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Vol. VI. WEDNESDAY MORNiNG, APRIL 13, 1870. No. 15. THE HERALDF IS PUBLISSED EVERY WEDNESDAY MOlNING, At Newberry C. H., By Thos. F. & R. H. Greneker, Editor! and Proprie:ors. 6IICe $$ dA- we Intariably in Advance. t The pper is stopped at the expiration of t itne for which it is paid. " The y mark denotes expiration of sub scription. Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the Legislature of South Carolina. An act Providing for the General Elections, and the Manner of Conducting the Same. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the senate and House of Representa tives of the State of South Caroli na, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the g-neral elec tions in this State shall be held, pursuant to the Constitution thereof, on the third Wednesday in October, eighteen hundred and seventy, and forever thereafter, on the same day in every second year, -and shall be regulated and con .ducted according to the rules, -principles, and provisions herein prescribed. .SEC 2. Every male citizen of 'iho United States, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, not laboring under the disabilities Sanamed in the Constitution, without distinction of race, or color, or frmer condition, who shall have bee a resident of the State for one year, and in the county in which he offers to vote for sixty days next preceding any general election, shall be entitled to vote : Provided, That no person while kept in any alms house or asylum, or of unsound mind, or confined in any public prison, shall be al lowed to Tote. SEc. 3. That for the purpose of carrying on such election it shall be the duty of the Governor, and he is hereby authorized and em powered, at least sixty days prior to any such election, to appoint in and for each county three Com missioners of Election, whose duty it shall be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to ap. point three Managers of Elections for each election precinet of the county for which they shaLll re spectively be appointed. T he said Commissioners of Elections: and said Managers of Elections shall take and subscribe, before any officer authorized to admninis ter oaths, the oath of office pre scribed by Section 30 of Article 1] of the Constitution, and the same shall be immediately filed, in esed instance, in the office of the Clerk of the County' in which said Corn missioners and Managers shall be anppointed ; and if there be no such Clerk duly qualified by law, ther iu the office of the Secretary o: State. Szc. 4. That the Managers arc hereby authorized to appoint Clerk to assist them in whatevei duties may be required of them who shall take the oath of offiec prescribed by Section 30 of Articl< II of the Constitution before th< Chairman of the Board of Mana gers. SEC. 5. That the Commissioner: aforesaid, an d the Managers afore said, at their first meetings, re spectively, shall proceed to organ ize themselves as a Board, by ap pointing one of their numbe: Chairman of the Board; and suel Chairman, in each instance, shal be empowered to administer thi :necessary oaths. SEC. 6. The polls shall be opei at such voting places as shall b< ~iesignated at six o'clock in thi forenon, and close at six o'clocl le the afternoon of the day of elec tion, and shall be kept open durn these hours without intermissiol or adjournment, and the Manager aball administer to each perso: offering to vote an oath that the; are qualified to vote at this ee tion, according to the Constitutio of this State, and that they hay Dot voted during this election. Se. 7. Representatives in th House of Representatives of th Congress of the United State shall be chosen at such electior in the several Congressional ;Di~ triots, by the qualified elector therein. SEC. 8. The State Constable and other peace offEcers of eac county, are hereby required to b present during the whole tim that the polls are kept open, an until the election is completed and they shall prevent all inte> ference with the Managers, an see that there is no interruptio .-goo or.der. If there should l. more than one polling place in any i county, the State Constable of such county is hereby empowered and directed to make such assignment of his deputies, and other peace officers, to such polling places as may, in his judgment, best sub serve the purposes of quiet and order. SEC. 9. All bar rooms, saloons, and other places for the sale of liquors by retail, shall be closed at six o'clock of the evening preced ing the day of such election, and remain closed until six o'clock in the morning of the day thereafter, and during the time aforesaid the sale of all intoxicating liquors is prohibited. Any person duly con victed, before a competent court, of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceed ing fifty dollars, or by imprison ment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprison ment, in the discretion of the court. SEC. 10. That every person who shall vote at any general election, who is not entitled to vote, and every person who shall, by force, intimidation, deception, fraud, bribery, or undue influence, obtain; procure, or control the vote of any elector to be cast for any candidate or measure, other than as intended or desired by such elector, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprison ment in jail not less than three months, nor more than twelve months, or both, within the dis I cretion of the court. SEC. 11. The voting shall be by ballot, which shall contain written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, the names of the persons voted for, and the offices to which such persons are intend ed to be chosen ; and shall be so folded as to conceal the contents; and such ballot shall be deposited in a box to be constructed, kept and dispos;d of as hereinafter pro vided. SEC. 12. There shall be one gen eral ticket, on which shall be the names of the persons voted for as Representatives in Congress, and State, circuit, and county officers. SEC. 13. The Commissioners of Elections shall provide one box for each election precinct. An opening shall be made in the lid of Each box, not larger than shall be sufficient for a single bal lot to be inserted therein at one time, through which each ballot received, proper to be placed in such box, shall be inserted by the person voting, and by no other. Each box shall be provided with a sufficient lock, and shall be locked before the opening of the poll, and the keys retained by the Cornmis sioners, and shall not be opened during the election. Such boxes shall be labelled as follows: Con gress, State, circuit, and county officers. SEC. 14. Each Clerk of the poli shall keep a poll lin, which shall contain one column headed "Names of Voters;" and the name of each elector voting shall be entered by the Clerk in such <olumn. SEC. 15. At the clase of the elec tion, and within three days after fhe day thereof, the Chairman of the Board of Managers, or one of them, who may be designated by the Board, shall deliver to the Commissioners of Elections the poll list and boxes containing the ballots. Of the Commissioners of Elections as Canvassers, and their Proceed ings. SEC. 16. The Commissioners ol elections shall meet at the county seat, as provided in the last pre. ceding section, and shall proceed to organize ; and shall form the County Board of Canvassers. 'SEC. 17. They shall meet in some i- convenient place at the county Sseat, on the Tuesday next follow. ing the election, before one o'clock~ in the afternoon of that day. They may appoint some competent per. son as Secretary. The Chairman shall then proceed to administet the constitutional oath to each member of the Board as: Canvas sers; and shall administer the constitutional oath to the Secreta nry, and the Secretary shall admin e i-cr t theChaiman ht~'&~ Datl, that he shall have adminis tered to the other members of the board. SEC. 1. They shall then proceed to count the votes of the county, and shall make such statements thereof as the nature of the elec tion shall require. within ten days of the time of their first meeting as a Board of County Canvassers, and shall transmit to the Board of State Canvassers any protest and all papers relating to the election. SEC. 19. Duplicate statements shall be made and filed in the of fice of the Clerk of the county; and if there be no such Clerk, duly qualified, according to law, then in the office of the Secretary of State. SEC. 20. They shall make sepa rate statements of the whole num ber of votes given in such county for Representatives in Congress; and separate statements of all other votes given for other officers. Such statements shall contain the names of the nersons for whom such votes were given, and the number of votes given for each, which shall be written out in words at full length. Sec. 21. There shall be pr&pared by the Commissioners three sepa rate lists of each statement, besides the lists to be filed in the office of the County Clerk or Secretary of State, and each list shall be certi fied to as correct by the signatures of the Commissioners subsciibed to such certificate. Sec. 22. After the final adjourn ment of the Board of County Can vassers, and within the time pre scribed in section 17 of this act, the Chairman of the board shall deposit in the nearest post office, directed to the Governor, Secreta ry of State, and Comptroller. Gene ral, (the full postage paid,) each, one of the certified copies of the statement and certificate of votes, prepared as provided in the last preceding section. Of the formation and Proceedings of the Board of State Canvassers. Sec. 23. The Secretary of state shall appoint a meeting of State Canvassers, to be held at hisoffice, or some convenient place, on or before the.tenth day of November next after such general election, for the purpose of canvassing the votes of all officers voted for at such election. Sec. 24. The Secretary of State, Comptroller-General, Attorney General, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Adjutant and Inspector General, and the Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elec tions of the House of Representa tives, shall constitute the State Canvassers; four of wvhom shall be a sufficient number to form a board. Sec. 25. If a majority of these officers shall be unable, or shall fail to attend, the President of the Senate, being notified by the See retary of State, shall attend with out delay, and, with the officers attending, shall form a board. Sec. 26. The board, when thus formed, shall, upon the certified copies of the statement made by the Board of County Canvassers, proceed to make a statement of the whole number of votes giver at such election for the various officers, and for each of them voted for, distinguishing the several counties in which they were given They shall certify such statementi to be correct, and subscribe th( same with their proper names. Sec. 27. UTpon such statement! they shall then proceed to deter mine and declare what person! have been, by the greatest numbei of votes, duly elected to such of ces, or either of them; they shal: have power, and it is made thei: duty, to decide all cases under pro cess or contest that may arise when the power to do so does not by the Constitution, reside in som< other body. Sec. 28. That in case of a contesl of the election of Governor, th< General Assembly, by concurren1 resolution, shall entertain th< same., The Senate and House o: Representatives shall each sepa rately proceed to hear and deter mine the facts in the ease, so fai as they deem necessary, and decid< thereon, who, according to the '1t sectin of article VIII of thi Constitution, is entitled to bc de clared elected. If the two branches of the General Assembly come to the same decision, they shall, by concurrent resolution, declare who is duly elected, and entitled to enter upon and exercise the office of Governor; and such person thereupon shall, upon taking the oath prescribed in the Constitution, be inducted into office. If the two branches of the General As sembly do not come to the same decision, then a general election shall be called by the Governor, to take place in not less than sixty, nor more than ninety days, at which the qualified electors shall proceed to vote for a suitable per son to fill the office of Governor. SEC. 29. They shall make and subscribe, on the proper state ment, a certificate of such deter mination, and shall deliver the same to the Secretary of State. SEC. 30. The board shall have power to adjourn, from day to day, for a term not exceeding ten days. SEC. 31. The Secretary of State shall record in his office, in a book, to be kept by him for that pur pose, each certified statement and determination which shall be de livered to him by the Board ofState Canvassers, and every dissent or protest that shall have been de livered to him by a Canvasser, SEc. 3, He shall, without delay, transmit a copy, under the seal of his office, of such certified deter mination to each person thereby declared to be el'.eted, and a like copy to the Governor. SEc. 33. He shall cause a copy of such certified statements and determinations to be printed in one or more public newspapers of this State. SEc. 34. He shall prepare a gen eral certificate, under the seal of the State, and attested by him as Secretary thereof, addressed to the House of Representatives of the United States in that Congiess for which any person shall have been chosen, of the due election of the person so chosen at such elec tion as Representative of this State in Congress, and shall trans mit the same to the said House of Representatives at their first meet ing. SEC. 35. The Secretary of State shall enter in a book, to be kept in his office, the names of the res pcctive county officers elected in this State, specifying the counties for which they were severally elected, and their place of resi. de'nce, the office for which they were reRpectively elected, an. their term of office. SEC. 36. If any officer on whon: any duty is enjoined in this Act shall be guilty of any willful neg lect of such duty, or of any cor rupt conduct in the execution o: the same, and be thereof convic ted, he shall be deemed guilty of: misdemeanor, punishable by fin< not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year. SEC. 37. The Commissioners o Elections shall receive, for thei: compensation, three dollars pe day for their services wvhile actu ally employed, and ten cents pe mile for necessary travel; and thi Managers shall receive two dollar per day while actually employee and ten cents per mile for neces sary travel; and the Clerks of th' Commissioners, and the Clerks o the Managers, respectively, sha] receive two dollars per day whil< actually employed ; Provided, E Commissioner of .Elections shal receive pay for more than tel days, and no Manager or Cler] for more than three days. SEC. 38. At each general elec tion suitable persons shall b chosen to fill any vacan3y in an: elective office in any county, c which at least fifteen days pre vious notice shall be given by th, proclamation of the Governor. SEC. 39. All acts or parts of act inconsistent with this act, or i any way conflicting with the prc visions of this Act, are hereby re pealed. -Approved March 1, 18'70. An act to regulate the Feesc Probate Judges, Clerks of Courti T,.mI usti.s and Magistrate' and other officers herein men tioned. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of South Caroli na, now met and sitting in Gene ral Assembly, and by the author ity of the same, That the fees which Probate Judges, Clerks of Courts, Trial Justices and Magis trates, and the other officers here in mentioned, shall be authorized to receive in the several cases herein specified, respectively, shall be as follows: SE. 2. Triai Justices and Jus tices of the Peace : Oath and warrant in any crimi nal case, fifty cents; each recogni zance, fifty cents ; commitment aind release, each fifty cents; ad ministering and certifying oath in writing, other than above, fifty cents; issuing writ of habeas cor pus to two Justices jointly, two dollars; issuing summons and copy for defendant and civil cases, sixty cents; issuing summons for wit ness in any civil case, fifty cents; taking examination of witness in writing in any case, as prescribed by law, one dollar; for giving judgment on hearing litigated case, fifty cents; for giving judg ment in case not defended, fifty cents; for issuing execution, or re newal of the same, fifty cents; re port of case and taking bond to appeal, one dollar and fifty cents; for issuing attachment returnable to Court or Justice, including all notices, one dollar and fifty cents; for filling return of garnishee and order thereon, twenty;five cents ; for proceedings in ease of eject ment, five dollars ; for approval of indentures of apprentices or ser vants, one dollar; for proceedings on Coroner's inquest, as prescribed by law, ten dollars ; foriproceed ings on estray of horse or mule, one dollar ; for proceedings on all other estrays, fifty cents ; for tak ing and certifying renunciation of dower or inheritance, two dollars; for granting order for special bail, one dollar; for trial of any crimi nal case or misdemeanor, three dollars; for administering oath, twenty-five cots ; for administer ing oath on affidavit, fifty cents; proceedings in case of bastardy, inclusive, five dollars. SEc. 3. Notaries Public: For taking deposition and swear ing witness, per copy sheet, twen ty-five cents; for every protest. twc dollars and twenty-five cents; for a duplicate of deposition, protest and certificate, per copy sheet, fif teen cents; for each attendanc< on any person to prove any mat ter or thing, and certifying th< same, one dollar ; for eve3ry nota rial certificate, with seal affxed one dollar ; for administering ai oath, twenty-five cents; for admin 'istering oath on affidavit, fift2 cents ; for taking renunciation o dower or inheritance, two dollars SEC. 4. Coroners: For every inquisition, ten dcl lars ; for mileage, going and re turning, per mile, five cents; fo: feach warrant issued, fifty cents for each commitment, fifty cents for each recognizance, seventy-fivy - cets; for each body disinterred .three dollars; for recording prc ceedings in each inquisition in hi: book, per copy sheet of one hun dred words, fifteen cents ; for per forming the duties of Sheriff, the same fees as arc allowed Sheriff for like services. 1SEc. 5. Witness : SIn civil cases, per day, one dol lar; in State cases, per day, on dollar and fifty cents, besides mile age at five cents per mile, goin and returning SEc. 6. Jurors : - Jurors, per day, one dollar an Sfifty cents, besides mileage at fiy cents per mile, going and returt ing. SEc. 7. Constables : For summoning witness in civi case, fifty cents ; for servin summons, rule, or notice, in an; civil case, fifty cents; for servin, attachment on each person, on dollar; for levying execution, post ing advertisements of sale, an paying over- proceeds, beside commission of three per cent. o1 f amonnt collected, to be paid b; ,: the department in execution, fift; cets fr een day in search c stolen goods, to be paid by com plainant, two dollars ;for serving a warrant in any State case, one dollar ; for selling an estray, fire per centum of the proceeds, and in all cases for all actual and ne cessary travel one way, to be cer tified by the officer on the back of the process, in writing, five cents per mile; for all necessary service! in case of ejectment, as well before as after judgment, five dollars; for summoning Coroner's Jury, and witnesses, to be paid by the coun ty, three dollars; for transportation of prisoners to county jail, ten cents per mile, to be paid by the county, SEc. 8. Sheriffs: For entering every writ, pro cess, warrant, or execution, and making endorsements thereon, fif ty cents ; for serving every writ or summons, besides mileage, one dollar; for bond in any case, one dollar and fifty cents ; for com mitment and release, each fifty cents ; for serving each venire for Grand Jury, ten dollars; for ser ving each venire for petit jury, twenty dollars; for serving each bench or other warrant in the ses sions, attachment for contempt of court, besides mileage, each one dollar and fifty cents; search for person or goods not found and re turned on the execution non est in ventus or nulla bona, besides mile age, one dollar; levy attachment or other execution, besides mileage, one dollar and fifty cents; dieting persons, per day, forty cents; exe cuting, convict, including all char ges for buriai and other expenses, twenty-five dollars; bringing up prisoner under habeas corpus, to be paid by the prisoner, it able, (if not, by the county,) besides mile age, two dollars;- conveying pris oner from one place to another, be sides all necessary expenses, and returning, ten cents; each guard for Sheriff, in conveying prisoner, two dollars per day; commissions on all moneys collected by him, if under three hundred dollars, two per cent.; if over that sum, two per cent. on the first three hun dred dollars, and one per cent. on balance; one-half per cent. on all moneys paid out of office on all ex ecutions lodged;execution lodged to bind,with order not to levy,one dol lar; advertising defendant's proper ty, in addition to printer's bill, one dollar; drawing deed or mortgage, three dollars ; bill of sale, one dol lar and fifty cents ; each notice served on set of Mtanagers of E~lec tion, besides mileage, one dollar and fifty cents; in ease of eject ment, and ejecting tenant or others, five dollars; summoning -Coroner-'s Jury and witnesses, to be paid by the county, five dol lars. -SEC. 9. 0cer-ks of Court: For signing and scaling sub. writ, State cases, fifty cents; for administering oath, twenty-five cents ; for taking and filing bonds in attachment, trover. and other cases, one dollar and fifty cents. sig7ningr and sealing comm:issions to examine witness, one dollar; re cording plat under order ofCourt, one .dollar; rule of survey, one dol lar; each official certificate under seal fifty cents ; issuing writ of at tachmnent for contempt, or other special writ, one dollar and fifty cents; signing and sealing writ of hab. fac possessionem, one dollar; receiving and paying over money ofiicially, under three hundred dollars, two per cent.; over thai amount, one per cent.; on bill nol. pros., before given out, two dol. lars; on bill thrown out by Grand Jury, or found, and nol. pros abated, discontinued, or struck off, three dollars; on bill found and verdict by petit jury, four dollars; issuing bench warrant, two dollars; - issuing sciro facias, two dollars; issuing each execution in Sessions; two dollars; signing and sealing writ of habeas corpus, three dol lars; issuing warrants, taking re cognizance or other services In the Sessions, the same fees as allowed eto Trial Justices; each writ of -venire tacias, including all services I incident to summoning jurors, two dollars and fifty cents; preparing i and issuing certificates for grand and petit jurors, and Constables r and furnishing return to County f Cmmsnsio ne o ach week of evcery term of the court, ten dol lars ; furnishing advertisement in case of escheat, exclusive of prin ter's bill, and recording proceed ings thereon, five dollars; for ad vertising and giving notice to Managers of Elections, in case of approaching or actual vacancy in any county office, each ten dollars; for license to an attorney all in cidental services included, five dol lars; filing and entering notice of alien's intention to become a citi zen, one dollar; filing and record ing report of alien, one dollar; ad ministering oath of intention, one dollar ; filing and entering ap plication to become a citizen and administering oath two dollars; for giving certificate of citizonship, one dollar; taking renunciation of dower or inheritance, two dollars; for official record of estrav and filing papers, otie dollar and fifty cents ; every search for a paper, fifteen cents; every search, with certificates, fifty cents; swearing Magistrate or Constable in office, and certificate thereof, and taking bonds, two dollars; for recording bonds of county officers and cer tifying to same, one dollar and fifty cents; granting license to pedlars, including all services, five dollars; for every probate in writing, twenty-five cents; for signing dedimus potestatem, two dollars; for official certificate to exemplification of record, one dol lar; for official certificate in case requiring seal, fifty cents; on every trial, from the party bringing it on, two dollars; on filing trans script, twenty-five cents ; on en tering judgment, fifty cents; copy papers, per copy sheet of one hun dred words, twenty-five cents; signing and scaling each execu tion and renewal, fifty cents; for recording and copying deeds or other papers, per copy sheet of one hundred words, twenty-five cents; for every certificate on deeds or other papers, twenty-five cents. SEC. 10. Judges of Probate: For petition for letters, &c., two dollars; for citation, one dollar; qualifying executor, administra tor, or guardian, issuing letters and recording same, four dollars ; taking bond of administrator or guardian, and recording 3ame, two dollars and fifty oonts; issuing warrant of appraisement, one dol lar; proving will in common form, two dollars; proving will in solemn form, ten dollars; for recording wills and certificates, per copy sheet of one hundred words, cach figure counting a word twenty five cents ; filing and entering re nunciation of executor, one del lar ; dedimus potestatem to prove will or qualify executor, two del lars and fifty cents ; recording in ventories, appraisents, and sales per copy sheet of one hundre< words, each figure a word, twenty five cents; receiving, examining and filing annual returns, tw< dollars. For first and final return. cael three dollars and fifty cents ; for re ccrding returns, per copy sheet o one hundred words, twenty-flv cents; orderfor sale of personal prop erty, one dollar and fifty cents hearing and filing petition fo: guardians, and appointment, fiy dollars; entering caveat and with drawing same, one dollar; fo: hearing litigated-ease, five dollars issuing summons, for each witness fifty cents ; qualifying and exami nation of each, twenty-five cents for proceedings in partition of rea estate wvorth less than one thon sand dollars, fi f te e n dollars for appointing guardians a litem, three dollars ; for pro ceedings in partition of real estat< worth more than one tbousand dollars, thirty dollars ; commis sions on all moneys received and paid out, two per cent, on the firs three hundred dollars, and ont per cent., for all sums ever thal amount; for search for ech paper fifteen cents; for certificate and seal, fifty cents; for copying pa pers on file in ofBece, per copy shee of one hundred words, twenty-firs cents ; for final diseharge of exe cuter, administrator, or guardian two dollars; for proceedings iv dower, inclusive of all charges twenty dollars; for proceedings ii lunacy, inclusive, five dollars. Appnroved March 1. 1870. ADVERTISINC RATES. Adveatisements inerted at the rabegi3 5$ per square-one incb--for first Mnse gs, and a2 for each sibsequent insertion. Dnobte column advereisements ton pereeosabove. Notices of meetiUgs, obituaries and MabiAe of respect, sam rutes per square asoadisrg adverdsoments. Special notices in local column 2 ejmw per line. Advertisements not ma*e4 with the so ber of insertioos will be kept 3a ;im Sal" and charged accordingly. Special contracts made with age adeer tisers, with liberaldedwdoes on above ram. Jos PaLzr Done with Nestness and Dispatab. Terms Cash. SALT Fon TH THRoAT. -Ar ex change says: "In these days when diseases of the throat pre vail, and particularly a dry, bxck ing cough, which is not only dig tressing to ourselves bat to those with whom we are brought i8We business contact, those thus affiet ed may be benefitted by trying the following remedy: Last fall we were induced to try what vir tue there was in common salt in about half a tumblerful of ld water, and with this we gargle4 the throat most effectually, just before meal time. The result has been that during the winter we were not only free from the usual winter coughs and colds to whiel, as far as our memory extends, we have always been subject, but the dry, hacking cough has entirely disappeared. We attribute it a tirely to the salt gargle, and do most cordially recommend it to those of our readers who are sob ject to diseases of the throat. FEMINrNE JuRoEm.-The hs bands of Wyoming do not approve of the new order of things. The idea of their wives sitting in the jury box, instead of being at home cooking di ouer, is distasteful; b. that is not the worst of it the juries are mixed, and frequenty Mrs. Smith is locked up all nigbt with Mr. Jones util they -'agre. Imagine the torare Smith ander goes. flow does he kmew wat fine "points" they are discussieg in the jury room, and whetherthe conversation is about "evidence" or free-fore. The greosd-work for many divorces is buirig laid is Wyominge,-.N- Y. Sfar. A Texas girl, Miss Mollie Stacy, of Navasota, carried off a Seeday school premium the other day by memorizing five handred versee of Scripture. L.Ecist.iow of Tma Fcrusa.-it is generally 4nderstood that if the BiU which has been introduced inte the HusLe or Commons, requairing raiay companies to provide hot water tir's it third and second class passengers is see ere weather, becomes law, it will be followed up by other measures equally necessry for the comfort and enea ince of the public. The following ae a few of the Bills stated to be in active prepaatin A Bill to oblige railway compane to have the doors of their carriages deced quietly and gently, and not ulame-4 with the noise and violcnce now' annoy. ingly cuistomfary. 4 bill to compel omnibus passengers to pay their fare before they feate the conveyance, or at least to be ready to teder it when they alight; and not to detain the vehicle while they feel in all their pockets for their purses, or requs change for half a sovereign, A Bill to restrain young persons sa der twelve from driving their boops along the public pavement. A Bill to prevent women wearling eni' ors unsuitable to their complexion, as.d generally from adopting such preesting fashions in dress as arc not becoming Se -their age a'id appearance. A B3ill to put down encores at public 'concerts and euntertainments. SA Bill to abolishi b all fees aned grate. - ities at theatres and other places of amusement, and to regulate and zesties. 'calls before the curtain. >A Bill to make compulsory the pres ence of a railway director or high oficil in crery passenger car. IA Bill constituting it a punimb1u of fence tu introduce a manufactured article of wine, under thme designation- of port, sherry, or champagne, when it Ls not 3 port, meherry, or chamspagne . A Bill to disestablish the *a&ther as a .topic of conversation. SA JBill for the introduction of a new set of figures in the quadrille. A Bill-for the better regulatione of we" ding breakfasts, and for the rnfore ratios. al observance of Christmas.-=-Po'nch. SFirE lIcNDRED DOr.rAus rolt A DuNL. Afew days since, two fellows, while ine briated, assaulted a gentleman on the highway, near LewistOn; %:rine, and en deavored to shoot hide:. The interpo sition of a fourth person saved his lifu, I Afterwards, the offenders called upon him to see if they could ftOt prevent p 'proecution. He agree not to prose. Scute them, on conditiorn they gave a guarantee of $500 each that they .would touch not, taste not,- kandle not intoxi. ating drinks for five years. One of them has deposited $500 ini the bank, and the other has given a lien on bia real estate for that amount. The Sumt violation of the pledge forfeits the veo Ilator his $500. I?cENDIAtRis.-WVe regret to annouctee an act of incendiarism which resulted in the de<troetion of the barn and stables of Mr. Henry Tennet, of the vicinity of Lowndesviare, on Saturday, the 19th of9 March. Togetber with the barn and -stables a quantity of corn and fodder was consumed. A negro woman, Agnes, Young, has been arrested, and lodged is, jail. She confesses the crime, ar-d charges that she was put up to it by Andrew Speed, a colored nur m, who promised to divide his crop fi r this year with her, as an inducemen'. [Abbeville Press anid Banner. The Emperor N~apoleon, it is statd, requests Pierre Bonaparte to leave . icountry. e is- said to be comDing toa America.