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Hr^-yrW \ Xfo $am&it Jwnwl f W. 1). TRANTHAI, Editor, 0. U. ALEXANDER, Business Manager. CAMDEN, 8. C., MAY 28, 1878. g The Radical Programme. The policy of the Radical party in South Carolina is to sccuro the Legislature, and elect a majority of the Con~ h v gressmen from this State. That this is their prograznmo is clearly indicat* ?' ed by everything that they do. * Nor is it unreasonable that such should bo their policy. They could very well give up the State and couotv offices, for the sako of getting control of the Legislature, of Congress, and possibly of the next president. s- With a federal congress and executive ready at a moment's notice to throttle States, and a legislature of the character of those that have already bankrupted the State, the Radical forty r-rtuld verv well afford to let the Demo crats bar* the State and CouDtj officers. Without a General Assembly resolved upon advancing the interests of the p State, Governor Hampton, with all of I (his patriotism, wisdom and reaj administrative ability, oonld do bat littlo for the welfare of Sonth f arolina. The work of reform woald be checked and paralized, aod the condition of our peo* pic rendered even worse than daring the darkest days of the reconstruction period. Bat the next Legislature will have something else to do, besides supporting or hampering the governor and his subordinates. A successor in the N United States Senate to Honest John Patterson will have to be chosen next winter ; and, just now, the loss of one or two votes by the Republicans would give the Democrats control of the Senate. With the federal Senate opposed to him, the President would in a large measure be powerless to put into execution many of his views of public polio/. South Carolinaians wish to be represented in the highest deliberative body in the landby a man of their own choice; and, to that end, they will labor earnestly to secure the next Legislature. But, in the light of recent events, it is possible that upon the lower house of th? next Conerress, will devolvo the duty Pof choosing a President of the United States. And it is on this account thnt both parties arc striving to get possession of the next House of Representatives. It is desired, of course, to have a majority of the House, but the prin* ciple object is to control the delegations from a majority of the States. The importance of a majority of the State delegations is apparent when wc reflect, as above stated, that it tnay fall to the next House to elect a President in 1880. In that event each State would have one vote?the"State going according to the msjority of its delegation. The whole number of votes would be thirty eight, of which twenty would be necessary to a choice. -In the present Ilonsc the Republicans have a majority of the delegaioos from nineteen States, vis.: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas, Nevada and Oregon: They claim that they can bold those States, and gain perhaps California and Colorado. Should they succeed in securing twenty States, and it is not improbable, the Republicans may have the privilege of naming the Presideut in 1880. even though the Democrats might have a majority of the members of tho House of Representatives. With all of there facta and possibili. tits before ns, the seeming magnanimity of the Radioals in not opposing ITamp. ton's re.election is not surprising. Selfishness is at the bottom of their whole programme. Bj withdrawing all opposition to our candidates for State officers, they bope to lull us into a false feeling of security, and when the time tomes walk away with the lion's share of the government. It remains for the Dem. ocrats so say by tbeir actions whether or not they will remain idle and allow tbem to do this. With a Radical Legislature, a Radical "Senate, a Radi. cal House of "Representatives, find pos. sibly a Radical President, we would almost as soon, except for the name, not lave Hampton for Governor. He could do us no good. It follows, therefore that Democrats everywhere, and parti* cularly in South Carolina and Kershaw County, must be up and doing while it is yet time. Editorial Items. no*. T. G. Terriv, a leading lawyer and one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Abbeville, died at Lis home iu that place on the 14th inslant ? * Tnx Kioety-Six Guardian, of which 1 Col. M. L. Don ham, Jr., is Editor, and which ~i? ono of our sprightlicst ex- j change*, ha3 entered opnn tho second year of it* existence. Wc trust that Hfe vbyags mify t/ohfroWf jfotpt'rtmrf Ibfl (MflA I Speightt' DaUy Ntic*papcr has been removed from Greenville to Spartanburg Speights is a live man, and gets oat a live paper. We wish bim much success in hi? enterprise. Till New York Evening Pott says: "Mr. Peter Cooper has given up the scheme of founding a college for women in South Carolina. It is said that the representations made to him concerning the disposition of the State to forward the scheme were not strictly founded on facts." Thk North Carolina State Convention will meet in Raleigh in June for ! the purpose of nominating candidates | for Chief Justice and Justices oftheSu preme Court. The contest for the nominations is lively and in some cases bitter, but the people of the "Old North Stale " always go with the party. Many extreme Radicals want General Grant nominated for Presidept in 1880. The ensanguined garment, and the man on horseback with uplitted sword?all backed up by much talk about tho payment of "Rebel Claims," which in uinety-nioe cases out of a hundred hare been made by Radicals or Union men?will be the platform from this time forth. The following gentlemen compose the committee appointed to investigate the election frauds in Florida and Louisl iana : Potter, of New York, Morrison, of Illinois, Hunton, of Virginia, Stengcr, 1 of Pennsylvania, McMahon, of Ohio, | Cobb, of Indiana. Rlackbnrn, of Kentucky, Cox, of Ohio, Butler, of Massachusetts, Reed, cf-Maine, and Hiscocl of New York. Radical politicians favored the investigation of election fraudgiin New York in 1868, beeauso it was charged that they had been committed by Democrats. But uow they shout as loud as they can that the action of the Demo! cratic House of Representatives, in ap| pointing a committee to look into the j rascality of their party in Florida and Louisiana, is revolutionary. it is tneir oz that is gored this time. Wno will be elected U. P. Senator to suoceed Honest John Patterson? A score or more good Democrats i n the State wonld like the best in the world to get the place, hot before any of them can socceed, the Democrats must have control oftho Legislature, and that they ocannot have unices a sufficient number of members are elocted to give them a majority on joint ballot. Jn other words the Democrats must at all events rurry'nll of the'doobtfnl counties in the next election. The next ftorth Carolina Legislature will cboosc the successor in the U. S. Senate to Judge Merrimon, who, it will be remembered, was elected over Gov. ornor Vance in 1873 by the fusion of about a dozen Democrats with the Rad ical?. The candidates are Vance and Merrimon again, with the chances in favor of the former. Judge Merrimon ! * annnd Democrat, and has made an able and useful Senator, but the Democrats of North Carolina seem to thinkthat the office of II. S. Senator belongs of right to Zeb. Vance. , .lettersoif David, sentenced to hare been hnng at Abbeville on the 16th of this month for the murder of the Franklin's in December, has been respited until the 14th of Jane. The Governor's message was received after David had ascended the scaffold and had the rope put around his neck. A moment more and he would have been in eternity. The Mrdium says there is a diversity of opinion as to tho prisoner's guilt, though the evidence against him. which is altogether circumstantial, is conclusive. Tfie subject of deepening the channel into Charleston harbor by the jetty system, which hasworked so wonderfully at the mouth of the Mississippi river, is engaging the attention of Congress. Senator Butler has been indefatigable in his efforts to get an appropriation for that purpose, and it is believed that the necessary aid will be granted by the genera) government. If successful the ? - j?a .ii i_ channel win oa given a oepui ui iwemgr one feet, which would be of immense commercial advantage to the city and State. It is reported that Governor Hampton docs not favor the action of the House of Representatives in reference toFlorida and Louisiana. In his opinion "the masses throughout the whole country look upon it as a revolutionary proceeding" And *'& conviction that it is a revolutionary proceeding, looking to the removal of Mr. Hayes, will do more to make Gen. Grant president in 1880 than every other agency combined." Rut if frauds were committed, as has been alleged, it seems to us that the iotorests of the whole country demand that they should bo investigated and ho guilty punished. Otherwise n premium will be placed upon crime hereafter. NEWS ITEMS. The four 100-ton guns mado by Armstrong for the Italian Government have been purchased from blm bv the English Admiralty. All TtaTy i? Jfc ??I * It is said that Geo. Beauregard ex-1 pects to leave Louisiana soon, to live in some northern State. Subscriptions have begun in New Orleans for a monument to Gen. R. E. Lee, which is to be one hundred and six feet high. In a quarter of Rome known as "Pe8chnri?," during the excavations made on the 13th of April, there wa9 discovered the duly inscribed base upon which stood the famous statue of Cornelia, daughter of Scipio Africtnus, and mother of the Gracchi. Edison is. now at work upon an apparatus to enable the deaf to hear, and says; "I feci sure that I will produco a practical apparatus within six monthi." The wish may be father to the thought with tho inventor of the phonograph, for he is measureably deaf himself. The Washington Pott quotes a member of Congress as saying that. Mr Tilden's failure to take tho oath of office on tho 4th of March, '77, forfeited his! right to the Preaidency. lie was earnestly entreated by his friends to take the oath, and intended to do so, "till he learned of Grant's determination to arrest him on the charge of treason and "throw him into Fortress Monroe as an "instigator of sedition and rebellion, I "upon his appearance at the capital for I "that nnrnose. That Grant was pre "? r ? r "pared for soch action, and would have "seised Mr. Tilden's person, is well "known to many persons of both parties, and that Mr. Tilden was restrained "by his knowledge of soch a peril, is "equally notorious in prirate circles." Mrs. Lydia Sherman, who died in the Connecticut State prison on Thursday afternoon, by her own confession, made in 1873, poisoned three husbands, and fnur children, as follows ; ?. S. Struck, a Forkvillu policeman, and two children, by her marriage with him; Dennis Hurlburt, of Litchfield, Conn., and U. N* Sherman, and his two children, Ada and Frankie Sherman. She met her first husband at a Methodist lorefeast, being at the time a member of the church at New Brunswick. The poisoniug of Sherman, she alleged in her confession, was not intentional, but it was her purposo to poison the two children. Sbo was sentenced to imprisonment for life for murdering her Incf. tni?Knnd. A few months airo. al though about 53 years ol J, she managed to escape, and it was some lime before she was recaptured. Ben Taylor, a colored man living in this place, has lately returned from Washington, whither he has been to secure a patent for a now steam engine which he had invented, and which, it the judgment of many experienced and scicDti6c men to whom he has shown his model is correst, is calculated to res volutionize the present application of steam. The engine is rotary, having tha steam applied at the circumference of a wheel, giving thu9 treble the force of ordinary engines, with no distinguishing of power at the various stages of the revolution of the wheel. This invention dispenses with all the machinery except the one wheel, which answers at once the purpose of cylinder and driving wheel, and the two 8leam?boxcs through which the steam is applied. It is esti mated that engines on this plan can be manufactured at one-fourth, or less, the cost of those now in use, and their simplicity, and the possibility of making them of extremely light weight, will extend the use of eteam engines beyond the present limit. Ben. Taylor, the inventor, is a sort of mechanical genius, having befoie manifested an insight into mechanics of no ordinary degree. His invention, if nothing fails?and the probabilities are in his favor?will rank him among the first inventors of the day.?Rottdah (Mitt.) Journal, Primary Elections. Mb. Editob.?As there has been already so much said and written about the subjeet which heads this article, it may seem superfluous at this timo to add anything more. But as our succeas at the pot's ia of paramount importance, and uni'y and barmony so essentially necessary to enable one to secure that end, if you will bear with me, I will give a thought or two. with no other end in view, than that of contributing mv mite toward harmonizincr the conflicting opinionx thai now exist. While I am free to confess that I have been in favor of adopting the system, ?'More mature deliberation" convinces me that we had better wait, awhile, at least, before adopting it. In fact, I regard it as unfortunate that the question was sprung upon us at this time, as the very question, as to whether we will, or will not, adopt it, is likely to produce more dissension and feeling, than the operation of the system itself, or conventions either would do. If wo had, (as they linve in some of the upper counties where the system hns been adopted,) an undoubtod majority, so that the issue would be between men based upon personal influences, and prejudices, and not upon a measure, the final and complete overthrow of the radical party, in case it would perhaps he wejl to mako the issue before the general election. But in our caso, knowing as we do that wc have q majority to overcome and that it w:ll only he by dint of hard work, and indomitnble persevcrnnco that wc enn succeed in electing unr ticket, which mutt be done, let whose nameimhat will adorn or disgrace It. we onunot afford to allow personal prejudices and influences to be brought into play note. And what great siu has our Conventions be?ii guilty of that they should bo denounced as they have beeu. Our State convention gave us Hampton and Simpson and Conucr Ac., now universally conceded to have been as wi?a choosing as could possibly havohoen, qnd yet who will undertake to say that at that lime, -'primary eteciipns1' woujd jiave dope ?oWell? tfcg, owii tJptfrty Bonvm|. Ijyfl gave us tfffc lovely flgd eplfatpft Civ. burn, the pure and noble McCaskill, and I that inimitable warhorae, Jno. Burdell, and : everybody was more than satisfied. Oar Conventions may have been, as an editorial in one of the county papers termed one of them, "boisterous and unwieldy," overflowing perhaps with an exuberance of spirits of all torti; but they have not (as a speaker recently said before one of our clubs in referring to the convention of the 24th ulti) beer, composod of the "scum of the country:" nnd we hold that the fruits of our conventions have always been satisfactory. By going to work two years ago upon the plan taught ns by our enemies?that of organisation, and holding out the idea that I we must work together as a unit, we did much ; we were lifted from the blackness of the desolation we were in until the light of a brighter nnd a better day has dawned upon us. and if we but go os in the same way lt will not be long before we will feel the warmth of the genial sun of prosperity. But do away with all that has been done, ignore the plan of co-operative action, and commit the work "pell mell" into the hands of every man, nnd it will be but the beginning of disintegration, demoralisation and defeat: and, instead of moving as one solid phalanx on to victory nnd complete success. we will have a rolling, tumbling, confused mass Party lines will hecome snapped. and, instead of a thoroughly organized party with its duly accr^ited standard bearers, we will have a host of candidates of this and of that faction, and instead of victory we will sink back to such utter depths of- degradation nnd ruin that our case will be beyond hope. Already we see the newspapers and bear hosts of individuals complaining of the "pledge" required in the primary voting, plainly showing that if the work of making nominations is com mitted into the bends or every man, ev?rjr man will feel that he has a right to do it in his own particular way, and the result is plain. So far as the support of the nominees ia concerned, I hare no fear that the Democrats of Kershaw county will not do as they hare already proren themselves in that particular. What I do fear is, that in case the system of primary election! is adooted. no nominations will be made and in the effort to make them so many old heart burns and prejudices will be unearthed that the very bone and sinew of our party with its organization and complete harmony will be sacrificed, and the work of years snd the benefits we hare already secured be -'scattered to the four winds of heaven " Let the nominations be made by a convention composed of such material as the rarions clubs can furnish, and them are not 25 Demoorats in the county who would not support them. Some of the counties hare adopted the system. If it proves as advantageous as is claimed for it. we can take it up next time. Some of the connties have not adopted it, which will necessitate a convention for state officers : and, if we have part by convention, let's bnve all. Seeing, therefore, the dissension and feeling that the mere discussion of the snbject has produced, and fearing still more serious rrsultsin consequence oftbe operation of the system if adopted, I for one think we had better drop it "for a while," at least until we cross the river. We can then, if we see proper and it is advisable, "swap horses." Jtrvtxrs. May 22d, 1878. (We are authorized to say that the remnrk of the speaker referred to in the above communication has not been cor rcctly interpreted. En. Jocrsal.) Stftto Democratic Convention. Hf.adq'rs State Dem. Ex. Com., ") Columbia. S. C.. Mar 1G, 1878. J A Convention oftbe Democratic party of the State of South Carolina will be held in Columbia on Thursday, the 1st day of August next, at 12 o'clock M.. to nominate candidate* for State officers, adopt a platform of principles, and transact such other business as may be brought before it. In accordance with the constitution adopted by the Angnst Convention of 187Qrth? State Convention will be com posed of delegates from each county in the numerical proportion to which that, county is entitled in both branches of the General Assembly, as follows : Abbeville C, Aiken 5, Anderson 5, Barnwell fi, Beanfort 4. Charleston 19, Chester 4. Chesterfield 3. Clarendon 3, Colleton fi, Darlington 5, Edgefield 0, Fairfield 4, Georgetown 3, Greenville 5, IJampton 4. Horry 3, Kershaw 4, Lancsiter 3, Laurens 4, Lexington 3, Marion 0, Marlboro' 3, Newberry 4, Oconee 3, Orangeburg 6.- Pickens 3. Richland f>. Spartanburg 5, Sumter 5, Union 4, Williamsburg 5, York 5. Total 158 delegates. The delegates will be requirod, In sc.' ? .. * j coraance wun usage, 10 present vieueu* tials from the centra! organization of their respective connties. It is also recommended that the county conventions elect delegate*, in the same ratio as above designated, to the Congressional conventions to be held at the same time and place for the nomination of Congressional candidates for their respective Congressional Districts. The mode and manner of ohoosing delegates to the 8tate and Congrtsrional conventions shall bo regulated in each county by the respective county conventions. J. D. Kennedy, - Chairman State Dcm. Ex. Com. James A. Hoyt, Secretary. Corn! Corn! Cora! 4 aaa bushels corn, tWUU For aale by febl2tf BAUM BROS. jjjjVni CAROLINA RAILROAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Colcmbta, March 3, 1878 The passenger trains on the South Caro. liua Railroad will run as follows : PAY PAS8KSOKR TRAIN. (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Charleston 5.00 a. ra. Arrive at Columbia 10.50 a. m. Leave Columbia 6.00 p.m. Arrive nt Charleston 12 16 a. m. XIOIIT KXPRE8S. Leave Charleston 8.30 p. m. Arrive at Columbia 7 45 a. m. Lenve Columbia 8.00 p. m. Arrive at Charleston G.45 a. m. ACCOMMODATION TDAi.V. (Sunday uierning oxceptrd.) Lenve Columbia 5 20 a. m Arrive at Ilrnnchville 12.25 p. m. Leave Branchvillo 12 60 p.m. Arrive at Columbia 7.p. ui. Accommodation Train connects daily at Kingsvillo with Train fur Camden, and nt Ilrnnchville \?ith Pay Passenger Train to and from Augusta and Charles on. Passengers for Camden leave Columbia daily on Accommodation Train at 5.80 a. ra., daily (Sundays excepted), and passen. gers for Oolymbij leave Camden daily (Sundays excepted) at 6 a. m. , t , S. fe. 8rttf).MQV0, 3 tf. beo'l Ticket 'Aft. Ready for Business. 0 row STORE ANi) Entirely New Stock I'MNGTON AND NfflLft HAVE THE PLEASURE OP ANNOUN, cing the opening of their NEW STORE at the old stand of 0 APT. J. W. 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Cdh BOXES Soap for sale low bj WW BAUlf BROS. CARL SCIllLTZE, TAILOR, Broad Street, Camden, So. Ca. tof Can giro the best of references. aprlUttt ' Uutter. (CHOICE Goshen Butter, for sale low by J BAUM BROS. Baoon 2 Bacon I AAA Pounds Bacon for sale by tft)9VUU BAUM BROS. 200 Hacks Liverpool Halt, For sale at $1.25 per saok. nor'20 2t BRA8INGT0N & NETTLES Garden Seed! Garden Seed! BUY BUIST'H imntirr i \m APVTIITXTD rrv?on AI>u uKLiuiiici GARDEN SEED! All Kinds for Sale by DR. F. I. ZEMP. Plain and Fancy Candle#, Of nil kinds. Crackers, Biscuits, Nuts, Raisins, Spices, &c., &c., for sale by febl2tf KIRKLEY & SMITH. 40 Barrel# Extra Fine Sugar. For sale cbcap. noy20-2t BRA8INGT0N4 NETTLES. Tlic Beat Butter, Cheese, Mnccaroni, &c., for sale by febl2 tf K1RKLEY & SMITH. Always on Hand. Choice Family Groceries nt lowest fibres, by KIRKLEY & SMITH. The IVovelty CtHAMPAUNE CIGARS. Call and see ) them nt KIRKLEY & SMITH'S] BBLS FULTON MARKET BEEF for sale by BAUM BROS. 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