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J-.OOAI-. ITEMS. U.VIL.?At K.\?ral points in the county hail of the size of marbles fell in abundance on Thursday evening. ik eves uk oekicials.-Ueveoue officials are on the rounds. Keep things in order, for there is no telling when or where they will turn up next. Matters of record are taken as evidence in Courts of Justice. 1 hey are accepted as established facts. Some people, who assume to know a great deal seem not to know this. Soui\? Call on Virgil Johnson, the famous caterer, oncdoorbelow Clyburn's block, and get a dish of the best s^up you ever saw. He has a recipe of his own that cannot be excelled. Better.?Some of our business men say that trade is better in Camden new ! than it was at this time Ia?t year. Still the times are going to be distressingly tight during the summer, and it behoove8 every one to anticipate the pressure by preparing fi>r it. 1 Union Meeting.?The meeting of the Sumter (Raplist) Union was held at Pisgah Church, twelve uiiles below Cam- ( den. last week?begining Friday and ; ending on Sunday. Messrs: Thos. W.i, Pegucs. J. W. McCurry. T. A. Moore and C. J. Shiver attended as delegates from the Church in Camden. I Rain.?After a dry spell of unprecedented duration for the t-eason, this section of country was visited by a dc* ( Jightful rain on Thursday evening. It was not enough for the planters; but, now that April is here, it is hoped that all that was lacking will be made up by spring showers. Fires.?l'ires are reported to have j occurred at many points in the county 1 last week. In a tew instances outhouses were destroyed, but the flames were generally confined to the pine forests, I burning up fences, turpentine farms i and other property. The loss's in some cases arc very heavy. i New Styles.?A peep into any of , the dry goods houses will reveal the ( fact that the new styles of spring and , summer goods are decided'y attractive. ( And prices were never lower, or pro- ( prietors and clerks more willing and f anxious to wait upon customers. I They Mean It.-?A leading colored i Radical tolJ a number of gentlemen the other day that his party means to carry ' *' ' ^ ^" **? ^onnl? no**f I DC eiccuon in nci?un -J ..v-.. n M ? .1 . .1 fm inln 1 lui:, ana inai mrj ujimi w the Democratic ranks for voters. 1 Ts there a Democrat so bare ns to desert I bis colors in the supreme crisis <?f the State ? If sa, let his name be known. Our llfxirnces.?It is hinted that a number of gentlemen contemplate I erecting at an early day an extensive cotton factory in our midst Wo are not at liberty to publish names, n'?r have wc convene! with the parties themselves. But, if the report be true, they are the men to carry the thing through to a successful completion. A "bad complexion is frequently caused j l>y worms. Shrincr s Indian Vermifuge i will remedy the whole trouble. Try it. j Only 25 cents a bottle. Gratifvi.no.?The manner in which the different clubs throughout the county are wheeling into line for the next campaign tr.u*t he gratifying to the Democracy at largo. The indications arc that Kershaw County will cotue out on the right side in November. But it ! requires thorough organization aud much hard work to do litis. TURPENTINE.? It is thought that some ?!?oO.OOO worth of turpentine will ho produced in this county this year. Ah J the most of it will go by Steamer Lilliogton to Acton, and thence to Wilmington. Does it not seem that Charleston ought to hax'c all of this trade? If she doesn't get it, it is her own fault. Large UosEursu.?Mr. I. II. Alex-1 under claims to have, just now. the prettiest rosebush in Camden. It is nbout twenty-two feet high and fifteen feet acrjss; and from an estimate made, i there cannot he less than forty thousand roses and buds on it. thus presenting! the appearance of an immense bouquet. It is called the Lady bank, or Thornless Rone. Tiiikty years ago Shriner's Indian Vermifuge destroyed and expelled worms \vli?re ihey existed, to the satisfaction of ..kn mail il Wo <mi i r i ntop if . ?v.jr ?... .... . e to do the same to-day. Independent Candidates.?In his: great speoeh at Anderson the other da}', j tjoeernor Hampton, whose renoniination anil re-elcetion to the office ha has so brilliantly adorned is now assured, spoke ' :is follows concerning those phenomena in politics, called lor short independent candidates : " hnl' jtrmlrnts may f?c yootl men, hut note thn/ure our worst iiirmi- s." l.ct those, if there be any, who are ambitious for promotion, an 1 unwilling to bide th'ir time, lay not the flattering une'ion t> their souls that they are upon the platform with Hauiptou. I j Tiie Schedule.?We haw before al luded lo the inconvenience of going to or coming fiom Columbia in consequence of tho unreasonable schedule which is ' now in operation on the S. C. lt ulroad. We will now make a suggestion to the j authorities, viz : To have the train to leave Camden daily at half past two in- | stead of four o'clock, and thereby nv.ikc eunuectiou with both the up and down | trains at Kingsville. i 1 E.NTKurtttsE Indek.I".?The break-1j down on the Camden Branch occurred a about noon on Thursday. Twenty , . ! i eight hours later, or at four o'clock in the afternoon of the following da}-, the first j train left Camden. Besides, we had j no mails for forty eight hours. Aud | I all of this delay was due to the fact that j au engine had to come front Charleston, e as if'there was no telegraph wires, or ^ the track on the main line were torn up r e Who can calculate the misery and suf- | ^ fering a chiM endures that is infested with | a worms ? Would a parent or guardian lies- j t< itnte .1 moment to expend i!"? cents for n g bottle of Sliriner's Indian Vermifuge to re- Q lieve the little sufferer ? I ? c Mortuary report from January 1st r< to April 1st 1S7S. Number of deaths, c S. Whites, 4?3 adults, 1 youth. Col- ; ^ red, 4?3 adults, 2 children, The News and Courier.?Wc inrite attention to the advertisement of! ]; the Charleston Xvinaml Courier, which appears elsewhere in this issue. It is the leading newspaper south of the Po- i ^ toaiac, and in enterprise and ability is! not excelled in America. Being now straight out to the backbone, and thor-1 F oughly in accord with the great masses of the Democratic party, it will be a ^ most powerful advocate of the cause of'! gool governtu nt during the coming campaign. 1 F Not yet Discovered.?It is a la- j, inentablo fact that a great many good meu, not in the town of Camden alone.. but throughout the otate and nation, 1 S have not yet learned tint a public officer is a public servant ; and that whenever a person accepts, or becomes a candidate J lor, a public office lie not only lays him-1 self open to. but actually invites public1 ^ criticism. And ii is the province?yea,; the duty?of a public newspaper to1 y make such criticism whenever the public interest* require that it should be June. And whenever a r.ewspapnr fai's ; ^ lo do tbi*, it has no claim upon 'lie public for support. : n Orit Taxes.?The taxes which the' people of Kershaw County will have to pay fur the fiscal year 1877-'7S, are as 1 follows: State,-1} mills; County, 8, ^ School, 2 , past indebtedness, 2 ; total, 1 11] mills. Add to this the Bridge tax ll jf 2 mills in Waterec and DeKalb '' townships, and of 1 mill in Buffalo and , ~ Flat Rock townships, and the total tax d . I tl levied upon the several townships will he ascertained, viz : Waterec, 13J mills;; Dchalb, 13j mills; iSutialo, 1 2j nulls. i ami Flat llook, 12} mills?all of which compares ok st favorably with the levies of previous years. j, Tiif. Election.?Yesterday morning briglit and early the struggle for the S control of Camden for the ensuing twelve months began. Sometime be- s fore the polls were opened, the friends of the two tickets assembled in force,! t the object of both parties being to get the start in the race. At six o'clock the voting commenced, and for an hour ' or two it was nip and tuck with the two tickets. The whippers-in were active,'1 and, if a voter appeared whose tuind was not made up, he was taken in and c made to cast hi* ballot, for whom he j hardly knew. Thus it continued until the day wore on, and then the work j became rather monotonous, the persons , voting at this hour being those who were going according to their convictions, and who could not be influenced j by the sayso of any man, or any amount j of %i<jrca*hnj." In the maiu the election, i though hotly contested, was the oecar sion of but little violence. At six in I ? evening the polls were closed, thu votes i counted, and the following result an-'1 nuur.ced : FOR INTEXHANT ; J. C. Rollings 1")G 1 1). C. Kirkl"y 187 j Full WARDENS : { S. R. Lai ham 1 <?8 ^ J. L. Rrasington 173 Cap. Williams 124 K. 11. Dibble .joi i J. K. Withcrspoon lit.1] ( .Jair.f s Jones 1200 | K. K. Wall 171 ' Total number of votes cast 315. The Council elect will be inducted into office on Monday next. Among their first 1 acts will be the election of a marshal and 1 recorder, treasurer and policemen. The char u t( r of their selections for these offices will be a fair indication of what the new administration will be. Anotiihi Smash it?On Thursday considerable uncasinces was manifested on account of the non-arrival of the train, it being ascertained by telegraph that it had left Kingville on time. Various opinions as to the cause of delay were expressed, but all were glad to1 hear, about lour o'clock in tlie alter noon, that, though nri accident hail occurrd, no one was hurt. When approaching IJoykin'a, eight miles below | Camden, four cows jumped upon the i track where it is crossed by a wajrori road, and before the train could be stopped, the engine was upon thcui. The result was?two cows killed outright, two fatally injured, the engine thrown from the track and the trucks broken. The passengers and others accordingly hired conveyances and made heir way to town as best they could, irriving about four o'clock, and bringng the first intclligenc ? of the dis:;ser. Tub Penny Reading.?The cntorainment at the residence of Mr. II. lauiu, on Wednesday evening, was in very respect a success. 'J he audience ras large and appreciative, the music | ntrancing, the resdjng and recitations . elightfully attractive and appropriate, nd the receipts, which were presented 3 thi Cemetery Association, much larer than usual on such occasions. A ' larked and pleasing feature of the vening were the songs and character ^presentations of Mr. S. I). Epstin, in 1 ithcr of which he was inimitable. The 1 dlowing was the programme: ' ' music. Solo?L'Africaine?Miss K. Phil- ' ps. ( Song?L'Arditi Waltz?Miss Kosa s taum. iieadino. ' "The Pic Nic Party"?Geu. J. D. Kennedy. t music. i Song?My Q ieen?Mr. S. T). Epstin. , Duct?Cavatina?II Torquato Tasso losellen?Mrs. Alden and Mrs. Hughes recitation. ' Love in the Kitchen"?Mr. S. D. Ipstin. READING. y ' Horatius" by MaCau'ay?l)r. S. taruch. music. Song Miss E. Sllerbe. 1 Solo?Titaaia?Miss E I'hillips. i reaping. , ' It Might Ilavo Been"?Col. W. M. ( hannon. music. 1 Song*?Mocking Bird, kc.?Mr. S. < ). Epstin. i Song?'-Queen of the N'ght"?Miss ( L. Bauru. ( reaping. "The Confessions of Doctors''?Judge \r. Z. Ltitner. I music. i Duct?La Somndinbula?O'ramer? ( Irs. AIJcu and Mrs. Hughes. recitations. "The Bootblacks" and "Trno Irish- I ian"?Mr. S. I?. Epstin. Fad Death.?It is with tecliugs of lie Cecpcst sadness that wo announce i?e death of Mrs. Emma C. Xelson, the clovutl wrife of our young friend, Jauics [. Nelson, Esq. She died after a proraeted illness at the rcsidcucc of her lother in CutuJen, on the night of the 9th of March. She leaves a husband nd little daughter and numerous reluives and friends to mourn her death, he entire community sympathize deepf with thcui in their sore bereavement BREVITIES. The train hands hud a pleasant little oliduy Saturday. Tho Mocking bird may now be heard inging to his mate. Fishing particB are common, llait carce, and big fish scarcer still. The rain Thursday evening was pretv gcucral throughout the country. There arc not many game? at which it least two pcrsous cannot play. The vegetable gardens are more adraneed than usual by tho first of April. The month just past was the mildest (fits name ever kuown to many in these >arts. The Democrats of Kershaw county lave no faith in independent candidates, ind do not mean to tolerate straggling. Governor Hampton addressed the pcoilcof Abbeville on Friday. Wherever ie goes, the warmest reception awaits iiui Judge Aldrich will preside at the icxt term of the Court of General Sesions for this county. And he has tho cputation of making the law a terror to ivildocrs. The U. S. Court is in session this vcek in Charleston. Domus went down resterduy with n number of pnrtios rom this county charged with retailing vhiskey and tobacco without license. The most enthusiastic Democrats in the county are the poorer class of furm:rs. They work themselves and know something about the hard times brought upon the country by the lludical party. Our friends iu the country will bear n mind the fact that the .Journal is always glad to receive iteuis of interest from llicm. J-etHi us tine news and we will publish it, and give you a good newspaper. The train on the Camden lJranch broke down at mid-day on Thurs* day. Anothor train did not pass over the road untii the afternoon of the next day?more than twenty-four hours after the disaster. One would hardly RUpposc that telegraphic communication exists between CaUden and Charleston. i Discontented and demoralized Demojcrat were Jo have been found about here and there a few weeks agn, but, having f tund out how comph-ti ly t!i"V were isolated from the gnat miss s of their brethren, th<*y have gotten straight' again "on the goo-e <juestion," and will now whip any man who dares to say j that they have ever been weik in the knees. Personal.?Mr. Kobt. M. Kennedy returned from the north ou Thursday. iMr. J. M. Williams was in Charleston last week. i We had the pleasure the other day of meeting in our town Mr. T. Itoss Robinson, a young and rising member of the Winnsboro bar. Mr. Sol. Wolfe, an enterprising young1 merchant of Wiunsboro ,and Mr. S. 1). Epstia, formerly of the Columbia bar, but now a practising attorney in New V'ork City, spent a few days in Camden ; ccently. Mr. and Mrs. M. If. McLaurin, of; aumter, spent a tew uays jn i^amaon ast week on a visit to relatives. Maj. John S. Miller, of Chesterfield,; vas in Ca'ndcu the other day on his way ( o Charleston, whither he goes to attend < he U. S. Court. II. Baruch, Esq., is bank from the ; STorth, and announces in this issue the ' ipening of the cheapest stock of Spring ind Summer Goods over brought to this 1 narkct. '< Dr. and Mrs. I. II. Alexander and ' heir sister, Miss Kate McQueen, who ' lave been spending some lime in Gain- 1 leu, returned to Columbia yesterday. ' ( J. T. Hay. Esq., is in Charleston, atending the I". S. Circuit Court. Mr. J. II. Moblcy, of Pleasant Hill, vent to Charleston yesterday. ; i Political Amnesty. We mentioned in our issue of a few I veeks back that the Legislature had luthorizid the Governor to order inJictmcnts in certain cases to bo dis' ? t : i_ i :ontmucu. i nis acuon 01 uic jjegisia:urc 19 being severely criticised, because of its unconstitutionality, and of *1 its manifest injustice. The leaders of lie Radical party, whether in State or County politics, who profited by South Carolina's woes, should bo brought to Lrial, convicted, and punished to the fullest extent of the lav7. Such is the only just course that can be pursued, and it is the best way in the world to prevent such conduct in the future. Otherwise, any fellow can assist the thieves as much as he pleases, and then, I by showing that he was one of the "lesser lights," claim the right to have any indictment against him discontinued. It is right that all slioulJ be punished. The following extract on the subject, which we take from Sjxi'yhts' Diily Nric.yinpcr, of Greenville, is particularly savage, but it liits tho mark : "WetI, we like magnanimity attu titer* i cy, but we presume this is a masterstroke of policy, and as such, we rise in our place as man and citizen, no less than as a member of the independent press, to reject and denounce it. lieject it first as worthless, and next as wrong ?utterly, shamefully wrong. AU these men aro representative men, and pock- , cted these spoils, not as instruments of masters, but as their own vile self-servers ; as thieves and robbers some of i tliem did steal thousands upon thousands. The soft accusation of Col. Siuiontou is untrue,and wo nil kuow it to be so, and the honorable member has been betrayed by the sleek policy of his measure, one that we have no patience with. We know ourselves too well to suspect ourselves for a moment, of mean viuJictivencss in this mutter. We owned too many of such men as these not to feel all the uiagnamity and generous mercy belonging to the race. J Wc insist on it, these men are guilty of an enormous criuie; they, and such as they, have spoiled our people to beggary, and reduced our mothers and wives and sisters to want and to the wash-tub. lly the tears and sorrows of those gentle women we denounce this cuudonemcut of the crime of the spoilers and thieves as being untrue to society, and a solejiin farce in the face of the brutal and infamous orgies which have been ground out by the yard by our Fraud Commission. I^t these criminals, one and ali come to trial, and if vJr.it/> I'I!lu i/? w?L-n ? pfun Mt'tiinsf H.Vi . k............ .. theui, let it fail If there cau be any of them acquitted, fairly acquitted, let him he. It is his right, and no man should be willing to deprive the humblest citizen id'a full, free, honorable acquittal. If they cannot be so acquitted, let them wear the stripes and handle the pick or shovel and go through a penitential probation in the pcniicntiary or at hard labor. Why should Beverly Xa?h and others of his ilk walk the streets and ride our thoroughfares with their twenty thousand steals, more or less, and some poor iittle colored hoy who steals s pair of shoes, or a ham. or a brace of ehickcns, be brought to judgment and , imprisoned ? Why should our inotin-' tain boys be bunted down for violating the revenue laws in making a few gallons of whiskey and tried, convicted and sent to Northern prisons for years, and these villains go uuwhipped of justice, because the Charleston representative tells us they were not accountable beings ? Unaccountable forsooth! We did not think so when they gave us a Moses and Whipper for Judges, and stolo us down to our last shirt. We deny the right of the Legislature to 'authorize and request' the Governor to nol. pros these eases. We deny it. as plainly violative oftho Cooititutiou." MISOELLANEQ USThe Count tie Chniubord, known as an aspirant fur the throne of France under the tide of Henri V, has bought a small island in the Kustrrn M-'diter^ ranean for his winter resideuc', whore j he can be monarch of all he surveys, with no one to dispute his title. The Xnrs and Courier calls for th c pros-'cution of Chamberlain. We have call* d for the rr 'socution of all the head | i devils until we are hoarse. That Chamberlain is a scoundrel, none conversant with the history of South Carolina will gainsay. The question is whether he sufficiently covered his tracks to escape legal conviction by a mixed jury. The ? . u;II., i>.,??. ,.=?? 9 > Y, MI Ut\ JJIIIJT 1 Ub!". ruu . lias long been a matter of anxious investigation. Billy's antagonist struck !iim a?well we won't repeat what sort of a lick, but how, or when, or where has never bceu satisfactorily settled. Chamberlain bungc l up poor old South Carolina pretty bidly. but he was just shrew J enough to make a Billy Patterson case of it. The best way of settling with the Gov. defunct, it to hang hiui :ou general , principles."?Winnsboro Xricaaiul Herald ; Commodore John Hodges Graham, United States Navy, died suddenly of apoplexy at his residence in Newburg, N. Y., last week, at the age of eightyfour. lie served in the war of 1812, md in November of that year, when iged ninetocn, he was a midshipman under Commodore Chauntey on Luke j Ontario, au 1 was one of the twelve officers who took part in a midnight expedition against tho British strong-hold opposite Black Rock. Nine of the officers ' were either killed or severely wounded. Voting Graham receive! a wound in ihe ankle. which subsequently necessitated the amputation of the limb. lie had catmnnnd of the magazine of Commodore McDonough's flacs'iip in the memorable conflict on Lake Champlain. Aftea the war he was principally engaged in shore duty and held the rank of commodore twelve years. The Supreme Court of the I'nitcd States decided la?t Monday, the case of Wm. Godfrey, Receiver, et. al., Stockholders of the Merchant's 15 ink of South Carolina at Chrraw. appellant^ vs. Harvey Terry. This case involved |! the liability of the stockholders of a suspended State bank for the outstanding bills of the bank. The Circuit Court of the Cuitcd States decided in ' favor of Terry, nnd against the stockholders. The Supreme Court, has dismissed the bill of the plaintiff, and has placed its decision upon grounds that: cover a host of similar cases, and will carry relief to many an anxious household. The Supreme Court hulls that the failure of the bank in question occurred at the time of the suspension of specie payments in 18(30, and the claims 1 of the Lillholdcrs are barred by the j Statute of Limitations. This is the end I of multitudinous suits. Ir protects the j stockholders in all Southern banksi which suspended specie payments before ; the war, and where such stockholders arc sued upon the clause in the charters which imposed upon the stockholders a liability (beyond that of Corporation) for the bills of the bank, in ease of the failure of the bank. The Flat Rock Democracy. Flat Rock, March 25, 1S7S. Editor Journal?1 Mease announce that a meeting of Flat llock iVmocratic Club will be held on Saturday, April 6th, 1878. A full meeting is earnestly desired. The club will be reorganized for the campaign, and othpr business of importance transacted. You may bo sure that Flat llock will do good work in the campaign that is now opening. Yours to count on, JJutts. From Tiller's Ferry. March 2fith, 1878. Editor of thk Journal?In your issue of last week, I notice iiii article which states that sonic of your subscribers, who get their papers nt this office, ' have complained that thoy do not get the Journal regularly." Allow me to say that, since I have been postmaster, the Journal has never once failed to come to Tiller's Kerry; and the mail is ..Iways opened, assorted and delivered as soon as possible after its arrival. The Journal, as well as; any and all other mail matter, is always j delivered promptly and chocrfully when i called for. I know not who of your | many subscribers could have rendered ' the complaint, or what motive they had for so doing. I Jo know, however, (hut I your informant, whoever he uiay he, did not know whereof lie spoke. Otherwise, he wilfully and maliciously sought to create an erroneous impression. I shall: alwuys endeavor to discharge ilis duties, of my office in a manner acceptable to ; our people and the public generally; and i I shall also be glad to have uiy attention called to any oversight in connection with the office. As the "complaint" was published., you will oblige me by giving my reply 1 a place in your columns. Very truly yours, li. l'urman l'kerlks, 1'. M. Tiller's Kerry. (One informant is a gentleman above reproacb ; and we are satisfied lie anu others failed to get their papers, and believed it was due to some irregularity in thd msils. It gives us pleasure to publish the letter of our friend, the posti master at Tiller's Kerry. Eix Journal.) I Granny's Quarter Moving, Pursuant (o call a meeting of the citizens of upper and lower Granny's Quarter was held at L. L. (lyburn's store on Satur day, ?0th .March, lbTK. for I lit* purpose of forming a cavalry company ami reorgan-. izitsg 1 lie Granny's Quarter Democratic ' Club. On motion, Mr. J. T. Truesdel was i called to the chair, and Mr. G. W. Dames ' appointed Secretary. The chairman then explained the object, of the meeting, after which forty-live nnrncs were enrolled in the cavalry company. The meeting then proceeded to the election of officers, which being effected, the Democratic club was then reorganized, and a mevting appointed at the same place, to he held on Saturday, | pii! loth, at which time tlie company will drill, and many more names arc expected to he added to ihe list Below is the list [ of officers of the cavalry company and Democratic club, to serve for the next two yearn : cavalry company. L. L. Oljrtmrn, Captain; W. F. Russell,: 1st Lieutenant: J. T. Trucsdel, 2nd Lieutenant; G. W. Barnes, 3rd Lieutenant; M. 1*. Kelly, 1st Sergeant; F. M. McUowall, 2nd Semt.; T. A. Gauthcn, :lrd Sergt.: J. M. Mickle, 4th Scrgt.; W. L. Kirklnnd, hth Sergt.: J. K. \V. llaile. 1st Corporal: S. F. Kelly, 2nd Corporal; J. Young. 3rd Corporal; Robert Sniyrl, 4tli Corporal. democratic clur. L. L. Clyburn, President; A. J. McDowell, F. M. McDowall, Vice-Presidents: G. IV. Barnes, Secretary: W. L. Kirkland. Treasurer; J. T. Truesdcl, B, M. Powell, i Executive Goninittee. The niectinz then adjourned to meet| again as before mentioned, when it is hoped i that there will be a large attendance and j many will be added both to the club and cavalry lists. B. Cureton's Mill* A meeting of Gureton's Mill Democratic i Glub will be held on Thursday next the 4th April, for the purpose of reorganizing for the campaign. Attention Democracy. The numbers of the Camden Democratic ] Glub are requested to meet at Jones' Ilal| 1 t>a Tucvlay night the 9th insl. By order of \ J. D. DUX LAP, President* j XV. R. McCbeigiit, Sec'y. protem. FOR THE CAMPAIGN. Hampton and Home Rule! THE MM COURIER. ! A LIVE AND FEARLESS DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER. I f.arjnt circulation in the City. Large*! circulation in the State. I.arjr.it circulation in the Cotton State*. Allelic News nbout Soutii Carolina. All the News nhout the 8otttli. All the News from Everywhere. PURE AND UN DEFILED DEMOCRACY? J S UNION! JUSTICE!! EQUAL RIGHTS!!! \ Roc igni/.lng the paramount interest felt in the i approaching canvass by every Democrat wtio I hopes to s**e the great work of the ic<leni|>:ion of i the State made complete and permanent, so that the people may reap and fully enjoy the fruit of j (heir sacrifices, the News anp Ooi'rikk will direct all its enemies and resources to presenting . mm day to day, and from week to week, full and | 'interestng accounts of the campaign.! To place the paper within the reach of everybody during this exciting contest, we have de-1 teniiined to oiler to mat! subscribers the follwing reduced rates for the campaign: The News and Courier, Daily Edition, tS months 00 The News and Courier, Tri-Week'y Edition <; months $2 oo | The Weekly News, six mouths "5 l Subscriptions will be received at these rates-1 for mail subscribers only, until May 15. In all1 cases the cash must accompany the order. Friends of the cause of hotiest home rule in | all the counties are invited to aid us in swelling our ( ampaign Subscription Mats, which ought to include every intelligent voter in the state. RIORDAN & DAWSON, Proprietor*. i Charleston, S C. Annual fleeting Of the Stockholders of the South Carolina Railroad and Southwestern Railroad Rank. Charleston, S. C., March 18. 1878. THE Annual tneeiiug will be licM in this cilv, in the Hall oftho Hank of CharlesIon, comer of Drnud ami Slate streets, on Tceshay, April Wtli prox., at 11 a. m. On the day following nil Klection will be held | for tiltcen Directors in the Railroad Com-. puny, and tliirteen Directors in the Rank. A committee to verify Proxies will attend, and their presentation to the committee for ! that purpose, on the first day of the meet-; ing, is respectfully requested. Stockhold-: era will be passed over the road, to and from the meeting, free of charge. inar20-'J J. II. WILSON, See. Notice U. S. Internal Revenue' Special Taxes. Under the Revised Statutes of the United i States, Sections 3232, 3887, M^ud tM, every j person engaged in any imstu-ss, avocation, or employment, which renders him liable lo a special lax. Is required to procure anil place anil 1 keep conspicuously in his establishment or place I of business a stamp denoting the payment of said special-tax for the special-tax year beginning May J, IsTS. Section 3241. Revised Statutes, , designates who are liable to special tax. A return, as prescribed on Form 11. is also required by law of every person liable to special tax as above. Severe penalties are prescribed for uoti-coiii| liaiM-ccwiih the foregoingrequireincnts or for continuing in business after April 30, tsis, without payment of tax. Apvllcation should be made to E. M. Itrayton, Collector of Internal Revenue, at Columbia s. c. tillKKN II. KAI'M, Commissioner. Notice All persons holding checks of County Commissioners of this County. drawn on i Donald McQueen, Ksq., late County Treas* urer, arc requested to furnish u list of same, describing them liy numbers, dates. amounts, ami tin* fuml on which tliey arc ' drawn, und cxliihit I ho original" lo \V. II. : R. Workman, Clerk of the Hoard of County j Commissioners, imiucdiatelv. W. II. WORKMAN, Clerk. Feb. 20-tf. n k ob o x i: y a it i: 1: n. Auctioneers. CA.MDKN, S. C. Orders solicited and satisfaction guaranteed. fcbl.tf Ucan make money faster at work for us ttianat anythimr els . capital not required; we will start you. fl2 per day at home made liv tli?> industrious. Men, women, buys and irnls wanted everywhere to work for us. Now Isthe time. Costly outtlf aiidieruis free. Address Tai'K ?V Co., Aiiirusta, Me. BlsCults. Barrels of Biscuits for sale bv BAU.M BROS Choose. t IIIk COXES CHEESE for sale bv IWV BAUM BROS. The Xovelt.v (^HAMl'AGNH CIGARS. Call and see J them at K1RKLE\ & SMITH'S. 1 A BBLS FUl.TON MARKET BEEF | lv for sal j by BAU.M BROS. U To Administrators, Ac. Administrators, Executors, Gnan inns. Committees &c. having returns this office are hereby required to make the same forthwith. In case of default, a rule wiil tie issued in every instance. James F. SfTliruL'St', marl0-4 Judge of Probate. Inciters l>i.siiif.ssos, y. Notice is hereby given that one month from date I will apply to James F. Sutherland, Esq., Judge of i'robatc for Kershaw County, for Letters Dismihsoly as administrator of Thomas MeClure, deceased. marllMtn NV. F. lit:i:\vi it. UTAUPO Rci*?i price two, only no. iurior I I fi li l!?S price fills, only ilea. I nner * ALl-IAUw free. 1). F. Beatty. Washington, N.J. REVOLVER FREE SSttt 2S of cartridges. Address J. Brown A fcuu lao x 12S Wood street, Pittsburgh. Pa. SKIN DISEASES giving symptoms and sure cure. Sent Kkkk to those indicted. Address, K. s. Webster, to N. St It street. Philadelphia, Pa. For a ease of I'ATA It 1<H That SANFOhD'8 ItADICAI. CURE for Catarrh will ^k not Instantly relieve ar.il W spccdilv cure. References, " r Henry Wells, Esq.. Wclia, Fargo X Co., Aurora, X. V.; Win. Bowen, Esq.. Xclfafon, Grant x Bowen, St. ^-k tmr * v l-ouis. Testimonials end fteatise by malt. Price, tt with unproved inhaler, II. Sold everywhere. WF.EKS A POTTER, proprietors, Boston, Mass. TEMPERANCE REFORM AXI) ITS lit EAT REFORMERS. , By Rev. W . II. Ranicta, A. .V. Profusely lllustrateD with Portraits and Sketches and containing over 600 pages. ut a whole temperance library in a single volume. Agents wanted everywhere. Address, for Extra Terms and Circulars, XkLSON A PHILLIPS, 895 Broay way, New York a I p-My written course |\| II I If. f* ot trcatmen* 3[>eeI ^ I I "-"dlly relieve.-, dyspepsia and all stomach disorders caused by In temperance in eatitip ami drinking. huects permanent. < 'ures in six out of ten cases. Course of treatment $10?$3 when ordered, the remainder when the patient is cured, or when the value of the treatment is known, state case, enclosing 60c. in all letters of Inquiry relative to the treatment. I)r. N. Stoker, Lock Uox 1,012, Tort Huron, Mich. AMERICAN CLOCKS". NEW PATTERNS, SUPERIOR EIGHT Day, Strike Movement, Polished Springs, tviih 1'i.leut Arrangement allowing the linmU to be turned backwards without ininring the btriking part: carefully fitibhcd. warntnled to run accurately. In Black Walnut Gases, Front Glass Ornamentally Cut, AND Visible P e 11 <111111 in . Also (111#* n*V rionlra in n rafini I.r . - ?.? Fancy Patterns. Popular School Books. Primers, Spellers, Readers, Histories, Philosophies, Geographies. Statioupi'y, Paper and Envelopes, Copy and Report Books, Merchants' Account Books, Memorandums, Ink, Pens urd Pencils. ggy Any Book published in ihc United States can he had, at publishers' prices, en short ?oticr J. A. YOUNG. march I'.'tf "BACK AGAIN." l HAVE the pleasure of announcing to my friends and patrons t'rat I have removed to MY OltD STAND, where with far greater facilities and conveniences than I had before the lire, 1 am prepared to conduct a FIRST CLASS RAKFRY in every respect, and the patronage of the public is cordially solicited. Orders For Cakes of any description promptly and satisfactorily tilled by competent bakers. u'resn sroaa always on hand, oct 2-itf MRS. II. CROSCV. gOUTII CAROLINA UAILROAI>. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Coi.i'Mliia, March .'I, 1S7S. The passenger trains on the South Cure, lina Railroad will run as follows : PAY PASSFNUHK TRAIN. ^(Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Charleston ">.00 a. in. Arrive at Columbia 10.n0 a. in. Leave Colombia G.OOp. ni. Arrive at Charleston 12 i"> a. in. XttillT KXPRKss. Leave Charleston 8.J10 p. m. Arrive at Columbia 7 4*> a. in. Leave Columbia 8.00 p. in. Arrive at Charleston G.4~> a. in. ACCOMMODATION TIUIN. (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Columbia u. m Arrive at Rranchvillo 12.p. ni. Leave Ilraucliville 12.50 p. in. Arrive at Columbia 7.p. lit. Accommodation Train connects daily at Kingsviile with Train for Cntinleii. ami at llrnnclivilltf with l>av Passenger Train to ami from Augusta ami Charles on. Passengers for Camden leave Columbia daily on Accommodation Train at o.;!0 a. in., and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays on Pay Passenger Train at (> j>. in. Passengers for Columbia leave Camden en Mondays, Wednesdays andFridays. at ( Kl a. in., and arrive at Columbia at 10.oO a. ni. S. S. SOLOMONS, Supt. S R. Pickens, ("Jeii'l Ticket Agt. Always on IIiiikI. Choice Family Croc ties at lowest tig. ures, by KIKKLKV & SMITH. C'niiiit'ri Corn Beef. Potted Hani, Salmon. Oysters, Pickles, Sardines, &c.. Sic., by ' KIRKLEY & SMITH