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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-06-06

Too MUcu CLERK.-The Times tells us
that the number of clerks who are seeking
employment in New York to-day is really la
mentable. Merchants and others are inun-
dated by applications from persons thorough
ly deserving, who are reduced tothe most
desperate straits for bare subsistence; and
as. the evil is an increasing one, he "thinks
people would do we'll seriously to bcthink
themselves of remedy" From an absurd
notion that clcrking is considered "genteeP'
occupation, while carpenterlng Is merely
work for common people,
"I'he clerk sat at a desk, with pen be-
hind his ear, attired in broadcloth; the car
pentcr worked away in his knees in canvas
Jacket and p.pcr cap. So matters have gone
on to this day. But at length everybody
almost has become more or less educated,
and the discovery has been made that, in
plain language, "any fool can be clerk, "
while to be an efficient cabinet-maker re-
quires qualities by no means so easily found.
The result is that the clerk supply is enor-
mously in excess of the demand, and as a
consequence their salaries are screwed down
to the lowest limits.
One way Of abatng this really serious evil,
is, the editor says, by heads Of families
steadily setting their faces against bringing
their sons up as clerks. In the great ma
jority of cases they do exactly the REVERSE
New York Express.
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FAST TRA1Ns.-A London exchange says
the new express train from London to Plym-
9th will probably be the fastest train in the
world in that part of the journey which lies
over Bristol and Exeter, and the Great West
ern Railways. Leaving Exeter at 1890: 1t
is time to reach Paddington at 2:45; includ,
ing stoppage of five minutes at Bristol, and
the vexatious and inevitable delay Of ten
minutes at Swindon, the journey of one
hundred and ninety four miles will be made
in four hours and quarter. The Irish linz
tied mail, hitherto considered the fastest
train occupies six hours and thirty-tive min
utes between London and Holyhead, being
at the pace of only ITO miles in four hours
and quarter. The fastest train on the
great Northern line is between London and
Peterborough, seventy-six miles, which is
done in one hour and thirty-seven minutes;
but the Great Western accelerated express
will run from Swindon to London, seventy.
seven miles, in one hour and twenty-sevcn
minutes. The 11:45 train from Pad .ington
will perform the journey to Plymouth on.
" five minutes more time than the new W
express.
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Stephen Elliott.

In communication addressed to the New
York Times, by Gen. G. T. Beauregard, we
find the following reference to the lamented
| Stephen Elliott Of our State:
In the defense of Charleston, during the
summer of 1868, it became absolutely ne
cessary to hold the north end Of Morris Is
land, Cat the risk of losing its garrison Of
1000 men, long after it had been pronouhc-
ed untenable by its commanding officers, who
were among the most gallant in our service,
or that of any other country; but by their
zeal, energy and courage, seconded by the
valor of their troops, that portion of the Is
land was held, from day to day, nearly two
months, against all the land and naval at
tacks of an overpowering enemy, and at the
moment of final attack, the garrison was
safely withdrawn with the loss of only few
men.
About the time (July, 1869 determin-
ed to remove the artillery garrison from Fort
Sumter, whose guns had all been dismount-
ed or silenced, except one, "a twenty-tour
FOUNDER in one of the retired angles,) the
commanding officer and his principal gu
bordinates pronounced that fort no longer
tenable under the terrible artillery fire kept
up, night and day, by the enemy's land and
naval batteries against its crumbling ruins.
concluded at once to substitute an infantry
command for the gallant artillerists, whose
services were absolutely required for the in
ner harbor defences, just being completed to
supply the place of Fort Sumter, then only
fit for defensive work in our hands, but
which would have become most effective
offensive position in those of the enemy. /
therefore sent for an intelligent, brave young
officer belonging to the command ofPocotali-
60, near Savannah, Major Stephen Elliott,
to whom I exposed fully the situation, and
told him that the safety Of Charleston depend
ed on our holding the ruins of Fort Sumter
with q garrison not exceeding one hundred
and fifty infantry and about the same num-
Der of laborers. 1 asked him to go there for
few days to learn personally the exact con-
dition of affairs, and then to give ME his
answer. His features lighted up, and his
large blue gray eyes flashed at the idea Of
being put in command Of such an important
post, and he said to me-. General, have
no need of going to the fort to know its con-
dition-you can issue the order at once if
you will give Inc garrison of resolute men,
but declined to do so until he had visited
the place in person he went that night (for
no communication could be had with the fort
in the day time, and he returned before day
break to inform ME that he had seen enough
to desire still that command the order was
accordingly given, and he held those ruins
against every attack for twelve months, at
the end of which time he was put in COM
mand ofa regiment and subsequently ola brig
ade At the mine explosion at Petersburg
in July, 1864, ho was desperately wounded
through the body and finally died at his ruin
ed home in 1869. No country ever lost
more promising and gallant young off,
Ger.
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AN ACT to charter the State Savings and
Insurance Bank, of Anderson, South Car
olina.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives ofthe State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Cen
eral Assembly, and by the authority of the
same:
That James L. Orr, Jessey ". Norris, 0
Fl. P. FAINT, D. NJ Watson, VIM. Perry, ia
cob Burris, W. Sharpe, B. F. Crayton, John
Martin, John R. Cochrane, John B, Sitton,
F. f. Harrison, w. B. Watson, ST., B. D..
Dean, John Wilson and j. w. Harrison, to-
gether with such other persons as arenow or
may hereafter be associated with them, shall
be, and they are hereby made and constitut-
ed a body polite and corporate, by the name
and style of the State Savings and Insurance
Bank of Anderson, South Carolina, and by
that name shall be, and is hereby made ca
pable in law, to have, purchase, enjoy and
retain to it and its successors, lands, rents,
tenements, goods, chattlcs and effects, of
what kind or quality socver, and the same to
sell, alien or dispose of, to sue and be sued,
plead and be I'M pleaded. answer and be an
swcrcd, defend and be defended, in courts
of record Or any other place whatsoever; and
have perpetual succession, to have and cxcr.
ercisc the rights and privileges Of other cor
porations now in existence, or that may here.
after be enacted, and also to make, have and
use a common seal, and the same to break, al
ter and renew at their pleasure, and also tc
ordain and put in execution such bylaws and
regulations as may seem necessary and con
veniont for the government of said corpora
ton.
SEC. 2. The capital stock of said corpora
ton shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, t.
be divided into shares of one hundred doll
ars each, and may be increased from time t.
time, to q sum not exceeding five hundred
thousand dollars; as may he deemed necessa
ry by the board Of directors.
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Approved March 4, 1872.

JOINT RESOLUTION to Relieve the late Coun-
ty Treasurer of York County, E. NJ. Rose,
and his Bondsmen.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same:
That Edward NJ Rose, late treasurer OF
York county, and his bondsmen, VIM. E..
Rose, James Windsor and j. L. Watson, be
relieved from all responsibility as treasurer
and bondsmcn in York county until date, in
consequence of raid made on that Office and
officer by the Ku-Klux-Klan, on the 2Gth
day of February, 1871.
Approved March 4, 1872.
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Humors Of the Canpaign-A Supposi-
tious Veto by II. q.
From the Chicago Post.]
["An Act to raise revenue, by imposing a
duty of ten cents onguano."
COMMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.

duty Of ten cents on guano."ll
COMMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
I return this obnoxious measure without
my approval. The man who introduced it
is an ass; the men who voted for itare sci. IL
ing British agents; and the men who say
this is not the case are liars and horse thieves.
Judge that. on an average, every man, wo-
man and child, in America, use ton Of gu
ano each year, in some shape or other, VIII. TIL
cr as farmer in New York, Louisiana, In
diana, Colorado, Poduke, &C., in agriculture,
or as Charles A. Daua, for editorial articles
We thus consume in round figures, 10000
900 tons of guano annually: The arbitrary
and revolutionary act which I veto to-day
would thus impose tax of four millions of
dollars per year OH our people. With what
effect /? 1t would not stimulate the produc-
tlon of American guano. American birds
could not compete with the pauper labor of
birds in debauched and priest-ridden Central
America | am not quite sure as to what |
mean, or why it is not so, or what is which,
but the man who speaks to the contrary is Il
hell hound and bribed by the glitter OF Brit
ish Gold. IL. G.
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,lusively the taxes hereby required to be


levied.
SEC. 5. That if any such revenue bond
scrip is received in the treasury, for pay
ment of taxes, the treasurer be, and he is
hereby, authorized to pay out such revenue
bond scrip in satisfaction of any claims
against the treasury, except for interest that
may be due on the public debt.
SEC. 6. That upon the delivery to the
State treasurer of the said guaranteed bonds
of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, or of
any part of them, the treasurer is hereby
required to cause the same to be cancelled
and destroyed in the presence of the presi-
dent of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company,
in South Carolioa, and in the presence of a
joint committee of the Senate and House of
Representatives of this State, to be for that
purpose appointed.
Sec. Z. That whenever the whole number
of the said guaranteed bonds shall have been
delivered to the treasurer and cancelled, as
required by the provisions of this act, the
lien ofssthe State of South Carolina; upon the
estate, property and funds of the said Blue
Ridge Railroad Company in this State, and
of the other associated companies in the
States of Georgia, North Carolina and Ten
nessee, as secured by the provisions of an
act entitled can act to authorize additional
aid to the Blue Ridge Railroad Company in
South Carolina" passed on the fifteenth cay
of September, Ammo Domini one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, all other
claims or liens which are held by the State:
against said company or companies, on ac-
count of said guarantee, shall, from thence
forth, be forever discharged and released;
and should the said company be unable, from
any cause, to deliver all of said bonds, such
liens shall be discharged and released to an
extent which shall be proportional to the
amount of such bonds actually delivered.
Sec. s. That if the said company shall ac-
cept the provisions of this act, it shall be
authorized, if the board Of directors may de-
sire, to change the corporate name of the
company to that of the "knoxville and South
Carolina Railroad Company" and shall have
power to extend its railroad, or to construct
branches thereof, to any points or places in
the State, with all the powers and privileges
with which said company is vested by the
provisions of its charter, and the company
shall also have power to issue bonds, and to
secure the same by mortgage, to such
amount and in such manner as the board Of
directors may direct And all sales Of stock
in the said Blue Ridge Railroad Company,
in South Carolina, and its associate compa-
nies. formerly held by the State and sold by
the commissioners Of the sinking fund be,
and they arc hereby, confirmed
SEC. 8. That if any person shall forge or
counterfeit the treasury scrip hereby author
iezd to be issued or shall, directly or indi-
rectly, aid or assist in the forging or coun.
terfciting of such scrip, Or shall issue in any
manner use any such forged Or counterfeited
scrip, he shall, on conviction thereof, be
fined in the discretion Of the court, and
shall be imprisoned in the peuitcntary for
term not exceeding ten years.
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In TIE SENATE,

COLUMBIA, S. g. March 2, 1872.
On the question, "Shall this act become
law, tie objections of his Excellcncy the
Governor to the contrary notwithstanding"
the yeas and nays were ordered, pursuant to
provisions of the Constitution ( Art. B, Sec.
22) The act passed by vica cocc vote of
yeas %, nays 6, and ordered to be returned
to the House of Representatives.
BY order. j. WooDRUFF,
Clerk of Senate.
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A Western girl, who has been pretty well
brought up, knocks down every man who
kisses her, and she is so pretty that the mar
ried and all the single gentlemen in town
have black eyes.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-06-06
IN TIE House OF REPRESENTATIVES,, |

CoLUMBIA,S. S. c., March ., 1872
On the question, 'Shall this act become a
law, the objections of his Exccllency the
Governor to the contrary Notwithstanding"
the yeas and.nays were ordered, pursuant
to the provisions or the Constitution, result
ing, yeas 81, nays 18, and ordered to be sent
to the Senate.
BY order. A. o. JONES,
Clerk House of Representatives.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-06-06

Boston JUBILEE DRUM The bass drum
for the Boston jubilee in 1869 was chllds
plaything when compared with the one just
completed at Pennington Falls, Maine, Tor
this years festivity. The diameter OF the
first one was eight feet; that Of this monster
is twelve feet, while its circumference IS
thirty-seven feet and eight inches, and its
width five feet. 1t is made Of maple, re-
ouires twelve boards, each fifteen feet long
and thirteen inches wide, and contains l95
SQUARE feet of timber. 1t is the largest drum
in the world, and was taken from the factory
only by tearing away part of the building.
The bridal trosseau of the future Empress
of China will cost half q million.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-06-06

On the island of Borneo has been found
certain race of wild creatures, of which kim
dred varieties have been found in the Phil
pine islands, Terre del Fuego and in South
America. They walked usually, almost erect,
on two legs, and in that attitude measure
about four feet in height. They are dark,
wrinkled and hairy. They construct no hab-
itations, form no families, scarcely associate
together sleep in caves and trees, feed on
snakes and vermin; on ants eggs, and on
eachother They cannot be tanned or forced
to any labor, and are hunted and shot among
the trees, like the great gorilla, Of which
they are stuntcd copy. When captured
alive, one finds to his surprise, that their I'M
couth jabbcring sounds like an articulatc
language. They turn up a human face to
gaze at their captors, and the females show
instincts of monesty; and, in fine, these wret-
chcd beings are men
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AN ACT to incorporate the Spartanburg Fe
male College.

AN ACT to incorporate the Spartanburg Fe-
male College.
SECTION /. BE it ena ted by the Senate
and House of Representative Of the State OF
South Carolina, now met and sitting IN Cen
eral assembly and by the authority of the
same:
That Samuel B. Jones, President of the
Spartanburg Female College, together with
his associates and successors, be and are
hereby declared a body polite and corporate
by the name and style of the Spartanburg
Female College, located in the town of Spar
tanburg South Carolina.
SEC. 2. That the said corporation shall
have power under, its corporate name, to sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any
court of law in this State, to purchase and
sell real and personal estate, to have seal,
and to make all such bylaws for the govern
mcnt of said corporation as may be deemed
necessary, not inconsistent with the laws Of
this State.
SEC. 3. That the said corporation shall
have power to elect professors for said COL
lege, to fill all vacancies as may occur among
them, and to remove them at discretion, to
prescribe course of study to be pursued by
the students, to confor degrees and award
diplomas and such other honorary distinct
ions to graduates, as are common in the COL
leges of similar grade in the United States.
SEC. 4. That the private, as we'll as the
corporate property of the corporators, shall
be liable for all debts contracted for the col
cge by its authorized agents.
SEC. 5. That the said corporation shall
have power to take and hold by donation, be-
quest or purchase, real and'personal proper.
ty for the use of said college, to any amount
not exceeding thirty thousand dollars.
SEC. 6. That this act shall continue IN
force until repealed.
Approved March 4, 1872.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled can Act
70 extend the limits of the town of Cam
den."
SECTION 1. BE it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Statt
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All Transient Advertisements will be charged
ONE DOLLAR per Square for the first and SEVEN.
rY-rIvE CENTS per Square for each subsequent
insertion. =
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of South Carolina now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority OF
the same:
That an act entitled can act to extend
the limits of the Town of Camden" approx
ed March 9, 1871, be, and the same is here
by, amended by striking out Section l and
substituted the following: "Section /. That
the limits of the Town Of Camden be, and
the same are hereby, extended as follows to
wit: The western boundry shall commence
at the junction of Wylie street with Mulberry
street, and shall extend northward along the
said Wyie street three-fourths of mile be-
yond the present terminus of said street, and
from this point the northern boundary shall
extend, in an eastern direction, until it in
tersects Horse Branch, and thence, BY course
of said stream, to the point where it empties
| into Little Pine Tree Creek, and thence, by
the course ofthe last named creek, to point
opposite Mulberry street, thence, westward,
until it reaches said street, and continue
along the line Of said street to its junction
with Wylie street."
SEC. 2. That the intendant and wardens
of the said Town of Camden are hereby re-
quired to proceed, Immediately upon the
passage of this act to designate, by proper
marks and monuments, the boundaries here
inbefore authorized.
Sec g. That all acts, or parts of acts, in
consistent with the provisions Of this act, be,
and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved March 4, 1872.
AN ACT authorizing the Town Council of
the Town of Newberry to erect a Market
House on Lot of Land belonging to the.
County of Newberry.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the State of
South Carolina, now met aud sitting in Cen
eral Assembly, and by the authority of the
same:
That the town council Of the Town Of
Newberry are hereby authorized and EN-
powered to erect q market house in said
town, upon lot of land which is partly at
tached to and lying near the public square
in said town, and belonging to the County
of Newberry; which lot shall be given for
such purpose to said town council and their
successors in Office free Of rent or charge.
And said town council and their successors
in Office shall have power and authority to
remove such market house, whenever in their
opinion the same may be deemed necessary
and expedient.
Approved March 4, 1872.
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AN ACT to amend an act entitled can Act
TO extend the limits of the town of Cam
den."
SECTION 1. BE it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
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Now move the paper szo'oy toward the
eye, which must be kept fixed on the cross.
At certain distance the other fgure-thc
letter O-will suddenly disappear; but, if
you bring the paper nearer, it will como
again into view. You may not succeed in
the experiment on the first trial, but with
little patience you can hardly fail, and the
suddenness with which the black spot vanishes
and rcappcars is very striking. Now, ex-
animation has shown that. when it disappears,
its image falls exactly on the spot where the
optic nerve enters the eye, thus proving that
spot to be blind
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-03

The horse disease served useful pur-
pose in drawing attention to the subject of
street car management, and there is en-
enlargement that out of the vast number
OF suggestions that have been evoked,
some may chrystalize into needed improve
ments. One of these suggestions is that
cars should be stopped only at street cross
mgs. A meeting of presidents of the
street railways of Philadelphia was held a
few days since for the single purpose of
considering the project of adopting this as
a fixed rule by all the companies, and
though no action was taken on account of
four companies not being represented, the
expressions were generally in favor of it.
1t is well known fact that the seyerest
strain upon car horses is the starting of
the ear, and one of the presidents who at
tended the meeting referred to, made the
estimate that horse performs more labor
IN starting a car than in drawing it for
eight blocks when it is once in motion.
Aside from this consideration, which,
however, ought not to be left aside,-the
saving of time would be very considerable.
And all the concession that it would re-
quire from passengers is that, while wait
ing for car they should step to the near
est cross street, and that in afghting they
should take, perhaps, few extra steps in
the time that they have gained by the
car not being stopped every few yards
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
DIR. BOHANNAN
.-lF
Established in St, Louis 1897

Office No 619 North Fifth street between Washing
ton Ave. and Green streets,.
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Dentists.


Ro sla 9, MEAF DOOR TO TIE TELEGRAPH Of
y NJ, 1ttinSis street Rock Island All kinds of
penIal Work done in the most approved styles
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OH 9allg Atens.
THANKSGIVING.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.

once more the liberal year laughs out
ger richer stores than gems of gold;
once more with harvest song and shout
Is natures bloodless triumph told.
our common mother rests and sings.
Like Ruth among her garnered sheaves.
Her lap Is full Of goodly things.
Her brow is bright with autumn leaves
Who murmers at his lot today
Who seorns his native fruit and blooms
Or signs for dainties far away,
Beside the bonnteous board of honey
Thank Heaven, instead, that Freedoms arm
Can change rocky soil TO gold
That brave and generous lives can warm
A cline with northern ices cold
And let these affairs wreathed with flowers.
And piled with frnits, awake again
Thanksgiving for the golden hours
The early and the latter raini