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BT Dt B. DU RISO E. ."M.....uv....-....-.^. ^nn1?L,"?LD, S. C., ..r li 1872. VOLUME mVI.-ffo. 26, [RE now receiving a very Targe and attractive Stock of 'Black Gros Grain SILKS, from,$a,50;t9 $4,00, , Lyons Colored Gros Grain Silks, a "beautiful line, . Striped and Plaid "??JisJ.itr:?ll orators, Japanese Silks, Japanese Cloths, Ch allies, Mozambiques, Le?os, Iron Grenadines, Plain, Black and Satin Striped French-Organdies, Colored Lawns, and all kinds Bress Good*,. 12$ cts. to $1,50 per yd. Lace Points, Lace 'Sac?nos1, ""Sumioer Sfi?w??' and Scarfs, Ladies' I4WN StflTS, $5 to $30. Lace Collars, Lace f?ete, Dolly Varden Bows?, Embroideries in endless variety, &c, &c. O Uflb?OMfi?TJ?j Of PA RT M EN TS Are full of all the popular branches, which will be sold at the very lowest prices. Mr.;; J. M. ANDERSON,will he^appy to serve his friends. Very Respectfully, . KEAN, LANDKAM & CO. Augusta, Mar 27 . ; ti - 14 ? WQftD! A WORD ! Times are. B[ard, and Goods must be Sold Xow to ir??et th? w?nts of 1 the People! Iv" GREAT REDUCTION SM THE PRICE OF DRUGS, M that my and iHH .'.. .- ? nj v; : i EAVE the pleasure of informing the public and my patrons tl ?k in every Department is full of First Class and Genuine Goods, ? this day reduced all articles to"the lowest possible rates. ? je Public are cordially invited to visit my Store, and judge for them jives of my Stock of Drugs Medicines, ,1 lie mi cals. Paints 'Ils, Varnish, Glass, Faucy Articles.; Toilets, Colognes ?trac?s. Brushes,.- Combs, Soaps, &c-And especially to Ige of my Prices. ja^fujUline of Groceries always on hajfd, Such as , Coffee, Suoar, Tea, Syrup, Molasses, * ^ - Sardines, Crackers, Jellies, Canned Fruits, Marcaroni, Cheese, "Flour, Meal, Grits, Bacon, And all other articles usually kept in a first-class Gro?vry Hons*. ;,And now, as foi' ndy,_ Whisky, Gin, Bam, Wine, Ale, Porter, ieve I nave the insidelr?< k, ana Tmrmimtri^-.-?-L-_ in me. - . . ' . . MNOWC?I hand a choice lot of Chewing and ^?M^kilVV' TOB?CEO, and H? perb CIGARS of Till kinds. IV. A. SANDERS. . .Bear in mind that to be sick a costly .thine. Therefore, uet Pure and Genuine Medicines, at reduced pri? c: ?nu keep'well. When you a: esick. send to Sanders Drug St or? TOT your Medi 'n?s. PRESCRIPTIONS and FAMILY RECEIPTS carefully co:, pound?'.:-:-y Dr. Sanders in perron, at moderate c$st. The'Ladies are invited to call arid" examine my stock or F ;i Brusher, Combs, Pomades, Colognes/* Extrfefs, ??oap?, and many other articles oil household value. : * *" ... W. A. SANDER'S. Air Sanders' Drug Store will be'found ?EVBRY ARTICLE sold by anv other Drug House, and a great many articles hot sold by any one else. AF at reduced prices. 4 i ? ' . . . SB ROSENE OIL, Bright arid r^autifdi, 5?D c?ntsrper gallon. Five or more gallons, 40 JAMBS W. TURLEY Desires to;advis?:the people of Edgefield that he is again fully prepared 'i^ inspection a r?mplete^a^ortra of Foreign and Pomestic Dry Goods suited to the*, j. ring '.WZ: nu.o? '"v ?>.. r- , M T R| i ri ? . Ui .. ri /fi* . : . li - . I) , !>? ,Vj~*?'?t%i>\ -jilt <Jt_ And to assure them that Iteasual Convincingly Law Prices will Prevail ! He espebia?ly d?sires'to call attention to bis STYLES. DRESS GOODS! A ??aiee, Baie and Elegant Assortment ? Will have on exhibition ?o-d;iy Black Gros Grain Silks, plack Drab de! France. Colorul Silks'in all the new popular shades, J?panepe-Srlks and Im itation Silks. Black Iron, Grenadine and Canvassed .Bareges, fine to sublime quality, ^ Dolly Varden Styles, Ir. maim materia!' Grenadines in vanity. Ballorrnv-.-, Se?reu^rs v rh ine*. Li?wis, Lawirs, Black Llama Lace Slue's ami Points. &c, i . Also, a vf*ry large assortment ot* f'liexp Dress Good?. JAMES W. Third House above Glol*.- EoteJ. Augusta, April 3. 1872. Chariotte. Coteaibh aRl Ao?tsta liai:road SCPJERINT?SDE>'T'R OFFICE, 1 COLUMBIA, S. C., Maadi 2J>, 1S72. : ON and after Monda}'',. ApriFJst.the foU?wing _ Schedule wiU be run over this road: HOING SOUTH; . Tralu No. 1.. Train No. 2. Leave Charlotte.../; 10 A. M. 7:25 P. M. Leavo Colnmb.ia..l*15 P, M. 1:40 A. Mi Arrive Auguste.*** 13 P. M. 0:30 A. M. GOING SOOTH. Trainee L Trafrv?o.2. Lear? Augusta!.. ?:? A. li. Cito P. M. Leave Co?kiabia.ll:4? A. M. Hilo P. M. Arrive rJiariotte. ffrli) P. M., . 5riX> AVM. 8tandArd?i?e teri minutessloWer than Washington Grtr time; , . J No. 1 Train daiV- No. 2 Train daily, Sundays excepted. &th trains make close connection to .aM joints Norta, South and West. '- a , Throofh' tickets sold J??d wggat?c checked to all prtndbal potote. . . _ E. Pi ALEXANl)?ni^O^JB^jp> ED BUG FOISON at G.' L. PENN'S Drag Store. Apr M tf 1* 3 IOFFEKS, at low prices, an unusually large iKid attractive .-<toek Of B?KIE?S, EA?S, Flowers, ?/aers, ?. DOLLARS,. BOWS, .Embroideries, CcrseV HAIR GOODb, Ribbons. Finges, (/taps, H ul loos. TRIMMINGS, SILKS, Ac., Ar. nun. v. BRI'M, ( URK Is Ag(!nt for the sale ol MADAME DEFORESTS DRESS PATTEjRNSj; ; Ladies cart 'now .procure the leading styles. MRS. N. RR?M .CLARK, , FACTS A\D FANCIES. "Up with the breeze, the birds t . bees," I heard a boy sing in the mora ? And his hoe kep? time with the O.g rhynie, 'AsQie-cheerfully hoed his corn. Down went' the weeds and the i I 9! Heeds- ? , . And up wept the emerald corn, And I looked with delight ai' thi !1 *? 8ome,sight, j The work of tte early inorn. "". vii* ? s .v '" * Then the heart or the boy Was f?ll aoMm^irJe the'raysof the il And told him to go and put up hil They'd flnirfi.tbe work he'dbei The, broad green leaves turned to ,'.', Reaves, And this.field of beautiful cora Waa gathered and sold; thus tur ni : '? ffl$? The work Of tt?? early mora. Then np with th,e breeze, the bird theT&ees, If yon w isb to grow wealthy ant! .Andm?rr?y sing, likebirdsin tho s While your work as merrily flie? .Th^y^Vsleepy bead, who lingers i Wul have hiore so?rows utan jo' And w^heri ho grows ?lg Will be hi and.eold,. So keep "wideawake," toy boy Bale of ^IfoqiifcDt and Fori .Lands. To the 'JZdilor pf ike J?ngst rec ?8 Some bf my personal ' friends clients, haying expressed to me ' sire that I should consider the" ous acts of the Legislatur ? bearii the sale of delinquent and furl* lands? as advertised for the 3d di June next, and publish my opi thereon in the /Star for the info tion of all coir??rhedV'i'now req a, sufficient space in your coluini answer, the conclusions to -.7 ii i ch judgment has arrived upon the ject. - Th? "great importance of the q tiona involved tc- many of our ui t?nate people who have been un to comply with- the exactions of despotic and relentless rulers, who are now threatened with thc ternative of either paying tip m ( the accumulated taxes, costs and v. alties of four years at once, or be 'sold out of house and home, and tl wives and children turned home and penny!-, s* into the wods ; streets, and with the iiope that opinion uM'J, advice maj. lt of sc 'service in calming their IOM; ano1 'piehenxioi.., and preventing their read} rficqniescencti and eompliai ?willi inc demand* ?f/t?et?&gat?ei whose 'only object is i - force -ut c poor uYul down trodd : \.? 'pit iai SUiUS-Ol i.)' . <>) ; : fepyt -1*1 ' maiutenaocc ot a rc'uti'i :. ... . .1 government, without r-gai ii to 1 distress and buffering Le luay \ iudi in the coiiiitiT, is my only, (ont ijjjj"-rs;trlii-it>ut.Vui.- iOjiy lorouru- 1 !?i . [vt Who .. I Ot ' 1 i i i.-ul . terested in ti. i shall dit-cn1-. tm? " its legal aspects, Iea\ . . tue :. ii features of the subjtn-? IOT soi .-; futii.g oct.-;, ion. Tue mportairt ^!ir>tion i*> hew u the iakd advert?; i ? JIMKj Sd : . 'jondi.-jUd, niiil' .vtii iLsj OV. ?? M;, opinion is that they ??iii he-ili girl no matter how (hey arecondu- r>: "md for the following reasons : 1. The act of the last Legislatn requiring these salas to take place June is entitled " An Act to amei an Act entitled 'An Act providn for the assessment and taxation property' passed September. 15,1878 This act was approved tije 12th di of March, 1872" Its fir?t section pr poies to amend sections 108, 116, 1] and 123 of the original act by sta king out certain words andinserjtir others, when that original' act hs been repealed by an act of the san Legislature whi?ii took effect on tl 10th day of February previous. Se the general statutes p. 768 and tl act adopting and ratifying the sam 15 stat. p. 37. HVhile it is-certainl true that the Legislature may by HI rmt'c,1 can it amend, and thus git vitality to a'repealed st ato te? Ithin not, for there is notbiug to amend, b; A statute repealed is, for all futui purposes, as though it had never ey istetf. It is wiped from the books et tirely. So that while th? words' n quired by the amending statute to b inserted instead of others stricke out might have an existence there selves, the other portions <?f tjie etal ute attempted to be amended, an1 which ars absolutely essen"'iai to giv validity and vitality to them, wouh remain defunct, and lenee the ?mend ing statute would be nnmeaning am nugatory. . . 2. Section 4 of the act .of 1872 un der which these PRIPS are tn occu reads'thus: '?That all lands and real est?t, within this State, whereupon or ii respect whereof, any sum of mone; remains due or payable after the .?ali provided for in section 15, chap. XIII titfo III of general Statuten * * '' shall be-exposed to sale roxi ..?oidor the first Monday h. Jm -, 187-2' Now let us tur;, rv th? section 0 th? general sir.; 11 . ? -..J tr. ai/di w iind it to read thus: '.'All property returned delin jqqciii Cy ?o?lirv ?rea8?r,,r? a"* pro vided foi bj ??ii? cha] tel. siv.ii be <?. feral for sale on tb* detb? : iueffdaj in Man . a? ? . :r Is; sam? ??hail be thus returned." Now observe. Thc H ios o? delin quent hinds in June ure ol' sm 1? lands upon, whi' h the ?axes rem-a.it. unpaid u?er tne sales weaning in March, No sales it is tr^ occurred in March last, at least ii^ this county, by vrru? of orders from the State Auditor: birt cnn the former taite place until tl? latter have first occurred? If-tli^y can,' then the English language h?S .ceased to haye ? beaning. Bul it may be said thu*, jim Auditor pl State sb pped the March sale?. So he didi but ne had no power io do so. He has no power to change or modify the )aw in any respect, even with the ap proval of the Governor. By section 147 of the act of 18G8 he had the j power of extending the time within ! which any particular duty was re ! quired to be performed, 'but thi? sec 1 tion was stricken out by act of March J 8, 1871. . .So he stands clqth?d with no discretionary- 'power whoever, i The law provides -vvben ?ale9' o? de .'ling.uent.Unds are'tb-'take place"! It j Impose* pppn the County Auditor, Couhty Treasurer and State ? certain duties -which ?abh a quired.t ' perform, at stated,p and neither has any Conig?l ol other. But it 'may'be''said r doubt the State A^tbfVegarc act of 1872 asi itself; haviug t i feet of suspending therMaroh ' Doubtle s lief did, bub. this do ? make the tact so that it did. ? j pend them; nor give legal val ir the re'sn fe of his mistake. 1 Tl of 1872 does not, neither by e provision 'nor necessary imjplu in any mauneV interfere wit March sales, but on the contra cognizes these sales1 as taking and provides for a sale in Jui such landVas ase stilrdt?Kndtf?i ter. tye ?MarcK sates ' h?he otc Besides, iii this year, the second day in March, which 'Was .tHe'dj ??nated for the eales, was the. day of the month*. andt this i identical day on which the act of was approved and took, r^&cjtrr-j not published for some time wards 9 d hence it could ' not been intendeds-and . if intend could cot have had the effect .ol' pending the sales required by th< yious4aw to Occur on that very But, the redder may say, 'what i result ? Can the . sales of the c quent lands hot tak? place in at all? I think not. The Co Treasurei Will doubtless go thr with the formB of a sale, and i foolish people who may have : money than'brains and no regan a poor subjugated community, go thro)igh with'the formalitie purchasing the1 land offered for ' but the titles, though' u warrant by the State,, will Le worthless, 'aijd void. . 3. Milch confusion of ideas. r opinions seems to exist with reten tu what are j1 forfeited lands," how they are to be sold in connec ' with delinquent lands. Ail this < fusion itfculfs irom tho want o clear; apprehension of the law un which the State become- th* pori ser or otherwise thc owuer ?ia iinquent Und sale. Section 18 p. Tb ol thc generalsl utes (taken Irom the act o' 18o8) f vides that the County Trea-nreral '. oflcr lor sale, at public auction, e, tract, parcel or lot of real estate helloed in the advertisement afc said, on which the taxes, assessnn and' penalties charged thereon sh not havp been paid; and the per; iJien and there offering lo pay 1 taxes, assessmen s and penalties the least quantity thereof shall tbe purchaser: and the Trea.sui shall continue such sale, from day day, &c. Trovided, That if the Ja; advertised for sale as aforesaid, t ^.pt in ir;; crporated citie* and viii J: s of sha.;, on bebai'J ol the Stai pm chase biiilicieiit thereof, at tn ute, LO sanely the amount ol thc ia os. asijciismcnt? and penalti--.* ?lo. said. ' Th is plain-, and ?s i? mai ;;rai ie ?nurer upplicubh io counti : i...., c!tj <?? village i??r?v.ity expnv?sic;. 'exevptcd. What- in tl taw a*! to ir.ic u.ud ot property? V buy ll in action 34, \ 8? p -n< statute.- tis follows : . '".Each tract ur lot of tuiid, yr pa thereol, ol city, village or town 1;. or part thereol Which shall be uneu for sale by the County Treasurer ; provided .or in this chapter and ia sold for want ol bidders, shall then by become forfeited to the State < booth Carolina, and thenceforth a thc right, title and interest of th former owner therein shall be.'veste in th? State of South Carolina, ao shall be designated by the Couut Av di tor on the list of delinquen lands 'forfeited,' and transferred t the State. of South .Carolina, an< charged with taxes and penalties a if the same w?s purchased by a pri vate individual and returned by "th Treasurer as delinquent until sold a forfeited real est?te." It will be seen therefore that n< lands are property called ''forfeited' except those in oities and towns Those in the country were purchasec by the A uditor for the State, ' frbn the north-west.corner, at pne-fourtl the assessed vallie. The State ac quires titles in both cases ; in the om by actual purchase,, and in .the othei by lorieiture. But I understand thai the determination of the officers man' aging and conducting the tax sales ti occur in June is to add together the taxes of 1868, '69, 70 and '71, and sell the whole tract or parcel lor this aggregated sum. If this coCLree IE pursued, the sale will be illegal .and void without a doubt.' The tax-pay er in the country paid his taxes for '18Gi!L, VJ and *7U, by the .State, thangi: an eiexcise-joi its stfbite'uriu ol' power and the right of eminent domain ...king from tho north-west corner enough laud each year, at one fourth of its value,, to Day the taxes, assessments and penalties. This ie a sacred contract and no subsequent law yan change it without violating the Constitution. It is as Valid ff pi.ylnent as if the tax-payer had paul] hi-- taxes in money. lue State can-j n.it "back out" of a purchase any more than an individual can. The State, by a law whioh has been up-' held ever since the formation of the government, in effect Says itsinhab itants shall not make "a child's bar gain"-that it shall not make a con-i tractor purchase one day and recede; Irom it the next; can" she then le; ' permitted to assume the frivolity and fickleti' ?ss oi a child in her dealings, in so sacred" and solemn a matt or, I wi'h her o.v;n citizens? . . N.".y, ne*vei\ It will be'es?n by reierence to section ' 42, page 84, general statutes (brought ' up from the act of 1868) that the ^tate has required the County Treas iirjjr to tt'ke' possession of all lands purchased for' taxes und r section- i.8y and rent out the aame in parcels ot not more than-40 acres, with a right of pre-emption to the lessee at .thc termination of the_period of the .right of redemption-. Thus - then we see that the forfeited lands tb'be sold in June ure confined exclusively to the cities and towns.'' The lands pur chased, aB beforf.'stateAl,; are by sec tion 44, p- 84, general statutes, to be '. . sold by the .Coiirity reWivr.flr, after the- time aJl?wM^th?ir.r?demption, without any lurther legislation, in parcels nut exceed ihr; 40 j?'crea^each, ?lid airer giv'.. 4 tixty ?laya 'OtUe. Bot it is said that 'tL.v " '' ^ rnetiofi |o? the law is erroh?uiiH, aaa ?M all lands offered for sa?e *nd on which .h?re i: no bid. wiiether ?tl.eiu? and jiowijb or in tim cou..sry, nie'fprjleited Ito he l?tate. As I du no.* wishrto faje .too lengthy, cs I \. ??i be w??e I to argue this point, I wit- simply quote so much or the opinion of Altoruey ?General Ch?-mberlain in 'his corres ?pondence with Messrs. Ppp?..p^.Has he 1-, of Columbia, in Juac 1871, .ns ?bears upon this q?estiorit?B.d I think it wij|!: be been tq ?oiityp?tM my; jopinion precisely\ For /him, and. his opinions .1 wotfld ?uppoi?, those;- in; !'po$?r" '^ouii^nZBfp^ft?ij^ 'ifj jthey'do not for me an?riminei- His 'language-fe t?iis :''.'.Tt?sr'??jy; distinc* ?tion whicji I .<&?' ??3^ ter of delinquent eales between prop erty in incorporated citiel' and tilla-' jges and ?fo^erty in thtf'?bnnlay. is. ft-his, that if at the sale, the land ad vertised, except in incorporated cities land villages,v?anflb^.. be sbld.fot ?ne . four th of its assessed valae, tho Au ditor IB teqclifed on behalf of the ?State to purchase a sufficient quantity i thereof to. satisfy the taxes and pen . alt;ea; whereas in the ease of city or jvilhage property, vthe Apditor 'is not .required to bid at all upon the prop erty, but in thc absence M dtherbia Idere the land bec?n?es immediately forfeited to 'the State. In the.former> ?cas? (the' case pf country property) j theproperty bi fl in by the U'tinty j Auditor for thc State, would.,' become ? chargeable simply with the tai es and ?penalties as if purchased by a private' 'individual. ?n the latter case (the ;ca8e of city or village property) the | 'whole property offered for sale, and ; which for want of bidders has become ?forfeited to the State, is charged sim ply with the taxes and penalties, the same as if the whole Jhad been pur chased by,a private individual, and in either case the redemption is to bo made upon the same terms a?d con ditions. The only, difference . in the two cases appears to be . that in the one case the ??tate has seen fit to guard against the sacrifice of country prdperty, while in he casa of city ur visage pi&perty it was not though-' probable, I-assume, that there would h-i sufficient danger of a sacrifice make ii ueces?arv to observe thesaine precaution in this respect," . At any nie., v/hetju .: the Attorney General's opinion is correct ur nor eenuin i is ti.. ' he Auditors.01 tbi Coun') Ut! -'e beenpuUM ngtm cour-' I and he L.-.V bo- : . . .c. ' . .-s c.>i . rect, artd thej? .-ann?' a rig-.- ,t now; that is tb s ) II i-v caiin&i rnh a . urch.-ise 01 th. 11 rtb'-u? .. corner '. ' '"? '.?$&> n; '. I >, ,u 1 ? :r d Un- w . . .fc~? a>**l-. Hy .--il " -"? ? . --7--?-A"?_^'^.-?ri-.i?'. ,. 4. Th? Auditor ot .I?:. c ..ntv h-is iot ftiivertised ??ny fmumci ?ii??a? il re/ore he cannu, leg.?..y . c.; any. S H ..?i thc ai t ul 1ST;! Kquires the Ai.it.>. ur i. adv- e thc forfeited landis for sale tu tho manner provi ded by s'.-ct'on -107 " of iii act ol loo?:. ??ec. 107 icquirt* lue list o' LlliiUqilcU 'ands to be published] We?kl j 1 ' two v.eeiv., be;o/c tlit. sale. I Ti.isli- ?i- iai.cn ?roin the :lupfic?le J in Hi'' .ands-ut the Cuni.ty Treasbrt-r. lt contains the name ol' the owner ol the Lind, the number of acres co::-] iained in the tiaCD 01 lot, where wM uated, &c, But if tt?e reader will look at the Siar'di last week (and in this issue the same ought to be icon tinued) he will see that the Auditor advertises, that is, specifies,' nothing but the delinquent lands oj 1871,. lt is true that in both the head and foot 1 notices attached to the advertisement, lie speaks of both forfeited and de- , liiiquuat lands, but when he coots to , itemize and specify them, we hear of j i nothing but " delinquent lands for I 1872. It is equivalent to a'Sheriff 1 who might advertise "ccitain real ! AU J personal property" fur tailem the } next sale day: without sacing jvher'e j Dr what property it was. Ate, thi <, [lumber of acres regarded as fonejted i included* in the number ' repotted as 1 ielinquent? If'not, where aie thal* forfeited acres ? If they are tius in- 1 :luded, how can lands be boti for- I feited and delinquent at the samo I ? ^me"? How are persons interested to distinguish the one fiomthoother?|h Besides the law provides tlat forfeit- t ed Linds shall be sold ab.plutely to' r the highest .bidder, without any right' 1 Df th?'.lormer. owner to ptf.np the j ^ taxes before the day of ale, while.] p the Auditor says they willbesold on' |? the 3rd of June unloss th' taxes are ft paid up .before that.tipie. -W.P not, ii ol course, attach any persnal blame | P to the Auditor for his nstake, for. J the members of the Legisiture have ? proved th?ms?lves suchmiserable: blunderers and bunglers.and have made so many eoufiictingluws upon the subject of taxes, thatl am not surprised at auy nue ruaing blun ders also who attempts 1 construe and execute them ; but th poor titi-; z6n, who.is icept down ?in burdened) almost to hi'8 riiin' with ie load of taios which ave heapedupoia hiJ ?rom year t ) y?ari to Iceqn power al set ol' plunderers 0? \re?fs blunder er's, hu> thc rigi't io??vailini?elf of an^r blui.'i'-r whtii.ei icntionalw or uiiiateiiii- ii.>iiy miido.y anv offi cer, in his uflieial capaci.-. v-vhichmay affect the validity 0! tl.? ro.vedings under which hi pr p- ri?* abuut to be wren:od Iromhim, bis wife atpi children thiown ifi'he street, in ei der to get a short brlrihg spell ?ind endt.tvor to r Jtipeje his Bb^.tj , ar t?red fortunes, and bo aeudy u h? \ ld ?can io meet the next ta?v)'. ! j in There -<re mai. v other Juders and 1 Tl irregularities connected th tjiese in! tende?l sales, which, in'iy honest court woitla destroy it validity, J? out 1 hav? pointed . out sufficient j $ number of th?-ni to ?ho'PTsuggest j pt the character of others id U< indi- \ y^ cate t he rights and duty the cjiizen mi thereunder. . ' ?h . In conclusion, I have? hesitation in advising person* int?ted to pay- ^ no attention whatever the sales'in i June, and if the- offit? concerned 1 frt ^lesjre to go through W? farce, lat. an ?them- do so, Let theo^r, notwith-1 tb standing ' the 6ale, holoBs?s,8?on of $ his land Whoever br? at the sale ?T( will? have to.bri.ng a \i for posses- ^ sion, and then the lega' o? the sale fln Cl al F h h ? fa di ai tl of ri: m tl ?j gi bc ac m fbi th ne will, be teated in open-court, where, icisio.be hop%d, an houest/.Judge nuy preside, who will administer even banded justice to all suitors coming 'before him, without being sway td either one.way or the other by party politics or other equally illegal con I ?id?ration. .. *' ^espectrally yours, ? SAJitlEL Wi A? AU RICE. ! May 27,1872. jj . How South carolina was Hepre ! . seated at Philadelphia! ' I Sam Bowleg t?he editor pi .that able, 'j jndep.endeptan? sprightly eheet; the : !tfprin^<^ ??rom the Grant Convection at PhHa>. delphia i : ... . .?... : TAike the South Carolina delegate* Wh*atf do fft?y represent ? The most villauous government ever seen in a free Christian coihmonwea;lth-a gov ernment Which is* only a-synonym for scientific scoundrelism and organized pillage'/ A' feW ' .bnt?cr?p?lous' and avancions advetit?refs haye t?mpu rarilv confiscated aStatepftJie Ameri can ?n?dn to. their, private use' and' emolument. They have lound ? few native born r?scala as unPvTUjiulo.UjB 'as themselves, an4 taken them into. ;partnerflfiip.. They have secured the ?ignorant negroes by a system, ot se cret oath-bound' sooieties; by skillful ly appealing te their resentments and their fears-in which ihe Ku Klux insanity has, vi coarse, been ot in valuable assistance to them ; by the music of the Republican name-; and by dividing office and plunder with their leaders, 'always reserving tor themselves, however, the lion's Hoare. The history ol' their - shamelul.rule is known tb the American people. Yet these fellows oaU themselves Repub licans, hold up tneir heads with the best, aud cheer for Grant with the loudest. They come into the Na tional Convention, their hands reck ing from corrupt jobs, their packets heavrwith stolen money, aiidsi'toown on equal terms with the representa tives of Massachusetts. ' Judge Orr at tbe I'h;laf!e!{ i i i OL v ; ntion Judge Orr, the traducer of hid own State, and bis own peppl< - ^professed j worshipper of Grant and enden-:?.; of ??J Ku Klux tyranny as practiced -^pon the citizens of South- Carolina-*-wus ot! coi.rse at the Grant norainaf?n;: convention ai Philadelphia, and lung c...i<>d upc. tu address that delectable body ff pap-suck .?.rs, belched forth his "mirai. >t. of 'JJ'. ?t and his minions, and his condemnation vi, and hatred lbr, his own neiguuyi^ar.d . ir mer friends, ?ii. the following disgusting strain ; . Geixtkmcn oj t/*c Cuiiuniion.- fiy IIlULil vy in?uiuoni" try- vt ?ic " uv\xj IS^VSITXV "?l li continuent, lu ?..c ttcctiOll from wine: i some than fruin "any personal com^u... .u intended lor tue. |Orics ot "Iso, no.'J We are here tor the puipus-.- >i norona ting candidates for the Presidency ami Vice-Presidency ol the' Uuilco bietet: 1er the Republican party to ria lucee ?nices mr four year?'mure, undi Bi.ppuse mat whatever controversy and <.o..icsi yuu lu., y have JU oilier Stales, Willi the assis tan -c of,o ur colored mends in South Car buna, you may bc well assured ihut that Otale will {?.ve a cordial uno. . unanimous ami an ov-.i-whelumg vote for theaumi necs ol thia Convention.- (Great applause.] 1 havuj'eltmore4han ordinary solicitude, which hus induced me to attend this Con vention, growing.out of ihe many assaults whic? 1 ?ave seen made on the President of thc united States. If there was a cou test here, it would perhaps be inappropn atc to discuss the merita ol any ui these men who are io-Represented'; but the evi dence's are unmiatakable here that the voice of the convention simply regaler the instructions which, we have received respectively fruin our constituents-i mean die unanimous nomination af President jranl.fur re-election. [Applause.] I know lhat he has been arraigned-he lias, been naligncd-he has been traduced. Has ie been traduced u'r maligned more than ieneral Washington? Y\us there'ever a nan who has filled the Presidential chair n the history of lins UovemnieiiX .whh vas subject io more assaults than Wadi ngtonY He survived them, uuu. those leoplc that he Curried through tlwbloody cenes ol the Revolution rt^kctcti lum ur lour years, and when he served ?i^ut ?ears, he retired voluntarily. The next xcat military hero that the country pro luced was General Jackson. '. At thc end or before tl^e expiration of ?is four years he was maligned all over he land and traduced, and yet .th? meuid y of the services which he hud rendered 0 his countrymen IU the war of lbl2 car ied him triumphantly a second time Into bc Presidential chair. Are, the American eopie now, with tb* full recollection of he services rendered by General Grunt in ehalf ol the Union/wtien they are en joy - lg the full fruition of Vhose service?, 'pre ared to1 reverse t he rule which was adopt 1 with reference to tho^e two lhuitrious eroes; his predecessors, unicast him .-.aide ? don't believe it. [Great applause and ries of " Nq, no, no I They won't."] , ? It is said that he has failed, failed mol lly, failed financially, failed in every ^W oct as a President. Well, n ; .ay Le that e hos failed. Timi he hps-ins :.iults; 1 av-- ho doubt ; b?t General Grain is n*l ie man io (ail * [Cheon j When? did I:. iff Where did "ho Ml ? Oil what field :d he fail'' I was upon the otherside, al one of ybt great reasons wl.y 1 think ?at my country men,, in my own Beetion ' thc United States, thoec who ?ir fjimer moe, before thc wai, were associated with e in political hie, ?hotrl \ aastaiu ' In:.,, is tis (and 1 have borne thar feftuUft?y ion. all occasions of him, lrom the te tyiing of thc war to ihe-eiul,) Lint while : made a gallant ami finally a successful ddicr, in all his intercourse ir th the ar ies ol' the rebel States he newiC unce rgot thc'duties of thc soldier or tho gen im?n. [Wild applause.] 1 believe myself that hts re-election a iceawiy to preserve peace in Ihr- co?hlry id peace abroad, and if he ha^ laduu 1 te such failures as hp has given us with the, l?st four years. [Renew, cl aj j ?lause, j ?ere is no sea that our ila^ does nut flo.it iuoipha'ntry upon. There H not b f'- ni! iori the face of the earth where fcho Gey nmvnt of the United States is not' re eded more than it has ever been before, jur public debt is- being reduced,, your iblic expenses are being i educed, and ur taxation is being reduced; What ire. codld a government do to make the opie ponieuted and*happy, and induce em to give to those who are carrying it t'their support and their votes? [Great ?lause.] . come, gentlemen of the Convention, un th? Ku Klux region, and I desired d intended to have availed . myself of e occasion some time whilst in Philadel ia .to -present to you some statines .which )ultt perhaps enlighten y ou fin respect to e/oufcry ?Whicb.Wbeeh?^raised bj, the ahoorati? party inrther ^outhentStatea,. 8wi d in the florin ana West also, about, al on te ha w] th ha dr pr '.Ol ba ca soi OH un Un bei wh tit! ore fes: Ea enr pa; thu eol in If UM the a v to. the outragea that have "btcn .cdmiuitteu. in.South (karolina; as you are aw? rr, ii 1 nine counties the right of kabcfls corpuj ; han been suspended-a little over one I iourllr of the State. The suspension em I braced those counties where it was-insisted i that the State. government was unable-:it j is unnecessary tor me to discuss why-it was unable to give protection to men there whose, enly offense was their politi j cal sentiments.. , They were color? d men and white men, .and When they went to , sleep at night they had no guarantee that they wonk. not te taken odt of their beds at? the deao ho?'Of nighf ; taken ?ut and scourged, 01 kelse baUfl ptt throigh their bodies.:? Pres1 ;ident Grant did not ?dt in that manner until the Legislature of South Carolina ?passed-1resotntidns et?fifig' tipohv ftrtn !'U send tfctf forces xtf the': : United ?tat?s: 8?v U erjnireht there rttot give . them- -protection, j With .efecenoer to t?JB Ka Klux law Pres, ident Grant-bas, to ex?cute the law., lt was in,the statute-book, and he waa cai ed.iipon to execute it By ' thst.'tribune whi?b bad the riga) to ca?.upon him. Ht didn't pa$s the law. How did it come to be passed f Was it foot the thunders bf the New Yerkt2W bunc, day after'day and 'week after week, rung into the ears of. Congress, deinandiog thao they should pass some suoh law tu give protection-to them ? And now when the law is passed and has been? executed in mercy and, firmness, how. stands my otu friend Greeley ? He has turned rounu now' and. denounces Grant and the Ku Klux law for its enormities. Judge Bond, who has dischuiged his duties with great rkle.uy there; il?s administered this law firmly and* mercifully, "and although you hear so much clamor of people being oast into prison fdr their not being able to- pro cure bail, what 13 the resort'of the trials that have taken" placo? There have beeij about'seven trials only at the two courts ; one'an acquittai, on?u mistrial, and five convictions. Those are thc results, ?nd yet to snow the extent of it, and how conclusive*the proof was, this waa no: made up of manufactured' lertiniony, li*! timonv of-aubcracd witnesses: niovt than sixty-of these unfortunate pt who have been indicted have voluntary come-forward and pleaded guilty to thc chargea preferred ag .inst them. iN jw-' when the facts como tobe undcrstoot., I should suppoqe that, so'far from bein?? UL element of weakness against the Piesi .dent. it would bean elttaentof strength. I thank you for the attention you have given me. I shall not detain you any t'r.rther. I trast that the proceedings M fliis body will be haunonious.' I uave no Jotibt that they will, but I hope '.bat whrn wc adjourn.-and go forth to our res pective homes, we .vi!! leave tu ?a place determined to fight ? goou fight aha wi; ? i.'i bett. lr, ; fi s than tbirry d?ys !'-. iboiishutl voices will be raised on eveij hill ar.fin every \ ailey upon the broad rpar.se of th if great country in favor 01 til* nominees ol' t?,is convention, and in N'nv. n.bcv, when the votes ure counted, 1 nave no doubt whatever that Gen. Grant ;md his u.-sociato will be nrplected, and that tlie llepublicaii parly ?aid ^liueiples will be established tor the u?-x? ?oui j ars. --God grant it may Isp so. LA clause!] ', ELECTION I^ETS IK CALI vb?, NIA -The ?rarticc of boring on elections has grown ? . li proportions of late years in t'??? sons who. may be disposed to " back their opinious" on approaching political con ti'Sts, are remintled by thc press of that .statc that the law declares tnat every per s >u who makes, offers or accepts-any bet ur wager upon the result of any election, or upon the success or failure of any per son or candidate, or upon the number of | votes to be cast either in the aggregate, or for any particular candidate, or upon the vote to be cast by any perron, is guil ty pf a misdemeanor. And this misde meanor may be punished by fine of not exceeding?3,000, or imprisonment lora tenn not exceeding five years. At that grice election bets will hardly be profita Why thc Public Schools are Suspended. Treasurer Parker ba6 written a letter to the Scho'ol Commissioners of the several Bounties of the State, with a view to ex .Hi?rate himself from the responsibility of posing the free schools. The letter is very suggestive in many respects. In the first jluee, it admits the cfosing of the public schools-a statement of which by a washi ngton paper, some time since, the truth-1 f ul t7nion.prolio?ncc(i a "Democratic lie!" tVe presume thc Union witt'hardly di-ny j he tact longer. \ In the second place, the reasons which lie State Treasurer assigne why the school v ppropriations tKtve not been paid furnish ?MK- for ven* extensive comment. Ac yruiug .lo ivfr. Parker, all the money re . v ii lor taxes since November last,"and ?nu .. . ily in' January. last, was expended .cfo*"* the appropriation was made for chool pi.rpo?es on March 13. This tax r?a for Ht ute purposes al?ne^-seven mills *J n*the dollar-and should have realized in neighborhood of $1,300,000. Since, as a tatet.-oy Mr. Parket, -neither the appro- ft rial: is for the Lunatic Asylum, Stott. w Orphan Asylum, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, ^ tate University. . ilaries of officers] eic., ave been paid, ?ht query natural;;- arises, ?' here, in the namo bf common sense, ?tas " lis 91,300,000 gone? The.assertion of the State Treasnsei; lat not more than-two-thirds of th?;ix i have baen collected for thc last, four ?ars, is rather thin. The amount of tax i levied for State purposes during the ?.isl. , ur vears sums up about $6,000,000. One- , lird'of thal amount would be ^.,000,000, ** Inch, if Mr. Parker*^ assertion be true, tl .now due for taxes.. Tbeidea that'one- IN tird of the taxes have not been paid, is >surd. . Some time since, when the Kadi Is were desirous of buljing the fraudu Dw Stute bonds, ti'ejr..'fcan, j ho Union, lblisbctl statemtiiia ana ibade comm' n'is ?ari;.- ever)* day, showing wno. wl..t ?ouiptness thc pt-oplew?ro paying their yt ses,, There is a long list ol delinquent th xp?yera published, it is true; but it is .i? known that, ihc greater part of them ?e e rep ?rted ibcorrectfy. Instances with it num. er have been brought to our at ntion in thia \.ounty, where property 8 a be(;ii advesiiaed Tor su^e to pay taxes, len the owners have, thc receipts trom o^ c Looney Treasurer, showing that they hsJQ ve piyd their tuxes long agc. Hun- H< eds of other cases we heVj of, where thc 7 , opert)' is advertised in tho \\roug 'per- 'Q? ri s name. Thc owner oi the property 1 s already paid the taxes; but tbc'ideiiti- r* property is taxed agair> in thc qaiac of tel me person to whom, perhaps, it belonged ov ?irs ago. A great many poor sand-hill fal lite people and colored beople, who had ly ? simall tract of land 'and no oiher ^ jperty, have been sufferer^ by these ^e- . ^ quent sales. But the rich have pot , m hurt, except in some rare instances, t? c, ere there was some question abeut the los to the property, lt is the poor man ing ?he poor white man and the poor col- 2 i id man-whom the Radical party pro- for 3 to care for so specially, and whom they / j >mise to provide with homesteads, that ^ . rs lost; what little land they had, by tho >rmo?s taxation levied' by this same rea .ty. Why is it,, we ahpn)d like to know, | it the State is compelled to make an ab- am ute sale of real estate, or to try to do it. ?01 order to seC?re ' the payment of taxes? : theyearlyT?ntal "Value- of land is moro I "n. in suffjeient to pay the taxes levied, j to theI'State.ia denncits humble citizens ! ne] /anton injury in selling the fee simple j bis landa, when a less estate would an-, fsa er all .ibe purposes,. I^theyear-jy rent- aal' value of land is not more than the. tax- ov e&, then it is plain the land is worth noth ing, or rather .thc rate of taxation is in tolerable. The State officials can take ?vhich horn ol the dilemma they choose. The reason why we have no public schools is not-to be found in the non pay I ment of taxes. The Eadical party*, have had full control of the Stata for four years., and. haye been, taxing th? property-hold ers without let or hinorance, and at a rete i far ahead of any State in the Union. Tm people have paid their taxes, too, except;, very few small land-holders, blaCk am white. The whole sum of their taxe; amounts to hat very little, but thev .ar? unable to nay that little,.?und are bein? 3old out othouseandhomeia^onsequena Millions, though, have, been paid, in anc have been made away, with by. tho corrupi men Whom ' the u-olpred people have seen fit to entrait viith the charge of public at fairs. The money iha'tshcWd'haye gbia io educate the poor .-^ddren of.thie Stau, and to other worthy, purposes, has heel, used to buildprmceiy massions, buy cost ! y 'equipages, tine teams, flash jewelry ano furnish the means of riotous and profli gate living to men who, before they cam into this Skate, or bef?te they got mtool fice, had not the means scarcely to provide themselves with bread. . One can wal?> around Columbia ?lone . and see w?ere mindrecis ot thousands of dollars of schc-u u.oney has leen unlawfully appropriatec. -(Joluvibia Ph?nix. .. ? * . keep, the uau) AIIUII An- English f?ruier was one day at work in his fields, when ho. saw . u pnrty of huuuwen riding about on u:s.i'ario. He h id one field that he ?as specially auxioos .they should not ride over, as rhe cr>p was in a.condir tion to be badly injured by the tramp ol the horses. So he dispatched one of his workmen to this fiejd, .telling i.ira'to chut the gate, abd then ke- \ a watch un il, and on no acouuiit to permit it to he opened. The bo) wont as he was bidden, out >I?B scarcely at his p..st ti. .ore.life, inn ter.s caine up, jerempio: iiy ui'dein.. ihe gate tu Ut >pened. luis iii? oo) .lechneu lo'dp, ?tating the*orders re ceived and uis ?eienmudtion not u disobey them. Threats and bribe: were offered alike in.vain; one aftei# another came i'ouward as spokesman, but all with tue same result; the boy .remained' immovable in the determi nation not to open the gate. Alter a while one of noble presence advanced, ami said ina commanding tone : "My i'jy, do you know me? I am the i>ukc ot" Wellington, one not accus tomed to be disobeyed ; and I com mand you to open that gate that 1 and my Mendt}' may pass 'through.^ .The boy lilted'his cap, and stood tin covered before the man whom ali England delighted to honor, then an swered firmly: "I am sure the Duki of Wellington would not wish me tc disobey orders. I must keep thi* gate .-hut. nor - offer any one to pas bu: with icy master's express per mission. Greatly pleased, the sttfrdy old | \/grrmr lifted hjtfPty?SBS SS^BaaTTTT I J. honor The oby "or man who c?~i? F neither be bribad nor frightened into doing wrong. With an army of such soldiers, I could conquer not only the French, but all the world." And handing the boy a glittering sover eign, the IcLDuke put spurs ?> hit horse and galloped away, while the boy ran oil' to his wjork. shouting at the top of hie voice: "-Hurrah, h ur rah ! I've .done what Napoleon could not do-I've kept out the Duke ol Wellington," Every b<>dy is a gatekeeper, and his master's command is, " Be thou faithful unto de?th." Our Oldest IftbabiiaiitSp-Two of Them*. BY JOSH BILLINGS. John Bascomb is now living in ?oon Hollow, Raccoon, co., State ov fo? a. He i2 196.year? old, and kan read in* print by moon-light 33 feet oph. Ile remembers Gen.- -Washington Uot iute, and once lent him lu dol ars teu Buy a pair ov kaff skin boot* nth. He lit in th. revo'ushun, also in he war ov?812,. likewise in the late nclee, and sez he won't take sass now* rom enny mau living. He is a hard shell baptisa by re igion, and sez he will die for his re gion. , ' . He was konverted 150 years ago, nd thinks the hard-shell iz the tul ?st religion thare iz for every day 'eal'. He s?z that one hard .she ?iptiHS ken do more hard work ri the same vittles during a hot day ian :en epi?kopnlitieb. He liaz always used plug tubako em a.chi ld, and -ez u>- lernt how chou bi wal hing u cow chen her ..i.. .He haz i.ever drunk enny intoxi atiqg licker but whiskey, and sez tat no other 'icker is healthy. He auks 3 horns a day is enuff for ;altnv - He buualwus voted the dimokra k ticket for the last 170 years, and alked, ladt Jail in sloppy weather, I iii i ?es to vote for Jim, Buchanan He hunt never seen a rale-road it. nor a wimmin's right conven un. Hi.* greatest desire, he tells me, iz u see Gen. Jackson, and sez that he ai go mtxt War ( dewn teu Tennee 8 teu see him. , He fatted a hog last year, with his ra hands, that weighed 636 pounds er it was drest and well d'riod out. t i%very cheeri?l, and sez he won lullars on the weight ov this hog, t ov one ov the rieakins ov .the rd ai.eli church. He deklares this 1 be one oy the proudest acksiclents his life, for the deakon Was known. ? and near as a tito kuss. He i ells me that for 90 years he 2 went km 'bed, at j dst 17 minuses er 9, aud has arozen at precisely 5 lock the next day. rhe fust thing he does in the morn ; iz teu take a short drink, ?bout aches, and then fur an hour be e breakfast he reads the almanaz will hear state thai it iz "Josh ?lings Famicrs Almanaz" thai he &.) tasked him biz opiriyun ov gin. 1 milk az a fertilizer. He pro msed it bogus.'.and sed that the lonei id old hardshell drink, whiskey so n idorned, waz the only speerits that the /.er went bak on a man. -.. ; thia ?iz baUts are' simple. For bVeak- j wlli tr he -generally eb . four slices ur"! ' "is t pork, Z oiled pertatoze*,' a couple ' lng i sasaagis, 5 hot ' b'wkits, ra4ozen had li tc k ki w te Ji & Lb di an ou he sol bei irii nu cei . < 4 th? i m las! ma &? leat and abd cen; upo swa is f hm awa ; * has hard-boiled egge, 3 kups of rbye cof fee", a small ?jjate ov slapjas, sum; phew pickles au4 cu? cabbage and '. vinegar, if thare ";az enuy left from, yesterday's dinner. . 'His dinner waz alwuaa lite one^ ^hd.he seldom et ennyi ;ng nut some ! oiled mutton, sum u . ; ? -i' ?bee? enm? koid ham, and sum injuii puddin itu top oph with. . . . . Hiz supp? rs wer* ? er? nothiug, and konsisted simply c v k-">ld horned beef, kold oiled mutton, ann ?>n?e in i grate while, a phew ! es uv kold ;.iam4 w.ith musial<1 ad ilqss red dwh. . . I examined luz lit- .d end iuiind that he had all the tVuid bumps m a remarkable state ov preaervashun. fie haz a good ear for music, and whisselled me ?ankee Liooule, with vaxiaahuns. He was born a shoemaker, but ja rj't duo enny.thing at the trade for . ne last 125 years. He enjoys the jest OV health, bat just now he iz ? ?etuiug, which he tells me iz hiz 7th sett. On the Subjekt ov 'marriage hiz ixed Seems to be on . ? ded level. He i ced " that he had- been married 15 cimes, and pro^used again ten Han nah C&mpbel, a lady in the neigh oorhooo, who was 28 years old. I asked him what he thought hiz chances were for obtaining the lady 's hand, and he sed " it lays between n m. and one Theodor Whitney, a traveling kern doctor," and added : " if Whitney dont look out i will en-, .arge his head for him." Upon mi asking him what' he at tributed his immense Ute . and vigor tu, he sed, in a clear and distinkt voicr : '. To 3 small horns ov whiskey' a lay, beleaviug in the hard shell doc kerill, and voting unanimously the democratik ticket." Ithankthim very much fur the .nformation he had given me ov him self, and asked him if he had e?ny nbjekshun to mi putting it into print, .and he manifested a great desire that i should do* so, not forgetting to make special men'shun ov whait he had sed about enlarging Whitney's head for him, for he thought that would clear him out ov the naborhood I left John Bascomb alter a de- . lightful vieit ov four ??urs, and thought over teu rniseh, if thare was enny two rules for long life that had been thus far discovered that waz alike. j 4 The more i thought ov this, the more' i wished i could' cum acrost Methuseler fora feu minni tts, and hear him tell how he managed. ELIZABETH MEACHEM. Lib Meachem (as she iz familiarly cabed in the township whare she re sides) iz one ov the ra.-c?t? gems ov xstyvnapcbw^tnawti? 1 j ty^.that_ has ev er beVn rai blobed iuk ten recanter. She is not so old as Bascomb bi about two years, being about 104 ?ears old. Next to [.ol': wi:? she iz the best preserved ionian the ?vurld contains. I reached her place ov residence early in themornmg . in onemin ?itt after i told her mi bizziueea, li?r tongue had a phtill h<?d of steam on, and for three honre i? rm; lile- ..! ?tream of quicksilver down an m klined plain. I asked tier a thousand questions it leas , but not one of them did she mswer, but kept talking all the timo aster than Pochahontas kali pa.-e lown hill teu saddle. Az near as i could lind out .-l.t.- had ived 1'94 years ?imply because' elie uuldn't die without cu:tin?.?hort one IT her 8tor>8. I ashe.i her Um fcho m. hor tougue wanted to see if that member waz ? adly worn ; but she couldn't ston it 3ug enuft'teu show it. . * Thi6 .woman haz reaeLcddier, onoi 10U8 age . without eny partikular abits. . 5>he haz outlived every body she az kum akrost, go far, bvout-talkino . . o iew. The only subject that I could for moment kart the flo.od over her tan nage with, was the fashions ; but lis was a subject upon which i un irtunat^ly wasn't much. As a last hope ov drawing her out pon sum fakts as teu her mode ov tia. i tuched upon that all-absdrbing ?pick teu both old and young-I re r now teu m;-iiri!uoujv Her fust husbaud it seemed, was a irpe'iter, and. teu use her own ords, " was too lazy teu falk, or u listen while she talked, and si.'he ed.". Her seckond husband was- a pretty od talker but a jioor listener, andi, arefore he died. Her third husband was a doff; and im man, and, az she remarked; ?ither be or she had got teu die, d the man died.'.' ' Her fourth husband undertook ten t-xalk her, and. died ea. ly: In this way. she went ri deskribnig r husbands; 12 in all. Az i rose teu depart i sed teu her, lemnly : "ALIZABETH MEACHEM," you hav 3n mutch marrie?, and mur-nh ali rosolate widder-at wha> time ov J do yu think voe married state uses teu be preferable?" she replied : . 1 You must ask somebody older m I am." tr* St. Vincent, Fla., is an island of )0 acres, owned and oi*:upied for the ; throe years by M .i latch, a gen tie ri of intelligence and J -t ne, former-' Mayor of Cincinnal'. v,iv> choose* to 1 hort the life of . ni', solitary alone,, save with . ?. ,.i ortw-jr seeingfew visitors. he rin sed whenever h is j , - ih intruded ii,' except on in v ' ? His island ?ms with deer ai . I*., .In library ull of books, aim '?iih t. se und tins: and fishing he .??ser. his tir^e. y-monarch of ;i surveys. *? There's a pr-^t.. that. th. stokes Ir will end auot..-. way, before th* 's delays reach it. The last month told with fearful effcc< TO "the pris-' ' r. Ho has gone ?, w .%eces, and is ervous that mor n?: 'injected into arma is constan. . ii-v.?ssary. All, gs considered, ^-toke- very likely1 never (?nie to trial. ' tt Dobbs t links-thai ' ir. t?ad of giv- ' credit to wiiom credit t^.lne, thecash MterTbe pi?d. ;