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Vol. Ix. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1873.,o 9 T'HE H ERA LD IS PUBLISHED -ERY WEDNESDAY MOlRNING, it Newberry C. H., Pi..o.THOS. F. GRENEKER, Editor and Proprietor. Prices -edi. ge3t Stock in. $2..3 per Jnnun, gant 7 oct. pia . Overstruariably in Advance. provements S200, ble. Money ret'unt stopped at the expiration of popular Southern GCa, 340. Hallet Davis &euotes expiration of sub oct. S375, 410.439 & 4!o Superb Iustrument lom sold. Address-us for s_-. - anos sent on trial to any ; Send for price lists. ca.tl%. the style desired. give ns th, - guarantee to furnish a tirst 0, or refund the money. Wholeft - the celebrated Mason & Hamlnin, gans-Fifty S:yles fron S55 to SA )elivered FREIGHT PAID tO cash bu_ any partOf4he South. Any Sheet M,.. Mu'c book published in the U. S. sent pC p:aid on receipt of retail price.-Address orders to, .. LUDDEN & BATES, I. AMoutbern ulsic lou it we utter eariest. I-6VNNA .;Wd solemn vows are made a. .d broken, Ane beauty barters truth an ieope, And bitter scathing words are spoken. Gold cannot add one hou- of life, Or bwy love's holiestAaresses; It cannot stay the Siuer streak Time blends wit'h beauty's tresses; It cannot bring-the loved ones back, So rudely.-torn ft om our embrace; It cannotiinooth the wrinkled brow, Scor'd deep with grief's relentless traces. Gold cannot bring youth's ruddy glow Back to-the cheeks of fading beauty; It cannot hush the still, small voice That of long neglected duty; It cannot heal the broken heart, Throbbing with souie unbounded sorrow; ,For words that wring the soul to-day, Gold cannot bring relief to-morrow. Then let us spurn the glittering bribe, or breathe for it one sigh or sorrow; an at last but guild the bier 9 y the pall that want must borrow; t heart in all the land bevond all golden treasure, I virtue, hand in hand, -I u IGEoUs- - through life its rule and meas THE WIHING RING, Ama How it Brought Good Luck to its Owner. -:0: A young farmer whose farming <did not prosper particularly well, wvas sitting resting -onbis plow for a moment as he wiped his brow, when an o'd witch Crep)t Up) to him and said : "Why do you -toil so hard, and all for nothing ? Walk straight before you for two days and you will come to a large fir tree, which stands alone, tow er ing over alLthe othej..trees of the forest. If you cnn but fell it your foi tune is made." The farmer did not wait to. be told twice, but, taking his axe on his shoulder,started on his way. A fter walking tw odays he came to the frtree, and immediately set to work to fell it. Soon it toppled and crashed to the earth, when frolm the top branches dropped a nest containing two eggs. The eggs rolled on the ground and broke:; as they broke, forth came Sa young eaglet from one, and a small golden ring from the other. The eaglet grew visibly; till it reached the height of a man, shook h-is wings, as if to try them, raised itslf romthe ground, and then cried : "You have released me ! as a token of my gratitude take -itjsa wishing rn.Turn it on your finger, speak your wish aloud, and it will immediately be granted. But the ring has only one wish ; when that is accom plished it will lose all power and become no more than any other * ring. Therefore reflect well on what you wish for, so that you may not have to repent after ward." Having spoken, the eagle rose high into the air, swept, for some time, in wide circles over the farmer's head, and then, like an arrowv from a bowv, shot swiftly to ward the east. The farmer took the ring, put it on his finger and started homeward. Tfoward eve nling be reached a town. At the door of his shop a goldsmith stood who had many valuable rings for sale. The farmer showed him his ring, and asked him what'was a bout the value of it. "Mere trumpery," answered the goldsmith. The farmer laughed heartily -telling the man it was a wishing ring, and of more value thtan all his rings put together. Now the goldsmith was a false, designing man, so he invited the farmer to stay all night at his house, saying: "It must bring one good luck to entertain a man who is the possessor of such a jew el, so pray remain with me." He accordingly entertained him well with plenty of wvine and civil words,but when he went to sleep at night he drew his ring stealthily from his finger and put on in stead a common ring quite like it in appearance. Tbe next morn ing the goldsmith could hardly wait, with any degree of patience, till the farmer had taken his de par-ture. He awoke him in the early dawn, saying: "You have -so far to go, you had better start early." As soon as the farmer was safe on his journey the goldsmith went into his room, and having shut the shutters that no one iight see, he bolted himself in, d standing in the middle of the m. and turning the ring on his er-. exclaimed : wish to have a hundred thou silver crowns immediately !" rdly were the words spoken when bright five-shilling piece. began to rain down from the ceil ing; shining silver cro.vns poured down so fast and hard that they began to beat him unmercifully about the head, shoulders and arms. Calling piteously for help, he tried to rush to the door, but before he could reach it and un bolt it he fell bleeding to the ground. Still the rain of silver crowns did not cease, and soon, under the weight of it, the floor ing gave way, and the unfortun ate goldsmith and his money fell down into a deep cellar. And still it rained on, till the hundred thousand silver crowns were com pleted, and then the goldsmith lay dead in his cellar, with the mass of money upon him. Attracted at the noise the neighbors rushed to the spot, and, on finding the goldsmith dead under his money, exclaimed : "It really is a misfor. tune, when blessings rain down like cudgels." Then heirs came and divided the spoil. Meanwhile the farmer went happily home, and showed the ring to his wife. "We shall never want for any thing, dear wife," lie said ; "our fortune is made. But we must consider well what we must wish for." The wife had a bright idea ready at hand. "Let us wish ourselves some more land," said she; "we have so little. There is just a nice strip which stretches into our field. Let us wish for that." "That would never be worth while," replied the husband; "we have only to work well for a year, and have a moderate share of good luck, and we can buy it for ourselves." And the man and his wife work ed hard for a whole year, and the harvest had never been so plenti ful as that autumn, so they were not only able to buy the strip of land, but had money to spare. "You see," said the husband, "the land is ours and the wish too." Then the good woman thought it would be a capital thing to wish themselves a cow and a horse. "Wife," answered the husband, again clinking the surplus money in his pocket; "it would be folly to sacrifice our wish for such a trumpery thing. We can get the cow and horse without that." And, sure enough, in another year's time, the horse and cow had been well earned. So the man rubbed his hands cheerfully, and said: "Another year has passed, and still the wish is ours, and yet we have all we want: what good luck we have!" The wife, however, began to be very impatient, and tried serious y to induce her husband to wish for something. "You are not like your old self,' she said crossly: "formerly, you were always grumbling and com plaining, and wishing for all sorts of things; and now, when you might have whatever you want, you toil and work like a slave, are pleased with everything, and let your best years slip by. You mighi be an emperor, duke, a great, rich farmer with loads of money, but no-you can't make up your mind what to choose." "Pray do cease continually wor rying and teasing me," cried the farmer ; we are both of us young, and life is long. The ring con tains but one wish, and that inst not be squandered. Who knows what may happen to us, when we might really need the ring ? D( we want for anything now ? Since the ring has been ours,have we not so risen in the world that all mei marvel at us ? So do be sensible, and amuse yourself, if you like, by thinking what we shall wish for. And so the matter was allowed to rest for the present. It really seemed as if the ring brought blessings on the house, for barni and granaries grew fuller and ful ler from year to year; and, in the course of time, the poor farmet became a rich and prosperous one Hie worked all day with his men as if the whole world depend ed upon it ; but in the evening when the vesper bell sounded, he was always to be seen sitting, con tented and well-to-do, at his thres hold, to be wished "Good even ing" by the passers-by. Now and then, when they were quite alon< and no one near to hear, the womn an still reminded her husband o the ring, and made all sorts o propositions to him. He alway answered there was time enoug] to think about it, and that th best ideas always occurred to on last. So she gradually fell into th way of' mentioning it. less of ten and at last it rarely happened tha the ring was ever alluded to at all The former, it is true, turned th ring on his finger twenty times day and examined it closely, bu took good care never, to express th slightest wish at the time. An< so thirty and forty years went b' ard the farmeir and his wife grei old and their hair snow-white, an< th wish remained unspoken. At last it pleased God to show them a great mercy, and He took them to Himself both in one night. Childrei, and grandchildren stood weeping around the coffins, and, as one of them tried to withdraw the ring from the dead man's fin ger, his eldest son said "Let our father take his ring to the grave. There was some mys tery about it. Probably it was some love token, for our mother often looked at the ring, too; per haps she gave it to him when they were young." So the old farmer was buried with the i1ng which should have been a wishing ring, but was not one, and yet had brought as much good luck to the house as man could desire. For it is strange, as regards tLe true and the false, that a bad thing can be turned to better account in good hands than a good thing in bad.-Good Words for the Young. A PAPER ON PLOUGHING. ITS EFFECT UPON DIFFERENT SOILS AT DIFFERENT SEASONS. An Esszy Before the State Agricul tural and Mechanical Society, by Dr. John H. Furman, of Sumter. The first of the discussions be. fore the State Agricultural So ciety, at its session on Wednesday last, was upon 'Ploughing and its effect upon different soils at differ ent seasons," and the debate was opened by the fbllowing interest ing and practical essay upon the subject by Dr. John H. Furman, of Sumter: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Society-there are two points in which I conceive our practice of agriculture has been particular ly deficient. These are winter preparation and modes of plough ing. With many it has been custo mary to allow the spring to be far advanced, or at least the winter to be pretty well spent, ere the process of preparation begins; in deed this is merged in that of culti vation, and the corn is growing ere land is broken up, and the cot ton is up on part of the plantation before the earth has been fitted for its reception on the balance. A change of circumstance in volves the necessity for a change of modes. We once had virgin lands and cheap and reliable labor. Then, if ever, the extensive and superficial system had its advan tages for (though ultimately de structive) it often gave large im mediate returns. Now, with to a large extent, exhausted and de nuded fields, and unreliable and ex pensive labor to contend with, it becomes necessary to obtain pre sent support, and accomplish the ultimate improvement of the land that wve resort to other modes and appliances-that the extensive give place to the intensive-that we plough early and plough deep. For what do we plough ? This Imay seem a trite question, but it opens a wide field for inquiry, ob servation and refle,:tion. What do we plough for: and how and when should we do it ? We plough to pulverize the earth, whereby the delicate, hair-like roots of plants may ramify and ex',end, in every direction, thereby obtain ing? ample pasturagre to feedupn And here the advantages of deep ploughing will at once be appa rent. The man who breaks his land eight inches deep, gives his plants twice the pasturage that he does who breaks but four, and ho who penetrates twelve, trebles the sources of supply. We plough to let in the air and sun that we may secure the ferti lizing properties of the one, and the vivifying and ameliorating action of the other, and we should plough deep in order that these beneficial influences may be ex tended to a greater area of root pasturage. The air contains am monia and carbonic acid, both highly essential to the growth of of~vcgtation. They are rapidly and in quantities absorbed by po rous bodies, while compact bodies appropriate little or none of these; therefore by thorough and deep comminution of the soil we greatly increase the amount of these bodies taken up and held by the land. They act also as soI Ivents thus preparing them to be taken up and assimulated by the plant. We should plough deep in order that these benefits may be extended to a large bulk of soil. We plough deep that our lands may be saved from washing; and that the rain water may not run off, carrying with it its fertilizing properties as well as those of the soil it reaches. Rain water as well as the atmosphere abounds tin carbonic acid and ammonia, and by enabling it fully to penetrate Ithe earth, we secure these vain able ingredients. We plough to turn under vcgta Ition (dry or green) and to bury the serds of noxious plants. By running deep we increase the depth of our soil, and cover up these seeds so far from the in fluenebs of air, heat and light, that comparatively few germinate, and those that do, come up slowly and in a sickly condition, aud are eas ily destroyed, thereby lessening the labor of cultivation. By ploughing deep we not only tura under and give comparative rest to the surface soil, (which has so long been drawn upon,) but bring up a sub-surface, which has, perhaps, never been disturbed by the plough-into which the roots of cultivated plants have pene trated but little, and which con tains much of what has been drained fion the surface soil. In soils as light and sandy, (as are those cultivated by many of us,) the high winds of March and April carry off quantities of the light surface, thereby rapidly ex hausting the land of humus, which is its life blood. By deep winter ploughing, we turn up a valueless surfaLce, which, if blown off, is a small loss, as there is an inexhaust able supply left. And here I would draw a distinction between the ploughing of preparation and that of cultivation. The one be longs to winter, and should be deep; the other to spring and sum mer, should be shallow. It is true that the term deep ploughing is altogether compara tive. What would be deep with us would be considered shallow by the turners-up. of the almost fathomless alluvial deposits of the West. What might be deemed shallow here would be considered almost no ploughing at all there. The character of the soil and sub. soil must, to a great extent, regu late it. When the surface is thin and deficient in vegetable matter and the subsoil of an inferior quality, we should commence con tinuously, and gradually descend as we add to the quantity of humus and the other elements of fertility in the land till we have reached the greatest attainable depth. And here I would remark that in deepening and improving the quality of our soil we not only add to its ability to sustain plant life, by the increased amount of pabulum it affords, but add vastly to its capacity for absorb ing and retaining moisture, a fact, the practical importance of which cannot be over-estimated. The objection urged to deep winter proparation and shallow cultivation, that the lands run together and become too hard for the vigorous growth of vegeta tion, will be found of limited ap plication where the lands have been properly broken and to the right depth. A due regard being paid to drainage, this objection applies, almost exclusively, to soils predominating in clay. If deep ploughing possesses ad vantages already hinted at, how important that it should be ac complished as early in the winter as practicable, that the benefits of the winter rains (and ft-osts in further pulverizing the land) may be secured, that the air may have as long a time as possible to circu late through its bulk, that the stubble, weeds and grass may have time to ferment and decay, that the moisture, which arises freely from the subsoil, in seasons of drouth, by capillary attraction, bringing with it the soluble ele ments of inorganic fertility from far below the surface, and de positing them there, as it evapo rates, may also contribute its benefits. Mr. President, our true policy is concentration; and peculiarly is it so in our pr-esent circumstances. By a proper deepening of the soil, combined with high and judicious fertilization, one acre may be made to yield what it has been customary to gather from four or* even six, with a far less expendi ture of labor and greater certain ty as to the results; for with a deep soil, in the right physical and chemical condition, we re quire, comparatively, but little rain. The long roll is being sounded for the assembling of the heirs to the Chase millions. They are to meet and trace up their genealogy. It is expected it will be a big meeting, but that three hundred million dollars will go around. Any one whose name is Chase, or who has had any relations by name of Chase-sisters, brothers, aunts, cousins, nephews or neices, and so on, whose names were Chase-had better be hunting up themselves and see "what kind of a person they are." They might have an interest in that $300,000,000, The Sultan of Turkey retains the exclusive services of a lady physician to attend the females and children of his household. The physician is a New Hampshire lady, and graduated in Philadelphia. A child died of fright at the Schut zenfest during the excitement at the tight ropeacent. A WORD TO PARENTS. To expect to dam a river with a feather, or stop an earthquake with a plaster, or drown a hurri cane with a tin whistle, is about as reasonable as to expect by ar gument or advice to change the inclinations ofyoung people when they are under the influence of the passion they call love, and are determined to marry the ob ject of their desire. 'Say what you will, and do w'hat wilf, and I will have him !" said one girl, and she did have: him, with intemperance, poverty, beggary, insanity, and death to close the scene. "Would you marry him if you thought these stories were true ?" said a christian minister to a young relative who was commit ting her heart to the keeping of one against whom evil charges were brought by mutual friends who had opportunity to know the truth. "No, I would not," said she; but no one could convince her of the truth of the statements. Twenty or thirty years of pain and sor row, and broken heart and broken spirits have done tho work for her at last. "Would you marry him if you knew he .drank liquor?" said a woman to a fair young girl. "Certainly I would-marry him and reclaim him," was the an swer; and she did marry him; and ere she had passed a month with her husband she was advised by her friends to leave him ; and af ter a year and a half of abuse an sorrow she returned to her father's house, a poor wrecked shadow of her former self-fleeing from her brutal, drunken, and adulterous husband to save what little life she had left. Ten thousand girls stand on the verge of the same abyss to-day, and nothing you can say, or I can say, will affect them in the least, except to hurry them on to their terrible doom. Why is it ? Partly because they have never yielded their wills to parental control, and have always had their .own way, and partly because their parents have never warned them of their dan ger, till it came upon them like an overrunning flood. Parents do not win or encourage the confi dence of their children. Old peo ple forget that they were ever young, and young people do not remember that they may yet be old. Mutual confidence is need ful to mutual comfort or improve ment. If the mother would say to her daughter in early life-long be fore the dangerous period comes "My child, there will come a time when new feelings, impulses, in. stincts, and emotions will sway you, and when the opposite sex will awaken in you passions which often prove stronger than judg ment, reason and conscience ; and coming under the influence of some young man, you will be lia ble to lose your self-control, and be swayed by their will, and think his thoughts, and1 feel his feelings, and say 'Yes' to his requests, be cause it is his will and mind that makes you speak the words he desires to hear: all this will come and you will be liable to be swept to ruin by the force of an influence which you do not understand, and can neither control nor resist and ai hich may be strong in propor tion as its source is vile and worth less, and your only security from it is to place your future in the hands of God, and watch your paths, and thoughts, and avoid even the outer circles of this dan gerous whirlpool, by investigating and judging first, and loving af terwards ; and only yielding your affections when and where un biased judgment will declare that it is safe and right to yield them." If such warnings and instruc tions as these were given from day to day in early life, how many a young girl would ponder the path of her feet, and walk care fully that she might escape the ruin that attend so many in their waywar,d course. Mothers and fathers, begin in season with your children. Pre pare them to rightly estimate the new instincts and emotions of ma turing life, not by joking and hec toring them, but by a wise and loving course. Win their confi dence and keep it. Preserve their privacies ; shield the secrets of their hearts fr-om the rude gaze and mocking laugh, and let them feel that it is the safest thing. they can do to show their first-love let ter to their father, or whisper their first tender secret into their mother's ear, assured that they will find for such communications a patient, co4rteous, reasonable, and tender reception, and have the best of council, with no dan ger that their confidence will ever be betrayed. Parents, train your children in time. They have this sea to sail over-see to it that they study the chart and know the rock be forehnnr1 Tell them the things they need know. Guard against the wreck and ruin that destroys so many of the young. "Train up a child in the way he should go and when be is old he will not depart from it."-The Christian. TAKING THE VEIL. THREE YOUNG LADIES RENOUNCE THE WORLD AND ADOPT A REI. GIOUS LIFE. We take the following interesting accouit from the Charleston News & Courier : In the chapel of the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy on Queen street. yes terday morning. a series of ceremonies were attended by a large number of persons. The occasion was the ad-1 mission of three young ladies into the order, a ceremony that is not often witnessed in Charleston. The names of the novices were Misses Emily Beck ind Mary O'Neill. of this city, and .Miss Lucy McCarthy, of Ireland. Misses Beck and McCarthy had al rVdy been admitted to the order as novices, and yesterday were admitted to the full habit. Miss O'Neill was ijly admitted to the novitiate. At ;even o'clock the procession entered the chapel headed by a nun bearing iloft the crucifix. Immediately be hind her followed twenty young girls. ill wearing white veils, and they were in turn followed by the orphan girls in -harge of the institution chanting an ppropriate hymn. The postulant fol lowed, proceeded by four little girls irrayed in the colors of the Virgin Nlary, blue and white, and escorted by 'two of the Sisters of the Order. She was clad in a dress of white tulle. md wore a white bridal veil and wreath of Orange flowers. All the ipplicants bore a lighted candle in -heir hands. Arrived in front of the iltar, which was befittingly decorated with flowers, the Rev. H. P. North -op addressed a few words of congrat ilation to the candidates, after which .he following questions were asked Priest. My child, what do you de mand ? Novice. Through the mercy of Jod, the holy habit of religion in the ,ommunity of our Lady of Mercy. Priest. Is it with your own free ill and consent you demand that abit of religion ? Novice. Yes reverend father. Priest. Reverend mother, have rou enquired into these things neces ary to be known for those who enter nto religion, and are you fully satis led ? Mother. Yes, reverend father. Priest. My dear child have you i firm intention to persevere in religion md do you think you have sufficient trength to bear constantly the sweet oke of our Lord Jesus Christ for he love and fear of God alone ? Novice. Relying on the mercy )f God and on the prayers of the MIother and Sisters I hope to be able :o do so. Priest. What God has commene ~d in you may Hie himself make per ~ect. Novice. Amen. Priest. May the Lord banish from rou the old man with all his works. Novice. Amen. The priest then intoned the "Veni Dreator," the sacred strains of which vere taken up and chanted by a choir >f young girls. The habits having yeen blessed were borne out by four ittle girls, and the procession left the ~hapel. In a few minutes it returned. 2eaded by the postulant, who with her 3ead shorne of its tresses and clad in he sombre habit of the order, proceed ad to the rails of the altar. A sol nnn mass was then celebrated. At ~he conclusion of the mass the blessed ;acrament was administered to the 'iovices, each of whom before receiv .ng it pronounced her vows in a firm :one of voice. and assumed the names >f Sister Angella and Sister Mary glare. A CHARACTER-An English jour il says: "Those who were at Chisel hurst on the occasion of the laying in state of the Emperor Nopoleon must have noticed a very tall, broad-should red man, who, in evening dress. with a fir cape over his shoulders, was un eeasingly smoking cigarettes. This was M. Paul de Cassagnac, the cele brated fighting editor of the Pays, who has slain eighteen men by his small sword practice in duels, and who was one of the most vigorous supporters.by pen and sword, of the Bonaparte re gime. He is now suffering slightly from rheumatism, but when his fit is over he has to undergo a duel with N. Mace. the fighting editor of the Gau lois also an expert swordsman and duelist " A Jackal who had pursued a deer all djay with unflagging industry was about to seize him, when an earth quake, which was doing a little civil engineering in that part of the coun, try, opened a broad chasm~ between' him and his prey. "Now, here," said he, 'is a djistinct interference with the laws of niature. But if we tolerate miracles, there is an end of all pro gress." So speaking, he endeavored to cross the abyss at a jump. His fate would serve the purpose of an impres sive warning if it might be clearly as certained, but, the earth hading im mediately pinched together again, thie research of the moral invessigato: is [OFFICIAL.] The Laws of South Carolina. Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly at the Session of 182-'3. JOINT RESoLUTION TO RATIFY TlE ANIEND'MENT To THE (ON%TITU TION OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. RELATIVE TO THE IN CREASE 4F THE STATE DEBT. Whereas the contitution of the State of South Carolina provides that an amendment or amend ments may be made to the same ; and that such amendment or amendments shall beagrced to by two-thirds of the members elected to each house, such amendment or amendments to be entered on the jourj:ls, respectively, with the yeas and nays taken thereon ; and that same shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the State at the next general election there after for representatives; and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the Gener al Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote in favor of such amendments; ard two-thirds of each branch of the next General Assembly shall, after such an election, and before another, ratify, the same-amend ment or amendments by yeas and nays, the same shall become part of the constitution : Provided, That such amendment or amend ments shall have been read three times, on three several days, in each house ; and whereas the Gen eral Assembly, at its last session, did, in each branch, pass a joint resolution proposing an amend ment to the constitution of the State of South Carolina, which was agreed to by two-thirds of its members, to wit: ARTICLE XVI. "To the end that the public debt of South Carolina may not hereafter be increased, without the due consideration and free consent of the people of the State, the General Assembly is hereby forbidden to create any Further debt or obligation, either by the loan of the credit of the State, by guaranty, endorsement, or otherwise, except for the ordi nary and current business of the State, without first suWaitting the question as to the creation of any such new debt, guaranty, endorse ment or loan of its credit to the people of this State at a general State election ; and, unless two thirds of the qualified voters of this State, voting on the question shall be in favor of a further debt, guaranty, endorsement or loan of ts credit, none such shall be :reated or made." And whereas the said proposed imendment has been submitted to he electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly it "the n.:t general election" fol-< lowing the action of the General As semibly, and a majority of the said1 electors have voted in favor of the same; therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, mnd by the authority of the same: That the amendment to the Donstitution of the State of South Carolina, pr-oposed and agreed to1 by two-thirds of the members of aeh branch of the last General Assembly, and voted for by a ma-1 jority of the electors qualified to vote for member-s of the GeneralI Assembly at the last election toI wit : ARTICLE XVIL To the end that] the public debt of South Carolina may not hereafter be increased without the due consideration and free consent of the people of the State, the General As sembly is hereby forbidden to create any further debt or obliga tion, either by the loan of the uredit of the state, by guaranty, endorsement or- otherwise, except for the ordinary and current busi ness of the State, without first sub mitting the question as to the creation of any such new debt, guar-anty, endorsement or loan of its credit to the people of this State at general State election; and unless two-thirds of the quali fled voters of this State, voting on the question, shall be in favor of a further debt, guaranty, endorse ment or loan of its credit, none shall be created or made, he, and the same is hereby, ratified and made a par-t of the constitution of the State of South Carolina. Approved January 29, A. 1). 1873. AN ACT CONCERNING SCHO.0L FU-NI)s Be it enacted by the Senate and IIouse of Representatives of t hef State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That the General Assembly shall levy, at each r-egu lar session thei-eof, an annual spe cial tax, to be known and design a ted as the school tax, on all tax a ble property throughout the State for the support and maintenance of the free common schools; which tax shall be collected at the same time. and in the same manne and ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate of $1.00 per square-one inch-for first insertion, and 75c. 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 Coltracts mabd, with large adver tisers, with liheral deductious on above rates Jen PRIXTheve Done with Ne-tness and Dispatch. Terms Cali. )y the same agents as the general State tax, and which tax shall be aid into the treasury of the ctate. Seri'N 2. That it. be declared mI sIemeanor on the part of, the 4tte treasurer to apply or appro. riate any filnldts <r tmIOIINeys dertjiV .d fiomi. or collected. or received MI accOltl-t of. said selool tax, for ()y p>runeorlrposes whatso 1ver. cept that of free conmon .0l1->1s ad. o1i convictiLon there >,I he shall pay a tine of not less 1han five tIou!sand dIihrS(.000.) he sanie to be used for school puir )USes, a!t shall he imprisoned at he0 diseretnut If Lto: Coart. SFCrro 'S 3 h'liat the State trea urer sh1all, ft!rniih to the State Cupereitendant of utcation, an MalIv. on, or biore the first Tues Jay of March o e:oeh year, except he prezent year which shall be he first day of April, a certified itaternent showing the amount of Inonleys 'coilectedl or received by um on account of said school tax. SECTIoN 4. That it shall be the iuty of the State superintendant >f education to apportion, as the aw specifics. the free common ichool funds of the State among he several counties thereof. SECTION 5. That it shall be the luty of each county school con nissioner to apportion, accord ng to law, the free common chools funds of his county among he several school districts there )f: Proc;ded. That any school dis riet beli.ving itself wronged by uch apportiomnent may appeal o the State superintendant of ,ducation, whose decision shall be in al . SECTION 6. That it shall be the luty of each county treasurer to -eport monthly, on the 15th day >f each month, to the county chool commissioner of his county he amount of collections and dis >ursemnents mnae by him for the nonth on account of poll tax and tLu other school funds ; and it shall >e a misdemeanor on the part of ny county treasurer to neglect, alil or refuse to make such report; Lnd, on conviction thereof, he hall pay a fine of not less than vye hundred dollars. ;8500,) the amne to be used for school pur' oses in his cou nty. SECTION 7. That all money dis >aursed by anfy county treasurer on Lecount of school funds or taxes >r poll tax, shall be paid on the >r-der of boards of school trustees, :ountersign ed by the county chool commissioner :Provided rhait accounts or claims of school rustecs for- enumerating school -hildren shall be paid on the order >f county school commissioners. SECTIoN 8. That ede?b county reasuror shall make out and for vard to the State sup~erintendant >f education. annually, on the 1st lay of November, a certified state nent, showing by school districts he amount oi' poll tax and the Lmount of local or school district axes collected by him for the fis al year ending on the 31st of Oe ober next preceding; and should mny county treasurer fail, neglect >r refuse to make and for-ward the tatement as herein required, the tate superintendan t of education hatll make out a written coin laint to the circuit solicitor for be county in which the said trea urer resides, who shall prosecute he said county treasurer for the ame, and 0on conviction thereof 10 shall be subject to a fine of five ndred dollars, ($500.) the same *o be used for free common school >urposes in his county. Approved February 20, A. D. ~873. LN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEV ENTH, (7.) CHAPTER ONE HUN DRED AND FoURTH. (104,) OF TI TLE ONE, (1,) PART THIRD. (3.) OF TUE G;ENERAL. sTATUTES. Be it enacted by the Senate and 1ouse of Representatives of the state of South Carolina. now met Lnd sitting in General Assembly, Lnd by the author-ity of the same: That section seventh, (7.) chap er one hundred and fourth, (104,) >f the title one (1) of parts third 3) of the general statutes be unended so as to recad as follows ; iEhe sheriff of Richland county Lhall attend every session of the Supreme Court, to perform such fficial services as by the said aourt shall be required, and he shall be allowed, and paid there for, at the rate of five dollars per day. The clerk of the said court shall give a bond, in the sum of three thousand dollars, to be ap proved by the chief justice there of, for the faithful performance of the duties her-einafter devolving upon him. It shall be the duty of said clerk to~ provide for said courL necessary furniture, print ing, blank b o o k s , stationery, fuel and lights; and the accounts and vouchers for all aforesaid ex penditures and service shall be certified to, under oath, by said clerk, approved by the chief .i1. tice, audited by the comptrsur general, and paid by the +fund er of the State out of . not otherwise appropr:27, A. I). Approved Febru 1873