The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-06-29

IMPORTANT TO DEALERS IN REAL Es-
TArE:-At the last session Of the Legislature
and Act was passed entitled Gan Act to
Further Amend an Act Entitled San Act
Providing for the Assessment and. Taxation
of Property" and il. that Act We find the
following paragraph, to which we would call
the particular attention ofparties purchasing
lands: -
Amend Section 80 by adding: "And pro-
vided further, That each county Auditor shall
keep record Of all sales or copveyances of
real property made in his county, in which
he shall enter, in columns, the names of the
purchaser and seller, the quality of land con-
veyed tlocation and price Of the same, and
ther bonn correctthe county duplicates annu-
ally; Sand for the purpose of carrying out
this provision, the Clerks of Courts and
Registers of Mesne Conveyance of each
county are hereby required to have the en-
dorsement of the county Auditor on each
and every deed Of conveyance for real pro-
perty, that the same is on record in his Office,
before the same can be placed on record in
the offices ofsaid Clnrks of Courts or Registers
of Mesne Convevances, and the said county
Auditor shall be entitled to collect fee Of
twenty-five cents, for his own use, for making
such entry and endorsement"
"
THE VALUE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
There are but few, even of the Democracy,
who appreciate fully the peri. of this nation.
1t is admitted ON nearly every hand that our
Government, under the control of the Re-
publican party, has for the period Of that
control, been undergoing d rapid and alarm
ing change; that the strong federal features
originally impressed upon the Constitution
are fast fading away, and thatwe are NOV
ing steadily into the formation of a central
lied despotism. But it has not generally been
observed that we are incorporating into our
civil policy features which most centralized
governments are free from, and which exist
only in the odious tyrannies. When it is
remarked that w'are losing our right Of 10
cal: government, few appreciate fully the ex-
tent of that loss, and fewer still know that in
losing it the most revolving military despot-
ism follows as natural aud almost inevitable
consequence. Indeed, our ancestors claimed
this right under the British Constitution,
and when it was assailed, they regarded the
provocation as sufficient TO warrant reyolu!
tion.
ERadical Congress and drunken Presi-
dent have, in few short months, deprived
us of what our ancestors won through seven
long years of suffering and blood. No more
fitting illustration could be suggested than
the fool who destroyed the beautiful temple
whose construction progressed through ages,
whose architecture was the handiwork Of ge-
MUS and whose altar was the repository Of
jewels. These facts are worthy Of cool and
solemn reflection. The people cannot reflect
too deliberately upon the character of their
rights, the source from which they spring,
and the fearful price with which they were
bought. Peace is always desirable and
should be the wish of every good Citizen
But there is dagger in the delusions of a
safety purchased at tho cxpeuse-of all that is
worth living for. There was ageherous de-
spair that sprung from the high sentiments
of our fathers which made them too noble to
be followed by tervile children. They presen-
ted human nature in its grandest FORM
There is something sublime in the record Of
their glorious achievements. Kings we're
not only their pupils but their sup"liants,
and princes were not regarded as targets too
good for their "villainous saltpetre." They
had scorn of danger and fierce, tiger
spirit, that not only made them brave but
terrible. They knew their rights and main
tanned them. They were not appalled, at
impossibilities. They plucked victory from
the very jaws of despair, and won the right
to live as freemen.-M Hampshire Patriot
A MODEL LEaIsLAToR.-A correspond
ent, NJ, in q long communication to the
Chesterfield Democrat, charges R. James
Donaldson with being the instigator if not
the actual perpetrator, Of all the so-called Ku
klux outrages in the county, includig then
murder of Melton. He gets forth the rea-
r no-.1loo-