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Vol. IX. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1873. No. 2> THE HERALD IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESD.Y MORNING, At Newberry C. H., BY. THOS, F; GRENKKER, Editor and Proprietor. Ter*s,-$2.5O per anum, Invariably in Advance. 02,Thd paper is stopped at the expiration of time for which it is puad. C7 The >< mark denotes expiration of sub scription. If, sitting with this little worn-out shoe And scarlet stocking on my kt-ie, I knew the little feet hail patted through The pearl-set gatis that lie 'twixt heaven, and me, I could be reconciled, and happy too, And look with glad eyes: towards the Jasper Sea. If, in the;mqrning, when the song of birds Reminds me of a music far more sweet, I listen to his pretty, broken words, And far the music of his dimpled feet, I could be almost happy, though I heard No answer, seeing but his vacant seat. I could be glad if, when the day is done, And,all its cires and heart-ache laid away, esaizld look westward to the hidden sun, And with a heart full -of sweet yearning say: "To-night I'm nearer to my litt;e one By just the travel of one earthly diy." If I could know those little feet were shod With sa ndali wrought of light in better lands And that the footprints of a tender God Rausideby sitie with his in the golden Sdltowbcheerfully and ki.s the rod, Since Benny was in wiser, safer hands. If he were dead. I would not sit to-day -Ailitain with tears the wee sock on my knee; I would not kiss the shoe and say, "Bring back again my boy to me ;" I would be patient, k:iowing 'twas God's way. But 0! to know the feet once pure and white, The hahnts of-vice have holdlv ventured in! The hand- that shonld have b.Lttled for the right, Have been wrung crimson in the clasp of sin! And should he knock at Heaven's gate to night, To fear my boy could hardly enter in. From"social Su ies"irh Na .Sua world. SAVED BY AN IM~PRESION. A TRUE CALIFORNIA srORY. Of the many strange stories of personal experience and adventure relating to the law less golden days of California before -the retribu tive atnd purifying advent of the famous Vigd1ance C ommnittee, one *appearing lately in - the Nevada City 'Transcript,'from the pen of its principal actor, is not the least remarkable as. on illustration of the sluister anarchy of phenomen al period, while it has a distinctive interest of its own as a familiar study of that not uncommon der the name of supernatural pre sentment. 101851,thyerwtesnte culmination of brigand reign at the-Gorden Gate and the mighty nprising of the-outraged citizenry -'t lie dastardly assassination of editor King by the outlaw Casey, the swrier of the present story in question was a prominent offiner of the customs in San Francisco, and'ereonntly held possession of gevernmo'nt collections to a large amount. His office was'at the end I of a point of land on the Bay, whiere Battery and Jackson streets converged; for closer guardian ship thereof he lodgedt in a p)rimi Live apartment of the same build ing; and to reach the place from the business portion of the city he was obliged to traverse a long and narrow plank w alk spanning the water on pules from the foot of Sansome and Clay streets. With the city sw:rming with escaped. con'fiets from Australia, and desperate characters of every nationality, murder and robber-y w.ere of every day occurrence, and the municipal authorities and po lice themselves in notorious league wittthe banditti, was a perilous L - time for any respectable man knowni to own or have theC custo (of - treasure to any amoun t, ho customs officer generally !ao i a point to wvalk home ov rt his extemporized river road irom his dinner at the Lafatyette roButa Restaurant in the city before dark. .Bti On the occasion, however, to Wife which his story refers, when he b - had money in his safe3 to the sum -of" between $10,000 and $20,000, er,and some f..:nds with whom he had er, anddined at the Lafayette tempted 0 A him to go with them to a new age, re, which had just beeca opposite the plitza, on or ite of th6 later City hie places of amuse Before th. . rude town were' meti~the y ses and even mhenl "eming- c-saloonand chie oderou dai o have some ore snuch a treat Vgly more re was Lleast nomina g'sg diver Wthj ng ble for an ev 0" d to for b11 hab he was tem get his usual )r0denCe as to early hours, and go, with his safe' keys in his pockets to the novel play house. Some wine at the talble had perhap.s helped him to foo! hardiness. At any rate, it was tvith no thought ofdan-ger that he entered the theatre; blt searecly had he taken a seat therein with his friends when there suddenly came upon him such a feeling of .everish'uneasiness, such an un controllable impulse to arise and fly from the place, that he found it impossible to sit still, or keep his thoughts connected for conver sation. With every additional moment this unaccountable perturbation in creased, though without defining itself to him as from any distinct cause, until, at last, at the rising of the curtain lie could resist it no longer. Believing himself un der the influence ot some nervous or cerebral disorder, which soic stimulant might allay, he made a vague excuse to his companions, and summarily hurried from the crowded house, intending to take a glass of wine at the adjacent celebrated "El Dorado" saloon and then return. But even in the street the same feeling yet beset him. In a kind of panicking dream he hastened on toward the water, passing the brilliantly lighted and noisy El Dorado without power to enter, and finding himself down Mont gomery street and out near the plank walk leading to his office before -he. had become conscious of any definite action for his foot steps. Raving come thus far in such q m1anner, lie concluded to go on, a:ld so proceeded along the water to his room next his office in which, throwing himself upon a lounge, with a el6ak over him, he fell asleep. No- other incident occurred un til morning. when one of his neighbors in the builOing awoke him to ask if lie had heard intrud ers in the hall during the night. He w.as told there had been noises as of several men moving near the door of his office; and when lie and his informant thereupon searched the corridors for traces, they found several footmarks, an ovarcoat. A slungshot and a club-unmistak able evidences that something wicked had that way conic dur in- the dark hours. Beginning to perceive now what his mysterious premonition at the theatre had meant, the custom officer went out of the building to the platform, or wharf, on the wa ter, and there saw all that remain ed to be show n. Scarcely had he ap peared whed he was hailed by an affrighted boatman, who called his attention to a horrible sight. The remainder of the-story may be given most effectively in his own wor-ds. "2The tide,"2 he says, "was coming in, and there, mnoving with. the motion of the wvaves, was a man who had been murdered and thrown into the water. His feet had stuck in the muddy-bottom so that he had not floated away and as the tide came in he had arisen with it and was now up right. Drawing the body ash'ore "e found the skull broken with a club or billy, and the pockets turned inside out; showing con' elusively the object of the murder. ie was of my size and dressed in a blue suit with a naval cap, the same as I had worn all day before, arid was found to be the mate of the office. I felt sorry for the poor fellow, for I knew in my heart he had fallen a victim in mis'.ake for me. On meeting my companions at dinner!I related the circumstances, with which they were much affect ed. They told me that soon after I left the theatre sever-al persons had inquired for me, and among others the inspector of customs and an assistant captain of police, who all seemed very anxious about my whereabouts. Some months passed, when the vigilants got hold of several of the chiefs of the bands and sent them the short road over Jordan and exiled oth ers ; and many, fearing on account of their misdc3ds, took themselves away. The assistant captain of police came to me at midnight, begging and crying for me to save him to place him on some outgoing vessel-for the sake of his innocent family at home. I listened to the wretch and took him in my boat below Fort Point, where I over took a vessel bound for Nicar-auga, and placed him on board, giving him ai couple of dollars and the ad vice to "go and sin no more" which advice, it seems, he did not profit by, for on the return of the vessel I learned that he had joined with others of the same class to rob a ranche, and had been shot. Upon my returning up the har bor, I met the vigilant boat com ing down. The officer in charge (an intimate friend) asked me what I had done with Bill. TI told him, whben he gave me the astoun d ing news that the villain whom I had served was the one who had givn the information in regard to Inc ; that I always carried the keys of the safe in my pocket, and of the large aiount of money on hand. One of his pals had turned on him and given ail the partiet lars of' the intended murder and robbery. The gang had followed me from the time I left the office, to din ner-,thence to the theatre. Think ing they had me corraIled, they had gone to the El Dorado to take a drink, all meeting there. Tpon returning( to the theatre in a few minutes they were astonished to find me gone, hence their inqui rics. They then went to my of fiee ; but finding there was no light, they were sure I was not there, but, to be certain, placed two sentinels, and also another at the head of the wharf, while the others scattered around to watch for ine. About 12 o'clock the poor mate came along and inet his fate. Upon scarchiig his pockets they found out the mistake. They had kille'i the wrong man. Here is a very graphic illustra tion of the condition of things Californian, invoking the stern, decisive uprising and sweep of the immorta! "vvgilante%"--officers of the customs and the police, both active in the scheme of stopping such a crime ; but is the psycho logical or- supernatural element of the story by which the latter has its particular commendation for these spiritually speculative days. &*iseItauecus. HOW DOES HE SLEEP? BY CIARLES F. DEEMs, D. D. A man who achieves any great thing in any department of hum:n effort must have assistants in the shape of employes, lieutenants, deputies, marshals-whatever you may choose to call them. Ie has brain enough to furnish direction to the energy of many men. His success or failure will be due in a large measure to the judiciousness of his selection. le must know his men. They must be capable. They must be faithful. They must have no bad habits. This last brings me to what I wish to present to my readers. . One of the most important things to know about any man upon whom you are going to place any dependence is, how le sleeps ? Sleeplessness may some times be involuntary. There may have been some shock to the man's nerves which has made him in somnolent; but sleepnessless is more frequently voluntary. Men choose to push their studies or their work into those hours wien they should be asleep. It does not matter for what cause any man may do this; the mnere fact of not sleeping spoils his case. lie may spend his nights in the theatre, in the study, or in the "protracted meeting." It will make no differ ence; the result to the body will be the same. The sleep was not had, and for that the man must pay. One man may do with a lit tie less sleep than another ; but as a general rule, if you want a clerk, a lieutenant, a lawyer, a physi cian, a legislator, a judge, a pr'esi dent, or a pastor, do not trust your interests to any man that dloes not take an average eight good, solid hours of sleep out of'every twen ty-four. Whatever may be his reason for it, if' he does not give himself' that, he will snap some time just when you want him to be '4trong. The intellectual and moral con nections of sleeping have, 1 think not been sufficiently appreciated. Men and boys havo been praised for "burning the midnight oil." Now, this "midnight oil" is a delu sion and a snare. The student who is fast asleep at eleven o'clock every night, and is wido awake at seven in the morning, is going to surpass another student of the same intellectual ability who goes to bed after twelve and rises before five. In sleep the plate on which the picture is ta en is receiving its chemical prepa ration, and it is plain that wvhich is the best prepared will take the premium. Men who are the fastest asleep when they are asleep are the widest awake wvhen they are awake. Great workers must be great resters. Every man who has clerks in his employ ought to know what their sleeping habits are. The young man wvho is up till two, thr-ee and four o'clock, in the morn ing, and must put in his appear ance at the bank or store at nine or ten o'clock, and work all day, cannot repeat this process many days without a certain shaking coming into the system, which he will endeavor to steadly by some delusive stimulus. It is in this way that many a young man be gins bis course to ruin. He need not necessarily have been in bad company. He has lost his sleep; and losing sleep is losing strength Here is the outline of a historv of a suicide within my own know ledge: A young mali-a st'llrger in NeV York--in a 200d sittlationl -in a hrge boarding-, houlse pleasaIt y oi nig com1pani)os speLds eveninigs olit-goes to inid llight parties, from clevoln to sev en-his ierv's disturbed-a little drink-a little mistake in business -another d rin k--reproof from employer-more drink--more mis takes-loss ofsituation--no help from frivolous companions-non ey all gole-then credit ill gone -then turned out of boarding house-wandering - morrification -desperation-shoots himself. Now, it does not always come to this; but all people w1ho are los ing sleep are somewhere along this line. They a-re somewhere in the rapids. We must begin a reform in this department. "People who call and profess thiemselves Chris tians" must refuse to go out in the evening to any aniusement, to any entertainment, to any re ligious exercise, from which they cannot return at ten o'clock. to be in their beds at eleven. The ab surd and ruinous custom of guests arriving at nine and ten o'clock and supper being served between eleven and twelve must be op posed. Well-to-dc officers and members of the several churches must be made by their pastor to feel that if they give such enter tainments they are responsible in a measure for the deleterious re sults that are to come to, the bodies, to the intellects, and to the souls of their guests, young and old. Employees in every de partmnent must be made to under stand that intelligeat men are not going to entrust important mat ters to the hands of other men who do not sleep. How dare any merchant consider himself a Christian who works his clerks all night and then holds them re sponsible !- the bodily, mental, and moral inj ir-y have ;ustained, and whiel: reacts upon his inte rests? - Our reliLous services, our busi ness, ouri amusements, our police regulations must all be adjusted to the g no-it of our na ture. i ustead ot asking our ac quaintances, when we meet, the usual question of "How do you do?" we might teach a good les sou by that other question, "How do you sleop ?" POSTAL CARDS. Postinastor Jones, of New York. has issued the following rules and r0 -ulations as to the treAtment of postal cards: The superintendents, clerks and carriers of this office and its stations are hereby instructed that postal cards, in their treatment as mail matter, are to be regarded the same ams .sealedl e/ ters, and not printed matter-with thlirexception, v-ix: That when un deliverable, unelaimed or unmailable, they are not to be returned to writ ers or sent to the dead letter oflice. No. "return request" written or printed on a postal card is to be re garded. * * * Postal cards on which are printed, drawn or written any obscene, vulgar or indecent words or pictures or any scurrilous epithets or disloyal devices, cannot be deliver ed by carriers or conveyed by mails; and all which may be discovered bear ing such objectionable pictures or de vices will be sent once each day. in a package or envelope addressed to "Searcher's Department, Postoffice," and marked '-X. P. C."~ * * * Although unprotected by seal, postal card9 arc nevertheless mail matter eni trusted to the postoffice for transmnis sion and delivery only, and, as such should be exempt fromi all idle curios ity and comment on the part of post office employees. Clerks and letter carriers are, therefore, instructed not to miake the messages, &c., on pos tal cards the subject of conversation among themselves or with persons not employed in the postoffice, and (ex cept as may be required by the pre ceding paragraph) not to give special attention to any part of the postal card except the address. In no ease will any clerk or carrier be allowed to exhibit an addressed postal card,or cem municate any message which nay be written upon it, to any one not em ployed in the postoffice, except to a person authorized to receive it. A traveler coming up from the Central Depot the other day stop ped for a moment to examine a coat hanging in front of a clothing store. The proprieter rushed out and asked if he "Wouldn't try on some coats ?" "I dun no but what I would," responded the traveler, consulting his time-keeper, and he went in and began work. No mat ter how often he found his fit he called for- more coats, and after he had tried on about thirty, he look ed at his wateb, again resumed his own garment, and walked off say ing, "I won't charge a cent for what i've done; hang a man that won't oblige another when lie can do it! If I'm ever around this way a'gin, and you've got any more coats to try on, i'll do all I can to help you."-D)etroit F-ree Prems THE FUNERAL SERVICES AT THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL--AN INDESCRIBABILY SAD SCENE. New York, May 31.-A letter to the Tribune.from St. Petersburg dated May the 8th,says: The di plolmatio career of Governor Orr came to a painful end before it was firly begun. It is not quite two nionths since he arrived in St. Petersburg and presented his (re dentials to tle Em111peror. He was sufferig at the time from a severe cold, contracted during the Atlan tic paSEgec, and about a we-k af ter his formal installation in his new office lie was forced to take his bed. From that day lie did not leave his apartnent. Cold scttlVd on his lungs, and after wards passed to his liver, so that his blood became seriously affect ed. No serious result was appre. herided, however, and on Friday four days before he died, his friends thought he was slowly yet steadily improving; and he died quite suddenly a' two o'clock. The funeral services were cele brated to-day at the chapel of the English-American, Society. There was no discourse, and the pastor simply read the impressive ritual of the Church of England, and closed with a short prayer. The gloomy little chapel was by no means full. There were some dozen ladies,English and American half a dozen American gentlemen in black, and thirty or forty di plomnats in their brilliant yet som bre court costumes. The Aus trian ambassador was there, and the ministers of Brazil, Italy, Greece and the attaches of other legations as well as of the foreign office. Mr. J. L. Orr, JI, the soli tary family imourrier, stood side by side with General Pomutx, the consul, who wore the familiar uni forim of a brigadier-general of tire American at my. Tie scene was indescribably sad. After the rec tor had finished the service, the diplonatists walked around the coffin and dropped each upon it a little sand. Tie civilians present did the same. THE PICKLED WATCH. The other day we met Wiggins, and ie had a silver.cased watch -hunting case at that. We have known W-igins five-and-twenty ye-s and never knew him to car-ry a watch. before. We asked him where ie got it. lie gave us a nod and a leer and said that he ':,onld telfus. "Last fall-," he commenced, "I killed the old brindle cow, and put up the best part of her into a beef barrel. I didn't want to make it very salt, so I set it out in the shed. Where the frost might touch it:and keep it, and you'd better believe it made good eating." "One day my wife says to me -says shte, "Wggn,'pears to me our- beef is going mighty f-ast." I wont and looked, and sure enough, it was going-going rather faste'rn I thought than it ought to. "I've noticed it lowering unacountably this long time," said my wife. Somebody is stealing it. Why don t ye set a trap ?" But my neighbors were all good hearted kind of folks, though one or two of them might be just a leetle inclined to p)oke round where they did not belong, and I did not w~ant to hurt them. I con cluded, howvsomnever-, that it would be best to put the bar-re, with whrat little beef was left, down in the cellar; and I did it. "Well, when the beef was all used up), and I went to clear out the barrel, I found this watch in tire pickle. It looked to me like Tom Sherman's watch. Tom had worked for me considerable, and I have seen him have the watch, or one very much like it. When I saw Tom I showed him the watch and he said right off it was his. "How did ye lose it?" said I. "I carried it in my pocket with out a chain, and must have drop ped it out when 1 was stooping," said he. "Well," said 1, "then ye must have been stoopin'g over my beef barrel, forlI found it in the pickle ?" With that Tom looked kind of sheepish; and I guess ho sawv tire twinkle rn my eye. "Let me look at that watch again," said he. Hie looked at it a little while, and then he handed it back to mec. "On the whole, Mr. Wiggins," said he, "1 guess that ain't my watch, arter all, It must belong to some one else." And with that he walked off. I carried tIre watch to our jeweller, and he found the cases had shut so tight that the wor-ks hadn't been pickled a bit; and for a dollar he.eleaned it up in good shape, and set it a running. It's a first rate time-keeper, and I reckon that whoever took my beef paid all 'twvas worth." A medical writer says the healthuiest position to lay in is with the head to the North. People who own lhens ..honld bear th is fact iu mi nd. [OFFICIAL.] The Laws of South Carolina. t Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly at the t Session of 1I2-'13. AN ACT TO AiEND seTI(N 1 OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO RE(;I' LATE -11JLOTAGE AT THE PORTS OF CHARLESTON. BEAl'ORT AND -ERGGEToWN." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ( State of South Carolina, now met C and sitting, in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: SEcTIoN 1. 'IhIt section 1 of "an r act to regulate pilotage 'at the ports of Charleston. Beaufort and t Gieorgetown," approved February 27, 1872, be amended so as to read t as follows: "That the Governor is t herkby authOrizedil to appoin. Sep- t arate and distinct boards of pilot e commissioners for the ports of c Charleston. Beaufort. Georgetown : and Little River, in IIorrv county. t each board to consist of three per- r SOIS, of whom two shall be, or shall have been. seaflaring men, I and the third a full branch pilot. The commissioners of pilotage for J the port of Beaufort shall have jurisdiction over St. Helena, Port Royal and all entrances south ward. Approved February 27, A. 1. 1873. AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMENl) SEC- Ii TION FORTY-FIVE (45) OF CHAPTER C TWENTY-FIVE (25) OF- TITLE six S (6) OF PART FIRST (I) OF TI1E GENERAL STATUTES. RELATING TO TRIAL Ji:STICEs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the I State of South Carolina, now met S and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That section forty tive (45) of chapter twenty-five i S (25) of title six (6) of part first (1) of the general statutes be, and the t same is hereby,altered and amend- r ed, by striking out all of said see- c tion after the word "office." Approved February Li, A. ). 1873. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY COM- s MISsIONERs OF CERTAIN COUNTIES TO LEVY AND C, LLECT AN AD- : DITIONAL TAX FOR CERTAIN PUR- S POSES. Be it enacted by the Senate and t House of Representatives Of the State of South Carolina, now met and si-tting in General Assembly and by the authoritv of the same: SECTION 1. That~ the county commissioners of the several coun ties herein mentioned be, and they t are iereby, authorized and direct- n ed to levy and collect a special s tax, as hereinafter specified, ont the taxable pr-operty of the said c coun.ties, said tax to be levied at v thle same time Other- taxes are e levied for the fiscal year comn- 0 mencing November 1st, 1873; said 8 tax to be devoted exclusively to C the payment of the past due in- t debtedness of the said counties, ' viz.: For the county of Marion, J1 three (3) mills ; for the county of f Orangeburg, three (3) mills; for the county of Richland, one and I one-half (11) mills; for the county of Lancaster, two (2) mills; for A the county of Newber-ry, two (2) mills: P-ridled, That all claims for the payment of which the special tax herein authorized is levied shlall be registered in the office of the clerk of cour-t in the county ill whlich such tax is o-I del-ed on or befor-e the 1st day of ~ October, 1873, and all claims of a claimants failing to register the same within the said time shall not be paid. SECTION 2. That thle county commissioners of Hlorry county be, and they are hlereby, author- I ize-d to levy and cause to be col-,t lected a special tax of two (2) c mills upon a dollar of all the tax- C able property in said county. the t said tax to be dlevoted exclusivelv ~ to repairing the bridges, in sai~d ~ county across Kingston lake and C Socastee creek, and to the pay- ~ ment of the past indebtedness of ~ the county. SECTION 3. That tile county commissioners of the county of Williamsburg be, and they are,C hereby, authorized to levy and r caus5e to be collected a specCial tax of twvo (2) mills on a dollar of all tIle taxable pr-oper-ty of the t said county; said tax to be levied at the same time other taxes are levied for tile fiscal year comn- I mencing November 1st, 1873, the same to be used exclusively for the purpose of paying the indebt edness caused by the building of I the jail in the said county. C Approved Februar-y 20. A. D). ~ 1873. C AN ACT PROVIDING FoR THE EX TENSION OF THlE TIE FOR THIE PAY.MENT AND COLLECTION OF TAX ES FOR TIHE FISCAL YEAR COMl MENOINO NOVEMBER 1sT, 1872. Whereas delay in the levy of I certatin taxes to meet appropria tions fr-h the sa ear ommen- r ing November 1st. 1872. has con inted beyond the time prescribed v law for te collectio, of the am1e. arnd the time for the pay ent (f '.)aid taxes before pen-l ics must attach is now unavoid bly :udl unusually limited ; ther he it en:Ieted by the Senate and louse of ltepresen tat ives, of the 4tate of S,)ilth Carolina. now meiCt ud sitting in General Assembly. nd by the authority of the Same: TaLt if any of the d rts re u;red to be pe1rforIled in a!I act uti'i ln aet providing for the ssessme:nt and taxition of pro erty," or in any act or a ii d 10nt tICretO. on or before a cer aiy any of0icer oI plersfn herein named. einot. for want proper time. be so per;.Aed in he payient or collection of taxes be levied to meet app)ropri.. ions for the liscal year co.mien ing November 1st, 1S72, the ormptroller-general, with the ap) royal of the Governor, maV Cx and the time as long as may be ecessarv therefor. Approved January 16, A. 1). 873. )TNT RESOLUTIoN TO INSTUCT THE TRUSTEES OF THE STATE O!U'H.AN ASYLUM TO INVITE VROPOSALS FOR A SITE AND Bl'LDING. AN) FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF TWEN TY THOUSAND DOLLARS T11EiRE FOR. Whereas the State Orphan .sv im in the city of Charleston laims the fostering care of the Late, atnd s-,mec pro)VIS10n 1S ur-. ently needed for a better build ig and a more suitable site: there re, Be it resolved by the Senate and louse of Representatives of the tate of South Carolina. now met nd sitting in General Assembly. ud by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That upon the pa; Lge of this act, th'. trustees of the tate Orphan Asylum be, and biy are hereby aithorized and aquired to advertise for siXNty ays for proposals from various ities, town and counties rf th tate for a site and building for rphan asylum, at a cost not to XCecd the sUM of twer ty thou and dollars; that said proposals hall, at the expirLtion of the foresaid time, be opened and c-n idered b the trustees, who shall ecide upon the location, and con raet with the lowest resionsible idder for the purchase of the site nd construction of the builJing, nd report their proceedings in et'ail to the next session of the reneral Assembly. SECTION 2. That the sum of wenty thousand dollars, if so iuch be necessary, be, and the inie is hereby, appropriated for e purchase of the said site and onstruttion of the building: Pro ided, That said trustees shall ach give a bond in the penal sum f two thousand dollars, with two ood sureties for the faithful dis harge of the duties herein en -usted to them. said bond to be ppr-oved by the judge of the first idical circuit and fi'"d in the of ce of the clerk of co.. rt. Approved February 27, A. D. 873. N ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THlE RE LINQUISHIMENT TO THlE UNITED) STATES, IN CERTAIN CASES. OF TITLE To) LANDS FORt SITES OF LIGHT sTATIONS ON TiHE COASTS AND wATERS OF THIS STATE. Be it enacted by the Senate and [ouse of Representatives of the tate of South Carolina, now met nd sitting in General Assembly, nd by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That wheneve'- it ball be made to appear to any of lie Circuit Courts of this State, up. n the application of anay author sed agent of the United States. hat the said Umited States are esirous of purchasing any tract f land, and the right of way hereto, within the limits of this tate, for the erection of a light ouse purposes, and the owner or wners of said land are unknown, on-residents or minors, or from ny other catuse are incapable of caking a perfect title to said inds, or in case the said owners, eing residents and capable o-f onveying, shall, from disagree lent in price, or any other cause b'hateveor, refuse to convey said inds to the United States, it shall e the duty of the judge of the hmstrict Court in which the lands o dcsignate d to be purc:hased1 are, o order notice of the said appli ation to be p)ublished in some *ewspaper nearest to where said nds lie, also in one newspaper Qblished in the city of Columbia. nee in each week for the space f four months, which notice shall ontains an accurate desription of he said lands, together with the ames of the owners, ori supposed wners, and shall require all per. ons interested in the said lands o come forward,an a day to be pecified in said notice, and file heir odjections, if any they should ave, to the proposed purchase: .nd at the timne specitied in said iotic. it shall be the dut 01 the ADVERTISINC RATES. A einVt~L~1ent, in,ertel at the rate pf Z! I Ir s utc oie inlch foJr i n.-erto. 74 - fo eac su .wepentirsertion . Df,;h'1*Q c('111n11 :aivel'r iultth tell percellt Oil a:0% ( . Nutives of ineetin.--, ubiituarie, ;and triblutt h re :, nie r.tvs ,r uquare as Otuii:y' advmerttment. speci:! noticc in local column 20 cents Advertisernns not marked with!i the nui ber of insertions will be kept in till furbid and charged according-y. Special contracts naUi with large adver ti-ser-:, w,th ier.:,edue:,ious on above rates JOR FluxxTrav Dn v.ih Ncatness and Dispatch. Terms C.. sid i strict Court to empannela jury in, the manner now provided 1 by law, to assess the value of said lands at their fair market valne, and all damages sustained h th.: owner of the lands so appropria ted, by reason ofsuchit applopria tion, which a.nounit whenl so< sessed, toC-ther with the entiro costs of* said proceeding,, shall be paid ito the counitV treasury of said countv in which said proced ings are had and ti thereupon the sherill'of said cou:ty, lpol tUe 11p duction (A the cert'itinte or the treasurr ofsaid CutyI that the s:tl amlolint, has been1 paid to Ith'i authorized agen t. a deed of the sail lanJ:: recitigtepoednsi pvtfth )ocecdiii-.. s in said~ cau.:e. whieb said deed! shall Col1vy to the Ulited ntates ,t and absoi ,)Lte tie to the sai bai, :cT. ':2. That the 1oner .> paid ;Ino the CoutlyV treasuro shall there rkemnain, until o 'd to be paid out by a court of C-oUm. petent jurlisdi,Ction. SE-IoN 3. It shall be the duty of the judge, (irecting '.the money to a coulntv treasurer, in ac rd ance with the proceedin.gs of this act, to requirc of such treasurer a bond in double the anmont i of money ordered to be paid by him, wi,h two or move sudicient sure tiCs, to be approved by said judg'. Said bonds shall be payable to the P-oplC of the State of South Caro iina, for the usc and benefit of such persons. severally, as are en titled to said money. Said bonds shall be executed and approvel and filed with the clerk of said court before receiving said money. SECTION 4. In all cases of puldi cation of notice under this act, the court shall require - the same proof as in case of pilulication of notice under the civil practice act of this state. Sr'rioN 5. That the jrisdte Lion of the State of-South Carolina is hereby ceded to the U'nited' States of Amierica over so much land as mtay be conveyc:i to the~ said I 'vited States in the for'e.o ing specifiud man ner for - i''ht hca 1-1-> - 1,rCwhT: Thati such jurisdiction is granted upon the express Condition that the State of South Carolina shall re tain a conIcurrenmt j urisdier ion with the United States and over saiud land-s, so far as that civil ttrorcss, in al!l eases not. rffec tinig the resil or p)ersona:l property of th~e Unit ed St.ates. and such criminal or other process as Khall issue under the authority of' the State of South Carolina, tia ist any per-son or peCrsons charged with crimes or misdemean:ors, comimit ted within or.without the lirmits of the said lands, mayv be executed therein, in thme same way and mainner as if no jurisdiction~htad been hereby ceded. SEe'TION 6. That aill the lands anti tenements whicb mtay be granted as aforesaid to the it itedi States shall bc atnd con tnue, so long ahs the same shall be used for the purposes in thtis act ment ionedl, exonerated and discharged fromf all ta.xes and assessments and other' charges which may be imposedi under the authority of the State cf Sonth Carolina. Approved January 16, A. D. 1873. E:forl ITANT Fnir H:i mrs.--The mt'r chants of the upper count ies of this State we thinik have just catuse fo,r complaint against the high freights they have to pay to railroadiS. Lvi't week one of' thme merchants of thtis town showed us a bill for ai "thirotuuh" ear load-80 bai rels-of flour. ftrmi Augusta. Geo., fronm which we copied the followint2 charges: C. C. & A. R1. RI., front Aurgusta, to Columbia, 75 mih-s. 820 ; G. & C. R. R1., fronm (olumbia to Alston, 25 miles. 8$4t; S. & U. 1R. IR., from Al stont to Union. 40, miles 828. T Jhese charges appear to us very ex orbitatnt.particularly upon the Gi. & C. Railroadi. It wa:s a e'through" car, belongring to the Green iline. we thintk, aud the bulk was not brokenx by either roadi. Such highi freightts must necessari ly drive our mterchanmts to other line s of transportation. It is no wonder that the G. & C. Railroad can make a cord showing~ of.business fromn such a tariff of friegrhts. if Columbia and Char leston are disposed to sit quietly down and see the bu.si ness of the upper prtt of the State driven: to other cities by such exorb.itanut charties. the(v Imust not conmplain if Charlotte and Anuu. ta receive the benelit of th:eir loss. A Western editor pictures a re porter in a pIroposedI nc-w sty-Ie of school readers thusly: "Ilere is the face of a reporter. See how joyful he looks, lie has just heard that a man has Cut his own throat, and he is going for the item. Should you like to be a reporter and get licked on dark nigh ts.:2t see dead per-sonts, and clim: idP four pairs of stairs. A Hr.MAs LIFE-PBysERVER. "-You saved my life a theO battle of Malvern Nlill." said a beggar. to a captain. 'daved your- life Ilow ?" "I seA Ced under you antd when v'ou rA away, IJfl5and."