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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL W. D. TRANTHAM & J T HAY, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. <0 MARCH 26. 1874. Month < arolina's Wrongs. To-day is the time appointed for the rt *i ^ p it . m ? n Ll I'otnmutee oi mo lax-payers iionveuuoii to lay their Memorial before Congress.? Better men could not have been chosen for that purpose. They are representative men, knowing and feeling the evils of which they will complain, having the ability to explain the terrible misgovernment of South Carolina, and possessing that weight of character which will give force and cogency to their utterances.? They will not be received and regarded as rebels, and malicious fault-finders, but as respectable citizens of the United States. They go to ask help oi' Congress. We need assistance to save us from ruin. Can Congress extend to us the necessary aid ? The New York Times, the leading administration organ, in discussing this question, takes "States Bights" grounds, saying that Congress cannot interfere in the domestic concerns of a State. This argument, carried to a logical conclusion will prove Reconstruction unconstitutional. and our Dresent State covernmcnt ille 7 A ? , gal. The Enforcement Acta are atao unconstitutional, since they interfere with matters purely of domestic cognizance. The Civil Rights bill, now before Congress, is open to the same objection, as it propose* to over ride the State Courts, and repeal State laws. According to the theory of the dominant party, Congress has a right to step in, and secure to certain classes rights which are denied to them by their State government. We certainly have no representation in the Legislature of the State, and are treated as if we bad no rights. We are taxed and robbed without regard to law or justice. Cannot Congress interfere for our protection ? Is not the protection and ' enjoyment of property as strong and sacred a right, as the privilege of riding in first-class railroad cars, and attending , theatres ? I But if active iuterference is deuied us, , 1. it a r we may nope ior me moral support 01 . Congress in any efforts after reform. Our ( State government has taken courage from , the assurance that it could look to Wash- t ington and receive protection from the s consequences of its iniquity. It could not ? have lived one year without this support. s We hope that this potent influence will f now be thrown upon the side of reform, y We do not wish to deprive any one of his j rights, but wo do desire some guaranty that v our property shall not be confiscated to j. enrich unprincipled adventurers. c u The late (tension of the Legislature t its last session. Before another regular t session begins, the people will have been 11 appealed to, and representatives again '' chosen, either of the same class, or better, or worse, than those whose lease of power ^ has almost expired. The present admin- ' istration went into power upon a beautiful j' platform of principles, which recognized ^ the proper ends of government, showed the errors of its predecessors, and lavishly v promised reform. Whether these pledges have been redeemed, no one will doubt who will examine'the record of the ad- L * D ministration with unprejudiced eyes. The term of office of Governor Moses ha* not ' served to strengthen the Republican party ^ in South Carolina, or to remove from it ^ tho odium and reproach, which have made ^ it a bye-word throughout the United ^ States. On th^ other hand, the positiou of that party is weaker and more precarious now than it was two years ago. Not S that the'principles of genuine Republican- h ism, and the effects of its policy are about p to be erased and superseded; many of I them are fixed and firmly rooted, and no h one cares to change them ; but we believe ? that the power of those men who called t themselves the Republican party is less 0 than it was two years ago. j. This is the necessary result of the course 1 which these men have pursued. Promising retrenchment, reform, economy, and i taxation, thev have accomplish- 1 ed none of them. They hare not re- { trenched the expenses of the various departxnents of the government, as the dif- ( ?ferent extravagant appropriations will < show; they have not practised economy, as f the expenses of the Legislature, the mag- ' nificent sums given to the Printing Ring, and other useless expenditures testify: they have not reduced taxation, since , their last levy was the heaviest ever imposed upon our long suffering people, and produced what was predicted, a protest and upheaving, such as not been witnessed before since the advent of reconstruction. ? " .t rn it f /l >Ve retcr to ine iax-i Jtyere lunvenuuii, which was not % party movement, but an uprising of the people, which did not indulged partisan abuse, and vain threatening, but spoke temperately and firmly, with so much dignity, force, and earnestaees. that it caught the ear of the whole country, and commanded the respectful attention of all of the Republican party in South Carolina, save those who were too | vicious to think about their faults, and too | blind and foolish to consider toward what t end they were drift in jr. The excesses of a majority of the party have been such, that President Grant thinks it time to unload, and Congressman , KUiott is sent down from Washington for ] the purpose of scolding and threatening ' them. The Republican press of the ! North denounces them in the strongest j terms, and even Harder * Weekly carica- j tnres them. t In many respects the last Legislature ' exceeded any which had gone before.? J Especially towards its close, many of the | members seemed actuated by a spirit of i desperation, and a reckless disregard of all decency and honesty. The Columbia I'tiiuH-Ileraid, which is a consistent and able ehampiou of Republicanism, was compelled by the pressure of events, to lay , the lash upon members of its own party, i a hm- ik a... _1 ?if 1 ...1 1 lo puoiisu me party piaixorui, anu uppeui to it iu a uianly, but futile, attempt to J check the turbid stream. Members charged ] each other with bribery and corruption, | and impugned each other's veracity on all s occasions. Altogether, many of the pro- ' ceedings were disgusting, disgraceful, aud heart-sickening to those who cared aught for the honor and welfare of our commonwealth. ]Jut while all this is truj, we cau find mauy things to commend in the transaction of the session just closed. The extra session was convened to provide for a pressing emergency in the affairs of the State. The Supreme Court had decided that a mandamus must issue, ordering the Comptroller-General to collect the interest on bonds of doubtful validity. The monstrous pile of debt, which threatened to precipitate itself upon the State, would have crushed us. The Legislature promptly took a dangerous power from the hands of the Comptroller-General, by repealing the law which provides that he should give notice of a tax levy for certain purposes, s and then proceeded, in pursuance of the J suggestions of a temperate and well-writ- j ten message from Governor Moses, to ad- [ just the State debt. The result of their t labors, while open to some objections, was j is good as could have been expected, and 1 will work substantial justice, and avert j bankruptcy from the State, for a time at f east. Six millions of fraudulent bonds [ were promptly repudiated. Often-repeated t ind well managed assaults were made by ? he holders of the Blue Ridge scrip, but vith no success. Various attempts to sad- j lie fraudulent claims upon the State were iuccessfully resisted. Members of the t; Senate and House, to their honor be it 1 aid, battled with fraud in its protean * orms, and often came off conquerors.? ., rhe army of clerks and attaoheos^ though a brmidable, was not so large as it had preiously been. The Speaker of the House 1 ias not issued a million of fraudulent pay ? crtificates. Legislation, outside of money 0 natters, has been moderate in its tone; si bough much of it is useloss and consumed j' IVice as much tima as w.m nftp<wu>ry Thn j ix levy for the next fiscal year is light, as <j< omparcd with previous ones Finally, p lie Legislature, previous to adjournment, a< jincmbercd its friends, by appropriating ai 25,000 to publish the laws in "official w ujtcrx." These sustained its policy, or rudently kept silence. None of the news- 1; ajiers. which dared to criticise, or find 11 mlt, or denounce, are to get any of this ' enefaction. This is natural. ''To the w ictor belong the spoils." n The Legislature, before its adjourn- S lent, adopted a resolution, that the memcrs of Congress from this State be re- * . . t< uested to use their influence and votes to i, reveut the proposed reduction of the ar- c ty, and the withdrawal ot troops irom ?< loutli Carolina. They wish to use the S1 ayonet to secure their power again next j' all. E b School Fund Appropriation.?The ti tate superintendent, Hon. J. K. Jillson, ei as made the apportionment of the appro- ? riation for common school purposes.? ^ 11 accordance with the provisions of the v xw, this year, the apportionment is made y ipon the basis of school attendance for 1 he year euding June 30, 1S73, instead ^ fthe scholastic population, as has been leretofore the case. The following is the ist: y Abbeville, ?16,619 10: Aiken, 7,425 60: tudersuu, 14,779 85; liarmvell, 15,108 45; s' ieaufurt, 18.402 Ml; Charleston. 33,962 40: ^ Chester, 6,419 10; Chesterfield, 5,466 00; " Clarendon, 3.815 90; Colleton, 12,291 0(): Darlington, 7,948 30; Edgefield, 10,t>03 ho; 54 Fairfield, 6.639 65; Georgetown, 4,516 60; r Jreenville, 9,929 10: Horry. 2.151 60; Kcrihaw, 5,718 60; Lancaster, 4,310 20; Lexing i i,, i,,.[ a-. \i?riK, I II? Jl'i LsUUIUIl?, 4V',1VV W) .?*?? wv? , , 10,355 80; Marion, 7,770 45; Newberry, i S?0 05; Oconee, 0,501 10; Orangeburg, 0,100 , iO; Pickens, 4,020 00: Richland, 7,450 40; Sumter, 10,117 00; Spartanburg, 18,040 ?>0; , Union, 7,(Ml 40: Williamsburg, 7,251 25; c Vork, 9,580 '<0. I There lias been a break in tho Missis- > sippi levee? between Vicksburj; and Mem- i phis, and tho Herald of tho former city ?. predicts the moat disastrous results. It j smvh that not one planter in ten in the < ?J two levee districts between Vicksburg and t Memphis has saved enough money from s the crop of lW7.'t to supply him with pro- s visions for the first six months of the pros ont season; thousands of negroes have 1 been brought from (Jeorgia and Alabama c by men who have expended their last dol- c lar to procure labor, aud must rely on t credit to get food for their hands until i ihey can raise a crop; and that with all c lope of a crop destroyed, it is impossible i iO estimate the amount of misery whic t I I will fall upon tho sufferer." by thS break Cntil now there has been no very high water since 18GT, and during the intervening period, under a most oppressive system of taxation, millions of dollars have been collected for building and strengthening le -ees; but the public plunderers who control affairs in Mississippi have misappropriated the funds, and the first flood finds the most important points in the chain of defence so poorly fortified that it sweeps through the flimsy barriers, laying waste the most prolific territory in llic State. Not only the plauters, but thai helpless negroes dependent on them, will be severe sufferers from this state of things. SECRETS OF STATE. [From the Charleston News and Courier.] Now that the law-makers of South Carolina have closed their prolonged labors ind released their hold upon the public purse, a brief resume of their works will not be inappropriate. It is very generally conceded that a more venal and worthless legislative body never yet assembled at the State capital, and yet, strange to say, some good has couie out of Nazareth. They have, at least, enacted one law which should meet the commendation of honest nen. Those, however, who suppose that ;he passage of the Specific tax levy was lue to any fear that the members of the Legislature had of public opinion are misiaken. That body was as independent in :his respect as it is possible for any body if public plunderers to be, and tho con;empt which they entertained for fUE RIGHTS OF THEIR CONSTITUENCY vas as high as the love which they enteraiucd for their property. The passage if the Specific tax levy, as I have just earned, was due entirely to another jause. The true state of the case is, that ;he members were tricked into doing a :ood thing without knowing that they iad done it. And all the credit of havng the funds tied up to their legitimate ises is due to 8tate Treasurer Cardozo, j hrough whose instrumentality the tax ovy was passed in its present shape. It vill be remembered that the bill to raise iupplics for the fiscal year commencing Vovember 1, 1874, is worded in such a vay as to apply a specific tax for each iraticb of the State Government. The bllowing is a summary of the law, the otal tax levy being 12 7-12 ui'lls: 'or salaries 1J mills* 'or penal, charitable and educational institutions 1) 'or the public schools 2 'or school deficiencies J "or legislative expenses 1 :or public printing \ 'or interest on the public debt 2 ror unpaid appropriations 1 :or County purposes <5 The act also contains the following important provision : Sea. 9. That the proceeds from the axes levied in the first seven sections of his act shall be kept by the State Trcaurer separate and apart from each other nd from other public funds, and shall be pplied to the purposes for which they re respectively levied and none other. This section, it will be seen, makes it he duty of the Treasurer to keep the aymeuts within the tax levy, and at the imc time prevents the Legislature from xpending more than the amount. With uch a Legislature as the one which has 1st been disbanded it was a somowhat ifficult task tosccuro the passage of such law. The vcr}' fact, that the State reasurer elected by themselves was disused to be careful and economical in his Iministration of the affairs of his iinportnt office, made them distrust him. and he as obliged to go to work in A SOMEWTIAT NOVEL WAT. 'mm what I can learn, his plan of operaon was somewhat as follows: He managed > get appointed, as clerk of the ways and leans committee, a young colored man ho had been educated by himself, and ho had filled an important position in is office during his administration as ecretary of State under the Scott adaiinitration. Everybody at all conversant ifch the workings of legislative commitjes knows that legislation is mainly shaped y the clerks of committees, who are genrally directed to draw up the required tws. Young Jones therefore drew up the aecific tax levy for the comtnittoo of ways nd means in the shape suggested by the casurer, but here a difficulty occurred.? >owloy; the chairman of the committee, eenmc obstinate, and refused to report le bill as d?-awn up. He, in fact, reportJ a general tax levy. But John K. (Jochan, a member from Anderson, and li. M. imith, a Conservative from Spartanburg, ubmitted a'minority report from the cornlittee embracing the specific tax levy, rhich minority report was adopted by the louse, and this is how the tax levy came to e framed in its present shape. This was 10 levy for the present year. The one >r 1874 was framed in the same way, and s above stated, is now a law. i?or me ear 18715, tho legislative levy will probaly realize $225,000. and the General Ascuibly, with that peculiar disregard >r consequences which has made it so otoriou3, appropriated $290,000. The !tate Treasurer remonstrated against their ctiou, but his remonstrances were disregarded, and then, to remedy the evil, he btaincd the passage of the l'RO RATA SECTION if the appropriation bill, which provides hat the treasurer shall first pay the luem icrsofthe General Assembly in full, and livide the remainder of the appropriation >n> rata among the House and Senate .rdcrs. This led to the strike of the ittaches, who claimed the same right o be paid in full as the members, and efused to work unless the j>ro rut clausc? vas repealed. The pro rata clause was epoaled and the treasurer was then infracted to pay the attaches first, and then wo rata the order for contingencies, unIcr which head are generally included ' i-?; :_.n? * i..., 110 Various lime legislative stvmuio mm well up the exponses of tlie (iciieral Ascinbly. That these claims will come to ;rief. tliero can scarcely l>o a doubt. The cgislative appropriations are largely in excess of the rovonuc of tho State and the onductofthc treasurer in the past, I hink. is a guarantee that he will serutinzo these claims closely, reject, tho bogus laitns and pro rata the balance. In the neautiuie tho mombers who uro now with heir constituencies will fiud things a little hot (luring the coming campaign. The army of attaches who belong to the constituency proper arc dancing attendance here, waiting for their pay. The treasurer is unable to pay them for the reason that the taxes have not yet all couio in, and the attaches swear vengeance against the members for leaving them out in the cold. The situation is exceedingly perplexing, and the war in the enemy's camp promises to wax hot and heavy during the approaching campaign. We shall nee what we shall see. Vidkttk. The Treasurer of Sumter County. ?The affairs of Sumter Uounty nave attracted the attention of the graud jury. The presentment recently delivored at Judge Mac-key's court states the county *lebt in December, 1869, at two thousand dollars, and on March 12, 1874, at twenty thousand dollars; with the roads and bridges almost impassable; with the teachers unpaid, and public institutions in decay and neglect. It appears that there is a law requiring county treasurers to report every month to the county commissioners, and that the county treasurer of that county bad not made more than two reports during the year. On the reading of tho presentment, Judge Mat-key issued a rule against W. H. Gardner, to show cause why a bill of indicment should not be laid against him for official misconduct at the next Urm of the court. MARRIED?On the 22d inst., by the Rev. J. E. Rodgers. Mr. J. F. Smith, of Davidson Couuty, N. C., and Miss Hat tie C., daughtor of R. Latta, Esq., of Camden. OAJKDEN PRICES CURRENT CORRECTED WEEKLY. APPLES?Green, per bushel , S3 00 Dried, per lb 15 BACON?Hams, " 15 (a, 17 Shoulders " 9 (>/, Sides, 11(0,12BAGGING per yard. 10 (a) 17 BUTTER?Goshen, per lb 50 (m 00 n 1... ii or. un vuuiitrj, yir, tiu HEESWAX? " 25 ($30 CANDLES? " 20 (W 50 COFFEE? ? 35 (a)>40 CORN? per bushel, 1 25 CHICKENS? each, 20 (d. 30 EGGS? per dozen, 121 (a, 15 FLOUR? per barrel, 7 50 (</, 12 IRON TIES? per lb 8 r? 0 LARD-- " 121 (a\ 15 LEATHER?Sole " 30 (,< 55 Upper, ' CO (ni 75 Harness," 50 ($ 60 Mackerel?per bbl. No. 1. 24 00 " " 2. 19 00 " " 3. 15 00 Kit. " 1.2} (ft 3 00 ? " 2. 2 50 " " 3. 1 75 MOLASSES? per gallon* 35 (a 100 OATS? per bushel, 110 ONIONS? " 3 oo PEACHES?Dried, per lb 5 PEARS? ? ? 1 25 SUGARS? per lb 12J (a, 15 SALT? per sack. (fi> 2 oo TALLOW? peril) 20 VINEGAR? per gallon, 50 YARN? per bunch, 1 40 Cotton?The market has been fjuite i u ?ur uiu aui;wu> at? iiii^iuicincut in prices. quote middlings at -111-? PUBLIC MEETIXO. A Public Meeting of the citizens of Camden will be hold in the Town Hall on Friday, the 27th inst., at 12 o'clock, M., for the purpose of nominating candidates for Tntendant and Wardens of the L town. JFollw. A meeting of the Stockholders of tbeSriMtner LiUington will be held at the DcKnlb Hoii=c. Citiiiilrn, S, C., on Tuesday, tin: I lib of April Members are reqnoeted to attend. F. W. KERCHNER, President. March *2(5. ' III j . CHARLES HYMAN, Agent, One door North of 1). W. Jordan's Planters' Warehouse, Will pny tho highest cash prices for DRY HIDES, FUILS, BRASS, COPPER, \e. March 20. ' lni The State of South Carolina. KERSHAW COl'XTV. nv j. p. sntiierlaxit, .ivdoe or pfoh atf.. Notice is hereby given that Sarah Ann I In. nie lius made application to me to have the Homestead set apait to herself and child, in accordance with thl Act of ihe General Assembly of the s.'iid S ate. J. F. SUTHERLAND, J. P. March 20. dt* American Clocks. New and splendid stock of Clocks, Timekeepers and striking?one-day and eighl-dav Clocks; of the latest patterns and tine tini-di, in works and cases. Prices from $0 to SiU. All warranted in gool order. ,T. A. VOl'NC. March20. . if HALC1SSER. This thoiougli-brc?i Stallion will i?iaU?* the season, ending .lunenext, at Hnhkirk llill. He is a very hundstmo horse, full sixteen hands high, and was tired hy Censor, (he l>y i.exington.) dain hy Equinox, Ac. Terms. js-0 for llic season, a?sh, or city or town acceptance. oU couls b the groom. March 1G. iiin. C'Orn and lla.y, 200 bnsh. Priuic White Corn. HO bales Prime Ea&ern Hay. l or sale at clow figures for cash, rTIELfS & BILLTNOS. BACON. Prime Smoked C. It. Sides, Prime Hulk or White 0. Jt. Sides, Extra Choice L. C. Hulk Bacon, At lowest market price for cash, PIIELPS k HTTiLrXCS. BEEF, HKKI. 5 bbls. Fulton Market Hi of. For sale by BAUM BROS. Tl! EL BJLj OFFERS Til K MOST AT New 8emm mi and at such LOW PRICES as to guaran It would, therefore, CALI^ 1 A and procure some of these NICE OOOJJ 9 March 2(1. THE OLD DRUG I With an entire New Stock o: IIAHRAL A Wholesale 7 fi7 MEKTTJVYi nuccseors to tho Old I II AVI LAND, ITARRAL & CO., Charlcsi HAVILAND, RISJ IIAR JAMES IIARRAL. March 5 Annual Meeting OF THE STOPKHOLDERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY AND OF THE SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD BANK. Cuaiu.kstox, S. 0.. March 111. 1874. The Annual meeting of the Stockholders of the South Carolina Railroad Company and of the Southwestern Railroad Hunk will be held in this City in the Hall of the Bank of Charleston, northeast corner of Broad and State streets, on Tt ksiiay, April 14th, proxi nio, at 11 o'clock, A. M. On the day following an Election'will beheld between theliours of 9 A. M. and.3 P M., for fifteen Directors in the Railroad Company and thirteen Directors in the Bank. A committee to verify Proxies will attend. Stockholders will be passed over the Road to and from the Meeting free of charge. J. R. EMERY, Secretary. March 19. td Annual MeetingOF THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY AND OF THE SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD RANK. I 'n \ni.kt ton, S. C , March Hi, 1871. Stockholder- having Proxies intended to he used at tlic Meeting t<? beheld on (lie 14th an^ i-'iiu of April proximo, are requested to 1<- Ig l!n in ?! cither of the following committee. who will be in nrt**n lance at the Hall of the B.ii:.. ; (' i ii : 'on. .liiiiiic I li,- muni iiift nl tlir 1 11!i of April. f?r the purpose of vi- iVii On ilie t'ollowing<lay, during llie Klcctiiiii. other Jiitios inny prevent the cumniittc* limn examining hatches <>t l*i .i l> the hour "I i Mi- polls. 1. r !li:N'l?55ICK.S r. .MM vi:. T. M. vv V It I N'tI. ('.iiutiiitlce oti 1'roxipn, March P?. til. A Medical Triumph /' ' m HI L - ii' DR. D. S. PERRY'S VMCKTAllfiK AUO.M ATjp 8$rrrr hs&SH. These Hitter* tnttsl hernine the universal rciueily ul th There is nothing like tIi<-iii -r I- litem iiinl-r tlie -tin. They re litre the w ih. iit?i?*>rt ethe t'ecHle. ati'l gi\.nr>\ lit- .in.I I-.I.* i ? tit- hi-iv*.it ilowu sv i ?t?. F!i iii::i'iii.itic :ui?l umlurmtia tus>! ?< :* th*y nr* worth rt ship lh;t<l of Quinine powder- and nil's Th -y to-peeittlly adapted to p.-i -.is- still- rin/ IVoin Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints, Costiveness, Headache, Neuralgia. Rheumatism, Chills and Fevers and Piles. To Delicate Females. I. i ii' .ii i jr yutiijf. will lind these Hitters espcci 'y 'opted Id di.-t a.<es peculiar to llieir - : Mi ivo'uiuit-ss, bns-dude, Want of \ppntiie, tinil Ueuernl Debility. nil yieltl to tin it. e : it :.i of the. . iur.- iiui.ible ^liktei'S. II MM' WHAT Is' S.\M>. iii-; vii wn \t is s vii?. Hi:AII WHAT IS SAID. "Womb i Hi I flVel* !?nv? ! milted front y. ill* L?r. !' ii'iiti!... \i\ .lie 'lie. i rut hardly believe it." "Sen ! in- on " i e of IVrry I'.itter.i ujjjiiu. Not hi.i lib- i n. here." 1.1 . .;,in d?i livit of my ease. I b id to do m. i i convince you of the ueiiderl'iil cure. ' J'ufi 1 v th y are Mto ni??t delightfill nine ' I on ie in I it tvorbi.' ' "Hi-. Mil-, n muh tint you tire a public ' bein liifloi I I 11 1" I > ?" UUI-IUII.M .... Iiiid'f llC.vtllclll', lliatlk- I?J Votl!" I . v I \Vi> till I!iio |?:iIivice ?i\ r v-ili , ju.m - ii. !i i-jtt i .u-i.s, Inii iho -iluf o ( iniifi viit1i<,i\ Ofir I' iIf ? -?:?r?* r?-?l nti*l<v i tin?. i, ,'i .. ?ii in I'i'. |i. ??. I'fin, Mfiultfi j t ol" I . !! _ .i I col I'li.vMi?-inu> niol .Snr-1 ( goon I ! ???. tlfv'l'lllil, ll'l'l nl' iho ^li- li.-il < * I i I. i 4.- t ' ,\i| uril i liotiM i 1 I?..- <1 in TUB l'K!t::\ ai!iim vn?' inrn.M ro, IJI3W YOl.K, U. B. . j j l 77/0 H'tt r'ft <Jo hi I'll '/I1/' /> / lilt' hut- 1 th' I'i' i'it.'.ti ii ' 'Jf 1 /' ' hi.'iiiC, I' nli. in for lollon'nr :? !\i#??* n >! Ill | tl ??* <?!?? J? ? ill ?*l III I" 41 ' i I .' I l.f*4iP In | jjivii.g on of I'ollOty H* Well :l: lull ii li uol'i I I!i4*\ iriiilc, Ii u ill wive .u- a won lorful nun ' m of I into mi'l mninvitirc if i i?iwill ! ?? I nllSi'l'l i J. TlmlVrry Aroiiuilie IHft.T ( '<>. 42 C'oimJaiolt Ylioii. M:i I oh 1.1. 12iu Flour! Floui I: 10(1 barrel* of different li mits. Fui .>.iie by liAt'M jm;o IIS FIRST! BUGH ; 'Tractive stock or f r f Summer Gems, toe :iii KAMA DTSI'OSAIj of the same . be well b>r you t<? ... J SARIjY, . ... . ? dJifc 3_ i >s. at sucn low prices as tire onerea Dy \ H. BARUfH. iT I0USE REVIVED, i f Fresh and Choice QOODS. i At, 3k> V'fiHbu 1 c PELZEB, Druggists, CHARLESTON, SO. CA. established Houses of ton, H. C. <EY A' CO., Augusta, Ga. UAL, RIPLEY & KITCHEN, Now York. . G. S. PELZEli, M. I>. 3m. THIS IS THE TIME To Have Photographs Made! l'.ring the Rabies in the forenoon, anil always have the in dressed in white. Frame* of all kinds on linnd, and ordered at sbort noliec. Call and see before ordering elsewhere." A. B. LEE, Artist, lu I he Workman Building. March ">. tf. At illy Old Stand! T WOI'l.1> respectfully inform my friends J. and eu."turners that I luivo opened at my old str-lid, one door north of Dr. Voting, where I tun ,selling off my .stock, at a GREAT REDUCTION 1 in prices. All (hose in want of bargnins, are invited to call. Having lost heavily by ilie fire, those in lel.rc.l to me will please call at once and settle. ami tliu- enable mc to rcfumejMSincssas heretofore. W. WALLACE. Jan. *J'J. If. conrad m. wienges, xr.\xrp.\PTniEir and healiik' in IIA UNESS, SADDLES, &c. BROAD-STREET, | Cumclen. S. C. ^In ihe building foruierlvjoccupied by S. A. Benjamin,) Trunks Ihnrmtffhly and neatly repaired f I wlictdi, nr?W w?vr?"iiT?nln;T!jtU>n7r c work warranted. 1 Tor.!:*? I'otiiiith/ (''fit I'll ilelircrj/, with no rxc, FebrttXry 6 tf. * Bum Few Days, 1 We will be ready for Jluisine.-s, and have a tine slock of (Sood* to offer, received since n the tire, consisting of 4 DRY GOODS, Hardware and Groceries, h (lursWu k of Iron. Steel, 1'lough Moulds, Trace-, Axes, Ilauies, Nails, and till articles j: for Tlaiitatioiijuse. is complete, and will be J: sold low lor cash. KENNEDY & BOY KIN. J JiinuMy 15. tf ** ofii'deii heeds. d t/ANURKTirS New Crop Garden ^ Cecils. For sale by BAUM BRO. M , v Valuable Building Lots. 1 Three on Lyttlnton Street, opposite R. M. * Kennedy's, tor sale. Terms favorable. Apply to KERSHAW & WORKMAN, Attorneys, &c. March o.tf ^ FOR SAliR. B 7000 I cot of choice Rough Edge and c< Refuse JJ'.MBKR for sale at the lowest b prices, for cash. H. K. DUBOSE. s, Bocciuber 4. tf E, ohdTnanceT cn; Aii >r linmce of the town uf Cnniden.?Be IM h.laiiifl. by the Town Councilor Cam- ' don. S. in council assembled, ami ii is hereby t trdnined by authority of t lie same; i il.\ r from end after I In* passage of this Irdimnioe. a 1! owners of horses nn<( pniles ^ jromdit into liic tu\v 11 of Camden for sale, as veil as those now in I lie town offered for sale, 'hnll pay inio the treasury of the town Fifty rents per head on each a ml every such tnule >r horse. Anil it is hereby made the duty of lie Marshal ot ihe town to see all such, and o return to the. Treasurer of the town the lam* s of the owuers, and the number each me has l or sale, ami also to notify said owtt rs iliat they are required to return the same o (lie Treasurer of the town, und pay the tux .foresaid. In case of any one of the owners of such miles or horses refusing to make said return, iU'1 j-:?v the tax aforesaid. the Recorder of lie town is hereby authorized to issue execuigti for the amount due. and place it in tlie i:md of iheSjlierill'of Kershaw County. lor mmrdiate execution. Ratified in council assembled* U . S. fl.l.Kttur, 1 ntciidnui, J. K. \Vith? hsi imin. Recorder. f*?. I'.nIi if *ugar. Molasses & Coffee, R lMu* dry \. (I. Sugar, OturV? Hright Ocm. Sugar, Chore Kxtra "( " White Sugar, Stanhrd Crushed Sugar, L'hoie. .Muscovado & N. 0. Molassep, > II Syrup, low for Cash. < PHELPS & BILLINGS. [ I COIJ1CIL CHAMBER, CAMDEN, March 17, 1874. rVHl>ERED, That the Recorder be require^ Lr to give notice through the Camden Jour* ial, that hereafter; no bills for Liquors furlished the Fire Companies in cases of fire, k ill be paid by Council unless the same was urchased by order of two of the Wardens, at he time, and the Treasurer is forbidden to ay any such bills until passed by Council, n session, for payment. Extract from the Minutes: Attest. J. K. W1THERSPOON, Recorder. March J9. 11 ELECTION NOTICE. COUNCIL CHAMBER March 10, 1874. ORDERED, That the RecoHler giva notice that an election will be held at tlieCoun:il Room In "Camden, on the FIRST MONDAY IN APRIL, for an INTEEDANT and FOUR WARDENS. lo constitute the Town Council of Camden, for l he ensuing year. The hooka for the registration of Totera will lie opened on Friday nnd Saturday preceding the election, at the Council Room. Extract from the minutes. W. C. 8. ELLERBE, Intendant. J. K. Withebspoojj, Recorder. March 12. td. Final Discharge. NOTICE is hereby given that one monjk afteT date I wHl apply-to J. F. Sutherland, Esq., judge of Probate of Kecahaw County, for Letters Dismiseory as Administrator qf the Estate of Mrs. Margaret Scanlon, dec'd. W. McLEISH. March 19. Im ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL . f THE BEST. english "stonewall" v GUANO, Cash $t>8.50. Time $75. Cash Expenses to be Paid. ENGLISH SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF . LIMEt ' ... _ da, t Cash $50. Time $55. Cash Expen ses to be Paid. ENGLISH COTTON COMPOUND, Cash $20. Time 825.- Cash Expenses to be Paid.. , / For sale on time and for Cash by PHELPS & BILL1XGS, Agents. March 5. tf HOTIOE. U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE SPECIAL TAXES, i MAY 1, 1874, TO APRIL 30 1875. \ > Tbe LAW of December 24, 1872, reqnires Tfrr unrmn him n 1 in im .iTiou, or employment which renders him iahlc to a SPECIAL TAX, to procure and ilat e conspicuously in his Eetabliahnent or Place of Business a Stamp deioting the payment of said Special Ta* for lie Special Tax-year beginning May 1, 1874, efore commencing or continuing business fter April 30, 1874. The Taxes embraced within the provisions of the law above quoted are the following, viz : .cctifiers, $2 00.00 >ealers, retail liquor, 25 00 calers, wholesale liquor 100.00 eaters in malt liquors, wholesale, 60.00 ealers in malt liquors, retail, 20.00 eiders in leaf tobacco, 25.00 etail Dealers in leaf tobacco, 600.00 And on all sales of over $1,000, fifty cents for every dollar in excess of $1,000. miners in manufactured tobacco, 0.00 [aiiufnclurers of stills, 6 0.00 And for each still manufactured. 11.0 And for each worm manufactured, 20.0 anufacturers of tobacco, 10.00 [anufacturcrs of cigars, 10.00 eddlers of tobacco, first class (m?re than two horses,) 60.00 eddlers of tobacco, second class (two horses,) 25.00 eddlers of .tobacco, third class (one horse,) 16.00 eddlers of tobacco, fourth class (on foot or public conveyance,) 10.00 I rewers of less than GOO barrels, 60.00 rewers of 600 barrels or more, 100.00 Any person, so liable, who sbal fail to j -l uuply with the foregcing requirements will 4 f e subject to severe penalties. Persons or firms liable to pay any of the pecial Taxes named above mast apply to , W. FEK1MS, Collector of Internal Rexete at Kiugstree, S. C., and pay for any p* ' ire the Special Tax Stamp or StampMfcey L-ed. prior to May 1, 1874, and*D[iJaot t IBTHEP. NOTICX. J. W. DOlGLm Co nun nr toner of JntttamRetcntu. See of Internal Revenue, f Washington, I). C. Feb. rlkl874. March 12. Gooqjs 1 AT ( Reduced Pmces, ^ FUR / CASH ONIJIT, FOR VV , -v -? ' 'ix.i ? ?11 > L THIRTY DAYH, jdflRii^i ) ^ uoi* rirtf? ? .AT OB'T. M. KENNEDY'S, AT THE POST OFFICE CORNER, ^ -v Li - ^ CAMDEN, s. c. / iargains In Damagad-Goodt.