University of South Carolina Libraries
Xb ^am^? JwrnlJ W. I>. TRANTHAM, Editor. G. G. ALEXANDER, Business Manager. CAMDEN, S. 0., MAY 21, 1878. The State Convention. The Democratic State Executive Committee has, after consultation with the several County Chairmen, decided to call the State Convention, to meet in Columbia on Thursday the 1st of August next, for the purpose of nominating candidates for State officers. The Conventions for Dominating candidates for Congress from the several districts -'II ??> it. coma timA *nd nlflCfi. mil uiwvw ua vuv iiwimx * ?? r Coming to Life. Those of tbe prominent Radical leaders of tb? State daring tbe reign of corruption who still remain in our midst, met, under tbo came and style of tbe "Republican State Executive Committee," in Columbia last week. They held their meetings with closed doors, and admitted only tbe faithful to tbeir deliberation!. Everything relating to tbe plans of the Radicals is, of course, a profound secret, but the preTailing opinion in the best informed circles is that they intend to make a desperate effort to get coutrol of the Legislature, and elect a majority of the Googressmen from this State. Democrats would do well to take warning. ? To Be Investigated. The House of Representatives, on > v Friday last, by a strict party vote, de )( cided to investigate the frauds alleged to have been committed by the Forida and Louisiana returning boards in tho Presidential election of 1876. The k bottom facts will therefore most probably be made known, and steps taken to prevent the occurrence of such a disgrace iu the future. The Republicans, it is thought, will iotrodnce reso+ lutions, providing for the apppointmeot of a Committee to investigate alleged frauds also in Mississippi and South Carolioa. The publio will await the result of the investigation with the greatest anxiety. Exemptions Under the Bankrupt Law. Chief Jnstice Waite, at a recent term of the U. S. Circuit Court for Virginia, decided that the exemptions under the bankrupt law do uot extend to debts contracted prior to the enactment oi the law. It is thought the decision of ? - " . l | _ the Chief Justice will be sustained vy the Supreme Court of the United States. NEWS ITEMS, The Kingstree Star has been revived bj Mr. Jamee S. Heyward, editor and proprietor of the Orangeburg Taxpaytr. The Star will be edited by P. B. Gillaud, Esq., a young lawyer of Kingstree. The Edgefield Adverttttr of last week cornea to ua adorned with a splendid picture of General M. C. Butler, U. 5. Senator from South Carolina. Being Butler people over this way, we will save his likeness. Wk arc indebted to Hon. J. R. Chalmers, member of Congress from Miseis" wippi, for a copy of the excellent speech made by him in the House of Representatives on 2nd of May in favor of the Texas Pacific Railway. ADDRESS or fins era l james criesnut, de LIVERZD BEFORE THE MSWOIU.U Association of Camden. Ma* ^ 10th, 1878. V The readers of the Journal will peruse with pleasure the splendid and v instructive address of General Chesput which, in accordance with our promise, we now lay before them. Being introduced by Col. E. B. Cantey, General Obesnutapoke as follows: Ladies of the Memorial Association oj Camden?and you, my Friends: W:th pure hearts, and elevotod tninde ?with wreaths, and garlands, and with sweet remembrance of worthy heroes who gave their lives to uphold the good cause of their country, we come this day to do honour to the Confederate Dead. Your purpose, my frtends, docs honour to you as well. The feeling which prompts you lies deep down in the human hoart. It is old as humanity it self. Egyptian pyramids and obelisks -Asiatic mausoleums-Grecian sarcophagi?Roman oenotaphs, tombs and monuments?in short, the practice of all nations, from the earliest time? down to our demonstration to-day, attest its antiquity and its universality. It seems to be an injunction of Nature, r Bat in honouring the dead, wo ought to ecek to honour virtue. Otherwise our efforts would be deceitful, empty and vain. In trying, therefore, to do proper homage to the memory of the comrades who have gone beforo us, we will honour the virtues which wero conspicuous in tben>, and which will ennoblo humanity. What a touching spectacle is this day before us 1 In every part of the land we behold our Mother-State bowing ber majestic bead in sorrow over the graves of ber sons. But no teer of shame falls from her eye. An honest pride mixed with grief are tbo component elements of her monming. At bar behest her hero-sons died in a righteous cause. Yn, my friends! it HHk.. V-4 Jg . / Id marred beneath the spoilers heel; I cannot trust my trembling hand To write the grief I feel. Oh home of tears! but let her bear This blazon to the end of timo; No nation rose so white and fair, None fell so pure ol crime? The widow's moan, the orphan's wail Are round thee ; but in truth be strong; Eternal right, tho' all things fail, Can never be made wrong. An angel heart, an angel mouth (Not Homer's) could alone for me, Hymn forth the great Confederate Sonth; Virginia first?then Lee." Desiring to avoid all topics purely political, I would like, notwithstanding, to correct a grave popular error. Il has been affirmed, and widely believed that South Carolina began the war, whieh culminated in the late gigantic "War between the States." This I hold to bo an error. It will be remembered that the State passed its ordinance ol secession on tbo 20th day of December 1860. At that time and after it, Fort Snmter and Oastle Pinckney were not occupied by Federal forces, bat were rightfully in tbe possession of tbe State. Tbe right of eminent domain in the territory on whiob they rested was in the State, The Federal govern; ment, however, tbrongh its Presidept cWxmedproperty in tbe structures and (heir sites. This claim was admitted by tbe State; but she could net, nndcr the ' changed condition of affairs, ooncede 1 absolute jurisdiction over them to be in > the United States. This'would hare * been an abandonment of 'sorereigntj over a pprt of her territory?which , nniiiidnl Pi?r#i WUUIU JJdTC UC^U Vfliyiuifit IMVIWIVIV, od the 21st of December, 1860, the State appointed three commissioners to proceed to Washington, and treat with the government there in relation to all claims, with power on a fair adjustment to bipd the State for the payment of the last dollar, and also to treat for the continuance of peace and amity betweeu this commonwealth and the goveinment at Washington. Before their appointment, and bofore secession, bnt in anticipation of it, however, oar memhere of Congress then in that city, on the 9th of December, 1860, had come to an understanding with tbo Executive hranoh of the Fed| eral government, that neither party should change the relative military status in the harbor of Charleston, until South Carolina should have an opportunity through accredited agents to . -*.t- .? ,? I real Willi li;? ^Utciumvuv 1.11 niun' "o" ton en *11 the points at issue?in order that collision might be prevented, and ' peace preserved.- On or about the 25th of the same month our commissioners arrived in Washington, but bcfoie they could communicate with the government there, the understanding between the parties was violated, and the understood ' promise of the Federal executive brolccu. The military status of th? parties in tho harbor was changed, but pot by South Carolina or any of her people. On the I night of the 26th of December, I860, Major Anderson, the Federal officer in command at Fort Moultrie, spiked h*U i guns, btyrnrd their carriages, made pre. paration for the destruction of the I fort, and transferred his entire foroe with munitions of war into Fort Sumter?an unoccupied fortress within the r limits of a power then foreign, and aL most in the very heart of its metropolis. > This was an armed and hostile invasion i of an alien State at ptace with his gov. ernment, and was ap act of jrar. It ! was the beginning of that great strug1 gle we sought persistently to avoid. Without this invasion, a peaceful solution of the question might havo been 1 attained ; but with it unrepudiated, as ' tho United States knew full well, such solution was impossible- Jfotwithstand i iog this act of war, so anxioua was the State to a7oid bloodshed and arrest farther acts of hostility, she refrained from attacking the fort, and suffered her commissioners to remain in Washington, still hoping to restore the previous condition of affairs in the harbor and to obtain by negotiation a peaceful settlement of all issue* with the government there. But all was in vain. Again, on the* 9th of January, 18fil, before Uny violenco had been dono by tho State or its citizens, the Star of tho West, a federal Tense) containing armed men with provisions and munitions of war, appeared in our waters to reinforce Major Anderson, who had already invaded the State, although he was permitted to obtain from the city of Charleston whatever of provisions he needed for his garrison. Wo fired on this vessel as it was our right and duty to do, and turned her uninjured back to sea. Still anxious to avoid hostilities, refraining yet from acts of violence, the State determined to make another effort, and, on the 11th day of January, 1861, l . | ??; was a most righteous, Doble caute. It I would be out ol time and place, and worse than useless to re-argue that cause. But it is our duty to affirm it now, and ever when occasion requires. It is our justification before high Heaven, and the tribunals of the earth. That a State had the right peaceably to withdraw from the union was before our period unquestioned. It was claimed by States, and conceded by statesmen. The necessity and the wisdom of the Act were alone debatable- That the Federal government had the right to coerce the State, to pin it by bayonets to the union was an idea repudiated even by Alexander Hamilton. As wc have no other tribunal left as now, we must remit the question to the verdict of posterity. Laudari a viro laudato. Perhaps it may not be amiss on this occasion to read before you a few stanzas written on the fly leaf of a translation of Homer and sent by the late Earl Perbv to Genera] R. E. Lee, in order > to show what that verdict will probably he. It is a voice comiog across the waters, and anticipates, I think, the voice of posterity. "The grave old bard who never die?, Receive him in oar native tongue; I send thee, but with weeping eyes, The Btory that he sung. Thy Troy has fallen?thy dear land she sent a special envoj to WasKTngtoiT with fall powers to treat for peaee/anri for a full and equitable settlement of all matters in dispute. And what was the result? A refusal to treat with the State. Subsequently vessels of war?ponitors with ail their great armiture and hugs "blacksmithery" vexing the bjsoin of the ocean?appeared off the bar, to supply and reinforce Major Anderson by force, and ready to run in, when wind and water should favor, and, if need be, to bombard the city and reduce it to submission or ashes. Of all this we had notice Upon this last notiGed exhibition of a purpose to subjugate the State, the manhood of the country, supported by conscious right, could not longer forbear. Honor and safety forbado it. Still, to avoid unnecessary bloodshed, and proposing terms most courteous and honorabla, time and again, we demanded the surrender of our fort. Still all was in vain. In the supremo peril of that moment there was nothing left lor us bat posillntimously to surrcnd?i ap the Slate and city without a blow, or Xo attack the fort and endeavor to expel i the invader from our soil. We chose i the latter, and tbo bombardment of the fort followed. Then was witnessed ono of the most sublime spectacles that ever filled the human eye. First one signal shell as' eended in the darkness of the hour, like a globe of fire hissing through its parabolic path until it fell and exploded on the fort. Immediately thousands of similar missiles from the circle of our batteries illumined the sky?all having the same destiny and the same end. If it were possible to be, it seemed as if myriads of lesser suns had left their spheres to hold high revelry in the hurbor of Charleston, and nil with concentric movemeut on the head of that devoted fort. All the rest you know. If the assault was grandt persistent and irresistable, with professional justice we must admit that the defence wan stubborn, heroic and fall of fortitude. The recital of the few facts elated ~l ?K? ir.r irnnurl nn the f fluuVV piUVU MlttV itUb ?IHI v.. part of the State was defensive; and that all the evils resulting therefrom must justly be laid at the door of the Federal power. | This truth will survive. Not numbers, nor arms, nor force can crush it. Though its voice may be gentle, it will pierce beyond the din of a thousand battles, and be heard amidst the uproar of blind ignorance, or of conscious 1 wrong seeking to cover its own inquity. When the State was thus invaded? her city beleaguered?her autonomy denied?her liberty and existence threatened?she called upon her sons to rise, to strip for the fight and rally to her standard. And what an uprising was there! It seemed as if some god had struck the earth, and every living soul upon it sprung un responsive to the blow, like a divine call whioh all obeyed. We read with admiration of the spirit of the Spartan mother, when alio sent forth to the fight her sou armed with javolin and shield; of the Roman matron gathering her jewels around her and giving thorn as fit presents to the State. " 1 ?- -- Dnmnn mnlWr fVfr out- no oicvittii vi xtvuiuu exhibited greater and more persistent devotion and heroism than did onr Confederate Women. How may thousands ' of Carolina Cornelias have wc seen bringing their jewel boys and with a mother's pride deliver them op, with a smile and a tear and a prayer, into the bloody bands of the Moloch of war! And have we not seen these noble yonth's with the light of battlo in tbeir eyes, pressing to the front ? And, if we were permitted to call tho long roll of honor, how many would be able to answer, "Here ?" Alas ! too many absent; but thank heaven, they can all be accounted for. Every man wbo rallied to that standard was a patriot. Every patriot be, came a soldier, and every soldier a hero. 2S"ur was thp enthusiasm evanescent. In tho forefront of battle?amid tho hardships of the bivouac?in the suffering of tho hospital?for four long years, without an ally, aud aeaiust overwhelm' iogodds. did this fervor last Every mau had offered Lis all. Love and devotion to his country were burning deep down on the altar of his soul, and kept him true to ?he last. The leading virtues of tho Confederal soldiers always seemed to mo to bo dovotion to their cause, constancy, cour( age, endurance and fortitude. They possessed the elan of the French aud Irish, with the steadiness ot the Uerman ai^cl Jir;ton. Their valor never suffered the slightest eclipse, whether tho field they contested was lost or won. Their bravery took new honor from the fight. Allow me to read here a few verses descriptive of tho Confederate private; Only a private! his jacket of gray I(i stained by the amokp and tbp dust ; As Bayard he is brave, as Rupert he is gay, Reckless as Mumt in heat of the fray, In Qod ia his only trust. Only a private! to march and to tight, To suffer, nnd starve, and be strong ; With knowledge enough, to know that the | iMiguv Of justice, and truth, and freedom, and right, In tho end must crush out the wrong! Only a private / no ribbon or star Shall gild with false glory his name! No honours for him in braid or in bar His cross of the Legion is only a scar, And his wounds are his role of fame. Only a private ! one more hero stain On the field lies silent and chill, And in the far South a wife prays in vain One clasp of tho hand she shall ne'er clasp gain, One kiss from the lips that are still. Only a private ! then let him sleep, lie will need no tablet nor stone, For the grasses and vines o'er his grave will creep, And at night the stars through the clouds will peep, And watch him who lies there alone. Only a martyr! who fought and who foil Unknown and unmarked in the strife, But still, as he lies in his lonely cell, Angel's and Seraph's the Legend shall I tell? Such a death is eternal life?" "'Th iVStaTc sent forth to ttie^commnn" 1 cause a body of men as true and noble i as ever shook the earth with .tramp of war; and tbiit county furjjiisked her ^ full quo^ both in number and quality, i Yes, my comrades, the virtues I have I mentioned shone forth conspicuously in 1 you. When ' The Bars and the Stars," i sacred emblem of our cause, was to be 1 pressed forward to victory and planted within the lines of the enemy, you were ever in the forefront of battle. You wero never in the rear until the rear became the post of duty and of honor; and then yon guarded and protected the honor of that paired though 'falling flag' until it was furled in blond. Your names are now and ever shall be household words in this land. You observe that fortitude appears last in my list of Confederate virtues, but it is Dot the least. The excitement of battle tends to baoish all remembrance of hardships, and to dopress all thoughts of suffering and apprehensions of danger and death that may have existed before. Under such circumstances the mind becomes exalted in the contemplation of dnty performed, of glorious victory achieved, and the hope of well earned renown. Then again the hardships of the camp, whether in tent or bivouac, are always alleviated by the sob* tmici, the .rollicking gaiety of n gallant soldiery. Hot fortitude is rerjniretl most where fewest alleviations are found. The excitement of battlo over - no comrade near?no voice to cheer--no friendly hand to give the last cool draught, it may be, to the wounded and , dying roan-these test to the fullest the heroism of the sufferer. Under all these trials we tnow that the Confederate soldier stood the test. If ho had to die, he died cheerfully, thinking swoetly of his home, and for the independence of his native land. Again come with me to some of our innumerable hospitals where? "Anguish Tended the sick busiest from couch to couch: And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delayed to strike, tho' oft invoked With vows ns their chief good and final hope." Yet here, all the other virtues having been elsewhere displayed, patience, cheerfulness, faith?all born of divine fortitude?were characteristic of our men. And here again the Confederate Women come to the front. With unflagging zeal, by day and night, our women devoted themselves to the comfort and welfare of our suffering comrades. Their ; angel faces, refulgent with the light of heavenly charity, illumined the gloom, and they purified the atmosphere of those otherwise Lazar houses of woe. With delicate touch they smoothed and cooled the burning pillow ; with soft hands they bathed and dressed the aching wounds; with gentle voioe they soothed the irritation and wiped the death damp from the brow of dying heroes, and, bending over couches, caught and reported the last breath of departing spirits as they whispered messages of lore to those they left behind and far away. Saored deputies of a mercifql Qcd ! \yb&t roqre can I say for them ? The blcssingsV>f that some Good Bring attend them and theirs forover is the prayer of every surviving Confederate. Look now on those nameless graves. Behold a sad spectacle?hat not without moral- Though we know not the oaraes of their tenants, they were none the less our brothers, and will this day be honored at your hands, for they, ! too, gave their all to the common cause. 1 "To be nameless in worthy deeds eii coeds an infamous history." Tho good Samaritan lives more honored without a name than Judas Iscariot with one. Who knows whether tho best of men be known ? Or whether there bn Dot more remarkable persons forgot than any that stand in tho kuuvro account of j time ? "The greater part must bq content to | be si though they had not been?to bo I j found in the Register of God, not in the record of man. There is no antidote against the opium of time. Our fathers find their graves in our memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors. Grave stones tell tho truth if at all scarco forty years?generations pa?a while flomo trees stand?and opjd families last not three oalB." "Still mau is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave?solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre?not omitting ceremonies of bravery in the | wfimy of his nature." If (he spirits or par depart#] brothers take cognisance ot earthly things, they must bo filled with joy when they see that tho meekest, purest, rarest, yet most sublime of christian virtues? charity?with her sisters, mercy and gratitude, yet survives with active ministrations on earth through you. Friends?all?let us turn now tp agothey theme. Whan wo returned from the war through forests of houseless chimneys, and sat amid tho charred ruins of our own homes, wo did not permit black despair to sottle beside us on our broken hearthstones. But with a resolution born of conscious duty, fostered aqd guided by hope, and under the inspiration and help of our wives, we went to work to rebuild our shattered altars, and to gather up and utilize our scattered fortunes, I will not remind you of tho tyrannies and oppressions inflicted upon us by the iron hand of power?such as few if any civilized people ever suffered before. Wa have experienced the truth of a political axiom?that misrule may be more desolating than war. At length, however, we have been redeemed by the virtues of our own people, and, metaphorically speaking, wo havo ascended our I'isgab from which, though afur off, we can sco tho promised land. Some of you way bo permitted to cotcr. Muny, I bopc, will. But tbosc wbo do not will bo comforted by tlio assurance that posterity certuinly will. , It is true that uo deep wound ever honied without u scar?but heal it must, ? ! or end in death. Wc have entered now ' on a new era, and, though we npy ' carry into it pur scars, wo uiqst adapt ourselvevca to it. Again wo are all t :he wfial)Wants of a^cnra'mon country "" with like interest athJ^Mtiaj. When the hanij of peabe warstretched fa las icros* the "-bloody chaitai," we took it; Brief, baying accepted tttc situa? tian, yre will.keep the faith. We will look tti the-future, nod, as fat as true and honest men can, forget the past? except its eacrcd memflTree and its spotless glories, which we will strivo to make immortal. Ready for Business. HEW STORE AND Entirely New Stock BRAWTON AND NETTLED ii.vvr. the pleasure of annoujtciag the opening of their NEW STORE at the old stand of 0Al'T. J. W. McOURRV, where tliey have just opcue-l An Entirely New Stock OF FAMILY & FANCY GROCERIES, Consisting in part of Sugar, Coffees, Teas, Flour, Bacon, Lard, Butter, Canned Goods all kinds, Jellies, Pickles, Ccnifectioneries, Cigars, Tobacco, And all other goods usually foond n a FIRST CLASS GROCERY STORE. Highest market prices paid for all kinds of VyUUUU Y X 1VUUU, Always ready to pay the CASH for Cotton BBASIN6T0N A NETTLES. Sep. 20m3. J. W. McCTJRRY IS OFFERING Rare Inducements TO PARTIES WANTING IDIR/TZT GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS. SHOES, HATS HARDWARE, CROCKERY, Groceries, <fcc.! |Always in the market, and will pay tho Highest Prices for Cotton. Don't fail to give mc a call. J. W. McClRKI . declltf Coffee. ?/-Jlags of new Coffoo foa sale low by UAU.V BROS npfjfU buntnHta yon cnn onpasre In. fft to ?C0 M [IN j per day made by any worker of cither vuvji. K<.Xi rl?j,t j;i thP|r own localities Particulars free. Improve your spare time at this business. Address Stinson A Co., Portland, Me. Soap, Soap. Kfh BOXIiS Soap for sale low by oil BAUJf BROS. CAUL SCIIUITZE, TAILOR, Broad Street, Camden, So. Ca. CSy Can give the best of references, aprinetf 15 utter. (CHOICE Geshcn Butter, for sale low by J BAUM BROS. Baoon! Bacon! pfx IMIA Pounds Bacoafor jwtle by ? (IjVW BffUM BROS. 200 Nacka Liverpool Nalt, For sale i\t ?1.25 per sack. uov20 2t BRASINGTON & NETTLES. gOUTH OAROLINA RAILROAD, ^ CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Columma, March 3, 1878. The passonger trains on the South Caro. lioa Railroad will run as follows : day passenger train. (Sunday morning excepted.) LenYC Charleston fl.OO ft. m. Arrive at Colombia 10.50 a. n>. Leave Colrwbia ti.OOp. m. Arrive at Charleston 12 15 a. m. niout express. Leave Cliarlcston 8.30 p. m. Arrive at Columbia 7.45 a. u. Leave Columbia 8.00 p. m. Arrive at Charleston G.l-3 a. in. accommodation tdain. (Sunday morning oxcepted.) Leave Columbia 5 ?i)a. m ' Arrive at Branchvillc 12.25 p. m. Leave Branehville 12.50 p. m. Arrive at Columbia 7.p. m. Accommodation Train connects daily at Kingsville with Train for Camden, and at llrnnchvillo with Day Passenger Train to tnd from Augusta and Cliarics'on. Passengers for Camden lonve Columbia laily on Accommodation Train at 5.30 a. a., daily (Sundays excepted), and passengers for Columbia leave Camden daily [Sundays excepted) i:t 5 a. m. 1 8. 8. SOLOMONS, Supt. k i B. Pickens, Ueu'l Ticket Agt. *< -fcor 4-v o - ?* W"iA ^//r} &J| ^. V- .\UjVjV: r, jl *;." - > V'/^m*! " 8 s v.; ^ ;$ -4 ii'-l^ " 4 :;U'1J/' ?:o: .K'A&zizgi.. j0E.u.-;zi.rr ,%JT/.;,' ' .i,V i'J-j ,'. .'^'gHjj T'XZ S^jJOT 0 > c: 1 /* /'. o /' ^ i r-. ^-# "/..I X 1-|k#:a^-: ,v;c ;> J .'' ./ ih J" .f-i JO - . 535; CUDGN JOiliAL, ,.v.< J( rt, , . ' * , ;.' M'1*'.' . <* ?* ? f* .?yi V:.VT- f5: Wvjj?" ?I !?y ' 7*5 * i'<'e ' ' ^*sf-< ,' '" ' r > * *> ?-*. > <- ' :*-?? (OFFICIAL PAPER OF KERSHAW COUBTY) "" . &S ) %!v5@ Established in 1827, ^ "fl AY . ITAi: .fe| \ HAS THE ... .A ' v|j| T A Ti n ram /IT n /ITTT I m T A W AAA WXlB 1 vl AvUiial XUJ1 3*aH p'l >4. i -i * ' > y -'A .. ??# . - :* .? - ! ' * V' ^ * 4 ' v ' <* ' * ; "VTfw of any paper ever issued in Cainden, and is the " ' I ' ; V" , . TV.: v'^/S' ONLY PAPER IN KERSHAW COUNTY < ' - * THAT IS PRINTED AT HOME. 1 . ^ ' ' '?? V V.' ? ' I rV? > . ... t* v '; ^? ?*<? ** < ,T '' * 4 '' * *-f1 Published Every Tuesday Morning AT v| OJLl^lD'ElST, S. Cm - I BY i Vfttf JWPTMM & MEMMBBS . r, . ' " ? ''* ' ^ M ' . t . i t a . V(JN The JOURNAL being ope cf the oldest papers in the State, and baring an established reputation for reliability ana fidelity to the interests of the people, it needs no introduction to the public. It is the wish, however, of the present management to extend the sphere of ?ts usefulness by put* ting it into the hands of every reading man in Kershaw County. ??-:o: Striving always to advance tie interests and to improve the condition of their people in every conceivable way, and recognising the fact that tho campaign just opening marks a crisis in the history of Sonth Carolina, the Proprietors of THE JOURNAL will spare no effort to make it indispensable to the reading public of this section of tho State. :o: / TO ADVERTISERS. As a medium for reaching the people, THE JOURNAL is unsurpassed in tbo up country. Having a large and constantly increasing circulation in the counties of Kershaw, Sumter, Darlington, Chesterfield, Lancaster, Fairfield and Richland, it is prepared to offer EXTRA INDUCEMENTS to advertisers. 't ./(a ? TERMS?Payable Strictly in Advance: TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. * * . For the Campaign?and until January 1st, 1S79?ONE DOLLAR, :o: ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY! >1 > V % r.