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Joaraalt (77 G. AL EXA XIFKR, Proprietor. CAMDEN, S. 0., NOVEMBER 14.1878. Qor. Hampton. The glorious news of the Grand Vic4 "*? *l-?* PorAlinft lin.l flnlilAVO/1 lorjf LiiUW OVUHl VU1VIIUU IIMV4 MVtIV ??. had scarcely flashed over the wires be* fore the sad intelligence was boms to every nook and corner in our State, that our beloved chief was seriously injured. Thereaction was overwhelming, and there was not a heart in our country but what was 8tirrcdgto%its inmost depths at news that was so destressing. The changed look could bo seen upon every countenance, and the brightuess of yesterday gave way to the gloom of to-day. All felt that it was "a public calamity," and earnest prayers went up from more than teu thousand tongues to the Great Benefactor, that his wounds would soon be healed, and that vigor and health would soon be his. Wade Hampton n as dear to the hearts of the people ol ? T> L ?i ^ T South Uarouna as ever itouert xj. uk was to the army of "Northern Virginia/ and new honors and new laurels yet await him'from a people whose guide shield and protector he has bean. We join most fervently in the earnest prayer with all of the intensity of our soul foi the speedy recovery of our beloved and honored Governor. Is it Possible ? A motley crew of infamous Radica negroes were rejoicing over the Governor's misfortune, on Assembly street yesterday afternooo. Infamous wretches To Wade Hampton, more than an; other man in the State, do you^knov that you are indebted for your very ex isteuce ??Register. Did we not know the high characte: of tho Register for veracity, wo wouh say that the above was a libel, even apoi Radicalism. We know as much abou the utter depravity of that party as an; journalist living. Wo know the rniserabli leaders who have made dupes of thei followers, and who have dragged in thi mire and filth all of the finer feelings o humanity ; but with all of this knowl edge we scarcely believed sbat we hac upon earth more of the devil than then is in his own abode, but it seems so Demons, you are! Rejoicing at tin misfortunes of a man whose voice ha: calmed the storm that would have swep! you away, whose hand has stayed the tide that would have reddened this land with your blood, and who has stood as a bulwark between you and an outraged people ! TFAy, it is monstrous ! and, indeed, do we tremble for you. Wretches, as you are, reflect ! You are playing with the mane of the lion and dancing with giddy step upon the brink of the precipice. Humanity dictates this advice, not our own natural feelings. The Fejee Iplands would send no worse creatures among us than you are, and there is a point at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. As sure as there is a sun, you will reap tenfold all such seed as these that you sow. In time, we urge you to leicave ! The Situation. The smoke of the conflict has just cleared away, and as wo look down the line we can form a correct estimate of the result. It has been a happy day for this long-suffering State, and nothing now in the immediate future threatens to impede that progress to which South Carolina is a stranger; but which naturally was, and is, her owd. To look back upon the past would be, to say the least of it, puerile and childish. The future is ours ; not that which hus gone by. "Let the dead past bury its dead," and with all the might that wo have let us repair her ruined fortunes, shattered credit and tarnished name. It can be done?we believe it will be done. We have a Legislature of greater intelligence than any since 18GG. Upon them Juties heavy and onerous will devolve, and tbey occupy a position not lightly to be esteemed, but one which their constituents will closely scrutinize, and each and every Btep which they take will be carefully watched. Our victory is overwhelming?a perfect Waterloo. There can be no contending parties in the Assembly, save from those who have a natural right to claim their identity and interest with us. llashness and ill-timed legislation is out of the question. Nothing but a romedy of those evils that are so patent can be brought forward?and to this their attention will be called. The revision of the Militia law, the abolition of the Trial Justice system, one of (the greatest nuisances of the day,) and the establishment of a healthy District Court, with many other matters of equal importance, will and must meet their most careful and earnest consideration. In addition to these things of paramount importance, a Senator to the United States must be chosen who will reflect credit and honor upon South Carolina, and whose ability will recall the days when Calhoun, Butler and Chesnut were ornaments to that body. Upon the whole, we are encouraged. The night is well nigh spent, and the morning star betokens a bright and happy day fen: our weary and foot sure p nrpU. | ? The Colored Voter. The recent election has demonstrated j ii one fact which it is important that all colored men should consider, and which t has doubtless already occurred to the more thoughtful of them, if indeed they J failed to translate the hand-writing on a the wall prior to the 5th instant. That c fact is. The colored voter is a nonentity j in polities unless he unites his fortunes with those of the white people cmony f whom he fives. However desperately his j race, witli their passions aroused and prejudices enkindled by miserable Iladi- j cal scapegraces who lurk in darkness, may oppose the Democratic party, its progress will be as sure and constant as if it were altogether unimpeded. Does j any intelligent colored man, or disap- ^ pointed Democrat who may be looking out for greer. Selds and pastures new, doubt this? If there be one such, it is ' but necessary to refer him to the prophecy of Democratic orators for the last ten years?mat me nme wouiu come 1 when the rule, of ignorance and eorrup' tion would cease. Or, if this reference ? be not sufficent, 6urely the bare mention of the grand achievements of the " last two years would remove all doubt on the subject. In 187G, the Demo1 crutic party, which for many years had known nothing but defeat and demoralization, rallied from its'Iong slumber, and ' by diut of organization and management stormed and captured the very citadel of Radicalism. In 1878, flushed 1 with victory, it has overtaken and eouapletely routed the last remnant of ; that hated party. Verily the times ' have changed, and we with them. The t reign of ignorance and vice over intel ligence and virtue is a thing of the past. In their stead we have home rule and r reform, honesty and capacity. It is * worse than idle to suppose that the 1 sturdy Democrats of South Carolina 1 intend ever again to suffer themselvos, r tVioir toIuoq ond ehildren. their nrnnertv %mv" ",?vw "m%* ?; r- wi J s ?all that is worth living or dying for? r to be placed under Radical domination. c They know from bitter experience what ^ that means ; and, having now possession of the government, they intend to hold ^ on to it. And this they can do with ~ perfect ease. The only course, then, left the colored voter is, as we have ali ready said, to unite his fortunes with ? those of tbo white people among whom ' he has been raised, now lives and must ! die. And this course the thoughtful ' colored roan, who is concerned about ( ! tho future welfare of his people, will 1 not hesitate to pursue, 1 ' The Black List " ( ; We have received from an intelligent I ; and most worthy subscriber of the 1 Journal a list of those white men upon i the Western side of Waterce River, I ' who without cause failed to voto in our i 1 last election, with the urgent request i that we publish the same- We regret ! that we cannot do so, and we are as- j 1 sured that our friend will not think un- j 1 kindly of us for politely declining the i ] same; but we have three distinct reasons which we know will be satisfactory to him, and we trust that ho will accept them as such. > In [the first place, these depraved > beings in the form and shape - of men are known to all of the respectable ' citizens of that section of our county, and are looked upon with loathing and cootempt. In the next place, we are ^ personally acquainted with many of their better halves, and we wculd not i inflict upon them any more mortification than they must already have stood in seeing their husbands act &9 strangers ( and aliens to tho commonwealth that f gave them birth and protection ; and in ^ the third and last place, we feel that we will waste enough ink and 'paper upon ^ them when we record their demise into j. regions less hospitublo than these, for surely we can see in the economy of nature no need of such people living. c We appreciate highly the spirit that c animates our correspondent, for we sharo a deeply with hiin all of his good feelingi ^ for West Wateree, but we would sug- 6 gest to him to try reformation among B this class, and to be hopeful, as wo have 11 a precedent in the repentance of the 1 thief upon the cross. If they should 6 dare lift their heads before this repen- ^ tance, let us know, and these columns 0 will spare do grape or canister for them. ? We can and will make it lively?rest 1 assured. NEWS ITEMS. ] The Paris exhibition finally closed v on tho 10th inst. The receipts since 1 the opening were 12,053,746 francs. t The yellow fever relief committee of a Philadelphia closed up their business on c the 8th inst. Their total collections to 1 date amounted to $132,0S2.72. ? Froman, the Hull river murderer, f while being carried to IJcaufort on tho ' 10th inst., jumped from a car on the ' Port Itoyal Railroad and was horribly ? mangled. i Tiie mosl fashionable and beautiful ' pari of Cape May, the famous watering ' place, was destroyed by fire on the 9th 1 inst. A half dozen hotels, numerous 5 cottages, and more than 1,000 bathing 1 houses were burueU. 1/ws orer $400- e ovo. 1 ? I MBTM l' I M MM!? MM* The TJnit?- ! German Hani; of Washigton, D. 0' . lias suspended. Too mch stealing- for the profits of the baok o cover. The latest news from Governor lampion says that he is resting well ,nd improving, though he uaturally hafes over his confinement at such . a uncture. Peter Froman, the man who muclered his can;r>anion, Duncau, on a flat )oat in Bull river, 8. C? in June last, ind then fled'>n a bark to England, las been ex t no i tea. Newberry county is sorely afllicted ?chills and fever, diphtheria, tueasle^ icurlct fever, meningitis, mad dogs, mad Itogs, iucendiurism, kicking mules, etc., ire some of tf-o prevailing evils. Tiie banker Corcoran, of Washington, has coni'uued to dispense his fortune during l is lifetime U>y the gift of 550.000 to cho Southern Historical Society, the ex-Oonfodcrate institution at Richuioud, Va. Telegrams from Northern and Eastern Eur pe announce a heavy snow fall. The Appenines and Black Fortrei are covered, and the Swiss passes are blocked with snow. lu France the rivers are Tory high and the Seing threatens inundation. An indictment has boeu found against D. H. Chamberlain for participation in the land swindle, while C. P. Leslie was land commissioner. As soon as Ohauiberlain heard of it iu New York, be immediately left for Washington, there to cooler with his brother thieves, and be safe from arrest. It is reported that P. H. OhamberJain has determined to come to Columbia and stand trial if he is called upon to do so, and answer any oharges that may be made against him. If he does come, we may be able to prove him guilty and put hiui to studying geology at the expense of the State. Catch in;; Bio Frauds.?The grand jury in the United States Court at CiiN cogo, on the Sth, returned indictments agaiust John 3!eArthur, ex-postmaster, John W. Gr-gg, Edward A. Miller and Wm. S. Ools-.n, clerks, for embezzle ment of government funds. Henry Greenbaum. president of the the defunct German Naiimial Saviugs Bank, wau held in heavy bail for embezzlement. Great excitement exists in Darke county, Ohio, over the acts of violence committed by u band of Kn Klux Some persoi s bnve been killed by them, aud others ordered to leave the county, or they would be killed too. Where is that old bloodhound, Merrill, so we^ kuown in out State for his villainous outrages on peaceable citizens, railing Lheui Ivu Khsx ?. Send bim lo Ohio md ste if h?j will net in the same manner. Tiie vault of the Stewart family in St. Mark's churchyard, New York, was broken open on the 7Lh inst., and the body of the la o A. T. Stewart taken thoref'rom. Mrs. Stewart has offered a reward of $25,000 lor the recovery of the body and proof to cauvict the thief, ar a proportionate amount for the body ilone. The report that the detectives had found a c'uo to the perpetrators of .t r L rri._ me ueeu is iuuijnj uc nuuic mmg is still shrouded in mystery. Arrest c r Prominent Citizf.es.? L'pou affidavits made by Kaaborg and die negro, Jo Douglass, of' Darlington, warrants have been issued against Col. A. Law, the 'Ion. E. W. Cannon and .ho three Mr. Kcllys for violation of he election ic?T. Messrs. Spain, Boyd ind Nettles a-o defendants' attorneys. The parties u-i'uscd to be arrested, but rill appear any day appointed, Yescrday was the day appoiuted for the learing. Affairs i i Europe appear to bo un hanged, Ba-sia is building new ironlads and keeping the ranks in the ruiy full, and holding her former posi ions in Turkey. England is still ;rowling and blowing, trying to frighten omebody. The Afghanistan difficulty 3 still uuseti!?d. England also has rouble to ke^p her African colonies traight. Mtr.y of the English mills iave stopped; tad others are ruuning n half time. Hard times is heard on in every hand, and the depression in business is f it over the whole land. A sad incident of the recent election omos from I'lvW 1'ork. Mr. Aloxanler Smith, oi' the 12th district, who rn.s elected t succeed Clarksou N. 'otter, died in the very hour of his vie* ory. He bad been sick but two days, ind whtle hi-, friends were cheering iver the result ho was breathing his ast. On learning of his success he milled and pressing tho hand of his inbruaant, he -aid : "You must thank nv siiDDorters for me, for 1 shall have io opportunity of thauking them my- | lelf." lie was a man of unflinohing ntegrity and considerable business abili y, and his lo:.; is deeply regrotted by riend and foe alike. IIo had a large carlet factory a'. Voukcrs, aud employed icven liunur h'tuds. One of his emiloyees said 'Flo gave letter wages ind treated i. o* ;i?*r tliarix any other facory owner iu Yvn?hOW." c W. L. ARTHUR, CHEAPEST CHEAPEST a p| CHEAPEST X figl GHEAPEST S M CHEAPEST CHEAPEST CHEAPEST Q ? 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Th'e I X L White Dress Shirt, The Cheapest and Best Shirt for the Price in the World, ONLY $1.00, Warranted to Fit. 0 ? 'WafmiiipH tft lead Low Prices: i dill U(/tVA / will sell as Cheap as the same Goods can be bought anywhere. Save your money and buy your goods from H. BARUCH. p SUBSCRIBE FOR inc. CADI JHAL, Established in 1827, -i HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of an j paper ever issued in Camden, and is the 1 ONLY PAPER IN KERSHAW COUNTY THAT IS PRINTED AT HOME. 1 :o: Published Every Thursday Morning - I C!_a.:m::]d:e:n\ s. a- , " G. G. ALEXANDER. i :o: The JOURNAL being ono cf the oldest papers in the State, and havan established reputation for reliability and fidelity to the interests of he people, it needs no introduction to the public. It is the wish, however, f the present management to extend the sphere of its usefulness by put-"*-' ing it into the hands of everj^reading man in Kershaw County. 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