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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-04-11

TAsrE.-A very intelligent southern lady
in ore of the European capitals writes home
that she was invited to party at the house
of the Secretary of the American Legation
on the 22d of February. and feeling that she
was an American, and that it was proper
tha, she should accept the invitation, she
did SO. As appropriate to the day. THE
Star-Spanglcd Banner" and Hail Columbia"
were sung by the company. This was far
from being unpleasant to her but, she says,
when a feeble-voiced young student struck
..up John Browns Body and afterwards
Tramp, Tramp (chorus by the entire
'company) could hardly hold in. Whether
"WAsuINGroN was most insulted or l would
sbe difficult to say"
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THE TRUE GRoUNDs OF CoNFIDEscE-
Whence comes that firm reliance, that abso-
lutte, undoubting confidence in the efficacy
of Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters, as remedy
for dyspepsia, for liver disorders, intfrmit-
tent and remittcnt fcvers, which notorously
prevail in all parts Of the United States ?
This confidence has been growing for twen-
ty years, and is still extending. 1tis not the
result of crcdulity, it has not been esgehder-
ed by any human device, but is the spontane-
Gus and natural consequence Of experience.
What people see daily going on undor. their
own eyes they cannot question. When, fam
lilies in unhealthy districts, that resort to this
wholesome vevctable tonic, as preventative
escaper periodical fevera, and their immedi-
ate neghbors. who neglect this Precaution
arc prostrated by disease, how is it possible
that the lesson should be without its effect
In like manner when it is seen that obstinate
cases of dyspepsia, liver complaint, Of consti.
patton, of nervous weakness and: Of general
debility yield to the operations Of this famous
remedy, how can even, incredulity ITSELF with
hold its endorsement? Eye-witnesses of the
salutary effects ofthese. famous bitters are
to be found in every inhabited district on
this continent. The thousands upon thous-
ands who owe their restoration to strength
and health to OF their preservation from
sickness, to its extraordinary medieiaatProp-
critics, are enthusiastic in its praise. The
mutitudes who recommend it in reighbor-
" way to their friends and acquaintances, as
we'll as those who make public their estimate
of its virtues, are always ready to state their
reason for the faith that is in them. They
have all either felt or witnessed it's beniscial
effects.
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AIPoRTloNMENT OF ScnooL FUNDS
The following is the Apportionmcnt of the
State Appropriation Of 100000 for the
support and maintenance Of Free Common
Schools for the fiscal year commencing No
vember |, 1871:
Abbeville county s11.s62 70; ANDERSON
50 S62 20; Barnwell. 12,GS4 so; Beaufort.
1851 co.; Charleston. &39273 80; Ches-
ter, Ss,l56 80 Chesterfield. S5.345 90; COL
Teton. s23,2C9 60; Clarendon, sG,575 so;
Darlington. sl1.292 80; Edge6cld, SIS: 5:260
90; Fairfield, s6953 10; Georgetown. &C.
9GS 80; Greenville. S10.050 70; Horny. S4,-
453 CO; Kcrshaw, 5000 40; Lancaster.
s4.7o5 so; Laurens s9.1G3 70; Lexington,
SIS 906 40. Marion, S9.133 30; Marlboro,
s5.Oos 70; Newbcrry, sS.O36 so; Oconee.
81 ,S24 20; Orangebug sl2y264 so Pick
ems. 81 534 10; Richland. 1929 60; Sum-
ter. sl0.e60 10; Spartarburg. sl",S64 70 ];
Uuion. $1,000 70; Williamsburg, S7,264
so; York, $9,792 20.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-04-11

DIR. SAaE's CATARRH REMEDY is no
Patent Medicine humbug, gotten up to dupe
the ignorant and credulous, but is perfect
Specific for Nasal Catarrh, "Cold in the head"
and kindred diseases.
A Glorious Record.-Twelve years age q
few modest lines in New York Journal in
vited public attention to new Vegetable
Restorative, and solicited trial of its merits
as remeday for Indigestion, biliousness,
fever an ague, debility, nervous disorders,
rheumatism, and all complaints requiring
invigorating and regulating treatment In
this quiet, unpretentious way, Plantation
Bitters was introduced to the world. It was
o success from the beginning. All that was
claimed for it as a tonic, corrective and
antidote to malarious fevor, was found tp be
strictly true. Within five years the annual
sales of this article amounted to over One
Afllion Bottles. A few years more and the
demand had swelled to .fue millions. The
annual consumption of the bitters has now
reachek the almost incredible aggregate OF
six millions Of Bottles, and for every bottle
sold copy of tho Illustrated Medical ishaual
published by the proprietors, alta ccst Of
$3.50, 900, is given away. =. Zsl.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-04-11

By an act passed at the recent session Of
the Legislature, each member of the next
General Assembly will receive an annual
salary of six hundred dollars, and twenty
cents mileage going to and, returning from
each session. After this announcement we
shall expect to hear of multitude of candi-
dates for the position. -
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NOTICE
Office County Auditor

Office County Auditor.
Camden s. c., April 10, 1872.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the sum of
" nine dollars and eighteen cents. 80 18) has
been. deposited in.the county treasury of Kershaw
County, for the redemption of sixteen (l6(
acres Of land in Wateree Township, said Land
having been sold for the taxes of 1870, as the
property of VIM. Robinson, and bid in by the
County Auditor, on account Of the State:
apr II DONALD MCQUEEN, County Auditor.
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Receivers Sale.

State of South Cdrohna-Kershaw County,
Court Common Pleas.
Helen B. Whitaker, adm'x. VIM.
Whitaker ct al
Samuel Albert, Jno Whitaker,
ct al
DY virtue Of decretal order made in the
p above cause at the January Term D 1871,
of the Circuit Court for the county and State
aforesaid by Hon. Samuel W. Melton Judge OF
the Fifth Circait, will proceed to sell on the
first Monday, the 9th day of May next before
the court house in Camden, during the legal
hours of sale.
20 Shares of Stock Of the Camden
Bridge Company.
Terms of sole cash.
JOHN KERSHAW, Receiver,
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New Advertisements.
Sheriff's Sale.

sHERIFF's OFFICE,
CAMDEN, 8. C. April II, 1872
DY virtue of f. fas., to to me directed,
D will sell in front of the court; house in
Camden on the first Monday in May next, with;
in the legal hours of sale, the following proper
ty, to witt
All that tract Of land in this county lying on
Gnm Swamp creek, known 90 the Werdier
land, containing four thousand and nnty (4O90)
acres, more or less, bounded north and north
west by the pablie road from Camden to Lam
caster and lands of James Love and Rob't Love
and the late James C. Halle, and on the east,
and northeast and southeast by y-, having
such outings and boundings as on said plat are
represented; levied on as the property Of Mrs.
E. A. Cunningham, at the suit Of Edward Hope,
assignee.
Terms cash; purchasers paying for stamps
and papers.
api II J.P. BOSWELL, 8. K. G.
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HuE coparnership in planting heretofore CT.
listing between L. NJ. & II. 7. Watts is dissolved
by mutual consent. The business will hereafter
be conducted by H. T. Watts.
LEWIS VI. WATTS,
HENRY 7. WATTS.
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Notice to Consignees.

THE UNDERSIGNED hereby notifies ship
pers by the steamer Isis that warehouse for
the receipt and delivery of goods has been
opened in the store occupied by Messrs Wallace
& Burns. All persons having freight by that
line will be pleased to taks notice and govern
themselves accordingly.
Mr.. JOHN B. LYLES has charge OF the ware
''N0' G. W. JESTER,
..pl 4ul Captain Isis.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-04-11

DR.. TUTr's PILLs.-Is apurcly vegetable
concentration for keeping the Bowels in
natural motion and cleansing the system of
all impurities, and positive cure for Consti-
patton. They restore the diseased Liver.
Stomach and Kidneys. to healthful action.
while at the same time they brace and in
vigorate the whole system.
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Information Wanted!

THE UNDERSIGNED desire information re-
specting the heirs of William Harris, at one
time resident within this county. Call upon or
address KERSHAw g. KERSHAW,
Attorneys at Law, Camden, 6. &C.
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ROME, Ca, JsuuarXl1, 1871


DR.. W IT. Tut; s
Dear Sir-Having used your Liver Pills
and finding none that have done my wife or
myself as much good. 1 would like to know
if they would do as we'll North as here. I
intend going North in March. and if they
will have the same effect as in this climate,
I want to take them on with me. Hoping
to hear from you soon,
I remain, your obed't serv't,
HENRY A HILLS.
DR.. TUFTS Hair Dye does not Stain the
Linen.
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SheriH's Sale.

G. W. Williams & Co.
ys. SEi. Fa.
W. F. Boykin.
DY virtue of f. ia. to me directed and lodged,
ID will sell in front of the court house in
Camden, on Monday, the 9th day Of May next
within the legal hours of sale, the following des-
cribed property, to-wit.
Two lots or parcels of land in this county,
marked as lots No, 2, on the plat of land of the
East of Lemuel Boykin, one parcel containing
326 acres. and one parcel containing 3ll acres,
one of said parcels containing the mill pond, and
the other near the railroad depot; bounded north
by lands of A. H. Boykin, and Mrs. Ellerbe, east
and south by lot no. 8 of said tract Of Lemuel
Boykin, south and southwest by land Of Mrs.
Mary E. Boyxn: Levied on as the property OF
W. F. Boykin al the suit of Geo. ". Williams
& Co. Terms cash, purchasers paying for
stamps and papers.
api1l J.P. BOSWELL, s. K. G.
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w. CLYBURN, Agent,
FOR SALE,

THAT DESIRABLE RESIDENCE on Broad
street known as the Rosser House, at pres
cnt occupied by Mr.. ]. L. Reed.
Also the residence on DeKab street, next
east of the Methodist Church, known as tho
shuford House. For terms, &C., apply to
mchl 4 ". CLIbChNi;
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COMPRISING Historians, Poets Artists war
v riors, Emperors, Kings Statesmen historic
and Ideal Pictures, Etc. These EngraYlngs
have appeared in the Eclectic Magazine during
the past 25 wears. Tho subjects have been Sc
leeted with great care on both sides of the At
lantic. They are printed on different sized pa,
per, either small size by 10, os quarto size 10
by II
Price: small sire 10c; quarto size 15e. A spe-
.;men Of each size and catalogue sent on receipt
of 25c: and on receipt of 81, five Of each size
will be sent. Catalogues sent free to any ad-
dr,ss. E.R. PELTON, Publisher,
april II 1OS Fulton st. New foEx'
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Dissolution.

New Advertisements.
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Fancy and Toilet Articles.

IN Large Variety, such as Toilet Sets, Dress
ing Cases, (both ladies' and gentlsmsn's)
Toilet Stands, Jewelry Stands, Work Bsxss.
Vases, Leather and Silk Bags and Port Monies.
Also, German Colognes, Lubin's and loves
Extracts, Lubins Soap, besides . largo lstsf
other Perfumeries and Fancy Soaps.
HODGSON & DUNLAP.
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kerosene Lamps. & OIL.

lust arrived; large and beautiful assort,
q ment of Kerosene Lamps, both Parlor and
hand with all the Latest Improved Burners We
also keep on hand the Best known Oil, as al the
oil we sell HAS BEEN TESTED.
HoDGsoN 3 DUNLAP.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-16
Veterinary Vandalism.

The Rural New Yorker says: There is
a class OF men who travel through the
country protesting to be veterinary
surgeons, who are unknown, and not
likely to be known long in any locality.
They do swindle farmers-there is no
doubt of it. Our stock interests are be.
coming of such magnitude, and the dis.
eases which affect stock so common,
that neal ly every thousand farmers who
breed horses, cattle, sheep and swine,
ought to support skilled veterinary
surgeon. There is need of such aid in
domestic husbandry. But we ought to
have laws which will properly punish
malpractice in the treatment of domes.
tic animals, as well as humans. This
sort of protection should be afforded by
law. Until it is, these itinerants will
thrive on illgotten gains. 1t seems to
us that country physicians ought find it
proftable-and it certainly would not
be undignified-to combine with their
practice for the salvation of human life
veterinary practice. There is rich and
useful field open before them in this eli
rection; and the knowledge of the laws
governing human health are not map
plicable in the treatment of dumb
brutes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-16
The Comet Panic In 1872.

Winston, justly celebrated as a math-
ematician and as the translator of Jose.
plus, predicted in ZIP that a comet
would appear on Wednesday, the l4th
of October, of that year, at five minutes
of five o'clock in the morning, and that
on the following Friday the earth would
be destroyed by fire.
The comet appeared punctually, and
this fact, added TO Whiston's reputation
for science, spread the fear far and wide
that the remainder of the prediction
would likewise he fulfilled.
A number of persons, believing in the
savlnc properties of water, got into
boats and barges in the Thames. South
Sea and India stock fell. 1t is even
related that frightened Dutch captain
threw all his powder overheard, lest it
should endanger the ship. One hun.
dred clergvmen were ferrled to Sabbath
Palace to request the preparation of
proper prayers, there being none in the
church service appropriate to such an
emergency. But the panic, neverthe.
less, produced great good; for the PEG.
pie universally believed that the day OF
Judgment was at hand, and acted upon
that belief. Many wrongs were righted,
many breaches of morality repaired
and many sins "repented Of"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-16
Circulation of the Blood.

1t is known that our food nourishes
us by being changed into blood. A
healthy man has in his his system about
three gallons of blood. This is all con-
tanned in the beart, arteries and veins,
Gus are these, so thickly set in our flesh
that we cannot stick the point of fne
needle through the skin without pierre
ing some of them.
In all these organs-the heart, arte-
RE. and veins-the blood is constantly
in motion. In the arteries, it flows
from the heart; in the veins, to the
heart. And so rapid is this motion that
all the blood in the body, from the
crown of the head, and the tips of the
fingers, and the ends of the toes, passes
to the heart, and from the heart to the
lungs, and from the lungs back TO the
heart again, every FIVE minutes.
The circulation is absolutely neces.
sary to the support of life. In its pass
age through the system the blood gives
up its DEMONSTRATING power TO the dit.
| terent organs, and in return receives
only waste matter, with which it goes
loaded to the heart and lungs, where it
exchanges this for another portion of
the life-giving oxygen. With this it is
again sent by the beating of the heart
on its cheering mission TO all parts of
the body.
When we place our fingers upon an
artery, as at the wrists, or on the sides
of the neck under the ears, or on the
throbbing temples, we can feel this flow
of the blood making pulse at every
beat of the heart, bat in the veins, as on
the back of the hand, it is constant, and
on this account imperceptible to the
touch.
If from any cause, as drowning, or
sutfocation by gas, our lungs are de-
prived of supply ofpure air, the blood is
not purified, does not receive new sup
ply of oxygen, and goes into circulation
second time, incapable of sustaining
life. Insensibility and death are the sure
results, unless 10y artificial means pure
air can be forced into the lungs before
life's Pickering flame is quite extin.
guished. Home and Health.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-16
Sounds of the Sea.

When shell is held up to the ear
there is peculiar vibratory noise which
children assure each other is the roar
of the sea, however distant they may
be from it.
Philosophically investigated the pecu-
liar sound thus recognized is a phenom-
enon that very much perplexed
learned gentlemen for long while.
The experiment is easily made by SIM
ply pressing spiral shell, common in
collections, over the cerebra of either
ear. If a large shell the sound is very
much like that of a far off cataract.
Now what causes it?
Every muscle in the body is always in
a state of tension. Some are more on
the stretch than others, and particularly
those Of the fingers. 1t is conceded
that the vibration of the fibers of those
in the fingers being communicated to
the shell-it propagates and intensifies
them, as the hollow body Of violin
does the vibration of its strings, and
thus the acoustic nerve receives the
sonorous impressions. Muscles Of the
leg below the knee are said TO vibrate
in the same way, and if conducted to
the ear produce the same result.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-16
German Losses I'm the War.

The Augsburg Gazette has published
the statement of the German soldiers
who were killed or died of disease du-
ring the late war. The number is
frightful, far greater than the French,
Notwithstanding the constant defeats of
the latter. From the beginning of the
war TO the lst of September, OF about
forty days, the Germans lost $4,000
men, of whom 1897 were officers, 96l
of whom died on the field of battle
Between September and February, they
lost, around Metz, 76,765, of whom 3,0S3
were officers, I'LL commissioned
officers, and &C, 81 soldiers. Before the
nineteen places besieged and invested,
they lost 20,750, of whom $50 were Off.
GERS and before Paris, they lost l. ,563,
of whom $50 were officers, making a
total of lS3,07S. Judging by what hap
pened with you, after the war, it may be
estimated that of fathers, mothers, sis.
tiers and children who died of grief or OF
distress due to the war, there were about
twice as many as there were soldiers
which would make, for each nation
about 100000 individuals, or 100000 in
all, and several thousands of millions
spent, in less than six months.-Pari}
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
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Paper Shoes.

A trial is now in progress at Lille, in
France, against the furnishers Of shoes
with paper soles TO the Army of the
North during the late war, and the most
fragrant rascalities are being brought to
light in the investigation. One unfor.
tunate sufferer testified that some days
before the battle of st. Quentin, shoes
were distributed among the men of his
company, and two pairs came to his
share. One pair he put on in the morn
ing of the day preceding the battle,
and by midday they were completely
played out, literally falling from his
feet. At midday he put on the other
pair, but by 4 o'clock they too had al.
most fallen to pieces, and when he at.
tempted the next day to march in
them. they fairly dissolved from his feet
in the mud, leaving him to march bare
footed in the intense cold, by which his
feet were so badly frost. bitten that he
afterward had to submit to amputation.
This poor fellow, it is said, manages to
move along by the aid of two clutches,
and is completely inclpaciated for
work. The furnishers of these shoes
are immensely wealthy, and no one has
manifested any disposition, until very
recently, TO relieve them of a portion
of their scandalously earned fortunes.
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An Island Sea That Never Gives Up It's
Dead.

Some IL or ii persons have been
drowned in Lake Pahoe within the past 10
years; none of the bodies have ever been
recovered. Superstition, ever ready to
weave sensation from Natures laws,
asserted that there was doubtful mys-
terry in the non-recovery of the drowned;
that, in fact, monster had its abode
in this fresh water sea, and that the
bodies all passed into his capacious
nav. The true explanation of this
mystery never has been given. The
non appearance of the bodies is due to
three causes: The first is, the great
purity of the water, and its consequent
| lack of buoyancy. Drowning is very
easy in it, for this reason, though have
not, while swimming in it, found any
more than ordinary difficulty in sus-
tanning myself. The second and main
cause is due to the great GOODNESS of the
water. Even at this, the warmest sea
son, the surface water is as cold AS the
| drinker desires it to be, but it is warm
there compared with its temperature at
| the depth of 100 or 200 feet. 1t is cold
there as the arctic heat OF an iceberg
When body sinks in the lake to the
depth required, it is frozen stiff. The
process, of course, preserves it, so that
the gas which originates in the body
{: ON decay in other water is prevented,
and distension checked. The body is
thus kept in state of greater specific
gravity than the water in which it is
suspended, and thereby prevented from
rising to the surface. The third cause
lies in the great pressure Of the pure
water on an thing which is sunk to a
great depth in it. Corks placed on
deep sea nets are pressed down in a
week to half their size; and one of the
oldest residents Of the lake expresses
the belief that, by the time mans
body has been suspended for week at
"a depth of about POO feet lit is not likely
that it ever reaches the cavernous and
almost fathomless bottom of the great
lake,, the compi ession of the water has
reduced its size to that of child's
Doubtless the idea of uncoffined sus
pension in such "world OF water" is
not pleasant one to- contemplate but
to be pressed into a solid mass, and sus
pended in liquid coffin of ice temper
allure, is quite as pleasant as intermen,
and moldering in the ground.-Lak,
PahOe Letter to San Francisco Bulletin.
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An AmaZOn's Story.

The Kansas City Times has the follow
ing story Of masculine female
The calaboose sometimes has for its
tenants some rough characters. Yes
terday woman was turned loose whose
proper name is Fanny Taylor. She
stated to our reporter that she was born
ing Spottsylvania county, Pa. When
young she ran away with Robinson a.
Eldreds circus, with which she re.
manned several years as II female athlete
and gymnast. She afterwards learned
the shoemaker's trade and served five
years in this business, part of this time
passing as a man. She then served
two years as blacksmith in the patent
bolt and nut works in ST. Louis, and
| claims to be able to shoe horse as well
as man. She served az blacksmith in
| the Tenth Missouri cavalry from 1862
to 1864, and was taken prisoner in Ala.
bama and sent to Richmond, where she
revealed her sex and got her release
She was many times arrested in Rich
mond for fighting or gambling. Some
of these fights were very serious. She
boasts of having a fight with Joseph
Mayo, Mayor of Richmond, and after.
ward had prize fight and won it. She
made her escape from Richmond, and
returned to st. Louis, when she was
sent to Jail for shooting in the Bowery
Theater. She made her escape by
climbing wall and letting herself
down by blanket cut into strips. She
then assumed her own clothing, and,
passing as a woman, escaped detection.
She has run as brakeman on the Mis-
souri, Pacific for nearly year. but was
discharged for drunkenness. She mar.
ried negro in this town about year
ago, with whom she lived some time.
Her greatest enemy is her temper,
which is very high, and when inhamed
by strong drink is demoniac. She is
one of the toughest women living, and
Is more like man than q woman.