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VOLUME XX--NO. 49 ABBEVILLE, S. G.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 19. 18'3 LEE AND HUGH WILSON BY W. A. -EST_A_B] t * " JLN entering upen the eighth year WHITE would assure their friends and cust< for supplying the wants of the trad WINTER GOODS is complete in tention of the ladies specially to 1 MUNT OF DRESS GOODS, CTTTTfi JAPANESE POPLINS, MERINOS HOSIERY Their Stock of CASSIMERES, C /larger nor better. Any person in certainly be suited., in BOOTS A ke<?p the largest and best assorted I .,tbe country. Give them a call and they will do J. B. & W WILL 1 " Oct: 9,1872, 28-tf NO. 2 GR-fl Are prepared to show to their frienc : Staple Dry Goods, Eats, Sloes ai Also a Select S In the Dry Goods Lino will be foun CALICOES, BLEA BROWN SI TIC1 OSXABURGS, and many otlie In the Grocer BACON, FLOUR, MOLASSES, nnr wiKR svt f- MACKERE *???' <*_-? - I POWDER AND SHOT, and every TTTfllfio a complete Lot of t?ANGE% LEMONS, JELLIES, ! SARDINES, nXL l'/? CRACKERS, SI both French and Common. We have on hands BAGGING an , --Come one! Come all!! we think T Sept. 18, 1372, 53-tf a WANDO" roi J$Lm IS/Lm JSkJUE GREEN" EARLY ORDERS WILL ] ' "Janj 15, 1873, tf Moore < t *THE UNDERSIGNED have foi i . Jx General Merchandis< to be carried on at NINETY-SIX, JGNES, dec'd. They will keep a -HOil-D ,bi;or' Staple an as well as a choice assortment of GROC and solicit a call from their frfends ! share of the public favor. 'iiJj <i : - January 8, 1872, 39-tf McDONAL HAVE in store a full st( sold strictly for cash, same quality by any First C We will not attempt to co induce you to buy will sell } &nd doubly make it up on o with you so gently by indulg sells you goods first at a hig] interest, and ten to one if h( stable to attacn your couon^ ; iiig business. WE will sell ash, which will enable us t they will be obliged to s< system. Oct. 9,1872, 26-tf Marbl< THE MARBLE YARD is remo Shop and handsome Office j Street, above the Mai shall House \ 1 ITALIAN AND jCan. always be found on hand, an jriqp manner, and at prices lower * Also, a tine collection 01 j^esigii ' jBTONES, whjcb c^n be furnish** and styles. " J IJT ADDITION PRY GOODS, W5X31 OFF : Bacon, Lard, Flour, lasses, Mackerel And everything usually kept in a < They have also on hands a small SEED. October 0' 1872, 26-tf ,ished .1865. of their business since the war. BROTHERS wners that they are better prepared this Fall e than ever before. Their Stock of fall and every particular, They would invite the at heir lakge AND elegant ASSORT silks, i, delaines, &c. and gloves !! SHAWJLS A IS I) 13UU.Liij V AJ^-D teiviJXio LOTHS, TWEEDS and JEANS was never want of Goods for Mens' or Boys wear, can ND SHOES they can suit everybody. They Stock in their line to he found anywhere in their best to please. ITE BROTHERS. . J. ROGERS* BE FOUND AT JNITE RANGE. Is a select Stock of Fall Goods, consisting of id Boois, Crockery, Groceries & Provisions. tock of Confectioneries, d, . CHED AND IIRTINGS, COTTON PLAIDS, EUNGS, KERSEYS. JEANS AND 1* UlllJgH LOU IIUlllClUUS l\? iucuuuu, j Line will be found, *UP, SUGAR, L, LAIID, RIO and JAVA COFFEE, FtlCE, SOAP, CANDLES, STARCH, SODA, thing iu the Grocery line. ' Confectioneries, consisting of BANANAS, COCOA NUTS, BRANDY PEACES, OYSTERS, IEET CAKES, CANDIES, d TIES, which we will sell low. we can suit you. and " STONO " t SALE BY I he app We fi-'U and wat 80 f thai foot was was ma' rati had of t his had by I to a thet beei WOOD, S. C. ENSURE PROMPT ATTENTION. $k Quarles. med a co-partnership in the 5 and Grocery Business, , at the stand lately occupied by Mr. B. A. ? - J -x - .1. ?( *lA rariou biucb. ui tuo ucsu d Dress Goods, URIES, }. They will spare no effort to merit a JOHN A. MOORE. R. P. QUARLES D & HADDON >ck of Merchandise, which will be and as cheap as any Goods of the lass House in the Trade. mpete with the merchant, who to rou many leading articles for cost, thers, or against the man who deals ;ing you for twelve long months and b. price and then adds to this a large ; does not in the end send Mr. Con ^ No this is not our manner of do you everything at a small profit for o sell to our customers so cheap that ?e the benefit derived from the cash 3 Worlds! ved from its old quartern to its new Work >repared ezpressly for the business ou Main i. A fine stock of AMERICAN MARBLE id all work warranted to be done in a.adns than elsewhere. is for MONUMENTS AND FANCY HEAD i at short uoticoT. Call and see our prices [. P. CHALMERS. TO THEIR STOClK OF BOOTS AND SHOES* ?f I EE FOR SALE Sugar, Coffee, Meal, Mo - " * ? m:?? L, Salt, Bagging, jlu??, Gcjaut?ty ofIMJRE RED OATS FOR WHITE BROTHERS. A Secret s your secret and mine love! Ji me! how the dreary rain, th a slow persistence all day long, ripped on the window pane! i chamber was weird with shadows, aid dark with the deepening gloom, iere you iu your royal womanhood iay waiting for the tomb! ?y robed you all in white, love, n your hair was a single rose, tiarble rose it might well have been, ti its cold and still repose. jaler than yonder carven saint, !nd calm as the angels are, j seem so near me my beloved, et were, alas, so far! . y litran Mian wpcun uuia# uui ntu.iu, hough here she is lying?dead! ill give her a last love token hat shall be to her a sign ;he dark fcrave?or beyond it !? f this deathless love of mine." [ sought me a little scroll, love, nd thereon in eager haste, t another's eye should read them, ome mystic words I traced. mi close in your clasped lingers, lose in your waxen hand, laced the scroll lis an amulet, ure you would understand J isecret is your's and mine, love! nly as we two may know iat words shown clear in the darkness f your grave so green and low, : if, when we meet hereafter, x the dawn of a fairer day, i whisper those mystical words, love, ; is all I would have you say! ? Trie Aldine. A ROBBERS MAGNANIMITY. t is said the devil is not as black as is painted, and tbo same might ly to John A, Murrill, the great stern land pirate. At the time he red conspicuously along the Ohio Mississippi riders, steam boating i comparatively in its infancy, and , sparsely was the country settled i L the red man still retained bis i hold, although its absolute sway < i over. To the traveler Murrill | a terror, but to the squattors for | iy miles around his cave he was i ier a friend than otherwise, for he | never been known to harm any ,hem, and he had often lent them aid in time of trouble. Especially he befriended them from outrages | ite savages, and ho was not slow / ?nv wrnnir inflicted unon n by the red man. MumII had I idle for some time. It Beemed f he had a presentiment of evil ging over him, and he had grown est}, and even melancholy. His i ventured to -whisper among nselve-s that their captain was nning indolent, and some of them ared that he hnd received a vast itity ot gold which be had con ed. and that at the first opportu he intended to ship to some int point,*and leave them and his icr occupation forever. II summer the captain had talked lci.rsions, but the}' had boen de d from time to time, and nothing been accomplished. The stock of isione had become so far ex ited that the robbers wer compel to subsist principally on game. y became discontented and some liem openly grumbled ; but a single -n of the. chief was sufficient to t )se silence. II the men had been lolling leis y about, and as night came on I ' hugged the fire closeley, and and anon they cast anxious ces over the river, as if expecting f 3 important event. Even the 0 ain appeared uneasj', and be B Je up and down, sometimes paus- f and then continuing bis walk at | re rapid rate. (j iddenly a man on a horse appear- f l sight, and at the same time the fl 1 blast of a trumpet was heard, i antly the men were upon their t and when the rider came up he surrounded in an "instant, and a in questions propounded in the e n hi.fl.iili T r> nnn onrl all hn mflflrt answer: Che steamer will not eomc further n than Louisville, but she is a prize if we can only capture her. cargo is an assorted one, and it not be removed until snow falls, that it can be taken across to hville in sleds, unless a warm 1 should <y)me on ; then sho would ie down the river and up the uberland." There won't be any warm spell i season," suggested one of the bers. "In a week the Ohio will be :en up tighter than a drum-head, the Cumberland is closed now. must se'ze her where she lies." Aye, aye!" was the response from y throats. vVithout heeding these ras, Murrill asked : How is ttie >vater on tjio falls at jisville?" Hardly enough to get her over, , there has been rain above?the or is rising?and there will bo pleu by the timo we get there." Are they on the lookout for mo?" :ed Murrill. lYes, and what is still worse, J s recognized." 'The devil I" ? 'Yes, I went on board the boat, j in looking around I saw a pair of irp oyes fixtd upon me, and 1 knew iad seen that face before. I walked elcssly about the levee when I ard this chap say that I was one of [frill's men, and then the captain itionod him to k<'ep quiet until he lid secure my arrest. But in a few interna after 1 was astride my nag, ci then I knew I was sate. But I ew they were on the lookout for u ; for, before 1 was recognized, I urd one of the boat hands say that hoped Alurrill would come up, tor wanted the pleasure of hangingj n." \. fierce frown passed-over the face' the chief, and turning sharply | )und he exclaimed: 'Men, get ready to move, for WCj II be off in an hour. We li have it boat or perish in the attempt to )ture her." Al wild cheer burst from the throats the rohjbers, and then they sut >ut making preparations for the venture; and before midnight lilty armed and resolute men were on thei way loward Louisville, bent npoi plunder and bloodshed. During the day Murrill himself, ii disguise, visited the city and the boa he had rosOlved to capture. On hi return his eyes flashed fire, and hi exclaimed : "Men, some of our bodies will bi floating in ths Ohio before to-morrov morning if wo attempt this job. .T< succeed we may be compelled to fijjh a Uorrible battle. What say you Shall we go forward?" 'What is tho especial danger?", in quired one. "Just this. After it was discovem that one of my spios 'had been or board the boat, extra precautions hav< been taken to guard against an attael by us, .Regular picket line# hav< bocu thrown out, both up and dowr the river on this side, and watch-tires built and guards stationed upon the other side ; and all the hands on th< boat are heavily arrned, and a militarj company is held in readiness to tun out at a moment's warning. I don'i know that I am right, but I think some of thejr scouts have already re ported the fact that we are ou oui way up the river. What say you' Shall we attempt the job with suet chance-' against us Tho chief was surrounded by a sel of raea who were physically bravo many of whom absolutely preferred such adventure as was pregnant with danger. So with one voice they ex claimed: "We'll have that steamer or die!' "Enough," replied Murrill; "you have decided in accordance with mj own feelings. We will have thai boat or perish in the attempt to cap ture her. But there is one thing greatly in our favor. "Whatis that?" There is to-be a grand ball in the L-abin of the steamer to-i.ight, so the militattn. trill nnf ho no uioilant. nfl Ill I 1A I/at J TV ill UVW MV MO f I^OMW V M./ usual, on account of tho large crowd which will be present; ana our ap proach will not be so marked, as large numbers will probably be going ack and forth from the city to the evee. And now for my instructions." "Let us have them Forty of our men must strike back into the country for a mile or two, and so the pickets will be avoided. Ten of that number must pass above he city, reach the river, and then nake their way slowly down, neck leep in the water. Select the best twiminers for this duty, as the art .vili (wobably.be a useful one. The emuining thirty will pass through he city in squads of not more than hree, and so down to the levee" by lifler?nt routes, and all ready to cen er at tho boat at exactly 12 o'clock. L, with the remaining ten men, will ;o up the river, avoiding tho guard y keeping well into the water. Now, em em her; just as the clock strikes welve let every man make a ru6h, iihJ let every man bo at his post. ?Ve must have no sluggards." < "We ahull be ready." 'I myself will spring to the wheel, vith t wo assistauts. Some of you jut the ropes, and let *he eraft drift >ut into the stream. Others mustfire ip as quickly as possible, and by the ime we are over the falls we can set he engine in motion." "Well planned, captain." ' One thing mere, and to this order want joa to give special heed." "What is it?" "We certainly shall have some ighting to do, but use your weapons mly when actually compelled to do o, and spare the women. : If any nan among- you harms one of the itdies and I.learn the fact, he dies the leath of a dog. After we pass the alls, and get up steam, we will land ill those we captnre, both men and vorrien, and let them make their way lome as best they can.' "We shall remember, captain." "Well, bo off now.. It is dark inough to advance with safesy." The forty men started to carry ont heir instructions, while Murrill com nenced his advance up the river, and net as the clock struck twelve he and lis men arrived under the stern of ,he steamer, and it was evident their iroximity was not suspected, for not .he slightest noto of alarm had been sounded. There were sounds of rov ;lry above. The sweet strains of nusic arose upon the air, and occa iionally a laugh would pcju out trom those all uncoDsciouB of the fact that ijrira death was hovering around them, and that before the sun would rise their sun would go down forever. Murrill was becoming impatient, for the next hour seemed to drag slow!}' along. He swam around the prow oi the craft, and after waiting there for a few moments his ten men came up? they were at least half an hour ahead of time. After a time the first stroke of the distant church clock was heard ? it was striking twelve?and twenty men, like huge monsters, crept out from the dark waters and stood for an instant upon the levee. Then, with lightening speed,*they darted on board wli V U VViilll vl J A 11VI 1 U11 111 vv vli V vii LI III In an instant all was oonfusion. Wilt shucks buret from the female throats and strong men shouted the alarm Many of tho W"men fainted, and nol a few of those to whom nature gav< the form of heroes sprang for shon or into tfee w&ter, thoroughly panic strickon. But there* were those or board who were not easily ir-tiroi dated, and they began the ljfe anc death struggle, Prawing their pis tols, they fought coolly but determin edly; and for a -.time the conflict caumn^l A {'citr/iv* f U am mAArtAm OVVU1VU I.U l??Vi bUQUl. My of the twenty robbers wero useless for the powder hud become saturutec with wutcr, but they fought liki demous with their knivos. But mori thau half their Dumber had fallen either dead or very badly wounded The alarm had been sounded, an< the trump of the military could b< heard rapidly approaching. Wher were the other thirty men ? If the^ had fulled or been captured then al was lust, but no. The boat begai to move out into the river, and twent; more robbers rushed into the cabin Using the pistols iroely, the. work c blood was Boon rr>mr>U??H Thft fnhi' r vvrb red with blood, and all aroi a women dead or dying, while lerror stricken women crouched a ?gony, either in the state-rooms 01 t ?>ine corner over the bleeding foin s stone loved one. d Alnrrrli himself had entered wheel-house, and others had c< 0 nrvenced th-ir work at the farns 7 And downward the boat drifted I> ward the falls. Without having"i t wheels in motion to propel her, it* ? impossible to manage the craft t ke(?p .her head down the stream, 1 - as she approached nearer and nea l.? folia if hanftmA pwirtant. t.hiit. f DUU IMtlUj ? v WVM>AJV V. . 1 would go over sideways, and, if ) lhere would be the greatest dang ) unless she should hnppen to be exu r ly in the channel, of which the ch ) was not certain. But the crisis v ) at hand, Behind her a hundred bo i had shot out, upon the river in p i suit; around her the rapids w< ) ho ling, seething and taring, and ji ' below was the desce?$ known as I i falls, over which she must plun t She trembled, heaved and was goi : down, when there came a'orash li - the bursting of a thousand thundc .* mingled with the most awful shri? ? ?the ship had struck a 6unken ro ? and there she hung for a raome while the mad waters rushed over 1 i decks. Then she broke, and it w . evident she was going down, a to I wreck. And, to add to the horror, i cry of fire was raised, and it so became evident that nothing co( save the steamer from total deatri tioo. Ta 1? a AWAMfr mon fn In 1 111 JjOW UtiCilli.lt; O.VOI j IU?U ' out for himself a ad Murrill leap ; into the water. It was With cons era'ble difficulty that he reached t ; shore, which he did at length, in exhausted state. Then he aeat himself for a few moments, and wa 1 ed the regathering of hie band. ? 1 he was not safe at that point, a 1 with only five of the robbers, w had come to the shore, he took.l way back to his cave.. Weary, si and bruised, he could scarcely dr his way along, aiid his men we rea'Iy in a worse condition than hi self. The consequence was that . unusual length of time was cc , aumed in. reaching the cavern. Wh be did arrive there his .appearan was greeted with cheers by the who had,arrived before him. Th were not entirely disheartend, as th< chief lived, for one of the robbers.hi brought in news that hp was amoi th>e sraiq. ( Hurrill^azed sadly around him bad l<jse thau thirty men left?t others, no doubt, bad perished. B nn? ATOftntion this numb seemed to welcome his rotaro. Ti exception was * man named ? BTanchard. He frowned fiercely, i mained apart from the rest, ai neemed uneasy. Murrill noticed th bat still be gave it little thought. It was nut long after this that t chicf entered his cavern. He h not proceeded fur, when his attentii was attracted by a groan. He a proached the spot from whence t bound proceeded, and there ho foui a young and lovely girl, bound hai and foot, in such a mariner that s was unable to mOvo. He question her and heard her story. She was on the steamer when went over the falls. Her lover w with her, and he had succeeded getting her ashore. Scarcely h U lnn/4a/l ivVtnn lrtUAl* tV (111 \Jj lUIIUVU n IIV1I UV4 ?VT V. . .. ? ruck down dead at her side by robber, afid ebe wan . seized a brought thither. The robber w entirely alono, with the exception herself, during the whole jourrn He told- her that Murrill had be killed, that be was to be captain no and she should bo forced to becor his wife. The chief removed t cords which bound hor, and led her the entrance of the cave. He bu her wait a moment, and then he i scmbled his band. He saw that o of them was pale and trembling. J called the girl forward, and request her to single ont her" captor. S pointed to Kit Blanebard.'. In an slant tho report of a piatol rang on it was fired by Murrill, and I Blanchard fell dead. The you ludy was restored to her friends. wa? this adventure and defeat that weakened tho robber band that th were soon after scattered, and t chiel himself captured. His fate ii matter of history. l?Vt*OTAnT a? Antmat.s.? Horses a JUJ X AOiUU AVC Mil m _T cattle have excellent oyesight evon a very advanced age. Dogs in a w state preserve their vision unimpa ed to the extreme period of their I limitation, while domesticated do see very-imperfectly in the course ten years, if they live so long. T reason seems to be, owing to looki at fires in the house, exposed to ci die or gas lights, and being ab( dwellings where the sphere of viai is limited by the intervention of fenc edificcs, etc. A free range always open air alno tends to the preservati of the vision of wild animals p birds. Another cireumstanoo t)i tributes to the preservation oftho \ inn iii wild auimuls Perpetual vi lance contributes to a free circolati in tlie optic apparatus and un^fo convexity of the corner*. Were it not for white writing ] per, artificial light, stimulating drii w^ich quicken the circulation to I engorgement of minute vessels in I interior or the organs, and pasni much of our time in the midst of fleeting lights, from surrounding jects, our eyes would be about good at threescore and ten as in t early days of childhood. The I^ost Continent.?Plato's t H!?inn of the lost continent is be, verified by lending geologists, e that the spuce now occupied by i Atlantic Ocean was onco that coi nent. Upon the Rocky Mounta abundant evidence of theory they; outskirts of it are found in theaqui plants and shells strewn *over tin The White Mountains and the A -ondacks are also recognized bv th interested as high points of the bo dary of the country which lies uu 'in q on THE HOMSTEAD LAW. " AN ACT to Revise and Amend an ' Act entitled "Ail Act to Reduce all Acts and Parts of Acts to Determine and Perpetuate ike *Homestead. into ' one Act and to Arriend (tie "Sake." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, .now' met and sitting in General Aesembh, and by the authority of the same: Section 1. The family homestea I of the head of each family residing 60, ;er, ict tief ras at* Ul* ere U8t >ho ge * ira, iks ck, t,. ler 7 as tal a on lid QC ok ed id: b?' an ?d ,it lut nd ho iin in tills State., 8UQH nomcBieuu cuu sisting of dwelling house, outbuild ings and hinds appurtenant, ' not to exceed trie value of one thousand dollars, and yearly produce-thereof, shall be exempt from attachment, levy and sale, on any mesne or final process issued from any Court upon my judgment obtained upon any right of action, whether arising previous or subsequent to the rati fication of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina; and it shall be the duty of the Sheriff, or other officer, before executing any process against the real estate o~ any head of a family resident in this State, to cause a homestead, as above stated, to be set off to aaid person in the manner following, to wit: He shall cause three apprais ers to be appointed, one to be named by the creditor, one by tie debtor, and one by himself, who shall be discreet and disinterested mien, and in no wise related. tQ either party, resident in the County, ana who shall be sworn by a Trial Justice or other officer authorized by -law to' idminister oaths, to impartially, ap praise and- set-off," by metes and bounds, a homestead, not to exceed in value one thousand dollarsand said appraisers shall make return of - ?Xi u? ire ra an ?n eu ce >80 ?y sir ad "U tneir action iu me ^rcmioco, uu their handa and seals, to the Sheriff or other officer, within ten days after the assignment or set off is ma^e; for,record in Court, giving the metes and bounds as well as the value of the homestead so set btf,;for which purpose they shall be authorized ,to call in the aid of a surveyor, if they, or a majority of them, deem it necessary, And if no complaint shall be made by either party within thirty days after the return of the appraisers has been filed, the proceedings in the case shall be final; Provided, That, upou good cause shown, within thirty days after filing the return of said appraisers, the Court out of wiUinh thp nrsv>pfta issued mav order i a re-appraiseraent and re-assign ment of the homestead by other appraisers appointed by the Court; And provided, further, That should the creditor or debtor neglect or refuse, after ten days' notice: from the officer into whose, hands the process is lodged, to nominate an appraiser,-then the said officer shall appoint the. same. - Sec. 2. That when thirty days have1' elapsed' after the filing the return of said appraisers, setting oft' a homestead to any debtor, ac cording to the provisions of Section 1 of this Act, and no good cause has been shown, or exceptions filed against suck return, such debtor may have such return recorded in the office of the Register of Mesne ~^ H/minfiT ln uonvejumje ui tuc vuuuvj the same is located; and upon, such return being so recorded in thirty three days after the proceedings have become final, the title to the homestead so set off and assigned shall be forever discharged from all debts of said debtor then existing or thereafter contracted. Sec. 3. That whenever in the as signment of a homestead, as pro vided in Section 1 of this Act, the appraisers shall find that the prem ises, including the dwelling-houses, exceed the value of one thousand dollars, at d that the same cannot be divided without injury to the remainder, they shall make and sign,' uuder..oath, au appraisal thereof and deliver the same to the Sheriff, who. shall deliver a copy thereof to the head of the family claiming- the homestead, <>r to some member of the family of suitable age to understand the nature there of, with a - notice attached, that unless the person so claiming the homestead shall pay to said Sheriff' the surplus of the appraised value over and above one thousand dol: lars, within sixty days thereafter, such premises will be sold, and on failure to pay such surplus in the time limited, the Sheriff shall ad vertise and sell the said premises, and, out of the proceeds of such ? 'i *1,0 rtf thft Igl: ion rm [>a iks thu |.he ing re. ob as ,he ra ing md the iti sale, spun pay mw mt u?(vy Cleric of .the Circuit Cpurt one thousand dollars, which shall be applied, under the order of the( (Circuit Judge, upon the application of the head of the family, in the.' purchase of a homestead of that value. The residue in the hands of. the Sheriff, if any, after paying all expenses incident to the appraise ment and sale of the. property,^ shall be applied by him to any ex ecutions in his hands, according to law: Provided, That no sale shall be made unless a greater sum than one thousand dollars shall be bid therefor: Provided,further, That if, after notice, the party claiming the homestead pays, or causes to .be u j U1B paid, the surplus over onemousanu ; al'?< dollars, he shall, upon reeordinff | m return an^ receipt ?f ^ie Sheriff 1 for such surplus, endorsed on said ' omg return, as provided iu Section 2 of , un_ this Act, hold the property so ap- ; der praised and set off, freed and dis charged from all debts aud demands then existing against such parties; but as to such surplus not from debts thereafter contracted, like proceedings to the foregoing beiSg in such case allowable for Jhe re covery of all after-contracted ddbts^ Sec. 4. If the husband be deaii^ the widow and children; if .tHe fether and mother ' be dead,^ the children living on the homestead, whether any or all such children be minors or not, shall be entitled to have the homestfead exempted in like manner as it the; husbaricj or parents were living; ana tlie homestead so exempted shall be Bubject to partition .among nil.the children ot the head' of the family m like manner as if no debts ex isted: Provided, That no partition or sale in that case shall he made until the youngest child beeomes of age, unless, upon proof satisfactoty to the Court hearing the 'case, such ?ale is deemed best for tftfcinterest of such minor or minors. Sec. 5. No waiver of the right of homestead, however solemnly. Exe cuted,, shall be binding upon the head of the family, or,in ease of bis *or her death, his or her heirs, jo as to defeat the homestead herein f>rovided fori : ; : > Sec, 6. The personal property of :he head of any family, residing in :his State,'consisting of the yearly product of his or :her homestead, mdof the. property subject to ex jraption under the Constitution, ihallj be exempt from attachment, evy orsale\-Jfrmdfid, That, iflcase lie right of such exemption be lisputed by the creditors, the offi* ier in * whoW hander the process is odgedy shall cause the same:to be iscertained and appraised, and all sxempted property so ascertained i n d1 appraised, by appraisers ap >ointed rfnd'sworp for that purpose, is provided injection :1 or this Vet, shall > vest absolutely' in the iarty freed from all debts of the lebtpr then existing, or. thereafter contracted, whether sgch debtor e'fam or sell the property: Pirovi kd, farther,' That' & debtor being he head of a family, to be'rein -J*-"- ' -i-i-J 1 -Ai. ' iV. I, eiore buiuju, tuiu nut uoiijk uio iwner of any homestead, shall be ntitled.to a-like exemption of per onal property, as Jier&n allowed o the owner1 of a homestead, to ^k?e scertained in the same manner.' 8eo. T.' That the exemptions con ained in the preceding Sections of hie Act ishall not extend to an at achment, levy or sale onjiriy.mesne . >r final process issued to secure or nforce the payment of taxes or ibligations contracted for' the pur haseof said homestead, or obli ;ntions contracted for the. erection if improvements thereon: Prooir fed, The Court or authority issuing aid process shall cfertify thereon hat the same is issued for some one ir more, and no other of "said pur ios'6s: Provided further, Th^ yearly product of said homestead,' shall be 1 object to attachment, lev^ and sale o secure, or enforce 'tne payment >f obligations Contracted in the 1 >roduction of the same; but the )ourt issuing the process therefor hall certify thereon that the same a issued for said .purpose, and no itber. . ; < Sec/ 8. Whenever the head, of < my famijy, widow,or children shall >e etititled.to an estate or right of lomestead, as hereinbefore provi led, and no process has been lodged rith any officer against such home tead, the party or partes entitled o such homestead may apply at my time, by petition to the Judge >f the Probate Court, to have the ame appraised aafl ,set off! The fudge of Probate Wall, thereupon, iftef giving public notice by aaver iRincr the intention of such party >r parties to have" his or their lomestead .set o?' for thirty days in i paper published in the County vhere the land, lies," and in case no japer is published in the County, lien by posting the notice on the loor of his office,' and in three >ther public places, for a like length >f tim6, appoint tliree disinterested )er$V?ns, resident in the County, vho, having been duly sworn, shall jroceed to appraise and set off, by ntt'es and bounds, such homesteaa, md make return, to him. If no :omplaint shall be made by Any :reditor, or other person interested, igainst said appraisal and setting >ff of the homestead, within thirty lays after the return;of the ap )raisers, the same shall be confirmed ' r 1 ?J J )y the J uage. ana oruereu accoru ngly: Provided, That ho appraise nent shall be made, or return iiled, intil the notice has expired. Per lonai property, to the extent and rind hereinbefore stated, may be ;xempte4 ap4 Mljotf. in]ike man ier, ' t ' \ Sic 9. That one*third of the year y products of every per&on, not be ng the head of a family, of every ivocation, without''regard 'to valaa io'n, character or condition of pro inntR or oarnin<r8. shall be exemnted rora attachment, levy and sale/ ex sept to enforce the pryment of taxes. Sec. 10 That no Sheriff, Constable, >r other officer, whose duty it is to juforce executions, shall proceed in my other manner than is prescribed in this Act; and should any officer soil any real estate, or sell or remove any personal property, in violation of the provisions of this Act. and of Section 32 of Article II of the Con - -O ii? *\P CAttf K Porn_ UllUllOn OI UIU OIUID vi uuuvii V?<v lina, he shall be guilty of a misde meanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall, for the first offence, be fined in a sum not loss than five hundred dol lars, (850o.) nor more than one thous and, (81,000,) and, upon conviction, for tbe second offense," his office Bhall be deemed vacant; and, in eitTier caa% Ue bhall be liable, in damages* to ttfe parties injured^; for all reason of hty-Vr i^rvgf See.' 11. A^TOi8erg|WWHIjrao Ket.cff theliomeeteadtiftSpJr shall receive aa compibBat'ion foCglfch aervice. tv^a dqilar80eteb|(lftMj^, and five eentsa mile for^yer^ "mile oi necessary travel, Tbe ^a11 rctcive-uvc uuiiars wrai cidcntttt to set tin | of the but exclusive * of 'aft' ; burseroents. The Tri other officer, who qnalifioi praisers, abnll receive vice spventy-five cents, a mile for every . mile tram - - r he. foregoing fee: b? in otticer executing. ' ' ertyoftS?' homestead paid b 6ess, out of t6e tor, or, in case o: oif - to the1 widow ; or minor children,' oat .of' the .estate of the\ deceased, by ?he. executor or admin istrator thereof: Pcovidftik That the officer, before set ting oflme homestead and exerop tioa,case, -shal be entitled to demancFind receive from the plain tiff in'execution, in advance, a sum of money suficient to cover the neces sary fees *n& costs herein allowed. Whenever & homestead is set off, as J 'h, ft A '? ' '? nroviuea id oecuon o or tnis Act, ino Probate Judge shall refceivo as com pensation, five dollars for tall services, including the record of.;t|ie proceed ing bat- excluding the advertising, which 'shall' not exceed five dollars, and which fees and costs shall be paid [in advance by the party claiming the homestead and exemption. Sec. 12. Xil Acts ap'd parts of Acts in^nsistent withersopplied by .this Act, be, and the same are herebj, repeated. : ? u'&hl . Milk fa Texas. r The visitor of Texas; in Iastonished wheo he finds, raanj of tie chief ar tides in th'esusteqarice of life lacking . their places npoit. the table?articles which should be more: plentifbl here than, in any. other region of the' coun try on the globe. And just here is where the quiet, sedate,-formal Major D??of Kansas Cit37 met with the mfrgt bitter disappointment in his southern trip. The Major is exceed ingly fond of inilfei Immediately upon entering Texas soil, at oar first dinner, the Major looked anxious^ aboot the table for some evidence of thl presen ca of his love. His "recon noitre was a painful one* There was no milk nor any e'videaoe'of its proa ence to be ???&&. , "Waiter, bringmo a glass of mi!k.^ "We have none, sir:" "What r , horror ?he gaiter wilted before the t^aaoer tones of that ex clamation. * "Wbat!"'again- roared the Majors "Can it be possible that yon have no. milk?'' "I'assure yon, not a tfrop, sir." "ThoriTll find some1 in another house," So saying, he. grasped his bat |8d hurried* out of the room. Before we had finished our dinner howeVer, Major D ? ' returned} utmost out of breath, a twinkle in his eye and joy booming out. boldly over his broad face. "EurekaI" eureka!" and ho placed on the table by his plate a pint 'of milkish liquid. A. good eye tit once huw that it'was not pure milk, that thin white yellow substance. Major D?thought he had the genuine article. The liquid was drank, how ever, and theu the Major, discovered discovered.that it was of an inferior quality of condensed milk. "Is it possible," he afterwards re marked to a Texan, "Is it possible that with thousands of cattle grazing on your hills you have ho milk, and with the most magnificent-..grass country in the world, and your prai ries everywhere' covered with good cows, that you haVe no butter ?" Yet such fa the fart? Nearly every pound of butter consumed in Texas id imported, and'all the milk to bo had there comes in the form of a con densed article from" the Northern States. -. With al the facilities for pro ducts of the soil necessarp for fyay raising, yet Texas buys nine-tenths of her bacon, hams and lard from her Northern sister States. With-a soil unsurpassed fpr corn, oats and wheat, the greater part; of these products are imported.' The dhfef staple of Texas soil'is'cotton, and tfo that pro duct fanners devote their time to the detriment x)f everything else. Time and immigration. however will pro duce a great change in that respcct as well 'as others^ Keen, energetic farmers will discover 'that all. the necessities of we can be produced on their plantations without neglecting their great staple, cotton. v-! It will-be a glorious day for Texas when such a state of things is inau gurated. For even aril is now mo exports of the Stat? fop tho year 1870 exceeded its imports in the sum. of $30,Q00 gold?Kama* City Times. A Kentucky editor received tho following note from a subscriber, ask ing that a false notice of his death might be corrected; "Sir, i nolis a few errors in the obituary of myself which appeered in your paper of last wensuay, I was born in greenup !co, not caldwel, and my retirement from bisnes in 1869 was not owiD'to ill holth, but to a little trouble i had in coneection with a horse, and the cors of my deth was not Small pox. please make correetsons for wich i enclose 50 conts." An editor ia a man who lives on what other people owe him until ho starves to death. A subscriber is oi.o who takes a paper and says he is well pleased with it, and tells every body else 'he ought to subscribe.' After he has subscribed about seven years, the editor writes to him and asks him to let him have $2.50 (two dollars and fifty cents) and tben tho subscriber writes back to the editor and tells him not to send his old pa per any more, for there is nothing in it, and then the poor editor goes starves to death more.