The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-26
NEWS ITEMS.

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The Legislature adjourned sine die
on Friday.
CIRcAssIAN soldiers sell girls stolen
in Bugaria
LEO XIII writes poems, and is a great
admircr Of Dante.
TUE young idea at Princeton is cvl-
dently learning how to shoot.
Col. Thomas Taylor, Of Columbia, has
been chosen Inspector Of Phosrhatcs.
THE State librarians Of Kentucky.
Tennessee AMI Mississippi are women
THE bill for taxing drummers and
other travelling statesmen has been killed
in the Senate.
The House defeated the Senate bill
prohibiting the acceptance BY public
officials of free passes over Railroads,
&c.
UNITED States District Attorney
Northrop has appointed the notorious
j.. W. NJ. Mackey his Assistant At
torney.
Miss Iaure y. Beauregard. only
daughter Of Gen Bcaurcgard, was mar
ried in New Orleans, last week TO Chas-
A. Larcnlon, of Gcorsm.
TIE State tax has finally been re-
duced from 6ve-and.a half to four-and-
a-half mills, exclusive of tie two nil'
school tax, county taxes, &c.
TIE hill to divide Charleston and
Collcton Counties so as 10 make lou
ont of the two has been defeated.
South Carolina supplies nearly hal
the rice produced in the untry. G'or'
ria is next, or ZOO, 900 pounds ahead
Of Louisiana. Nearly all the rice CONES
from these three States.
An exchange nys Cen NJ. w. Gar.
proposes to make s,raighiout reply ''
those people and newspaper who cen
surcl him, while he was sick, an account
of his attack upon Governor Hampton
THERE we're 1851 miles Of railroad
built in this country iust year OF which
Texas has over one third. She has no"
more roads iu process Of construction
than AL the ,est Of tie United States.
\ mcu.Lcr Of the Investigating com
mittce declared in The Senate the othe'
day tha, enough evidence had been col
lccte,l to coryio, Chamberlain. and pu
him into the rcni,enriary. Why Is L
not done
| OK last Sunday night, the 18th INST
negro house, on tie premises Of MIR
\. W. Durant, in I.ynchbury, in whlci
were two children, an infant of TIVE
years old, and its rursc. boy or ten
was destroyed by Grc-7r"c S'"t'r0n
THE bark Azor has arrived in Charles
ton for the purpose Of taking cn'Isran''
to Liberia. The exodus fever viii now
probably break out aircsh, and a lev
more un!ortupatcs te fccccd by thf
sharpcis who are engaged in the buei'
:. ness.
The bill for re.districting the State
an account Of which was given in these
colums few weeks ago, has been de'
fcatcd in the House Of Representatives,
aadlhc probability now is that the Char
lesion District vii! elect a Democratic
Cor gresham next fall.
The Legislature has appointed Messrs
II. 4. Mectze, &C Lexington, and Y. j
Pope, Of Newbtrry, to assist the At'ot
ncY General in the matter Of the State
debt, and Capt. J. C. Colt, Of Chester
field, commissioner to examine the fl j.t'
ine Indebtedness Of the State.
Judge Leonard, member of Congress
from Loul>iasa, died lately in Cuba, ii
is said yellow fever, but it is reported
that he was probably poisoned by the
parents or lover of a young lady whom
he had gone over to see. and to whom
he had been engaged for 5 me time.
CouMopoRE Robert F. Pinckncy
died IL HalIimore recently, Of paralysis
At the outbreak of the civil war, he was
captain in the United States navy,
but resigned, and entered the Confcd-
crate service. lie was in scv:ral naval
engagements, in which lie distinguished
himself.
Anderson. Of Louisiana Returning