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Tol. IX. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 23,1873.No. 1. THE~ HERALD is !"Lsmw RVEFIY WEDNESDAY MOlNING, .t Newberry. . B., BY THO, P. GRUKKER, Editor and.Proprieror. TerMS, $2.50 per .Anaun, Invariably in Advance. n h ' paper is stopped at the expiration of time for which it is paid. E7 The ; mark denotes expiration of sub scription. "KING BABY." His sceptre is a rattle, His throne is mother arms; He reigns a tiny tyrant, In al his dimpled charms! Yet round his royal presence Our loving hearts entwine: Dictator of the cradle, And king by right divine Whatever be his mandates, No courtiers dare rebel; His mother-s chief of the household, Prime 'ninister as well! Ia yon perambulator, His downy car of state, Etting, rosy monarch, What triumphs on him wait! In purple ease and splendor, %eg long he seeks to rei4s. A1 fints of nose disjointed He smiles at with disdain! Alas! that royal greatness Shonlde."r be di$owned: Ifere comes a tiny stra.ger King Baby is dethroned. -Froi THE ALDIME for November. [OFFICIAL.] The Laws of South Carolina. Acts aud' Joint Resoutlons -Passed by thi General Assembly at the Session of 1S2-13. AN ACT TO AMEND sECTION 12. CHAP TER CIII., OF THE GENERAL STAT UTES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of th. State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: SECTIoN 1. That sectiOn 12, chapter CIII., of the general statutes of South Carolina, be amended by adding, after the word "dollars," line fifteen, these words: "Or. be imnprisoned for a periodnot less than one month, nor more than one year, at the discretion of the courf,." Approved February 25, A. D. 1873. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO P'ROVIDE FOR THlE ELECTION OF THE OFFICERS OF THE INCORPORATED CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE STATE OF soUTH CAROLINA. Be it enacted by the Senate and H o~~ersentatives of tho St Oarolida, now rhet an< tiriNinGeneral Assembly, adby the authority of the same: That section 3 of an act entitled "an act to provide for the election of the officers of the incorporated citiesaxd towns in the State of Soi[tGaarolina" be amended on line'sffur and five as follows: Strike out "seven" (7) and "five" (5) and lse,t "six" (6 in, lien thereof. Appro ed January 25, A. D. 1873. AN ACT 'TO REGULATE THE SERVICE OF PROCESS ISSUING FROM THE SU PREME COURT. Be it enacted by The Senate and Hlons&of Representatives of the Stagg9edwOsoliaa,now mnet and sitting in General Assembly, and by the anthority of the same: SECTION 1. That the Supreme Court of this State be, and is here by, empowered to requ ire the shieriff" of each and every county in this State to whom any order or process issuing from said court may be directed to serve and execute the same, and shall have the sainesiowvei- t'o enforce such service and execution, and to punish default therein, as is now vested in the Circuit Courts in process issuing therefroin. Approved February 20, A. D. S1873. 'AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 6 OF CHIAPerER LETI. OF THE GENERAL STATUTEs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentativeS of the State of' South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by th~e: authority of thbe same ; SECTION. 1. That section 6 of chapter LXII. of the general Sstat,ates be am-ended so as to read as follows: "That it shall not be lawful for any agent of any in surance compa'ny in the United States, or any foreign State, not incorporated by the laws of this Stat;b, to take risks or transact any business of insurance in this State without first obtaining a license froin the comptroller-gen eral, which license shall expire on the thirty-firs t day of March of; * each year,~ and for every such license the company or agent taking out the same shalpay, or cause to be paid, to the comp ~troller-geneCral the sum of five t dollars." p)Approved February 22. A. D). iis 1873. tAN ACT TO FIX THE TIME FOR THE hOLDING OF THE CIRCUIT COURTs ~dIN CERTAIN COUNTIES THEREIN N 'o ENTIONED. BeR it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South,Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That from arid after the passage of this act the Circuit Courts in the sixth circuit shall be neld as follows: 1. The Court of General Ses sions, at Chester, for the county of Chester, on the first Monday of January, and on the third Monday of March and September; and the Court of Common Pleas, at Ches ter, for the county of Chester, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January, and on the first Wednesday after the third Monday in March and September. 2. The Court of General Ses sions, at Yorkville, for the county of York, on the second Monday of January, and on the first Monday of April and Octobei-; and the Court of Common Pleas, at York Ville, for the county of York, on the first Wednesday after the second Monday of January, and on the first Wednesday aftn- the first Monday of April and October. 3. The Court of General Ses sions, at Lancaster, for the coun ty of Lancaster, on the third Mon day of January. April and Octo bar: and tge Court of Common Pleas, at Lancaster, for the coun ty of Lancaster, on the first Wed nesday after the third Monday of January, April and October. 4. The Court of General Ses sions, at Winnsboro, for the coun ty of Fairfield, on the fourth Mon day of January, and on the fir;t Monday of May and November; and the Court of Common Picas, at Winnsboro, for the county of Fairfield, on the first Wdnesday after the fourth Monday of Jan uary, and on the first Wednesd-ay after the first Monday of May and November. SECTIoN 2. In the second circuit, the Court of General Sessions, at Aiken, for the county of Aiken, on the first Monday of January, May and September; and the Court of Common Pleas, at Aiken, for the county of Aiken, on the first Wednesdaj after the second Monday of January, May and Sentember. S'SECTION 3. In the third circuit, the Court of General Sessions shall be held at Kingstree, for the county of Williamsburg, on the first Monday after the fourth Mon day of January, May and October; and the Court of Common Pleas shall be held at Kingstree, for the county of Williamsburg, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday after the fourth Monday of January, May and October. The Court of General Sessions, at Conwayboro, for the county of Horry, on the first Monday after the furth Monday of Febr-uary, Juno and October; and the Cour-t of Common Pleas, at Con way boro, for the couinty of Hlorry, on the first Wednesday after the fourth Monday of Febr-uary, June and October. SECTION 4. The Circuit Courts in the seventh circuit shall be held as follows: 1. The Court of General Ses sions, at Newberry, for the coun ty of New berry, on the third Mon day of January, May and Novem ber; and the Court ot Common Pleas, at Ne wberry, for thre coun ty of Newberry, on the first Wed nesday after the third Monday of January, May and November. 2. The Court of General Ses sions, at Laur-ensville, for the county of Laurens, on the third Monday of February ana June, and the first Monday after the fourth Monday in Novem-ber; and the Court of Common Pleas, at Laurensville, for the county of Laurens, on the first Wednesday after the third Monday of Feb. ruary and June, and onr the first Wednesday after thre fourth Mon lay in November. . The Court of General Ses sions, at UTnionville, for the coun ty of Union, on the third Monday of March, June and September; and the Court of Common Pleas, at Unionville, for the county of Unin, on the first Wednesday after the third Monday of March, June and September. 4. The Conrt of General Ses sions, at Spartanburg, for the county of Spartanburg, on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in Mar-ch and July, and on the thrir-d Monday in October; and the Court of Common Pleas, at Spartanburg, for the county of Spar-tanburg, on the first Wednes day after the fir-st Monday after the fourth Monday in March and Ju-, and on the first Wednesday after the third ~Monday in Octo SECTION 5. That all writs, sum mons, recognizances and other processes, of whatever kind, re turnable to the Courts of General Sessins and Common Pleas, in the counties above named, be, and the same are hereby, made re turnable to the courts held in pur suance of the provisions of this act, in the same manner as if they had been issued or taken in refer nce thereto... vEcInd 6.hTb. all acts or parts of acts inconsist.ent with th;s act or repugnant thereto be, .id the same are hereby, repealku. OFFICE SECRETARY OF STATE, Columbia, S. C.. February 4, '73 ) The foregoing act having been presented to the Governor of this State for his approval, and not havina been returned by him to th:a, branch of the General As sembly in which it originated within the time prescribed by the constitution, has become a law without his approval. II. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. AN ACT TO EMPOWER TH-: SUPREME COURT TO FRLA.\E ISSUES AND DIRECT TiE SAME To BE TRIED IN TIlE P1RCUiT COURT. AN) TO ORDER REFREENS IN CERTAIN CASES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assenbly, and by the authority of the same: SECTIoN 1. That whenever, in the course of any suit, action ori proceeding in the Supreme Court, arising in the exercise of the orig inal jurisdiction conferred upon the court by the constitutioa and laws of the State, an issue of fact shall arise upon the pleadings, or whenever an issue of fact shall arise upon a traverse to a return in maadamoas, prohibition or cer*i orari, or wienever the determina tion of any question of fact shall be necessarv to the full exercise i of the iurisdiction conferred on the Supreme Court, the said court shall have power to frame an issue Ihercin and certify the same to ihe Circuit Court for the county - Vherein the cauze shall have i origmnated ; or, in case of original jurisdiction, to the Circuit Court of the county in which the cause of action shall have arisen. SECTION 2. That, upon receiving the certificate of such issue, framed from the Supreme Court, the said Circuit Court shall forth with cause the same to be placed at the head of the appropriate calendar or 'docket of said court, and proceed to try and determine the said issue in its due order, and shall certify the determination thereof to the Supreme Court immediately after the trial thereof, avd, when required, shall settle and sign a case, or a case containing ex ceptions, according to the prac tice in other causes tried in the Circuit Court. SECTION 3. That the Supreme Court shall also have the same powers for the appointment of referees to take testimony and re port thereon, under such instruc tions as may be prescribed by the said court in any causes arising in the Supreme Court wherein issues of fact shall arise, as are now possessed by the Circuit Court of the State. Approved January 25, A. D. 1873. ExAMPLE.-That hatchet story, in which Washington and a cherry tree figured so largely, is doing no good, and it ought to be sup pressed by all means. A little boy out West, inspired by the eN ample of virtue rewarded to be found in that popular anecdote, procured a hatchet and went about chopping fence rails, garden gates, pigs' backs and horses' legs, with a perseverance that showed howv deeply the lesson had sunk Iinto his soul, and with a fervor that had something of love in it. One day be chopped the tires out of a wheel belonging to his father's carriage, and when the old gen teman came home and saw the. Iruin that had been made, he grew angry, and demanded who had accomplished it. Young hopeful, bursting with a desire to tell the truth, told his father that lhe had done it with his little hatchet; whereupon the irate parent, who ad probably not read the story in question, instead of saying: "Come to my arms; 1 had rather lose twventy carriage wheels than have a son of mine tell a lie," caught him by the collar and t-ounced him soundly. The re sut was, that as soon as the boy was released he made an attack on his father's legs with his hatchet, and the latter is in the! hospital, and the former is in jail. [Boston Globe. The reauryDepartment has corn meced paying the cotton claims filed under the Act of May 18. 1872. Over: 1,260 claims have been presented, cov ering over 816,900.000. More than one-af of them will be rejected on account of insufficient proof. About 815,000,000 of the cotton fund now remains in the Treasury. The claims being paid are for cotton seized by the Governmeut agents after the 30th of June, 1865. 'The Act of May 18, 1872, provided that all these claims should be filed within six mouths, and 1therefor expired on the 18th of Nov ember. Quite a large number of claims have been filed since the expira tion of the law,, and they must be thrown out, as all efforts to have Con m.es end the time failed. A IEDICAL AUTHOXITY ON CEREBRO-SPINAL 31ENIN GITIS. Rejoining to astatistical state ment. in the St Louis(Mo.) Globe,tO the effect that thirty-nine cases of (erebro-spinal meuingitis had ter minated fitally in St Louis during tle past week, Dr. D. P Moore; of that city, gives a description of the sylmptoms and behavior of the epidemic, which is the clearest that has yet appeared in print. Savs Dr. Moore : "About the causes of this dis ase, little or nothing is known. But this, hal)lily, is Inot true in regard to its location and symp toMs. It is to be regretted that there is such diversity of opinion n regard to its cure. My own ex perience salisfies me that., as be ,Vecun varying schools of h1omewo pathic practicO,; the strict ob<erv i. ce of the Ifahlnemannic rule is he on.ly successful, and very sue .essful course. Each case of this isease being distinctly individual, p)resenting forms and shades as various as the human ftce,form or isposition, each one requires litrerent remedies, and ior that -easor it is impracticable here to ay down a rule. "The first epidemic visitation of his disease occurred in 1806, when t gradually spread through New I-nigland, Canada, New York and [ennsylvaia from 1807 to 1812. [t was again epidemic in a num >r of' the States between 1840 md 1850, and again in 1853 and 858. "But in 1862 and 1863. during .he war, it was more widely pre. ealent. Since then it has never dtogether disappeared from the :ontrv. In New York and Brookiyn, at the beginning of 1872. a considerable number of fa al cases was reported; but it was pidemic that has of late years a'. racted the special attention of )hysicians. These epidemie visi. ations are occasionally confined vithin very narrow georaphioal iits ; while at other tinas, as vas the case in France between 837 and 1842: they spread suc essively over extensive regions. "Their occurrence would appear o be altogether independent of ny morbific agency referable to )eculiarities of climate, season or ocalities. According to Mr. Rol. et, who described the disease'as it )ecurred at Nancy, it presents it ;elf under two forms ; in one there s no sign of lesion of the nervous :entrcs .themselves; no affection of ;ensation or motion, though there ire all the symptoms of inflam nation of' the menmbranes ; at first -igors, then malaise, a dinuing in he ears, vertigo,violent pain in the ead and along the vertigo column, igitation, restlessness, slight de irium and somuetimecs moderate fe er. In the second form there is itfection of the [intellectual facul es. also of the functions of sensa .ion and motion, with more or less omplte abolition of the senses. [n this latter form the appearances .pon dissections were vaseularity >f the cer'ebral membrane. The erebrum was slightly punctured, but not softened. The cerebellum was sof tened. Beneath the spinal membrane there was purulent natter, the same as beneath the erebral. The substance of the spinal cord appeared healthy. "The*lesions here descr'ibed ex ietly correspond with those de cribed by physicians who studied the disease as it prevailed at Ver ailles,Avignon and Strasburg. Ac ording to Dr. Mayne's interest ng account of the disease as it oc ured in Ireland during the year 1846, the 'serous membrane cover ng the brain and spinal marrow ws invariably found to be the seat of extensive inflammation. "The first symptoms are very formidable, and the attack is very sudden. In a large number of ases, the patient is in ordinary ealth up to the very moment of seizure, experiencing no premoni tory symtomns to warn him of dan er, tie disease all at once declar ing itself. Very generally, how eve, the attack is preceded by more or less pain in the head, especially in the forehead, tem pes or occiput. The pain is usually constant, but sometimes remittent, or even intermittent. Pain is sometimes experienced in the back of the neck and a long the course of the spine, with n, se~nse of soreness in the limbs atnd joints. "In some cases the attack is pre. eded by giddiness with or without lioness of vision. Occasionally the attack begins with an ague, scceeded by a slightly increased heat of the surface, and pain, ex tending from between the shonl :lers to the occiput,with stiffness of the posterior cervicai muscles. In :>ther cases the patient may ex hibit pallor of countenance, cold ness of the exti:emities, low moan ing or muttering delirium, quickly 5nceedrl by a restlessness. finsh. inz of the face, frequent pulse, a wild expression of the eyes, and hot dry skin. In other cases the disease may be ushered in by las situde and uneasiness, consider able prostration, and a dull heavy pain in the head, with vertigo ; eyes languid and half closed, arti culation laborious and indistinct. Occasionally the patient is sudden ly attacked with deep coma, or with more or less stupor, extreme debility, giddiness, dimness of sight or double vision. Or the at tack may commniene with severe pain in the abdomen, immediately succeeded by nausea, and perhaps vomILg. IIn violent attacks of this kind the extremities become cold and of a bluish color, and the pulse re duced to a mere thread. "Whatever may be the initia tory symptoms, they aro replaced, sooner or later, by a state of vio lent agitation, followed by stupor, with a slow, full pulse, and dilated an1d inmovable pupils. When in this condition, totucbing auy por tion of the body will sometimes pause a short plaintive cry ; at others, the patient utters acute, cries and carries his hand f.re quently to the head. Delirium is very commonly present from an early period of the attack. "in the niajority of cases there is more or less intolerance of light and sound. In some complete blindness of one or both eyes. In sonie cases there is partial or com plete deafness. An exalted sensi bility of the surface of the body is very generally present. The pa tient winces upon the slightest touch, even of the bed clothing. Diminished sensibility and con firmed stupor are always indica tions of imminent d-tnger. Some times the respiration is irregular and difficult. There is often in satiable thirst, with great tender ness upon pressure. The most striking symptom of cerebro-spi nal meningitis is that presented by the muscular ystnm. The mus cles of the neck ieconie rigidly contracted, drawing the head back and firmly fixing it in that posi tion. Rigiditv is very common in the muscles of the extremities ; in some epidemics the muscles of the whole spine from the occiput to the sacru m, being so violently con tracted as to force the spine back wards." Moos.-The spirit of man goes up and down as does mercury in a the:-mometer, but unlike mer cury, which always stand at one point until the atmosphere chan ges, the spirit of man rises and falls in the same temperature Of surroundings. To-day, ever ything is lovely, hope quickens e eye to discover possibilities for good fortune, and the blood dances to a song of joy amid healthfulness. Yesterday ze ro was warm compared with the state of the same mentality in the same circumstances of good and evil. Nothing changed but the mani. A mercurial character does not make a desirable companion a round the domestic fireside. There is too much uncertainity about his state of mind. An even tem per-, and one sustained by- for-ti tude is necessary te under-go with quietness of spirit, all the tr-ials of -'Home, Sweet Home." Make home as harmonious as paiadise ; cheerful as the noonday sun ; peaceful as moonlight on a lake ; yet thme bread will somec times be heavy, sour or brown ; the potatoes will rot, the vinegar barrel leak, the coal give out, and a thousand and one little cares present themselves ever-y week which flurry people if they allow Regular diet is a good p)reven tive for depressed spir-its. To the lovesick young man or woman, such a preventive is too vulgar to contemplate, but it is a good one nevertheless.-Elmn Orlouz. A BEAUTIFUL RETROSPECT. When the summer day of youth is slowly wasting away into the night fall of age, and the shadows of' the past year grow deeper and deeper as life wears to a close,it is pleasant to look back through the vistas of time upon the joys and sorrows of early years. If we haveca home to shelter, or hearts to rejoice with us, and friends who have been gathering around our fireside, then the r-ough places of our wayfaring will be wor-n and smoothed away in the twilight of hife, while the bright sunny spots we have pass ed through will grow brighterand more beautiful. Happy indeed, are those whose intercourse with the world has not changed the course of their holier feeling, or broken those mrusical choirds of the eart whose vibrations are so melodious, so tender and so touch ing in the evening of age. The difference between Mother Eve and Father Hyacinthe's wife is that while the former was tempted with an apple, Mrs. H. as ladr away by a nere. SIMMS' DOG. BY MAX ADELER. We did not want to take Simms' dog home for him ; but Simms in sisted upon it. He wanted to go somewhere to meet a man and so he placed one end of the chain in our hand, and left befbre we had time to remonstate. So as it was absolutely necessary to do sonic thing with the dog, we concluded that it would be better to do as Simms suggested, and take him home. He was a large dog, and his temper was not of an angelic sweetness. When we started home with him, he seemed disin clined to go. He appeared to en tertain a preference for lying down and thinking-probably a bout the succulence and juiciness of the bites he had taken out of human leg. during his career. When we pilled at the chair he Lrowled. When we whistled he ose and sho.k up the hair on his spine and showed his teeth. When we attempted to drag him along by force he flew at our legs and at tempted to help himself to a mouh ful, so that he could in future have nother cheerful recollection upon which to muse and ponder. We lodged and seized a cane, one end )f which was inserted in his col ar, so that he could be kept at a respectable distance. Then he was suddenly seized with an in ense yearning to reach Simms' ouse at once, and he startod with ijump. For three orfour han Ired yards the procession went on moothly enough ; but we should, ?erhaps, have gone more rapidly owards Simms' if the dog had not )een possessed of an irresistible lesirc to be sociable with every )ther dog that came within a square of him. Once Simms' dogr obtained too nuch sociability. '..here was a big er dog,whichseemed more anxious to commune with Simms' dog than he latter with him. The briefinter view ended with a fight. We were so much inteiested that when hostilities began we climbed im petuously over a fence, in order, ts it were, to obtain a better stand point from which to view the con diet. We watched the fray from the other side, while we passed the hain between the panels and en leavored to soothe the excited passions of the parties. Simms' Jog, we regret to say, whipped. Then we concluded to vary the ex. reises a little by starting for home again. But the blood of Simms' og was up. As soon as we began to cross the fence he made such a savage demonstration at us that we thought it would be a suicide to get down among him. We had determined to remain where we were. But Simms' animal was anmlatedl by aggressive zeal. If we would not go to him he would go to us. So lie began to crawl through the fence at the panel through which his chain went. Just as he completed the task we adjourned with singular prompt ness to the other side. Simmis' dog looked surprised and greived, but he emitted a savage growl and began to crawl back again. It seemed then as if considerations of a strictly personal, but very ur gent nature reurdthat we should return to the previous side of the fence; and when we did, Simmus' dog seemed to regard it as a sacred duty to climb back at once. We like a dog to have per severance and determnination, and SimmS' dog had. As these gym nastics were fast becoming mono tonous, we concluded to vary them; so we let the dog go and repaired to a neighboring tree. As soon as the dog arrived he gazed upward for a wvhile and drank in the scene. Then he seemed satis fied, and lay down at the foot of the tree to wait till we descended. He stayed there four hours and so did we. We couldn't desert such a faithful dog as that. At the end of that time Simms hove in sight, and standing there beneath the outspreading branches of that no ble old monarch of the forest,turned his face upward and abused us scurrilously for not bringing home his dog, as we had promised to do, intimating at the same time his belief that we cherished an inten tion to steal the brute. We should have dropped on Simms' head and crushed him to the earth, if his dog hadn't been there. As it was, we overlooked the insult, and he went home with his menagerie. The next time we have a dog to take home we shall kill him be fore we start. An elderly lady who was hand ling a set of false teeth in a dental office, and admiring the fluency with which the doctor described them, asked him, "can a body eat with these things?" "My dear madame, mastication can be per. formed with a facility scarcely equal to nature itself," responded the doctor' "Yes, I know, but can a body eat with them?" A little girl being asked what dust was, replied that it was "mud wih the jicin squeezed out." T.ere is a doctor in this city who b1:1-' a Speaking-tiube leading from the main eltrance- of hi-4 buiiin to his ottice, which is up just a e%%w flights. For several day:s past, a Nat , young wag named Svartz has amused him. self by Calling for the (otor thog I hipe,and( theCn proane iy orderk,i:ngr hii to Set out ;1n UJ exCJ:? Tin to Tartaous. o soe time this Iun was t"ken in A part until the fine humor of the joke no longer became apparent. Accordingly one afternoon, the dis ciple of Esculapitus provided him self with a tea-kettle of water, heated to obont 210 degrees Fati renheit. and w.ited -IongFide the pipe. P'rett) oon the old, fa i!l iar SOLUI cam10 up tlro-ugh-l the pipe, "Say. Doe., how's Tricks ?" "Tricks is better now-I guess he'll get well," responded the doctor, rushing out after the tea kettle. "What's been the matter with him!" "ie's got burnt." "How ?" "I'll tell you in a minute." -Oh, you to go-." The docter had inished his last sentence and then let a quart of scalding water down the pipe. Swartz had his mouth over it, and when the water struck it he was somewhat surprised. Water was apt to surprise him. but hot water wai an unexpected novelty. The man above poured in the water for about a minute and then looked out of the window. The smarL young iman was rettinr a long 'on the sidewalk at a pretty lively gait, having evidently just got up from a sitting posture. le was trying to yell "police," but couldn't articulate with much sui-1 cess. About half an hour after. ward he found himself ahle to speak, and enquired : "Did that boiler explosion hurt anybody." (San Francisco Chronicle. iLvrcu.31.umI.-Sinlgular as it may seem, the system of match making and marriage by adver tiseinent has become an earnest reality in London, and is so admit ted by the respectable press of that city. The advertising is done mainly through the columns of a weekly newspaper called the Mat rimonial News, which is sold on the street by the news boys, and meets with rapid sales. The Pall Mall Gazette thus speaks of this new branch ofjournaiism : "The editor of that journal is the match maker of the nineteenth century, and his paper appears to be estab lished on principles of the most business like description. In every number the reader may review some three hundred and fifty can- i didates for marriage, and for one shilling an advertiser may describe his or her attractions, provided the same be done in less than for ty words. Questions of difficulty or delicacy referring to courtship are answered gratuitously in these columns, privately for twelve stamps, personally for five shil ling ;a fee of five shillings is also required one mouth after any marriage is brought about by this machinery. We are assured that the business is bona fide, that con fidence and secrecy are strictly observed, and, if we are to believe the editor, hundreds of marriages have resulted from his labors." IsTAKEN PUILANTIROY.--I The turnkey of the p)rison in a Swiss canton entered the cell of a; prisoner con fined there for a misde meanor, to take him a jug of wa ter. The prisoner darted out and locked the door on his keeper. In the passage he met the turnkey's wife whom he for-ced into another cell, and then had lhe been a man of purely selfish inst incts, he would have secured safety by speedy flight. But with an excess of gene rosity he determined to liberate the other prisoners, and, unlocking their cells in turn, offered them their freedom. But the prisoners whose sen tences had nearly expired, object ed to commit a .new offence in or-' der to escape the few days of punishment remaining. Far, there fore, from accepting the proffered boon, they set up)on their gene rous friend, bound him, and releas ed the turnkey with his wife. The philanthropist now occupies his cell, no doubt reflecting in the bit terness of his heart upon the in gratitude of man. The depths of moral cynicism which a young ar dent nature is likely to reach after such an experience as this, will probably prevent any repetition of his blunder under similar circum stances in future. An Indiana woman threw a burglar down stairs and broke his neck, under the impression that it was her husband. To make a good broil-leave a letter from one of your sweet ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate of 51.G per square-one inch-for first insertion, and 75e. for each subsequent insertion. Double column advertisements-ten per cent on above. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes of respect, same rates per square as ordinay advertisements. Special notices in local column 20 cents per line. Advertisements not marked with the num ber of insertions will be kept in till forbid and charged accordingly. Special contracts made with large adver tisers, with liberal deductious on above rates 41O PalrM Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. THE NARROW GUAGE RAIL ROAD. We copy the followin,g interesting article from the Yorkville Enquorer. Taken in connection with the contem plated Newberry and Chester railroad, it is inportant : On last Saturday. at Chester. the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Cauge Railroad Company was organized y the eletioii of a Prsideint and dirm tors. A. 11 Davega. of Chester. was elVVted President. A meeting is call ed on the 7th of May. at Hickory Tav ern, N. C., of the stockholders of the Carolina N:rrow Gaue Railroad. and of the Ciester and Lenoir N rw Gau.e IVa:lroad. Tihe object of the.s etnetigs .-; to onlidat2 the two ro.-ds. These :wo roads, whn constructed will b. - ->linealculable valuite to the whole of upper South aruolna and western North Carolina. To York and Chester Counties they will afford facilities never before enjoyed. By reference to the map. it will be seen that the projected roads will cross the Richmond "nd Atlanta Airline Rail road. the Wili:.ingtou, Charlutte and Rlutherford Railrad, and the West rn Extension of the North Carolina Rllilroad. By the Richmond and At lanta lailroad we will be put in dirtect Commnnication with Spartanburg and Greenville, in this State. and with At lanta. Georgia. on the west. and with Charlotte, N. C., on the east. By eans of the Wiluington. (harlutte and Rutherford Railroad. we will be brought in close communication with Shelby, Rutherford, Charlotte :md Wilmington. The Western Extensioa of the North Carolina Railroad will inable us to counulicate speedily with Salis bury on the east. and Morgantoz, Asheville and East Tenne,ssee. Ql the West. This road seems to be the very thing that both South Carlina ad Western North Carolina need. South Carolina noe- 1 mi, ::nd that portion of North (':i*lo:a through which this road passo. as wAl :as that part ot fcncessee which li--s near its terminus, needs a market for its gramin. The facilities of i,eetingc theseC Wants will be supplied to both sections byv this road. It is eaoy to see :Gat it will infuse new life it h'ath, sections of the count ry. Fully imnpressed with the great inportance of this projected ro!d. thte -ompany is determined to build it as speedily aspossible. The Carolina Narrow Gautze and the Chester and Lenoir Nar. w (auge Railroads will, in all probability. be consolidated as sooni as the law will allow them. and the work of construct ion be iuunediate ly commenced. The people of C hester county, on the 2:hd instant, will vote on the quest ion Cf a county subscrip tion of one hundred thousand dollars. This motto looks like business. In fact, the motto of the company is busi ness-not talk. It intends to build the road, and that as soon as the nature of the case will admit. A RloM.Nes.- A correspondent, writing from Charleston, W. Va., to the .New York World says: Sa rah J. Wniemniller, a girl of about seventeen summers, who was con vited of and sent to the peniten tiary for burning a small log church in one 'of the smaller counties of the State, having been pardoned by Govern or Jacobs, was released lst Friday. The manner in which the girl got into the peniten tiary is peculiar ! She was enam ored of a young man who unfor tunately was charged wvith steal ing a horse, and was put in jail to await trial therefor. With a confidence in the charge against her inam.orata and a devotion to him that were remarkabl. she pro ceeded to commit the act for whbich she was sent up, that she might be with him in the penitentiary. But alas ! the man was acquitted last fall when his trial came off, and he has been ever since, up to the time of the pardon, been en gaged in securing his faithful though rash sweetheart' s release. The facts of this notable ro mance are set forth in the peti tion. The happy results may bo imagined. 1NsTRUCTIoN To CoUNTY ScIooOL Coonss10N ERs.-In forwarding the statements to the several Connty School Comissioners of the apportionment of the appropriation for school pur poses. J. K. Jillson. State Superin tendent of Education, has issued the following circular. viz : "DEAR SIR: There has already ~en forwarded toi y ou. from this of flee, a statement showing your Coun ty's portion of the State appropriation of $300,000 for the support and main tenance of free common scbools for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1873. You will apportion the same amorg the several school districts of your County, in proportion to the number of children between six and sixteen years of agre, inclusive. See Section > of 'An Act concerning school funds.' approved February 20, 1873, and Sec tion 6 of -An Act to make appropria tions and raise supplies for the fiscal year commencing November 1. 1873,' Do not allow the current school ex penses of any school district under your supervision to exceed the school revenue of said school district for the crrent fsal year."