The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-12-12
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THE Russians have claimed from the
commission 24,OO0,OOO
francs for the expenses Of occupation.
THEY say that Butler means to make
his speech on bulldozing in Massachu-
setts 'the greatest effort of his life."
THE reports from all portions of the
State shows the cotton crop for this year
to be abou, two per cent. larger than
that of last year.
IT is reported that Prince Bismarck
will only grant amnesty to those Ger
man ecclesiastics who specially apply Tor
it and make submission to the May
laws.
SINCE Washiugton's time no Presl-
dent has ended his administration with
the same Cabinet that he had at the
start, aud it is one of Mr.. Hayes am
billions to do just that thing.
GEN. RoBERTs is erecting huts in
the Peiwar Pass for a portion Of his
troops. It is rumored that an advance
on Jalalabad has been ordered, and that
the Ameer3of Afghanistan had fed to
Turkestan.
A NATIONAL Convention of colored
men to ask for the reduction of the
Southern representation in Congress, on
account of bull.doziug, is said to be a
feature Of the Republican programme,
to follow the Congressional debate.
THE jury, in the case brought against
Mcssrs. Dingle, Mcknight and Billups,
managers of election in Clarendon, for
failing to count the votes at the close Of
the election, on the 9th ultimo, failed to
agree. Eleven were for acquittal and
one against.
A COMMUNICATION iu the NerS and
Courier of Tuesday calls for the Legis-
lature to pass an act prohibiting the
use of long range rifles for sporting pur>
poses, and gives as the reason therefor
the many accidents that occur, and cit
the accident to Mr.. White.
The Washington correspondent Of
the Indianapolis Journal reports good
deal of quiet talk about Hayes rcuomi-
nation, and heard the remark several
times that "Huyes became a necessity
to the Republican party twice in the
past, and may become so third time
in $780,"
The Times correspondent at Pesth
says that the new Turkish ministry has
resumed negotiations with Russia reia-
tive to a defnitiyc Convention at the
point where they were left off by their
predecessors. The conditions of evacu-
alton are alone unsettled, but England
has suggested 4 scheme which she
tv%lndn;arssdd ddss.h "nas already assented.
A TOUCHING story TO the effect that
not one Republican vote was counted by
the bulldozers in Fairfield county, where
reside nearly 1900 Republican voters,
is going the rounds Of the Northern
press. Iti is fact that no Republican
votes were cast, but, inasmuch as the
Republicans put no State ticket in the
field and nominated no candidate 10 that
Congressional District, the fact is not so
THE New York traioing school for
nurses has inst graduated twenty young
women, coming al the way from En-
gland to Colorado and from Vermont to
/ Georgia. of the average age of 25 years.
The school was founded in 1878, ad-
mits none under 81 years of age, and
has drilled 63 nurses during the past
year, who have cared for 1852 patients
Many of those engaged in training have
been teachers or engaged in q literary
work, and it has been found that grad
yates of the institution have M diff.
Guilty in getting work, in hospitals or
private families.
ANOTHER suit of heirs of Stephen
Girard against the city of Philad.lp phia
is now being tried in Philadelphia. The
action involves property worth a vast
amount Of money, aggregatiug many
millions of dollars, the claim of the
plaintiff against the city being for moth
ing less than all the real estate in Phil
adelphia owned by Stephen Girard at
the time of his death, ard the repaymet
to them of all the surplus income on this
property for the past twenty
years, over and above tho expenses of
running Girard College. Seven of the
plaintiffs are citizens Of France, and
ike number reside in Pennsylvania, all
IF them being the heirs.at law of Gil