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THE HERALD clm .icrieez e ec~ naor EVERY WEDNESDAY MOlSING, I oA . At Ncwberry C. H.d m By Thos. F. & R. H. Grencker, in Editors and Propric'tors. _ r fisrin ilb eti ilfri TEkd char$ed accordi.gly, Invariably in Advar.ce.-e - TI.p~aper is' stopped at the expiration of t=ce for whicli it is paid. ~1 1 . Vol.V I WEDJNESDAY M R I G JUNE 28 1871. No. 26.i thetesadDipt. LIP The,o mark denotes expiration of sub- V . WIEYR N , $E cription.e s est D Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the Legislature-Session 1870 and 1871. [OFFICIAL.] (CONCLUDED FRO31 LAST WEEK.) AN ACT TO GRANT, RENEW AND A.IEND THE CHARTER OF rERTAIN TOWNS AND VILLAGES THEREIN MENTIONED. TOWN OF ORANGEBURG. SEC. 88. That an Act entitled "'An Act to incorporate the towu -of Orangeburg," approved on the seventeenth day of December, A. D. 1836, be, and the same is here by, altered and amerded as fol lows: That from and after the passage of this Act, all and every person or persons, who shall have resided within the corporate Him its of the town of Orangeburg for sixty days, are hereby declared to be members of the corporation hereby to be created. SEC. 89. That the said persons -shall,"from the passing of this Act, become a body politic and corpo rate, and shall be known and call -ed by the name of the town of Orangeburg, and its corporate limits shall extend one mile in every direction from the Court House as a centre, except on the -side next to North Edisto River, which river shall constitute the boundary in that direction. SEC. 90. That the said town shall be governed by a Mayor and four Aldermen, who shall have resided in the State for one year, au-d with in the limits of the corporation for sixty days immediately pre -ceding their election. The said Mayor and Aldermen shall be elected on the second Tuesday in ;September, ten days' notice being -previously given, and shall con tinue in office for two years, and -until the election and qualification -of their successors; and all male inhabitants of said town, who shall 1have attained the age of twenty ,one years, and resided therein six 'ty days immediately preceding the election, shall be entitled to wote for said Mayor and Alder imen. SEC. 91. That said election shall lhe held in some convenient publie -place in said town from eight ,o'clock in the morning, until five ,'clock in the evening ; and when the polls shall be closed, the Man ogez-s shall forthwith count the -otes and declare the election, giving notice in writing to the persons elected. The Aayor and AXdcrmen for the time being shall =lways appoint the Managers to -conduct the election, who, before they open the poll for said elec tion, shall take an oath fairly and impartially to conduct the same. And the Mayor and Aldermen, be fore entering upon the duties of their offices, shall, respectively, -take the oath prescribed by the -Constitution of-this State. and al .so the following oath ,to wit ; "As Mayor (or Alderman) of the town -of' Orangeburg, I will equally and impartially, to the best of my .ability, exercise the trust reposed in me, and will use my best en deavors to preserve the peace, and -carry into effect, according to law, the purposes for which I have been -lected: So help mc God." SEc. 92. That in case a vacancy should occur in the ofice of May or or any of the Aldermen. by <leath, r-esignation or otherwise. an election to fill such vacancy shall be held by the appointment .of the Mayor and Alderman, or Aldermen, as the case may- be. ten <days' previous notice being given; and in case of sickness or tempo rary absence of the Mayor., the AlderYnen, forming a Council, sh all be empowered to elect one of their number to act as Mayor during the time. SEC. 93. That the Mayor and Aldermen duly elected and quali fied shall, during their term of ser vice, severally ~and respectively, be vested with all the powVers of Magistrates in this State within the limits of said town. And the Mayor shall and may, as often as may be necessary, summon the Aldermen to meet in Council, any two of whom, with the Mayor, or any three Aldermen, may consti tute a quorum to transact busi ness, and they shall be known by the name of the Town Council of Orangeburg, and they and their successors hereafter to be elected, may have a common seal, which shall be affixed to all their ordi Dances, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court of law or equity in this State, and purchase, hold, -possess and enjoy to them and their suc cessors, in perpetuity. or for any term of years, any estate, real, personial or mixed, and sell, alien and convey the same : Provided, The same shall not exceed at any -OeP ~--- time, the sum of ten thousand John&gbOrg, And the Mayor and Al TH ur, 1 have full power to ChCme ditr oCe ~ lish all such rules, render in anid establish; on~ oath Nnne,rset Sective dwan&fdR, berore the Cleets, market and on~* as rere on.or before the wn2, as shall ap A 7o.M LAL C 6 '. ssary and req'i ennvenience of the said town, or : for preserving health, peace, or der and good government wiThin c the same ; and the said Council f may fix and impose fines and pen- ( alties for the violation thereof. and t appropriate the same to the pub- 1 lie uses of the said corporation : Procidcd, That no fine shall ex ceed fifty dollars for any one of- I fence. ) SEc. 94 That the Mayor and 1 Aldermen of svid town shall have v full and only power to grant or t refuse licenses to an- person, firm. s company or corporation eigageds in or intending to be enga.el in tuny trade. business, or profession d whatsoever. within the corporate L liinits of said town, upon such con- 1 ditions and under such circumstan- I ces as to them shall seem proper i and right: Pr,ovided. That in no( instance, shall the price 6f a li- r cense to keep a tavern, or to re- t tail spirit[ous liquors, be fixed at a less sum than is established by the C laws of the State ; and all moneVS U paid for licenses, and for files aid C forfeitures for retuiling spirituous liquors, keeping taverns and bil- t Hard tables, within the said limits without licenses, shall be appro- S priated to the public uses of said i town ; Procided. That the Mavor C arid Aldermen. duly elected and c qualified, shall not have powcr to e grant any license to keep taverns I or ratail spirituous ligluors to ex- f tend beyond the term for whiich they have been elected. SEc. 95. That it shall be the du ty of the said Mayor and Alder- I men to keep all roads, streets and i ways within their corporate limits t open and in good repair, aiid for v that purpose they are vested with r all the powers and duties of Sur- 1 veyoI-s of highways and Selectmen t of' Towns. They shall have pow- I er to compound with all persons i liable to work the streets, ways i and roads in said town, upon such t terms as they shall. by ordinance, . establish, the moneys so received ( to '-e applied to the public use of Z said town, and all persons refusing v or faiiiing to pay such commuta tion shall be lable to such fine, t not exceeding twenty dollars, as the Town Council ma impose. t S 1:6. 06. They shall also have f power to impose an annual tax N not exceeding fifty cents Gn every L hundred dollars of the vsessed i value of all real and pcrsonal es- : tate lying within the corporate limits of said town, (the real and L pers-nal estate of churches and r school associations excepted.) The T said Council shall have the p.ower r to regulate the price of license s upon all public shows and exhibi- V tions in said town, to erect a pow der magazine, and compel any per- C son holding more th-m twentv-ive S pounds of powde, to store the t same thi'.rein, and to make regula- i tions for rates of storage thereof, arid for keeping and del iverin'F the same. The said Counneil shall have powver to enforce the par ment of all taxes levied under thei authority of' this Act, against the pr-operty and persons, ot defaulterst to the same extent, and in thef same manner, as is provided. by law for- the collection of the gene r-al State tax, excelpt that execu-< tions to enforce the pay-men t oft the town taxes shall be issued u n der the seal of the corporationi. and dir-ectedo to the Town Marshal, or Other per-son esp)ecially ap;point ed by the Town Council, to colileet the same ;and a!! pr-operty upon0 which a tax shall be levied is heme-. by- declared and made liable for - the payment there-of in p)refiernce i to all other debts against the said t1 property, excep)t dlebts due the State, which shall first be paid. r Sec. 97. That the said Townf Council shall have power and au-i thor-ity to requir-e all persons own I ing a lot or lots, in said town, to make and keel) in good recpair - sidewalks in front of said lot ort lots, whenever the same shall front or adljoin any public str-eet of said town, if, in the judgmentc of the Council, such sidewalk shall t be necessary, the width thereof and the manner1 of their construc-t tion, to be designated and regulIa-c ted by the said Council; and for i dlefault or refusal, after reasonable r notice, to make and keep in repair c such sidewalks, the Town Council t may cause the same to be made or put in repaor; and require ther owner- to pay the pr-ic-e of makingr or repairing. And the said Townc Council are hereby empo:vered to e sue for and r-ecover- the same byt action o f debt in any Court of' corm-r potent jurisdiction: Pr'ovided, T hati such contract for makingr or re pairing be let to the lowest bidder. SEC. 98. Tbat the said Townt Council shall have power, with t the consent of the adjacent landf owners, to close all such roads, streets and ways within the said town, as they may deem necessa-( ry, by sale of the freehold therein, either at private or public sale, ast ::ciy may adjudge best for the in-t terest of the said town ; and they shall have power to lay out, adopt, I open and keep in repair all such new streets, roads and ways, as they may, from time to time, deem .nO conrenience of said town ovided. That no new street, road r NV. s;hall be opened without r1st havinEr obtained the consent ,f t h 0 land-owner o r owniers hrough whose premises any such OW street. road or way may pass. SEC. 99. Thbe said Town Council hall have power, and are hereby uthorized, to elect one or more larshals, (in addition to the She iff of the County of Orangeburg) v ho shall also be a Marshal of t he own1, to fix their salaries and pre cribe their duties. who sh4all he worn in and invested with all the owers, and subjected to all tihe uties and liabilities that Consta 1Cs now have or are subject to by Aw. in aditioni to the duties and iabilities specially cnnfferred ami mnposed on them iNy the To-vin iouicil: Ir,If,d. That their Jll isdictiolI shall be confined within he limits of said town. SEC. 100. That the Town C"Oiul il shall have power to establkh a :uard house, arld to prescribe, by I'dinance. stitilale rules and regn ationls for keepinlg and governinlg he same ; ani until such guard iouse shall be established, they hall be authorized to use a room n the common jail of the County f Orangeburg fr the confinement fall who may be subject to be om mitted for violation of' any or linance of the town, passed in Con Ormity to tle provisions of this Let ; and the said Town Council nay, by ordinance, or the said ilavor and Aldermen in Person, ny one or more of them, author zeand require any Marshal of the own, or any Constable specially 'ppointed for that purpose, to ar est and commit to the said guard iouse. -> jail of' Orangeburg Coun y, as the case may be, for a term lot exceeding twenty-four hours, my person or persons who, with. n the corporate limits of said own, may be engaged in tie reach of the peace, any riotous r disorderly conduct, open ob, cenity, public dr'unkenness, or in Lny conduct grossly indecent or langerous to the citizens of said own, or any of them, and it shall >e the duty of the Town Marshal o arrest and commit all su(-h of enders, when required so to do, vho shall have power to call to heir assistance the posse coiitatus, f need be, to aid in making sUcIh .rrests: and upon the failure of aid Marshals to perform such du y as is required, thev shall, seve ally, be subject to such fines and >cnalties as the Town Council nay establish. And all persons o imprisoned shall pay the cost rid expenses incident to their im >risonnent. which said costs and xpenses shall be collected in the aMie manner as is provided by his Act for tire collection of' fines inposed for the violation of ordi mucres : Provided, That such im >risonment shahl riot exempt tIhe arty from thc payment of any inc tire Council may impose, or n lieu of' failure to pay the fine mposed, to be imupr'isoned for a .er'm not more than twenty days 'or the offence for which hre mayr mave been committed. SEC. 101. Thre said Town Coun :il shall have p)ower to collect the axes f'rm all tire persons repre' enting. publicy, within the cor jor-ate lirmits, f'or gain or reward, ny play or shosvs of what nature ,r kind whatever, to be used for uirpose of said Town Ste. 102. The said Town Coun il shall have full power arid an h arity to abate all nuisances with. n the coi'por-ato limits, and also o appomnt a Board of Hfealth for aid town, and to pass such Ordi. rances as may be necessary to de inc the powers and duties, and to mpose fines and penalties upon he members of said Board for no ~leet of' duty or refusal to serve ; P'rocaleda. That no fine hereby au - hor-ized to be imposed shall cx-t ced the sum of twenty dollars. SEC. 103. The said Town Coun il shall have full power and au hor-ity over the Fire Department f' the town of' Oirangeburg, define hre duties, r'egulationrs, and gov rnment of' same. SEC. 104. The Mayor and Alder nen elect shall, during their term ~f office, be exempt from streect du. y. Each Town Conneil shall, vithin one month after the expi -ation of' their ter-m of office, nake out and return to their sue essors a full account of' their re ipts and expenditures dur-ing heir term ;and shall pay over all noneys in their possession belong ng to the corporation, and deliver ip all books, records, arnd other >apers incident to their office, to heir successors ; and on failurc so o do, they shall be liable to be ined in a sum not exceding five itundred dollars, to be collected by .ny proper action by tbe Towvn ouncil. SEC. 105. For any wilful viola ion or neglect of' duty, malprac ice, abuse or oppression, the said layor and Aldermen, jointly and evoraliy, shall be liable to indiet nent in the Court of Sessions, and, ipon conviction, to punishment as u>rcscribed in the pr-eceding See in bnesi,e beine, liabh.n for dr-m iges to any person or perso: in Ired. SEc. 100. That all Ordinances beretofore passcd by the Town Counilcil of Oran TeburIg. in con o>rmity with the authority grant ?d by existing laws, shall be. and thev are ireby, declared legal AId valid. SEc. 107. All Acts and parts of Acts heretofore ltssed in relation Lo the incorporation of the town >f 0rangeulrg be. and the same are hereby, repealed. EC. 108. This Act shall bc leeined a public Act, and continue in force for. the termi of fifteen years, and until the end of the session ol' the islature then next ellstuin . 'roWs Or !'m.A*:",n\11A. S:-. 109. T;at from and after ite Iassage 'of this Act all citi r.en of this State, having resided twelve months within the State, :mid sixty days in the Town of* Branchvill, bed, aland are hereby declared to be, a boIy politie awl corporate. and t he said town shall be called and known bY the name of Branchville. and its corporate limits shall extend one mile in eae direction from the Hotel btween the two Rail 11oads in said town. S.c. 110. That the sail town shall be governed by an Intendant and four Wardens, who shall be itizens of the United States, and who shall have resided in this State twelve months, and shall have beeni residents of the said town sixty days immediately pre Vedin'g their election, ant Vho shall be elected on the first Mon day in February of each year, five days' public notice thereof being previously given, and that all male inhabitants of the ago of twenty-onC years, citizens of the State, and who shall have resided within the State twelve months, and in the said town sixty days immediately preceding tihe clec tion. shall be entitled to vote for said Intendant and Wardens, pall pers and persons under disabili ties for crime, excepted. Se. 111. The sai(d election shall be held at some convenient, pbL!ic place, inl said town, from eight o'clock A. M., until five a'clock P. M., and wheln the polls shall be closed the Managers shall forthwith count the votes and de Clare the election, and give notice thereof, in writing, to the Intend ait therein being, who shall, with in two days thereafter, give no tiec or cause the same to b- given t0 the persons duly elected. The Intendant and Wardens, before entering up,n the duties of their offices, shall respectively take the oath prescribed by the Constitu tion of the State, and, also, the o'l!ow-ing oatlh, to-wit : "As In tendant (or Warden') of the Town of Bra nchvillec, I will equally and impartially, to the best of my abil ity, exercise the trust reposed in me, and will use my best endeav ors to preserve the peace, and carry ilkto effect, according to law. the purposes for which I have been elected :So help rme God." And if any person, upon being elected Intendant or WXarden. shall refuse to act as such, he shall forfeit and pay to Lhle Coun - ecA the sam of' ten dollars. for the use of the said town :Provided, That no person who has attained the age of sixty years shall be compelled to serve in either of~ said offices, nor shall any p)erson1 be compelled to servo either as Intendant or Warden, more thani one year in any term of three years. The Intendant and War dells, for the time being, shall al wvay,s appoint one or more B>ardl of' Managers, three Mana.gers for ech Board, to conduct the ee tion, who, before thiey open the polls, shall take an oath fairly and impartially to conduct the same. SEC. 112. That in ease a vacancy shall occur in the office of Intend aut, or of' any of' the Wardens, by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, an election to fill such vacancy shall be held by order ofj the Intendant and Wardens, or a major-ity of the same, five day's public notice being previouslygiven and in ease of' sickness or- temp)o rary absence otf the intendant, the Wardens, forming the Council, shall be empowered to elect one of the number to act as Intendant during the time. Smzc 113. That the Intendant and Wardens, duly elected and qualified, shall, during their term of service, severally and respect ively, be vcsted with all the pow ers heretofore granted to Magis trates in this State, within the limits of the said town, except for the trial of small and mean cau ses, and the I.atendant shall or may, as often as is necessary, sum mons the Wardens to meet in Council, any two of whom with the Intendant, or any three of the Wardens, may constitute a quo rum to transact basiness: and they shall be known as the Town Council of Branchville, and they! and thbeir successors in office, herc after to be~ elected. may have ai comnimon scal, which shall be af fixed to all their ordinances, may I sue and be sued, plead and be in- I pleaded in any Court of Justice in 1 this State. and purchasC, hold, possess and enjoy to them and i their successors, in perpetuity, or I for any term of years, any estate, real, personal or mixed, and sell. alien or convey the same: Pro rided, The same shall-not exceed, at any one time, the sum of ten I thousand dollars ; and the said Town Council shallhave authority to appoint, fi om time to time, as they may see fit, such and so manv proper persons to act as Ma;rshals or Constables of said town, as the sad Council may deem necessary and expudient,for the preservation 1 of the peace, good order, and police 1 thereof. which persons,so appoint- i ed. shall, within the coiorate limits ofsaid town, have the Power 1 and privileges, and be subject to all the obligations, pemalties and regulations provided by the law for the office of' Constable, andI shall be liable to be removed at the pleasurc of said Council; and the s:idcI Town Council shall have power to establish, or authorize the establishment of a market house in said town, ani the Town i Council, or the said Intendant and Wardens in person, any one or more of them, may authorize and require any Marshal of the town, or Constable, specially ap poiited for that purpose, to arrest and commit to the gar( house, for a term not exceeding twenty four hours, any person or persons, who, within the corporate limits of said town. may be engaged in - breach of the peace, any riioous or disorderly conlduct. Opeln Ob seenity, public druntkenness, or conduct grossly indecent or dan gerous to the citizens of said town, or any of theml ; and it shall be the duty of the Town Marshals or Constables to arrest and com mit all such offenders, when rc quired so to do, and who shall have poler to call to their assist ance the pose omlilatus, if riced be, to aid in making such arrests, and upon the failture of said offli cers to perforin such duty as re quired, they shall severally be subject to such fines and penalties as the Town Council may impose upon them, and all persons so im ri.oned shall p.y the cost and expenses incident to their impris onmient, which said costs an:1 ex penscs shall be collected in the same manner as is provided for the collection of fines imposed for the violation of ordinanccs, rules and regulations : Procided, That such imprisonment shall not ex empt the party from the pa) ment of any fine the Council may im pose f'or the offense for which ie she, or they, may have commit ted. And the said Town Council may have fall power and authior ity,. under their cor-porate seal, tol make all such rutles. r-egulat ions by-laws and( ordinances respectin lhe sti-cets, roadk and the busi ness thereof, as well as the police systemn of the said town, as shall appeair to thema necessary and proper for the security. welfare. and convenience, and for preserv ing~ health,- order. and g~ood 'gor ernment within said town ; and the said Town Conneil maty im po)se fines for o?fenses against their by-laws, rules, regulations and orinanes,~ and1 appropriate the same for- the public use of said town ; andl the sail Townt Council shall lhave the same power which has been heretofore granted to M[agistrates in this State to com pel the attendance of witnesses, and require them to give evidence uploni the tr-ial before them of any pet-son or per-sons tor- violation of any of their ordinances, b-law, rules, or r-egulatiotns. but no fine above the stum of twenty-fihe dol laris shall be collected by the Town Council, exept by suit in the pro per Courts of.lustice in thisstate, andi that no fine shall execed the amount of fifty (50) dollar-s, and also nothing herein contained shall authtorize the said Con neil to make any or-dinance, or by-law, inconsistent or repugnaunt to the laws of the State. SEC. 114. That the sail in ten d ants or- War-dens, or a majority of them, shall power to abate or r move all nuisances in said town, and it shall be their- duty to keep aill roads, ways. br-idges and streets within the corplor-ate limits of said town, open) and in good r-epair-, and for- that purpose they- ai-e ves tedl with all the poweirs of County Commissioner-s, or Comnmissioners~ of Roads, for and within the cor porate limits of said town, and they may lay out new streets, close up, wviden, or otherwise al ter those nowv ins, an hllhv full po wer- to classify and arrange the inhabitants or- citizens of said town, liable to str-ect, road or oth er public duties there-in, and to force the per-for-mance of such du ty, under such penalties as are now, or shall her-cafter be, pre. scribed by law, and they shall have power- to compound with all' persons liable to work the streets, ways and r-oads in said ton~ n. up on such tems as thei- nrdinnncs yr by-laws may establist. or thei -ile; and regniations require, th noneys so received to be applie :o the public use of said tow ii, an dil per,son refusing to labor, o hiling to pay such commutatior ;hall be liable to such fine, no x-ceding twenty dollars for an, )>ie year. as the said Town Coun il t impose. And theyr sial Iave power to enforCeo the pav nient ot such fines in the sam :,antier as is now or may be herc titer provided for the collectioi )f county taxes; and the sai, 1own Council shall have powei ,vith the consent of th3 :.cIjacen ndI owners, to close all sue -oads, streets and ways withi .K said town as thev may deer ecessary, and they may keep i -epair all snch new streets, roai inld w.iys as they mayV from tim .o time dc(leem necessary for th m1provementi and convenienCO C ;aid town: A'"ri,dld. That n reel. road or way shall be oper d wit hout fi;st having obtaine :he con-sent of the land owners, 0 )wners thereof, through whos veinses any1v such new streel 'oad or way may pass. SEC. 115. Thbe said Town Cour -il shall have power and authorit -o require all pew.ons owning ot or lots in said town to close i Arid to make and keep in good rt pair sidewalks in front of sai ot or lots. whenever thc sam ilall front or adjoin any pibli street of said town, if in tli jud; Inent of said Counlcil, sueh sidh walks shall be necessary, th width thereof, and tle nmianner Lonsttruiction shall be designate mid regtulated by said Town Cour1 il ; an1d for default or refusal, :t ter reasonable notice, to make an keep in good repair such :idi walks, atnd to close in such lot lots, the Town Council may cau the same to be made or put i grood repair, and require the owt er to pay the price of making repairing; anti the said Tow uouncil are hereby empowered t sue for aid recover the same, b action ofdebt, in any Court Competent jurisdiction : Provide That such contract for making < repairing is let to the lowest bi decr. SEc. 110. The Intendant at Wardens of said town, o a m jority of them, shall have fall pol er to grant or refuse such licens to keep tavern, or retail spirituo liquors in the corporate limits said town, upon such conditioi and under such circumstan.,es to tbm shall seem proper ar right: Prorided, That. in no i stance shall the price of a liceen to kee) a tavern or to retail spi iLUous liquors, be less than tl amount established by the Stat and all mon,evs paid for licens< and fOr finles and forfeitures shi be appropri:ted for the pu lie, use of said town :Proi died, That the Intendanit an Wardens duly elected, shall n, have power to grant any licems< to keep taverns or' retail spirituoi liquors to extenid beyond the teri for wichl ther have been eleec and they shall have power to re; ulate sales at aution, withmn tI corporate limits of the town. an to grant licenses to Atictionteer ittierant traLder's. to ke epetrs of It< tels, li very stables, billiard tabie ten-pitt alleys, or othter kinds organi e>t hazar id, skill otr ebian ce; thI:e shall have the full and ontly pow: to impilose a tax otn all shows an e'xhibi'tionts for gain or' rewat within thle corporate lim.ts of sai town. SEe'. 117. The Intendant at: Wardens elect, together wit Clcerk and Ttreasurier, shall, duri n their termt of' office, be exempt froi street amd p)olice duty ; eacht Tow Council sh allI, within onco mont alftr the expitration of the term of' oficee, make out and] r tur'n to their successors in office, full aceount of theu' receipts an expenditures during their tern which accountt shall he publishe n onte or more pu blic places of' sai town. and shall pay over all mor cys in their po)ssession belongin to the corpor.Ation, and deliver u til books, records and( other ptapei ncident to thcir ofilce. to thei sutccessors, and: on failure to do s< ~hey shall be liable to be finedi tsum not exceeding five hundre 500) dollars. to be collected b myt proptir action of the Tow Council. 3Ec. 118. That all ordinance: bes'tofore passed by the Tow Zouncil of' Br-anchville, in confo: iuity with the authior'ity grante >y existing laws, shall be, an hiey at-e hereby', declaired legal an ralid. SEC 119. All Acts aDd parts( Xct~s heretofor-e passed in relatio to the incorpor-ation of'the tow f Branchville be, and they ar hereby, repealed TOWN OF REIDVILLE. SEc. 120. That the charter( the town of' Reidville, in the Coun ty of Spartanbur'g be, arid ti sam a is here by, ren:ewed and e: tended for the term~ of fogiree year-s, with the same power's tLa s conferred by tis Act on th r S.c. 121. This Act shall be D deemed a public Act, and continue I in force for the term of fifteen I years, and until the end of the r session of the Legislature there . fter. t Approved the 9th day of March. A. D. 1871. Bowen Carried to Jail. The W-ishington corresp.ndIent of the Baltimore Suit gives the following necount of the closing scenes connected with the trial of Bowen, the convicted biuam, t and ex Republic:)n M. C. from : South Carolina: S The district courts are furnishing of late quite a number of eauscs ce/ebres to criminal annals. The termination of the trial of' C. C. e Bowen, to-day, like the closing C scenes in that of Roister. a few wecks since. presented many sen sations. To the notoriety of the 1 prisoner and the curio.sities of his , martial experience, which have r attracted general attention to tho e cause pending against him, there was added a public defence by the culprit of his conduct. and all the I- pathetic sensation that grows out of' publi- evidences of' womanly a devotion to a man whom all else n have abandoned. The court had been opened at d an hion r (9 o'clock i Uusually early, e and there were but few spectators e to the scene which took phwie. Judge Olin read a terse opinion. overruling the motion to suspend e , and then CaNed on Buwen F to sav whyV sentence shoull.1 riot be d pronincel. Bowen rose to re - spond, but was stopped awhile by M- Mrs. King-B>wen, who clung to d him and would not let him tir. In a few moments le quieted her, r and proceeded to vindicate hin Sself, declaring that he acted on n the ftith of the New York divorce, I- and if that was wrong, it was not r his f'ault, and that he relied like 1i wise upon tihe act of Congress. o which freed fiomj tihe peilties of' y bigamy parties deserted for m:>re )f than five years. le said : I. "I am tired and worn out with >r this pursuit of me. The whole :- combined South, at one time, at tempted to fight tihe Government i of the United States. They con tinued it for four years. and fliled. v- it is useless, it is a folly, for any s one nian to attempt that. rue iS man, without money, and perhaps, )f only a limited number of friends, is to cope with this government in a s proseenti:n of this or any kind, is d impossible. Tney -pay their spics. n- They pay their men. They ran e sack the country, from one end to r- the other, having all the mocey e needed at their command. In this, I, [(do not mean to east any imputa s ions or reflections upon the Dis tict Attorney or his assistant. b- I only sary that I am tired and -worn out. A new trial is spoken d of. I do not know that I have any assurances of any better re 1s sult. Not that I[ have acted is wrong in this case intentionally, n your Honor, but sent to prison at .this time, what could I hope it' a ~- new t rial were gr'anterd this fall, e arid I returned here, withIout d money , without fr'iends, and w"as put u pon miy trial for the second time ? These (Distic Attor'ney :. and his assistan t) having the priv eilege and the nicaris of roaming y' the coun try) to hunt tip all sor'ts of 'r witnresses, it seems to me that 1 d euu1hunt hope f'or' a much better~ .d result. d '"In concl usioni, I say that, what ever puni-hment mayn~ fall upon d my head, I stand her'e to receive b it. F'rom the cornmencemnent of' g this affair, I have not shir'ked. 1 ni married that woman (pointing to n his wife) last Anguist, in good b faith. Though the laws of the r' counitry miay Eiinnul that, I have a Sirn belief that the laws of' God a nevei' will, w'hen whatever' puu d ishmuent that may be inflicted by 1. this court shall have been served d 1out, if we are spared, (turning to d his wife, who rises arnd receives his extended hand,) I return to her. g[Mrs. B3oweni heire eluing closely to pher husband. Mi's. B3owen, ini a smoment or so, resumed lier' seat, r1 at the reqiest of hr husband.] ,"One word mre, and I am ni done. To these gentlemen, who d kindly offered to go miy bail, I am y much obliged. I have acted by n them, as I have in. this whole transact ion, in good faith. To -day they are relieved. I am truly n gratef'ul to them. r- "Now, your Honor, I am done. d Pass your sentence. You know d the case and the circumstances d that sur'rounrd it.'' The Conrt-The sentence of the > court is, Bowen, tha~t you be con n fined fori two years in the Albany n penitentiary. < Mrs. Bowen-(Clinging closely to her husband, in a feeling man ner, said in a firm vet gentle >f voice:) "If he did it, I did it. If 1-: he is to be sentenced, please Ce sentence me. You have no right, cyour Hlonor', before God Almighty, a to- visit punishment upon him tac for wh'at I did him also. eWith tha.t record in my hand, I my God. I procured it. It was obtained in good faith If irregu Jar, if invalid, we are not in fault. Oh, sentence me! 1 cannot pnrt. from him. Ie is too pure, too good. You know him not. I do know him." The Court-Madam, I bate a duty to perform here, and, wlhile I sympathize with yott fror the botton of my heart, I must still perform that duty. In addition, Mr. Bowen, to the imsrisonment for two years in the Albany peni tentiary, you will pay 2 fine of $250. I hope the warden of the jaiI, if you are committed to his custodyj will postpone thye execution of tho sentence until you have an op portunity to apply to some of my brethren on this bill of exCeptio0ns for a stay of the execution of the sentence. I may be mistaken. I do not profess to be unerring about this, but I have given my best judgement to it. The case iS so sd that it draws blood from the heart. You aPe a taft af great intelligence. You are sur rounded in such a way that it is sad to be compelled, as I think I am Compelled to pass the sentence of the law. I wish from the bottom of my heart that it Were other w But I have brought my best judgement to the case. The law must be administered, how ever higl your social position may be, and however sorrowful the sur rounldings may be. If I had any doubt about the rightfalness of the verldict. I might have akeh an other -coursc. But I do rrot see how I could do it. While I sit here I mnus. perform my duty as I understand it. Bowen then spent some time iR the narshal's office, a message be in-g sent in to the reporters re qu sting that he be allowed to sev the repert of his speech. After a short stay there, lie departed for jail in a hack, and was, with 1rs, King-Bowen. fornished eomforta ble quarters by Warden C-oeker. Application for respite of the sentence will be made immnedi ately it i said, to Jadge Aurn phreys A MELA.c6TOLY StIcID.-In New York city an inquest wai lately held on tre h'ody of Mary MeManus, a girl of fif.een, who shot herselt 01n Moliday, at 138 Wvest Ninleteenth street. She had piltered a ribbon ftorn a Mrs. Robinson, who lodged ?t her uncle's how-, atid being found out, prayed for forgiveness, and begged that the lady wendt inform upon her. BLit Ehe )ady, however, persisted in inforaing upon her, and the girl, with strange sensibility to shame, took her uncle's pistol from his trunk and killed herself. At thre in*qrea there was quite an excited erowd, demandling punishmeirt of thes Mrs.. Robinson, and f rqe en nt threats of lynching were- imde against her. In Baltimore the "t1nii:th Fann ly" announce that they leare madey arrangements for their."tirst semi annual excur.io'n," which' i's to' take piace next TIuesday,- r-nder the superintrendenco of' a com-. mittec oif arangemrre-, emni.Wa.ing. Gratnd-father George M. Smith, Father .Julius Hr. Smith. Einele .James HI. B. Smith, Nephew Charles 11. C. Smith, Ik other Win. H. II. Smith, Brother Rob. ert M. W. Smith, Brother Thomas. R?. .Smith. Brother Jmseptr L~. Smith, Rallet master-Geoyrge WV. M. Smith. The music le to i.s by the "Smit h's celerated l'and." arnd all the "Smiths, Symnths, Schmnitts, Sehimids, Seh mi dt s, Schmnitzes, Smidts and Snitts" atre invited to attend. A larte Paris letter stat(es that the cemetery of Pierre la Chas~e presenrts a deplorable sigM ;th resting laces of the deadl are munch dlefi;ed ; the mniumnents have been greatly injred by the fi. j:n: coffins have becn brokeun, arid the remarins lie sctteredP over the ground. You nmay mean nre the dead,. not by numbers, buft by the rod. They lie in a doublo tier on the grass, powdered over wiha coating of lime. There are manry women among them, andi faces, the ferocity of which makes' one sick to look uponms. ELL D)EAn -Captain H4enry W. McMillanr, an old and highly en teemed citizen of Barnwell Coun. ty, fel! dead on Wednesday morn-~ ing list, while at work in his fiel, near Graham's, S. C'. Tfhcre are seven applicatim~ for divorce pending before the suipe rior court of Loudoun County, Va. Is this an instance of tier march of Northern ideas ? A young lady of Logan County,. Ken tucky, has advertised for "seal ed proposals for' her hand and heart." It is not stated whether she will take the lowest "tendeF.~ Charles P. Gorefield, formerfy .s reputable andl prosper~ous eitim".. but recently inteumperate, M:t himself through the head wh.o playing dlominoes.