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Vol. Ix. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1873.0o 4 THE HERALD Is rUuLIsLDI EVERY WEDNESDAY MOI:NING, At Newberry C. 11., BY THOS. F. GRENEKER, Editor xd Proprietor. Terms, S.a per .1anum, Invariably in Advance. t gia a,er i stopped at tie expiration of ronTfr w ict it is p:aid. Ce The ; mark deuote, expiration of sub scription. c'arriages, w agons, sec. PATRONIZE HOME ETRPR, IF YOU WANT A CARRIAGE, BUGGY, ROCKAWAY Or WAGON, Get one that i made in your own State, in prefereuce to tha: made-ouiide, you then aIsist in sutAaing the mechanlie, w!o, in hi; turn, consames home produce. JOHN ACNEW, Of COLUMBIA, S. C., MANUFACTURES the above, and warra.ts satisfactiOn at PRICES THAT AlR, LOW FOR GOD WORK. le keeps a full stock of HARNESS, WHIPS, UMBRELLAS, &c., And makes REPAIRING AND PAINTING A SPECIALTY. JOHN AGNEW, Proprietor. M. J. CALNAN, Agent. Mar. 26, 12-3m. irdware, Groceriees, PC. JOIBN. DIAL, Importer and Dealer in English & American HARDWARE AND CUEIM, Iron, Steel, Nails, Castings,'tMill Stoner, Bolting Cloths, Smut Machines, Circular Saws, Kill Irons, Sugar Pans, Carriage Building and Trimming Materials, INDIA RUBBER AM LEATHER BELTING Carpenters', Blacksmiths' and Tanners' Tools, HFousekeeping and F'arnibhong HARDWARE, AGRICULTURAL .IMPLEMEN4TS, Lime, Cement, Plaster, Paints, Oils, iFrench and American Window Glass, Guns, Ri fles, Pistols, Shot Belts, Powder - Flasks, Powder, Shot, &c. WHOLESALE AND) RETAIL. At the Sign of the GOLD EN PA D LOCK. COLUMBIA, S. C. Mar. 26, 12-3m. JOII IGEW & 80N, COLUMBIA, S. C. DEALERS IN Hardware, Cutlery, Blacksmith's and Carpenter's Tools, CARRIAGE and WAGON MATRTALS, Builders' Hardware, Iron, Nails, Plow and Cast Steel, Paints, Oils, Varnmishes, Lime andI Cement. Family Groceries, Flour, B3acon, Lard, Molasses, - aa Corn, Hay, Peas. Imported Wines and Liquors, C.oice Rye and Reetified Whiskies in all their varieties, for sale at Wholesale and Retaiil, AT LOW PRICES FOR 0181t. JOHN AGNEW & SON, Mar. 26, 12-3m. Colonmbia, S. C. THE WARREN Improved Hoe. The LATEST and BEST HOE for COTTON Ever manufactured. -Capital for gardens also. To form an idea of its great adaptability and wonderful merits, conme and exanr.zme. An jn o ce jtrcived Y ES & MA RTIN. Con*feetioneryI. A. t. wicER,, DEALFI' IN onfecetioneries, AT Tlb -Baltimiore 0I%rner, NewberrY, g'. C. bFeb. 12, G--tf THE SKIPPER'S BOAT. For thirty years, come her rin' time, Through manty kind o' weather, The Wren an' ine have cutie un' -tone, 'An held our own together. Do' know as she is good as new, D(/ know as I am, nither; But she is true'rn kit' an' kin, Or anv but a mother. But a ter all is said ai' donie, There's somethin' sort o' human About a buat that takes at last The place o' chili an' woman All' yet whenl I have seenl some things Their mothers let me toss 'em My boa, she seem'd a barnacle 'Longside a bran new blossom. They're at me now to stay as.ore; But while we've hand ala' tiller, She'l' stiek to me atn' I to her; To !eave the Wren would Lill her. My feet have worn the deck ; ye see flow watches leave their traces, Al' write on oak an' pie as plain As %inters on our faces! True Love Runaing Roughly. -:o: A spicy reporter of the St. Louis Republiean1 thus tells not only how a young man got into trouble, but how his inamorata was exposed That the course of true love does not always run smooth is sometimes verified even in this amicably disposed metropolis. For some reason (probably the action of atmospherical frigidity upon the cuticle) the Winteriseason has been qet apart as the favorable time of tho. year for the happy consummation of "love's young dream," and the advent of Jack. F'rost usually inaugurates the form. ing of matrimonial alliances-both offensive and deflensive-for the discomfiture of icy sheets and cold pedal extremities. Married men al ways appear to the best advantage during cold weather-they look so warm and comfortable-and sin gle ones probably "take note," and are anxious to profit by their example. Some such thoughts must re cently have entered the head of little Charley G-, who valiant ly wields a yard stick in behalf of a prominent Fourth street dry goods establishment, and whose sedctive smile is supposed (by himself) to have quite a cannibal ffect upon the hearts of his fair customers. Charley, who is a very ean Brummels in dress, and itVks himself Don Juan No. 2. cently fel'l in love, 2over the ounter, with a beautiful blonde ho, to add to her numerous thers attractions, was an orphan, an heiress (to be) and single. Not a thousand miles from Lu cas Place resides a widowv lady nenumbered with children, arnd uite comfortably situated in re gard to this world goods. She oves in the very best of society n that wealthy and aristocratic eighborhood, and with her re sides her niece, Clara , the eautiful blonde with wvhom our rend Charley became enamored. But the old lady, having higher spirations than a 'Clerk's best spool thread-500 yard's artillery an-for her niece, peremptori ly orbade that ycung lady's holding tercourse with Charles. As Clare is dependent upon her aunt she of course, appeared to aequiesce in these ambitious de signs, but at the same registered vow to her looking glass that no oX in the world should ever~ sur Jlant the dapper yard stick man n her maiden heart. As it would not answer to offend her wealthy relative, however, the young cou ple indulged in clandestine meet ngs; sometimes at the house of a utual friend, on Pine street, and ometimes (when the old lady was tttending prayer meeting, at Cla ra's home. They swore eternal love on these occasions; vowed that persecutions should never separate them, and should the worst come to the worst, a crust of bread, a brownt stone pitcher (with hands on both sides like thev' have at Beni DeBars') filled with cr-ystal fluid from the bub bling spring, and a dry goods box on one end somewhere in the vi cinity of Kirkwood, would be transmogrified into a palace of peace and plenty, sacred forever to their undying love. One afternoon recently Charles received a note from Clara, stating that. her relative would that eve ning attend prayer meeting. The intimation was enough, and o'clock saw the young couple seated upon the sofa in her aunt's ibrary, billing and cooing in the regular orthodox turtle-dove style. ittle Charley, lured on by the witcheries of love, became perfeet ly 'immense.' lie wound an arm about her waist and vowed that he form was 'svlph-like.' He toy ed with long golden ringlets, and likened them to 'truanlt, sun. beams;' with a few other remarks to the effect that heaven's dearest gift to her sex n as a 'wealth of bright. golden hair.' Then when she blushed, he swore the roses had been. robbed, and when she similed, that her lips were ruby portals to a casket of pearls. (By casket he probably referred to that orifice in the hunan countenance usually termed the iouth, and the pearls spoken of' were undoubted ly the teeth.) Indeed they talked so nice, and she fed upon his glowing words with such a relish, that the old la dy was rattling away at the door, as though the house was on fire full five minutes before the ab sorbed lovers heard her. "Great heavens ! my aunt !" ex claimed Clara. Charley grew a trifle pale, and muttered an interjection or two pertaining to the front end of a mill pond. It appears the old lady having reached the place of prayer, found the meeting epizootie'd, or post. poned, and consequently after some little chat with a neighbor or two had returned home at this most i1opportune moment. What was to be done ? Not a closeL or nook invited retreat, and there Charley stood and wished that he was a mileage or station ery bill, so that lie could pass the house, or member of the Legisla ture, or some other dreadful fea ture of modern civilization. At last a brilliant idea occurred to his lady-love. In the corner of the library lay a bundle of carpet that had been brought to the house that day to refurnish the sittig room, and having been duly iu spected by the ladies was tempo rarily leftina tumbled heap in the corner. A hasty explanation took place and then Charley entombed him self beneath the mass with a fer vid vow that he would die ibr her sake were it-necessary,- and Clara then admitted her aunt. That relative was not pleased at being kept so long on the door step, and sharply demanded what had become of the servants. "I sent them to bed, dear aunt, so that I might have the pleasure of remaining up for your return -but I fell asleep," innocently re marked the girl. This loving explanation some ivhat appeased the old lady, who, after warming herself, walked ov er to the bundle of carpet, and picking up a corner, wondered how it would look by gas light. Clara hastened to assure her it would not look nice at all, in fact she was so confident of it that her aunt need not go to the trouble of undoing it. The old lady pondered over the stuff for a moments, while her niece sat trembling upon the so fat, and little Charley felt that the world might come to an im medi ate end, and not annoy him a p)article by suddenness of the change. A t last, however, the crisis pass ed, for with some new idea enter ing her head, the old lady turned and remarked that she was "tired to death," and plumped her two hundred and fifty pounds avoirdu poisu pon the heap, and little Char 1ey assumed the shape of a pan cake. IIe would have groaned but did not have wind enough left for the purpose. A little shriek from Clara at tiracted the old lady's attention to her niece. "Why, you are all dressed up to nigrht." "e,aunt, dear," replied Clara, mentally conjectur-ing how Char Iey felt in his pressed out condi tion. "Yes," returned the other, "you look very well, only rather pale. Ai-e you sick ?' "I-I don't feel very well," an swer-ed her niece, silently eon signing her relative to Chicago, or some other wicked place. "I'm sure you don't when you will lace so tight, my dear," af fectionately said the incorrigible old ld~on't !" faintly repudiated Clara, while little Charley rasped the skin off one of his ears in trying to quietly twist his head in a posi tion whiere he might distinctly hcair anything of interest. "You don't! you do; and at vour time of life it is positively l>rep)oster-ous. If you was a young, giddy girl, it would be different ; but for a person of your age-" "O), aunt !" Charley barked some more skin otf an~d became decidedly interest ed. "No there's no 0 aunt about it" continued the incorrigible, savagre ly oscillating her hand. "You sometimes act more like a silly, schooi-girl than a woman who has seen twenty-six years of life. "-I haven't ! And Charley put his mouth in shape of a whistle, but it was immediately flattened out by a restive bounce cf the old la dy's. '-You hanem't" "Whv. yes you have, and nearly t wenty-seven Why, what in the world ail 1 lie gal? What are you whimpering about, Clara ? '-My-my head aches. Please don't talk," begged her 1;ece. not quite positive as to the effect her decision might have on the young martyr under her aunt. "Your head aches, does it. Well no wonder, wearing that mass of hair on the back of your head is enough to make it ache. What nonsense it is when there is no one to see you; besides, it is posi tively making you baldheaded !" "'Tm not !" vigorously respond the young lady, burying her face in her hands, as she thought of all the nice things the fellow had been sayig. 'You are not ! Yes, you are. There's a bald spot on the top of y-our head the size of my hand !' and the oldiady extended a palm in illustration. 'Now, what in the world are you crying about, Clara? Sakes alive niece, you'll not be able to visit the dentist to morrow., 'Bother the dentist! Do, keep ;till aunt !' cried Clara, while Dharlev tried to scratch his head xnd had his arm nearly dislocated )y a few restless moves of the old ady as she indignantly reprimand )d her niece for her disrespecLul ?etulancy. "It was your 6wn wish to go to bie dentist's, Clara; you know it vas. You said that set hurt your nouth, and you wanted-Good *ss gracious ? What under heav m does ail the girl?" For Clara 'lad darted out of the room with a :ry of smothered rage and anguish caving her relative to bounce up wd down on the pile of carpet in heor sstonmshment, until little )harley G's. respitatory organs vere like a pair of collapsed bel ows. Then the old lady followed her iiece up stairs, and when the iouse was quiet, Charley unlock id the door, and stealing forth, ,valked down Lucas Place a sad ier but wiser man. Clara left town on a visit, and "oung ladies who patronise the ?ourth street~dry goods establish nent think Charley must be suf ering from a case of uurequited Lfeetion lie looks so flat and talks o dismal. tiscellaneens. St. Louis Republican. POSTAL CARD JOKES. NCIDENTS OF THE CIEAP DIFFU SION OF INTELLIGENCE. The new device of Postmaster 3eneral Creswell, the postal cards went into circulation yesterday. A~s they have been somewvhat laborately-described in the Wash "gton special dispatch, for the last several weeks, it is not neces sary to go into particulars here. Besides, nearly everybody has seen them, and knows how to describe them himself. But for a general Jescription it might be said that they are dlesignied for the dif usion of intelligence among the masses at one-third the usual rate. You can write almost anything you please on a postal card, so that it isn't too long-that is to say, the article thiau is written. But there are some things that do not read well on a p)ostal card. Take, for instance, a large board ing house, where the landlady takes care of the mails until the boarders call for it. This some times makes. tho. diffusion, of 'in telligence among the masses a tri lie too diffuse for comfort. The postman comes to the door with an armful of postal cards. The landlady relieves him of the bur den, goes in and sits down and be (ins to sort them over for the vions boarders. Presently she strikes one which reads thus: ST. Louis, May 17. My dear 'Teoph.-Come to night at half-past 10. Side gate open. Bull-dog chained up in the basement. Light in the window for you. Yours, sweetly, - . B. L. Landlady then turns to the other side of the card. She roads superscription: Ma. THlEoPH ILUs MUFFLECHiEEK. No. 13,975 Hash avenue, City. Landlady rests her cheeks on her left hiand and muses. Land lady solu.s: "Well, now, did I ever? Who'd a thought that Mr-. Muffle cheek wvas that kind of a man ? Came here too, with the highest references from-s his last place. Pay's his board regular every Saturday at tea. Belongs to our church, too." [Reads again.] "Half-past ten-dear me, and I al ways thought he went to bed at half-past nine. Bull dog chain ed up in the basement! Well I never! I'll keep a little watch on Mr. Mufflecheek. i'll expose him before the church." Then she draws a long sigh, and proceeds with another car-d: [Reads.] St. Louis, May 17. S;r_.I have now waited four A eeks for the balance on that suit of clothe.. I need the money. Must have it on Monday. Yours, NIMBLENEEDLE. Turns to the superscription and reads Mr. JERoME B. SUNFLOWER, No. 13,975 [ash avenue "Well, if ever I heard the like in my life! Mr. Stinflower is such a nice gentleinan. And he uses tuch clegant, perfTumery. Let me see; he owes me for two week's board. Told me this morning he was expecting a check from home. I must go to his room and see how much bagg:ge lhe has. Dear me, folks are so unaccountable." Comes to another. Reads: My dear Spriggins.-Just de posited "our hundred to your cred in the Twelfth National. Draw on me at sight for the balance. Yours, B. W. K. Turns to the superscription and reads: J. DELAFIELD SPRIGGIN, EsQ. "Gracious me! flow much like Mr. SprigginS' own handwriting that is. Singular that two per sons should write so nearly alike. Let me see, Mr..Spriggins told me he expected some money to-day. Enter Spriggins-"Good after noon, rTadam." Landlady-"Here is a postal card for you." Sprig-1"Oh, yes" (Reads to hinself) That's all right. By the way, madam have you money enough in the house to cash a fif ty dollar check ? It's after bank ing hours and I just received a telegram from Kansas City, and must go on the night train." Landlady--ll go right away and look in my bureau drawer. I reck on I can accommodate you." (Land lady returns with a roll of bills.") Sprig-1Iere, 111 include that three weeks' board in the check and make seventy-five. Balance will be fifty. - Landlady counts out fifty which Sprig, Thrusts into his vest pock. et, goes up stairs, gets his valise and starts to catch the train for Kansas City. Landlady will dis cover to-morrow that the similari rity between Mr. Spriggins' hand, and that on the postal card isn't such a singular circumstance, af ter all. It only cost Spriggins one cent to raise the wind. These'postal cards are of incalculable conven ience to the toiling masses. A VARIATION. Postman rings at a modest look ing mansion on Locust street. Ser vant girl comes to the door. Pos tal cards for the master of the house. who has onlv'been married a couple of years. Servant-girl delivers the postal cards to the young wife. Young wife reads: S. Lois, May, 17. Dear Joe.-Will be at the corner of Twelfth arnd Pine, back, half past nine, Fir-st class party of boys. Be on hand. Half-past nine, sharp. Wake 'em up. 0 K. Young wife lays down the pos tal cards and elevates her eye brows. Mr. Cresswell's cheap method of diffusing intelligence has let a flood of new light in up on her mind. Young wife, solus.-"So this is the club, is it? Riding around town in the hacks all nmght with a par-ty of fir-st class-boys. Oh dear, oh dear!" Trhen she weeps copious ly and sighs deeply. She will go home to her mother the very next day ! She never was so wronged and outraged in her whole life Weeps again passionately, and seeks the camphor bottle. Young husband, all unconscious, comes home to supper. Tableau! TIIE GREENVILLE AND (CO LUYIBIA RAILROAD. It is gratifying to observe the increasing business and prosperi ty of the Greenville anmd Columbia Railroad, since its conniecti.on with the South Carnolina Railroad. To this cause and to the skill, experi ence and efficient management of Superintendend Dodamead, i t 5 present success is attributoble. We are not nossessed of the exact statistics wvhich will show precise ly the increased amount of work done, or of profits realized, but we understand that they have far ex ceeded all previous years, during the past twelve months. The bridge over Broad River is nearly completed, arid presents the ap pearance of a solid and substantial structure, which will stand the test of the highest freshets, and successfully resist the severest strain. The road-bed, rolling stock, locomotive power, &c., are insufli cient for- the business, but it is proposed, we learn; by the South Carolina Railroad Company, as soon as the annoying litigation now going on in relation to the road is settled to devote whatever sum ar money may be necessary to refitting the road, and rendering its appointments first class in ev er-y respect. In the meantime, the road will be run to its full capaci ty, and continue to maintain and increase its usefulness to the mer chnts and formers along its route. Considerable activity ap. pears to exi-t at several points along the line, even after the freight of fertilizers was all deliv. cred; and soime idea of the arnotunt of this m:y be formed from the fact of more than 2,000 tons be ing taken to the one point of Anderson. The line of telegraph owned by th> road is of' great interest, and to those of its custo mers, and an inestimable advan tag,e to all in the peculiar circum sta'nces which render quick and prompt transmission of intelli gence desirable and gratifying. Several years ago, when the original stockhold(rs were indu ced to sell out, the ostensible pur pose of the purchase was to place the road in the hands of active,cn terprising and experienced rail road men of ample means, with the expectation of its immediate improvemeit and thorough reno vation. We were to have two trains a day run from Columbia to Greenville; freights were to be reduced, so as to give an impulse to agricultural productions. along the road, and thus advance the industrial prosperity of all the up per Counties, increase the trade of Columbia and Charleston, and incidentally prove beneficial to the entire State. The prospect thus held out was very alluring and deceived some of our most sagacious and practical citizens, among them uotably the late la mented Judge Orr. Whatever might have been the worthy ob jects of some of the parties who originally abetted the enterprise, the road finally fell into the hands of a ring, the only desire of' which seemed to be to swindle the State out of its stock and encumber the road with spurious bonds. They ran it until, in their hands, it was no longer worth running, and then disposed of it to the South Carolina Railroad Company. Un. der its favorable auspices and the vigorous managemen t of Col. Dodamead. it has shaken off the shackles which have heretofore crippled its operations, and is now in a fair way to prove a handsome and brilliant success, and to an swer the business purposes vf the people, for which it was primarily intended.-Pwn:. [OFFICIAL.] The Laws of South Carolina. Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly at the Session of 1812-'3. AN ACT TO AUTIIoRiZE CERTAIN COUNTIES TO ISSUE BONDS AND LOAN THE SAME To AID TIE CHARLESTON. GEORGETOWN AND CONWAYBoRO1' RAILROAD COMPA NY. F it enneted by the Senate and House of Representatives of* the State of South Car-olina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That the several counties of this State through which the Charleston, George town and Conwayboro Railroad Company shall build and operate its-railroad, or any branch there of, be, and they al-e hereby, au thorized and empowered to issue bonds and loan the same to the Charleston, Georgetown and Con way bore Railroad Company, sub ject to such conditions and pro visions as hereinafter mentioned. SECTIoN 2. That the commission ers of election of the several counties through which the Char leston, Georgetown and Con way bore Railroad Company propose to build their railroad shall order andl cause an election to be held within ninety damys after receiving a request, in Nriting,t from the board of directors of the Charles ton, Georgetown and Con way boro Railroad Company, asking that such an election be held; thirty day's notice of the same shall be given, for the purpose of giving to the voters of the county an oppor tunity of voting for the granting of such aid or against the same. The voting shall be by ballot, either written or printed, or part ly wvritten and partly printed, and shall contain the words;."Aid to the Charleston, Georgetown and Conway boro Railroad Company Yes;" or the words: "Aid to the Charleston. Georgetown and Con wayboro Railroad Company No." The eldetion shall be held, and the managers shall make their returns, in the same manner as is now provided by law for gteneral elections. T he commission ers of election shall, within ten days from the time of receiving the returns, forward to the board of county commissioners a return setting forth the entire number of votes cast, the votes for and thbe vote against granting aid to said company. If a maj4rity of the votes cast shall be in favor of c'ranting~ aid, the county corn inissioners shall immediately cause bonds to be printed, the same not to exceed the sum of two thou. sand dollars for every mile the ,-mad is to be constructed in the coty,tv and payable in thirty y ars. and upon the commission. c's receiving the same, they shall countersign and seal the same i with the seal of the board of coun tycoiuis:ioners. The bonds shall then be numbered and registered inl the office of the clerk of the coulnty. The county commission ers shall then cause the bonds to be deposited with some bankingor trust company. Sk:TrioN 3. Whenever the said company shall actually commence the construction of said railroad wtLhin the limiits and confines of' anY county voting aid, as provid. ed in section 2. and shall deposit with the treasurer of such county a bond duly executed, with good and sufficient sureties. and approv ed by the circuit judge in a sum sufficient to guarantee the pay ment of the interest on said bonds during the time the said railroad shall be under construction, the county commissioners shall trans fer the bonds to Charleston,Gcorge town and Conwayboro Railroad Company, and shall publish such transfer in the official paper of the county, and the bonds shall commence to draw interest from the date of such official commence ment. Upon the completion of said railroad, the county com missioners shall receive from the Charleston, Georgetown and Con wayboro Railroad Company an amount of preferred stoi.k of the said company equal to the amount of county bonds issued in aid of said company, the preferred stock to bear interest at one per cent. per annum more than the county bonds. The bonds of the county shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. SECTIoN 4. The county commis sioners shall invest the additiona one per cent. received from the preflerred stock in securities, or in any safe manner whereby the same shall draw interest semi annually, and shall continue to invest the one per cent. so receiv ed, together with the interest on the same, until a sum shall have accumulated sufficient to pay and cancel the bonds of the county is sued in aid ofiaid company, when the bonds shall be paid and can celed. All moneys received as interest on said bonds and prefer red stock shall be held by the county treasurer and paid out on the order of the county commis sioners. Approved Febru...y 2G, A. D. 1873. AN ACT TO ENCOURAUE AND 1RO VIDE FOR TILE INCORPORATION OF AURICULTURAL AND MECIANICAL SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS AND sCeIENCES. 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 the authority of' the same: SECTION 1. That seven or more persons within this State, having ~associated themselves by agree ment, in writing, for the p)romo tion of agriculture. mechanics and other industry and ingenuity and for the encouragement of the arts and sciences. or for any of these purposes, under any name assum ed, and-upon complying with the provisions of this act, shall, with their successors, be deemed a body p)ohtic and corp)orate. SECTION 2. Trhe purposes of such corporatiox', and the place where it is established and located, shall be distinctly specified in its arti. eles of association, which articles, and all amendments thereto, shall be recorded in the offiee of the register of mesne conveyances for the county wherein such place is situated, and such corporation shall appropriate its funds to no other purp)oses. SECTION 3. Such corporation shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and a common seal, with power to changre, alter, break and make new the same, as often as it shall judge expedient, and it shall be cap)able in law to parchase, have, hold, r'e eeive, enjoy, possess and retain to itself and its successors and as signs, in perpetuity, real or- person al estate, or both, whether accru ing to the same by gift, purchase, devise or conveyance, not exceed ing in value one hundred thousand dollars; and the same, or any part thereof, to sell, alien, devise or ex cbange, whenever such corpora tion may deemr proper-. SECTION 4. Such corporation shall be liable and capable to sue and be sued, implead and be im. pleaded,in any of the courts of this State of appropriate jurisdiction but no stockholder in such cor-po. ration shall be liable for any of' the debts or liabilities of such corpora. tion beyond the amount of' his share or shares th'tein. SECTION 5. Such corporation 'shall be competent to make all such by-laws and rules f'or its governmnent and operations a may, from time to time, be deem ed necessary, not repugnant to the laws of the land: Prorided. ADVERTISINC RATES. Adverti.ements in.,erted at the rate of Z1 00 per square-one inch--for first insertion, anI 75. ior each subseuet iusertion. Doubie culunt advertisements ten per cent on above. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes of respect, same rates per square as ordinary advertisements. Special notices in local column 20 cents per line. Advertisements not marked 7ith the num ber of insertions will be ke-. in till forbid and charged accordingly. Special contracts made with large adver tisers, with liberal deductions on above rates Don. with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. majority or quorum as may, by the laws of such corporation, be declared competent to make the same. SECTION 6. Such corporation may hold fairs and exhibitions, at stated or occasional periods, and may establish regulations for the preservation of good order at such fairs or exhibitions consistent with the laws of the land. Approved February 2G, A. ). 1873. AN ACT To AROGATE AND SINK ALL THAT PORTION OF THE DEBT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN( UlRED IN AID OF THE LATE RE BLL.L.N -WAINST THE UNITED sTATEs. Whereas article fourteen. in amedimiclnt of the constitution of the United States, in section four hereof; among other things, en Joils tht:L ieither the United States, nor any State, sh:ll as sume- or pay any debt or obliga tion incurred in aid of insurree tion or rebellion against the Uni ted States, or any claim for the loss or emancipaLion of any slave but all such debts, obligations and elaiis shall bu held illegal and void; and whereas the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, in aiticle nine section sixteen, enjoins that no debt contracted by this State in behalf of the late rebellion, in whole or in part, shall ever be paid; therefore, 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 all of the in debtness and obligations whatso ever of the State of South Caro lina, coming within the constitu tional prohibitions aforesaid, as contracted or incurred in aid of the said rebellion, or which are covered or described by or under such prohibitions, or either of them, and all authority for incur ring or assuming such indebted ness or obligations on the part of the said State, are all and sing~ular, hereby abrogated and declared and held to be illegal and absolute lv null and void. SECTION 2. All such indebted ness and obligations of the said State, as are mentioned in the next preceding section shaill be immediately dropped and exclud ed from the debt of this State, and shall never be reckoned wvith nor form any part of the same. SzEnTON 3. Whoever shall vio late this act shall on conviction be punished by a fine of one thou sand dollars, or by imnprisonmnent in the Penitentiary for one year, or by both such fine and imprison ment, at the discretion of the court. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved Februar-y 27, A. D). 1873. AN ACT RIEQUIRING A RloND FROM1 COUNTY COMISSIONERS BEFORE ENTERING UPON TIlE DUTIES OF TIIEIR OFFICE. Be it enacted by the Senate and HIouse of Repiresentatives of the State of South Car-olina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That the county cornmissioner-s shall, befor-e enter ing upon the duties of their offi-e be, and they hereby, required to give a bond for the use of their r-esp)ective counties, in the penal sum of two thousand dollars each, with three good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the clerk of their respective counties, conditioned upon the ihithful and impartial performance of the dui ties of their office; Provided, That the county commissioners of Char leston shall furnish a bond, as hereinbefore provided, inm the pen al sum of ten thoustiid dollars each, and the county commission era of the counties .of Beaufort, Barnwell and Rtichland shall furn ish a bond of five thousand dollars each, as hereinbefore provided; Provided, further, That this act shall not be in force until. on and after the next general election of county comnissioners. SECTION 2. That all acts or p)arts of acts inconsistent wvith this act ar-e hereby repealed. A ppr-oved Janauar-y 29, A. D). 1873. "If you wish to be miser-able," says Chas. lKingsley, "you must think about yourself; about what you want, what you like, what re spect people ought to pay y-ou, what people think; and then to you nothing will be pure. You will spoil every thing you touch ; you will make sin and misery for yourself out of everything God sends you; will be as wretched as you choose." Every spindle in a cott& fac tory will earn $5 for eaea far1irt in the vicinity. The law compeb no one to do impossibilities.*~ A note dated on Sunday is void.