought face to face with the appalling prosp.ect of having our property confiscated by taxation, aud its proceeds wasted by extravagance and dishonesty. We want our property protected, the public institutions that give character to a commonweath, and mark its intellectual and moral status, fostered, and public and private virtue protected from contamination and debasing influences. We can Have none 01 inese without reform in South Carolina. The Death of W. II. Mcfaw. The news of the death of this gentleman will carry a^ feeling of sadness and regret to many hearts in South Carolina. The readers of that staunch journal, the Charleston Neics ami Courier, will miss his sprightly, fearless letters, written over the nom tie plume of "Qui Vive," in which} with keen discernmeut and unsparing freedom, but without undue bitterness and with no malice, he reviewed tho actions of our State government. In him the State loses a brilliant and promising journalist, and a bold and able champion of the right. Though only twenty-nine years old, Mr. McCaw had won a distinguished position in the State bj' his talents and character. lie was editor of the Guarthe I1/urnix, aud afterwards of the South Carolinian, and was lately made assistant editor of the Nicws and Courier. The Columbia I'mun-Herald, of the 20th iust., pays him the following graceful and touching tribute: This community has rarely been startled by a more heart-rending accident than occurred. arcording to the account we have been able to gather, about three o'clock on the morning of the 18th instant. It appears that Mr. W. H. McCaw, who was on the cdi^rial staff of the Charleston A'ncs rind Courier, was compelled to keep late hours, and was often at work long after midnight in his office, in law range He loft the Columbia Hotel about 12:30 and proceeded to finish his usual wort which ho concluded about three o'clock On rising from his table, it is supposed that lie upset the kerosene lauip, which ! exploding, enveloped hiui in flames. Witl a rare presence of uiind he threw off his burning over-coat, under coat and vest and called for assistance, but before it reached hiui ho was fearfully burnt ? Everything that medical attendance, skil and loving care could do was done to re lieve his sufferings, and when the ange of a better and a holier world laid its gen tie hand upon his agony, he arose in th< pride of his unsullied manhood and re turned ^bright life into the hauds o: Him away T well known i this city,. aud almost as well know ; throughout the State. With a powerf aud cultivated intellect, with a warm ar 1 generous nature, with a fearless and cl - valric character, he made straight h paths before his fellow man, impulsive ar vigorous, yet brave and collected. 31 3IcCaw was stroDg and energetic in i things; strong iu his likes; strong in h dislikes; strohg in denouncing what 1 i believed to bo wrronsr; aud strong in su r taining what he believed to be right, was our province to differ with hii greatly uinec witn luin in many tning and to meet him lioncstly, squarely at gallantly iu the generous rivalry in oi ! profession. It was our privilege to fe [ that the sharp sentence that dashed fro his pen. like the flash of the blade of T ledo, often lost its tempered edge in tl ready smile, the merry laugh, and in tl r gentle expression and genius of an 03 that never quailed in tho discharge or coi ; sequences of his duty. There is no man without the fault < human nature, hut whatever his faults, 1 5 wore the honor of his gallant and promi 5 ing youth lika a diamond on his boson and carried in his hand, even unto dcatl , the love and admiration of a host 1 ' friends, among whom lie was a towor < strength, and tho respect even of tho! ) who stood opposed to him iu the strugg r of life. Ovdr his untimely grave the L'tiioi Ibrahl claims the right to place its wreat : of immortelles as an humble tribute to b ' departed worth. tSrnl?A n'r qui tim The Tex-Payer** t'vuveutivu. i _ 1 Tills: hi id 1: :is.-;isinh!i il at ('olllll ? bin on the 17th, instant, and continue t, it* session tor lour days, was one in evci ; way worthy of our ]>eople at this iuipni ? tant crisis in their history. Its delibei i atioiis were marked by a calm and ten i jicrate, but determined spirit; its uttcvu ! ecs arc pointed and forcible, and wo loo > for mueli "nod to the State as a ennsi juenee of its meeting. A powerful an resneetahle niinoritv. renroseutimr wealtl I J ' I CJ brain, and all the great qualities wliie > distinguish a people, lias spoken, rccouu r mg its wrongs and announcing its purp< > ses. and its voice will he heard and listei , '>d to throughout the United States. ! The Convention was opened with i spcoch by Col. \V. I>. Porter, in which li depicted, with great force and clearncs < the manifold evils under which wo ai t suffering; extravagance in govcrmiiei expenditures, ruinous taxation, officii corruption, all growing out of the denii C to South Carolina of a Republican form ? government, tho property-holders and ta payers not being represented in the h< gislaturc. : The following Committees wcroappoin 'ed: Executive, of which f?en. .Iau>< | i Chcsnut is Chairman: on] Memorial an i Address to Congress, of which Armistca' t Burt was Chairmau : on State and Mun cipal Taxation, of which Col. C< il- SL monton ia CJiftiSRaiTpamJ"^IJenTjohn D. Kennedy the member for Kershaw; [the business of this Committee being to inquire into the cause of the increase of State and Municipal taxation, and the mode and manner of relief:] on Address to the People of the State, of which Gen. J. B. Kershaw is Chairman: on Expenses and Printing, of which E. J. Scott was Pkaii-man nn Tmroierfttinn. of which Gen. M. W. Gary was Chairman. On motion, the President appointed a Committee of three, of which J. G. Thompson was Chairman, to request of tho State Treasurer the vouchers upon which he paid out $331,000 for public printing, for the jear 1873. To this Committee the Treasure^ replied by letter, stating that he had no authority to allow any one but those legally appointed to inspect his vouchers, but giving a statement of the manner in which the money, appropriated for public printing, had been paid out. A Memoria and Address to Congress was adoptedi which will be found in another column. The Committee on Taxation submitted a report, recommending that immediate steps be taken to organize in every county, township and precinct, a Tax-payer^ Union, the object of which shall be the reduction of taxation to the legitimate amount necessary for the administration of the government, and to keep watch upon the acts of State and County officers, and aid in repressing and punishing fraud, extravagance and mal-practice.? They .also presented a Momorial to the Legislature, setting forth the evils under which the people labor, owing to the cumbrous character of the tax-laws and requesting that the said laws be sc amended, simplified, and abridged, thai they will secure a fair and equal assess ment of property, and enable any citizen i who has bocn over-assessed, to apply t< the courts for redress before ho is forced ' to pay the tax. This Memorial was mad( by the Legislature a special order foi , Tuesday last. The Committee on th? Address to the p lople of the State, sub uiitted their report which wo will publish ' next week. The report of the Committei ' on Immigration recommended the organi | zation of a Bureau of Immigration to con , sist of a Commissioner for the State a 1 large and one for each county; that th< Commissioner at large shall establish ageft [ cies, at such places as he may deem proper - to encourage immigration, and shall pub 1 * * ? .1 -i x :i i lish statements or tne advantages ui ?uii j climate, &c., offered by oar State; tha he, with the Commissioners for the coun 5 tics, shall be* charged with the duty o - assisting the immigrants in selecting landj f and takfn&4are of theminallwaubdfl ; rtflfl T6rM^RJ6e5nSrTfir^oa^^n^ ,n ascertain ironi the land owners what Ian uj are to be sold or given away, with t id terms, and a brief description of tho lane w- and report to the State Commissioner, ^ that when immigrants arrive, they m; at once be cared fof; and that the Coi til missioners for the counties shall colle is all' contributions to the cause of immigr ie tion, and turn over the same to the Coi missioner at large. Maj. Franz Melchers, of Charlesto ;St was vuonimouslt/ elected Commissioner id Immigration for the State at large. T1 ^ Executive Committee submitted the f< iowing resolution : Ill 0- Hrsohcd, That a committee of five I ie appointed to represent the Tax-pave ie Convention in presenting to the Gsner e Assembly such grievances arising fro a- the operation of laws heretofore passed < growing out of an inadequate protcctic of lor the minority by legislation not adap ie ed to our real wants, and among oth< s- things, to^urgc the accomplishment of tl n, objects named below to-wit: First, to d I), rcet the attention of the General Asson of bly to the requirement of section 3 artie of 8 of the constitution of this State, whic *o declares that it shall* be the duty of th le* General Assembly to provide from tin to time for the registration of all electoi 11. which provision baa been totally disrega h ded in the past. Second, that proportion! is representation would tend to remove muc rt of the dissatisfaction now existing, where by complaint is most reasonably urge that a largo proportion of property-ho dcrs and taxpayers of the State are prac ticully debarred from representation i '* the General Assembly, and that theadop d (ion of the cumulative system of votin y would tend to socurc a lair represents " tion of the minority; and to this end woul invoke the General Assembly to give a '* early and earnest consideration to th "* subject, with a view of applying this sys 1- teui in the conduct of the State elcctio k next lull. Third, that the provision < ? the constitution. (Section 21, Artiel 4,) in relation to the olection of justict of the peace and constables by the peop! should bo complied with by the Gcneri 1. ..1 ?!.?* U ol,??t,l < (i . > rv*v 1111vi v | ??uv4 iuuv ?w diivuiu uv ui^uu i t. give iho election of those officers* to tli qualified electors at the earliest day prac ticablo, instead of the appointment ? trial justices by the executive. A letter was received from New Yorl addressed to tho convention, in whic certain bond holders protested against an repudiation or reductiou of their just due claiming that they purchased their bom j in good faith, relying upon the represent; tions of the public officers of South Car lina. The Convention Ifitolirtt, "That when tho honest pc x pie of South Carolina control the govcri J- merit, they will do what is just, fair, an equitable among its creditors." t- Resolutions were adopted expressin ;s the sorrow of tho body at the death < d W. H. McCaw, Ksq., that the Conventio d attend his funeral in a body, and tin i each dclegato he constituted a commit t< ?. -t?-11!i5c^iund to be presented to his fa- r mi^L as a testimony due to his services. t Convention then adjourned, subject ^ tcv^Bie call of the Executive Committee. ^ , V The Legislatnre. c A resolution to authorizie the judiciary j ^rftrfmittee to investigate the Governor's g fcqBtingent fund, was lost. There has c bd^k a fight in the Senate over a bill to v jji^fee the State into five Congressional | I^Btricts, which has passed. Attempts a to^educe the appropriation to the Peni- t tertiary have failed. An attempt to raise t t&a appropriation for the militia from 1 ^ LiOO to 815,000, failed in the House. ^ ?A bill has been introduced into the c juotife to make tho btato tax next year v and a half mills. A communication I the Tax-payers Convention, embra- ^ c?g the report of the committee on in- ^ cAased taxation, and requesting the Gen- c ?4al Assembly to amend tho Tax laws, was I the special order for Tuesday last, ^ the House, and it was resolved to psk the ' SAnate to meet in joint session to consider j matter, together with the affairs of the t Bftnk of the State. The bill to regulate a nfc public printing has passed the House, ' L JjM^gone to tho Senate. '< .^Dn^Saturday last, Bowley, chairman of g Ae committee of ways and means, intro- s fcced in the House a resolution, reciting j Aat whereas the ^ax-payers Convention 1 Warraigned the whole State government ^ fXsfore the bar of public opinion upon j barges of incompetency, dishonesty, and ? ! prruption, in their memorial to Congress; ) *nd whereas every State officer, legislative, c Iecutive, and judicial, had, without ex- * ption, been accused of every conceivable $ litical crime; and whereas it was the s ity of the General Assembly to vindi- 1 te the State government before Congress j d the American people; "Resolved, That a Committee of five [ the part of the House, and on the ] rt of the Sonate be appointed by the t eaker of the House and the President c the Senate to prepare, in behalf of the j ate administration, a counter memorial . the Congress of tho United States." t This resolution was adopted by the t ousc, but th</Scnate refused to concur. 1 MEMORIAL TC CONGRESS, J "Adopted,toy the tax-payer's convex- \ J p / TION. j j iTo (he Senate and House of Iiepresrnta- t .j ^ tires of the Congress of the I. States. The memorial of the tax-payers and other citizens of South Caroliua respectfully showeth that upon the rcconstruc- 'v tion of tho State government and the ad- ' jnission of senators and representatives * j^kto the Congress of the United States, it 1 ^^^doubtless intended by Congress, as it ( 4nd?MTJfh.y Wotftu r ^TJfceome partakers in the rights enjoyed ds by citizens of tho United States and othhe er State governments. The history of the |8 country teaches that taxation without rep resent ation is tyranny. Our revolutionary fathers had combined to resist such tyranny ny, and wo feel assured that it was never in- the intention of the sons of those men to ct allow these systems to be fastened upon ,a> any of their follow citizens. It has, nevertheless, como to pass that the government established in South Carolina under the legislation of Congress has been made n, the instrument of effecting this monstrous of oppression. That department of the State Government which exercises the taxing . power is administered by those who own a mere fraction of tho property of the State. Seven years have elapsed since the be reconstruction of the State Government, ra and during that period, of the property a| taxed a majority of the members of tho.L m Legislature owned no portion whatsoever,, }r and the remaining members owned so little'-, ,n that their pay as members constitutes their, t. entire interest as property-holders. The ' i. . t * .i .1 . v jr result is mat moso owning tnc property. ie have no voice in the government, and{ j. those imposing the taxes no share in the 1 a. burden thereof. The taxes have advan--> 1 )e ced yearly until in many eases they con- 1 h sume more than ono-half of the income lC from the property taxed. The annual 1 ie expenses of the government have advan- ' r8 ced from 8400,000 before the war up to J r. 82,000,000 at the present time, and the al following comparison of leading items of 1 h expenditure will best exhibit the change: : 1865-00 187:5. ' j Salaries. $ 70.481 0.1 $ 210,707 10 ( i Public Printing, 17,440 00 111,045 06 1 Legislative Ex- t penses, 51,117 00 291,330 47 , n Public Asylums, 25,897 00 128.412 11 i ? Contingent Funds, 0,002 00 75,011 75 ? Sundries, 84,411 11 208,008 85 ' ? Deficiencies, 540,128 00 i J Total, $200,008 50 $1,890,544 71 " The facts exhibit the unprecedented . ? 1 * ...LI .1. a I. ~ ' lu spectacle oi a enure in which mu guvi-m* ~ merit is arrayed against tlie properly of :I n its citizens. It has been openly avowed 1 by prominent members of the Legislature that the taxes should be increased to a ;s point which will compel the sale of the 'c great body of land, and take it away <roui ^ its former owners. The fruit of this poliey is shown in the fact, stated by the comp- ' 10 troller general in his official report, that ~ for default in the payment of taxes lor the ( J' year 1872 alone, 2(?S.acres of land were r forfeited to the State, and this result L- proves the fallacy of the belief that the r policy pursued promotes tho elevation of " the black population and the acquisition ' * by them of lands thus virtually confisca9, ted, The reverse is the necessary result. Is Lands are unavailable as security. Mori- I a- Eancs '? default of payment cannot sell. ' Wages have declined. The cost of living has been made greater by the addition of \ the taxes to the prices of commodities ? ? o The poor are made poorer and every day i i- rendered more incapable of purchasing 1 id lands and more hopeless of rising above their condition of mere laborers. It would ig have ameliorated the condition of your petitioners if the effect of this policy had been to create an nctjvc demand for lands I n on the part of the larger class of our pop. | ulation, but while the owners are, by opto prcssive taxation, driven to sell, others > ' j-*br tho same reason, are disqualified from rnying. The abuses in the legislative lepartment, that have been described, are lot confined to the mere raising and ex>enditure of revenue, but they pervade he entire conduct of that department.? Schemes huvo been devised for issuing State bonds, and for contracting other oans, by which the public debt has, in ix years, beon raised from five million lollars to sixteen million dollars, and that rithout advancing any public works, adling one dollar to the public property, or o the payment of the public debt. Large is the sum of the public debt is admitted o be, there is reason to believe it docs lot reach the true amount. It is found mpossible to ascertain tho actual sum of he obligations that have been issued.? Schemes of public plunder have been penly advanced by corrupt measures, of vliich one single example will suffice: I'wo clerks of the Legislature, in their oficial capacity, made contracts with themelvcs as private persons for the public irinting. The appropriations made in ?nc year for the work done, or to be done, >y these two officials amounted to 8475,100, exclusive of 8100,000 for publishing he laws, and in the fiscal year of 1873 here was actually paid to them 8331,000, eaving a large sum then due to them by he State, and notwithstanding this avowd of these two officials themselves that he work done was worth no more than 1100,000, and the testimony of others hat its value was only $50,000. The tupendous fraud involved in this and iiuilar modes of making legitimate ob ... i*. .1 ects of public expenuiture tno meaium 01 dundering the public treasury, cannot be letter illustrated than by the following acts: The total appropriations for pubic printing made by the Legislature of ?outb Carolina during a period of sixty rears, froui^l800 to 1859, is 8271,180; luring tho last year the amount actually upended for public printing by the presint Legislatuic was 8331,945. That is >60,965 more| ^an ^ cosfc State for ixty years before the war. Committees lave received large sums for compensaion for reporting favorably on private >ills, and strong reasons exist for believng that a large amount of State bank nils, funded by tho State to discbarge her iabilities, have been reissued by those enrusted by the Legislature with the duty >f their cancellation. In the judiciary de)artuicnt evils equally grievous have been produced. Under the State government, he judges hold their offices for short eruis, and their continuance in office defends upon the caprices of the legislators. rheTesult is that the duties of their high >ffice arc discharged under influences and -cspousibilities necessarily adverse to the ndependent and puro administration of mblic justice. The jurors, moreover, ire selected by these officials, of whom wo are the appointees of the Governor, flic consequence is, that the defeat of an obnoxious litigant may bo made certain jy the selection of the jury, or, if no ipecial ol ject be contemplated by those 'IIIUI?t 13, WIIU VIIWIVU 13 uv(|uwiibij uiauw, imply for the small pay, of men who arc loabie to either read or write. In ether :asc, the ends of justice arc defeated ? evils culminate. It is openly asserted and believed that offices are the subject of barter, and the manner in which such offices are administered proves that (jualitication has little jnflucncc in the appointment. In matters under the control of a single individual it is difficult to prove corruption; but there is one state of facts that always should stand for proof. The tpeuditurcs of money by an offigal who is without any estate, and receives but a small salary, establishes beyond a doubt that the money must come from some irregular or illegal source. On this principle (lie two Governors elected under the present constitution stand condemned in public opinion. To detect and punish these crimes is impossible. The Governor controls the avenues of justice. Indeed, the entire system is one of self-sustaining and self-protecting corruption.? In the most of the State there might be some chaiico of redress through the ballot box; but here again the Mate government interposes an insuperable barrier. The elections are conducted by persons appointed in the interest of the officials and the returns are under (he absolute control of the parties in power. I'nder such circumstances votinjr is a form and elections i mockery. Sufi", rint; under such grievances and lespairing of relief from the State goviriiuient. your memorialists conic respectfully t > vour honorable bodies for redress The oove; mueiit which thus oppresses ts wa- virtually established by Congress; ind while we believe they did not foresee he evils to which it has given rise, we iannot doubt that they will assist in reicving them. Knowing, as we do, that he evils of which wc complain arc ecrain io their existence; and are more ikdy to increase than diminish, your noiiiovia'is's most earn est I v ask your aid n providing the proper redro.-s and relief .MAIllllKI)?On the 19th iiist., by [lev. .1 ! : Hodgers. Mr. II. A. McCaskill ind Mi-> Alice I'., daughter of J. G. tlruee. Ivo AII of Kershaw. hi I".I ?At St. Louis. Mo., cm Wcdncslay. t!? * 1 ltli instof pneumonia. Andrew fount; tiardincr. in the -19th year of his igc. Mr. (lanliucr was formerly a resident if Caw !en, and his many friends here will ead the ah.?\e aunouncenient with deep egret. HIYAWA Y. MY Son. Robert llix, having runaway from in . this i:i to forewarn nil : i n^t mrboring or in any wi-e employing him. I'he sail Robert Mix i? n 1 <0111 loiirl'v n years Id, of dark complexion. hrown hair which is Topped rinse, wvll grown, tliiek set, lntw egged, has ft fine voice, and - peaks ioilier dowly. \nv information ili.it will lead to lie apprehension of the said Hubert will lie hunk full v received. Pell. lib.It SAM I.. IIIX , (colored. I JT'On SALE. 7000 feet of choice Itoiigli-and llcluse U MUKK for sale at the lowest trices, lor cash. ii. K. nniosK. l>ceecnibr 4. tf OAMDEN PRICES CURRENT CORRECTED WEEKLY. APPLES?Green, per bushel , $3 00 Dried, per lb 15 BACON?Hams, " 15 @ 17 Shoulders " 0 @ Sides, 11 @ 12 BAGGING per yard. 16 @17 BUTTER?Goshen/per lb 50 @ 60 Country, " 25 @ 30 BEESWAX? " 25 (a) 30 CANDLES? u 20 @50 COFFEE? " 35 @ 40 CORN? per bushel, 1 30 1 35 CHICKENS? each, 20 @30 EGGS? per dozen, 124 @ 15 FLOUR? per barrel, 7 50 @12 IRON TIES? per lb 8 @ 9 LARD? ' " 124 @ 15 LEATHER?Sole " 30 (a) 55 Upper, 60 (a) 75 Harness," 50 (aj CO Mackerel?per bbl. No. 1. 24 00 " " 2. 19 00 " ? 3. 15 00 A ?it. " 1.2* @3 00 ? " 2. 2 50 " " 3. 1 75 MOLASSES? per gallon- 35 @ 100 OATS? per bushel, 110 ONIONS? " 3 00 PEACHES?Dried, per lb 5 PEAKS? " ? 1 25 SUGARS? per lb 12J @ 15 SALT? per sack, @ 2 00 TALLOW? per lb 20 VINEGAR? per gallon, 50 YARN-^- per bunch, 1 40 Cotton.?On Thursday and Friday last cotton was in a fair demand and S brought as high as 141 cents. It has since declined, and we now quote at 141 cents, with an upward tendency. Cotton Food. Wo have just received a fresh supply of above guano from the maryland Fertilizing company, which is ~ guaranteed to be fully up to its usual j high standard. james r. prtngle & co., Agents, fi Adger's Wharf, Charleston, S. C. February 20. lm* MORTGAGE SALE. Charles Alexander and 1 William] Alexander ' \ Mortgage. I Hodgson & Dunlap* J BY virtue of the above stated mortgage I will sell in front of the Court House in Camden, on the first Mondav in March next. ONE MI LE. taken as the property of Charles Alexander, and therein described, A feb11) Ui J. J. RICHARDSON, Agt, | MUHICiAljrb I Uiime!^ j Brisbimc | t0 f MortgageMarcus Tobias. J < BY virtue of the above stated mortgage I will ' sell in front of the Court House in Camden, on the first Monday in March. * ONE RED OX AND ONE CART, taken under the above stated mortgage. febl92t J. J*RICHARDSON, Agt. | Town Taxes. COUNCIL CHAMBER. Camden, S. C. Feb. 9, 1874. Ordered, That the Books of the Treasurer for the Returns of Property and payment of Town Taxes, be opened on Thursday, the 12th inst., and be kept open until the first day of March. All Town Taxes unpaid at that date, will have twenty per cent, penalty attached and collected. Extract from the minutes: W. C. S. ELLERBE, Intendant. J. K. WiTiiERsroos, Recorder. February 12. td SOUgH CAROLINA } LAND AGENCY. 4 THE undersigned offers his services GENERAL LAND AGENT; having establish ;??-.1 *.,! r en communication wuu persons 01 an classes p who may he induced to buy land in South Carolina. It i? of great importance that tho peculiar attractions offered by our section, to those wishing to settle upon Ihrir oirn land*, be brought into notice. This can only bo done by making it a specialty. The class of immigrants most needed among us, (all others, of coui se, are welcome,) is the one who brings with him enough to buy?even in a small way?a certain quantity of our land; (theonly capital which we have left.) This is easily done, by such a one, as one-fourth the _ estimated value paid down, will give him n title, and possession: with three or four, and even five years, to pay the balance. This class of settlers, native or immigrant, must be dealt with personally -must be con- q vinccdthat this country.with all its advantages docs exist, and is within his reach. Onco satisfied on this point, the rest is onsy. They know nothing ofour couutry, heretofore clos- 1! ed to the outside world, and it has to be told t\ to them. C The object of the AUKNCY is to do this: to approach the man?wheresoever he may be? who has the means, and induce him by stale- Si monts, MADK IN SUCH A WAY THAT IlTl IS OHEKiED TO PUT FAITII IN THEM to in- C vest in our land. S] This will give the land a commercial value, and bring the host class of settler*. P i)..?. Ar un.i? T I ..........r, .... . first Have them surveyed, and laid off in farms of from fifty to one Hundred and fifty acres.? H Nothing can be done, under the plan propos- B ed, with bodies of land in block. The thing T to be sold must be offered in lots to suit the purchaser. t All business in Shis connection will receive ?< strict attention from the undersigned. HOWARD M. BOYKIN*. ramden, S. ('. February 19, 1H73. Ur.i Kium I * ?t?en. ,1ns. Choennt, Col. \\ M Shannon, (ten. J. It. Kershaw, ('apt T. II. Clarke, Mai. John M. UeSanssure, (Jen. John I). Kennedy. Camden. S. (' Col. L. J. l'atlerson, Liberty Hill, Oov. John L. Manning, Clarendon, S. (', No Interruption, (\ of The subscribers beg leave to nnnnunee tliat al the recent fire has caused no interruption in I'i their business, and that they are prepared pj to wait upon customers as usual. J. &. T. I. JOXH8. January 15. tf I A SOUTHERN H OUSE~ GEO. S. HACKER'S DOOB, SASH, and BLIND FACTORY, King, Opp. Cannon Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. The only house of the kind in this City *ned nnd managed by a Carolinian. LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND and sold at 20 per cent, less than Northern prices. ADDRESS GEO. S. HACKER,; Charleston, S. C. P. o. BOX 170. i J January 22. 12 Molasses, Mo louse*. < 20 barrels New Orleans, 25 half barrels 50 barrels Muscovado For sale by Jan. 22. BAUM BRO. aGarden Needs. LANDRETH'S New Crop Garden ecds. For sale by BAUM BRO. iron nnd Nteel. 5,000 lbs. IRON, of different sizes, 5,000 lbs. PLOW STEEL, ? For sale by BAUM BRO; January 22. * tf TRIUMPHANT! Carolina Fertilizer WILL BE SOLD AS FOLLOWS; CASH PRICE B50 Per Ton of 2,000 PoundJB . TIME PRICE. I ?55 Per Ton of 2 000 Pounds^ PAYABLE NOVEMBER 1. 1874, I Free of Interest, 1 Freight & Dray age to be Added. its success is UNPARALLELED, and its standard is j\. No. 1. Acid Phosphate WILL BE SOLD AS FOLLOWS: CASH PRICE, >35 per Ton of 2,000 pounds. TIME PRICE. 138 per Ton of 2,000 pounds, PAYABLE NOVEMBER 1, 1874. Free oF Interest, "reight ii Drayage to be added. FOR SALE BY W. C. GERALD & CO., C AMD EX, S. C. GEO. W. WILLIAMS k CO., General Agents, at Charlatan, S. C. January 15. 4ni TAX NOTICE fficc Vounty Treasurer Kershaw, CAMDEN, S. C? DEC. 31,1873. ON and after the 10th day of January 174. the Books of the Treasurer of thiscounr will be open for the reception of State anil otinty Taxes. The rate of taxation will be as follows: Mills. tate Taxes, (including support of runnc cetioois,) iz ounty Tax. 3 pec in 1 County Tax to pay Pa*t indebtedness, 2 oil Tax. one <lollar. lie Free Bridge Tax will be collected at the same time, and is as follows: eKalb and Wateree Townships 2 tiffalo and Flat Hocks Townships, 2 lie following School Districts hare each 1 assessed themselves to be collected at he same time: diool Districts. Mills. No. 1. 1 No. 2. 2 No. 8. 1 No. 4. On personal property, G No. 8. Half a mill, and GO cents on each poll* No. 9 2 No. 12. Two dollars on each poll. Section 11 of the Act specific* the fi.llowg funds as receivable for State Taxes:? nited States Currency, fluid and Silver dn. National Bank Notes and Certificates Indebtedness authorized by the GenerAssomhly, yi<l issued to the Republican rintinp Com^ny pursuant to the Act ap oved November 19, 1873. DONALD McQUEEN, County Tr easurer January 1,1874. if