The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-12-26
NEWS ITEMS.

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in the sen cf Marmora on the 18th inst.
one hundred aad sixty lives were lost
by the sinking Of one of thcm-the By
zantime, Of Marseillts.
A ST. PAUL dispatch says that Ig-
uatius Dounel,y has filed notice of con-
test of the seat Of Wm. D. Wash5urne.
Congressman elect. The charges are
bribery, intimidation, violence, fraud
and corruption.
GEORGE DRAPER, coIored, recently
convicted Of murder ic the second de-
gree, for killing John Wilson, Middle
ton, Del, was placed in pillory in a
binding snow storm on the morning Of
the 2lst, and afterward received sixty
lashes, in accordance with his sentence.
lie will now he imprisoned for life.
A dispatch;,to the Daily Ne'es on
Monday from Al!ahabad says: ut is
reported that the Amrer Sherc Ali and
his family are journeying towards Balkh
With the retiring Russian mission.
Complete anarchy prevails in the couu-
try between Allahabad and Cabul. The
Ameer's flight will probably end the
fighting.
A COMPLIMENT 70 BAYARD TAY-
LoR.-Thc. oficia! Gazette, Of Berlin,
says: "The government sincerely re-
grets the cary and unexpected demise
Of the Hon. Bayard Taylor, who in the
short period Of his labors here succeeded
in promoting and maintaining in the
most deslrata- manner the relations be-
tween the United States and Germany"
A FIRE in Bowcry street, Gohoes.
N. Y, destroyed the residence of Pat
rick Rourkss. His four sons and two
daughters wGie in the burning. The
girls were rescued. bat thu older was
so badly burned that she will not
survive, while the younger was COM
paratively unhurt. Mr. Rourke died
soon after being taken from the burn
ing building. The boys were ali dead
when taken away. The house was
burned to the ground.
The New York Herald assures Mr..
Blaine of its firm belief that the South.
crn negroes have lef: the Republican
party, and that, in so doing, they havo
given evidence of their keen pcrcep-
tions. 1t adds: "They have found that
it is not to their interest to continue to
act with the party that simply made
them 90 bail for the hordes of thieves,
forgers, pick pockets and scalawags Of
every stripe that were inflicted upon
the South as Republican ofice-hoiders
in the carpet-bag regime"
VERY coll weather is reported
the North and Northwest
A snow storm 10 New York on the 21st
caused all the trains to be delayed in
getting in. The storm along the coast
was very heavy, and it is feared much
damage will result thcreIorm. A heavy
fall of snow is reported throughout
Canada. A polar wave from the North
west struck St. Louis on the night Of
The 2lst and in twelve hours tho
fell from "a degrees down
% 3 degrees above zero:
GREAT des!itution prevails among
working classes throughout England
Ind Wales, and thousands of families
ire in actual want. The employers in
he iron manufacturing trade in the
North of England claim before the ar
,itrators 5 per cent. reduction in con-
of the depression of business
The men claim that the price of labor
s already lower than during the past
;wenty years. The newspapers continue
o publish accounts of distress through
,ut the country. At Sheffield there is
,reat suffering, and the ladies' com.
nittee have 100 women making cloth
ng aud distributing relief. Next week
he committee will require two hundred
gomen. the Archbishop of York has
sked the clergy to mako parochial COL
ections for tn, relief fund. Birkdale
md Southport have formed joint re-
ief committee, which is distributing
cup and bread: .''Aeceuuts froR'vari-,