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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
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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
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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
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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
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' 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
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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