The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-04-30

III. Anderson and c. w. Field to be
present on the OCCASION.
The Abbeville Pfess and Banner says:
"Nlr. T. w. Mcmillan has received an
order from Mr.. Dennis O'N.il, of Char.
lesion, for two hundred thousand bricks
and has already gone to work on the
contract. These bricks are to be used
in building four large store rooms on
the old burnt district east side of the
public square. The stores will be about
one hundred feet deep and furnished
with every necessary convenience and
comf"rt The work of erection will br
pushed right along, and it is supposed
that the new buildings will be finished
and ready for occupation by the first ol
70. This looks like business and we
congratulate ourselves on the new im'
petus thus given 10 the commercial
thrift Of the place. We want more
houses and more people"
Another Whipping Post bill has been
passed by the Kentucky House Of Rep
rrscntativcs. n former measure of the
kind having been killed in the Senate
by the casting vote Of the presiding
officer. The bill provides that mae
persons convicted Of stealing money or
other property of less value than $50
may be punished By tie inAiction OF
not more than thirty-nine lashcs upon
the bare back, "and well laid on" cr
by imprisonment, ut the option Of the
jury. The whipping must ba done 10
the jail or jail yard. and witnessed only
by the inmates of the Jail. the county
officials. and such other persons as the
Sheriff may direct. No provision is
made FOR the whipping oil f'sh-ioned
thieves whose cmbezz!emen's or frauds
are Of large dimensions.
The latest intelligence from New
York city tells us Of the utterly depior-
able condition Of Frank Moses. who
was once Governor of South Csroira
BY the grace of the Radical party. This
man. who at one tine had it in his power
10 have achieved an hon orable and a
lasting tane-.-a i+me that would have
b!o,ted out every pruy sin and short
coming Of his previous life has indeed
fallen low. His condition is represented
to US by gentleman who saw him in
the great metropolis few days ago o:
heinz little better, nay, not as good, q:
that Of lhe cYinmsp Hftst Mendisani
We give these facts to the public merely
as a matter Of news, not that we or Ghy
other man in Suuth Carolina would
pursue poor fallen Frank Moses, bu
We cannot think of him but to associate
h,. casO nth fhG lar'rlne Of rTelr'hutlV'
Justice. Verify. ",hus the whir'isis o
time bringeth in his revenses. --Cot
umLia Register.
/ CoroREp people are said to be leav
ing Mississippi in considerable Igmbe;;
for the West. It is stated Tint more
than a thousand of them have gone ou
of Mississippi over one railway 10 Kan
sa,, there to take mp government lands
The fact that they will thus begin lii'
under nev enndi,ions aud equal will
ali around them sets the Philadeiphii
Daiv y, ess to speculating. 1t say
that it ia not likely that colored Con
rressman will come from Kansas for ;
long time, two dare say not,J but "sh,
prize is open, the field is fair, and every
colored man in the State knows a1c
feels that black skin is not bar tC
political promotion That is the sccre
ar this whole migration Of cnlorel poo
ple." Thc answer 10 WHICH is tha: tht
only States Of the Union where the co!'
orcd people have been able to obtain
"political promotion are the Southern
States. There is not Legislature il
the Union which has a colorcd mcnb'l
in it except aouthern Legislature
There is not colGred member Of Con
gress who does not represent a South
crn constituency, Mississippi being
alone in having colorcd United State:
Senator. Whether colored men vii
better their material condition by III
grating from the South 20 tho West ni
North IS doubtful question, but if hey
emigratc for political promotion" they
will "go for wool and come short. -
Ninety SIC Guardian.
primary Elections
Mr.. EDITOR As the Democratic
County Convention very properly re-
fsrred i, In ihe local clubs 10 determine