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BY ROBERT YOUNG & CO. SOUTH vluolm* I WALHALLA, S. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1869. *im*imtmmmammm0amm?mmmumm~m*?mge*SB^^ \ \TT\ WT* fT?nt /iAkr%r-m% ? I <tall<w1 IW"??P???MMI...-. VOL IV,.NO, 27. POETRY. Never Despair Never despair ! when the dork cloud is low'rlng, The SUD, though obscured, never oeiecs to shine; Abovo tho black tempest his radiance in pouring, While faithless and faint-hearted mortals repine. Tho journey of life hos Hs lights and its shadows, And lleven, ia its wisdom, to each send? a shave ; Though rough bc tho road, yet with reason to guide 1 us ! And courage to conquer, we'll never despair! Tfover despair ; wheo with troubles contending. Make tabor and patience a swovd and a shield. And win blighter lam-els, with courago unbending, AB gay as the lt. k in tho luv in of the mo* nlng, When young lust (s spring upward to do and to dave. Tho bright biar of promise, their fn; uro adoring, Wi'l light them along, and they'll never despair! The oak in the tempest g>-owiudvongby res?stanse, Tho atm at tho anvil gains muscular power, And firm seli-volumce, that seeks no OHH?HI;UICO, docs onwuvd, i-ojolcing, through sunshine and shower ; Fer life Isa wcrfcre, to try and to prove us. And (ruc be?'\ ls grow si ronge'- by labor and care, While Hope, like a set uph, ?>. di whispors aboye us, Look upward and onward, and never despair ! [OFFICIAL.] Acta Passed by the Stato Legislature AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED " AN ACT TO DEFINE Tt?K JURISDICTION AND DUTIES OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS." Seotion. I. Be it enacted by the Senate md House of Representatives of the State of fiouth Carotinaf now met and sitting in Gen eral Assembly, and by authority of the same, That an Aot entitled " An Aot to define ju* jurisdiction and duties of County Commission ers," passed the 26th day of September, A. D. 1863, bo amended as follows : "Provi ded/That compensation shall not he allowed to soy member of the Board of County Com missioners for ozoeeding one hundred days in one year, except to the members of Board of County Commissioners for tho County of Charleston, who shall not bft allowed compen sation for exceeding one hundred and fifty days in any one year. Compensation for double this number of days may be allowed to County Commissioners during tho first term of office, ending the third Monday in April A. D. 1870, but in all cases during said pe riod, as well as thereafter, under the limita tions, and in tho manner following, to wit : Au account shall be made out in itoms, with dates prefixed, accompanied with an affidavit of the numbor, stating that the items of suoh account aro correct and just, and that the ser vices therein mentioned have boon rendered a9 stated, and no part of said account has been paid. The aocounts shall ho presented to the County Treasurer, who shall audit, and if correct, pay the same out of funds aeoru iog from taxes laid and collected for County purposes. Seo. 2. That Section 27 of said Aot shall be amended by the addition of the following at the end of Section : The County shall also pay. 1. The fees of grand and petit jurors while la attendanoe upon the Cireuit Court. 2. Witness fees in State oases, at the rate of one dollar per day for actual attendance on the Circuit Court, and seventy-five cents per day for actual attendance on a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace Court, and five cents per mile for aotual and necessary travel. 8. Fees of physicians and surgeons testify ing a* exerts before a Coroner's jury, or at tho Circuit Court, after a post mortem exam ination, ten dollars, and five cents per milo for aotual and neoessary travel. 4. For dieting and keeping persons con? fined in the County jail, at the rato of fifty ?enta per day. 5. Fees of the Circuit Solicitors for servi ces in the County, when not eolleotcd from the defendant, at the following rates : Itt a trial before a jury in civil and oritnoal cases, or before referees, a docket fee of ten dollars ; in onsc? at law, where judgment is rendered without a jury, seven dollars and fifty cents .?said fees to be in lieu of all other compen sation whatever. . 6. Fees of the Clerks of the Cireuit Courts In State cases, at the rate now allowed by Jaw? 7. Fees of the County Coroner?, at the rate,now allowed by law. Before the nooouuts at Sheriffs, Clrouit SoMcitors or Clerke shall be presented '<u> the County Treasurer for poy ment & they shall be sworn to by said offloers, Axamlbed attd*ortlfled> Jblby OH Judge pre siding io the Circuit Coori in t'io County, Approved and ordered to ho paid by tho Con?, ty Qowintatlouer?, % Jx, 8eo. AmWfy JhtetynSur, of Mid Act sh ni 1 fco, a?t! the samo ia hereby, amended HO as to ?ead as follows : The County Commissioners miM'^**? %<*?W P^J?0?es ?p. on the then Ult State valuation, and for thin ptWpost'thafi, ^o-of before the? first > day of January in eaoh year, obtain from tho Audi tor of tho County, (whola hereby au thor i sod ?ul required to furnish the same,) a certified copy of the County duplioato, as prcwjiibcd Beetloo, 75 of tho Act entitled ?An Act v* mu LLXVOI bVJWJMLrAlMXj - - ; Authorized Capital j?B 9?ILLIOIV DOLLARS. Ou! y ont ?rM ?000,000, fcMh -o_ Pat PRO] j aPPICE OP THIS COMPANY IS HOW they < ld at No. 0 Broad-street (South-Wester* Ma ? Bank) for the receipt of Deposits, Dis- - ?' Paper, Purchase and Sale of Exchange, O I transaction of a General Banking Business. Sst allowed on Deposits upon terms estab ry the Board of Directors. ??n Jompany is al Hy a legal Depository for " MM ln(o Cmirt,. vlU tepaiv? it ?ru* ~ *.~A fy duplicate, upon whioh to levy tue '..x for tho year 1809. for County purpose?, may bo ob ia i ned ss soon as practicable, after the samo ia completed by tho County Auditor ; and the tax assessed and all subsequent proceed ings for tho eollootion of the same bo had io the same manner as State taxe? for said year aro completed. Seo. 4. The County Com missioners of tho several Counties are hereby authorised to levy a tax of three mills on the dollar, if so much, in their judgment, bo necessary, for County purposes, for the year 1809, to be expended according ta law. Seo. 5. It shall bo tho duty of the Conn ty Commissioners to furnish thc County Au ditor and Treasurer of their respective Coun ties, office room, together with the necessary I furnituro, stationery, ko , for the samo. Seo. 6. If the County Commissioners of any County shall fail or negleot to form the duties imposed upon thom by ?Sections ll and j 12 of said Act, by the tat duy of J une, A. D. 1869, the Judge of tho Circuit in whioh said County may be, be, and he is hereby, tu thorized and required to make all orders and direct all measures necessary to forthwith nc complish the division of said County int< townships and tho organization of said town ships. Ratified 21th March 18G9. \ An Act to moke Appi-cji??al?om and Rori Supplie? fit-' /Ae Year commencing i.i Oe tobes', One Thousa.xd Eight Uti nd red ant Si'.dgc?ght. faction 1. Be it enacted by the 8ennt< and House of Representatives of the State o South Crvolina, now met and s'lting in Gen oral Assembly, and by the authority of th? same, That the following sums be, and the; are hereby, appropriated for the pay mr nt o the varions officers and expenses of the St-'ti Government, t'uut is to Hay I For ?Ia; ?cs : Fo the Governor, three thou J oil five hundred dol lars j for the Secretary of Stat??, three thous and dollars ; for the Private Secretary of th? Governor, two thousand dollars ; for the Ad jutant end Iospcctor-GencrcJ, twenty ave hun drcd dollars; for the Assisi:-nt Adjuivut ant Inspector-General, fifteen hundred dollars for the Comptroller General, three tl -iusan? dollars; for the Slate Ti ensurer, twenty-fiv hundred dollars ; for the chief clerk to th State Treasurer, eighteen hundred dollars for the Auditor of the Stele, twenty-five hun dred dollar?; for Superintendent of J'durn tion, twenty-five hundred dollars; for th Chief Conilnble, fifcoeu hundred dollars; fo the Chief JuBlice of tho Supreme Court, iou thousand dollcrs ; for tho two Associate Jut ! tices, seven thousand dollars; for thc eigb Circuit Judges, twenty-eight thousand do1 lavs; for the eight Circuit Solicitors, eigb I thousand dollars; for the three Chancellor, to, January 1,1869, fi ft o on hundred dolby's for the Attornoy-Gcncrnl, three thou ann dollars; for the Attovney-Generat's clerk, on thousand dollars ; for the Clerk of the Si I preme Court, fifteen hundred dollcis; ft S tato itoporter, fifteen hr.ndved Jolters; fe the Keeper of the Str.te House, three bundie dollars; for the Superintendent of the Sout Carolina Penitentiary, tWo thousand dol'nrs for the St,i' o Librarian, four hundred dollars for the three Health Office rs, three th ou sen niuo hu.iii red dollars \ for the County Audfl ors, thirty-otic thousand five hum', cd dolleft for two watchmen for the St ato "'House en Grounds, nine hundred dollars ; for ancr.i ' gos of salary duo Judge Thornes W. Glove: one thousand dollars. Sec. 2. Executive Department : For cot tingont fund of the Governor, twenty-fiv thousand dolllft'.V oat of which shell be po? tho expense's of 'the Bureau ef AgVilvHuv. Statistics-, tb be drawn upon the order of tl Governor; for the contingent fund of tl Treasurer, fifteen hundred dollars; for fir LpVbof safes for Treasurer, one thou lind dc ' lars i. for -contingent fund of Ute Comptrol?e LG.enoraV one thousand fivo hundred doltali j for oontingcnb fundufvthe jStuto Auditor, ot j'ehoasanddenir?f iWeonklugonfc*rund of tl Adjutant ?nd Inapeot^Genoral, tm thou rend five hnndred dollars; for the continua I fond^f th^Q?nevTnte?de?t of J?doocitOn, t teen hundred dollars ; for tho contingent fat : ?f1 tho Seer'etury of Stale, ene thousand d( lavs; for contingent fund of tho Chief Co .table, fivohuadrsd dollars ; fer Iud couti ant fand of the Legislative Library, two hun - gi cd dollars) to fence and improve the rjfounds about the Governor's mansion, fifteen g i und red dollar?. The above approprions go be drawn upon the order of the heads of r he several departments, if so much be neces sary. J Seo. 3. Judiciary Depuriraent : Fo? pu": )jihaso of Books for tho Supreme Court Librr >*/y, one thousand dolluis, to be paid on the -Srder of the Chie? Justice ; for contingent ex rbenscs of Supreme Court, under Section 7 of >n Act ratified the eighteenth day of Soptcm. r ber, 1808, two thousand doll?rs. \ Seo. 4. Ordinary Civil Expenses : For contingent accounts, seven ty thousand do'iars, out of whioh shall be paid the expense of tt?t notiocs, assessment books, and other forma for the whole State, to be paid by the Treasurer, on the warrant of tho C?JiptiolJer-Gcncxal. Proji'.lcd, No accounts for costs on tax exe cutions returned nulla kona shall be paid oat of this appropriation-except on tho warrants of the Comptroller-General already drawn; for tho payment of County School Commis sioners, twenty thousand dollars, if so much bo necessary; for the suppo.i, of the Luor.Mc Asylum, sixteen thousand dollr.vs; for defi ciency in appropriation of eightcon hundred and sixty-seven for the support of the Luna t?o Asylum, four thousand five hundred dol lars ; for the eduoatioo of the der f, dumb and blind, threo thousand doll-rs, to bo drawn on the order of the Governor; for deficiency in appropriation of eighteen hundred and sixty seven for construction of South Caroona Pen itentiary, twelve thousand three hundred dol lars, and for continuing the construction ol South Carolina Penitent ir. y and other ex penses, incidental thereto, seveuly five thou; and dollars, if so much be necessary, to bc paid on tho Older of tho Governor ; for quar antine expenses, three thousand doll: is-nc counts to be approved by the Governor, and paid on the warrant of the Comptroller Gen oral ; for transportation and clothe? for d;s charged conviots fiom tho South Carolin? Penitentiary, fifteen hundred dollars ; for per manent printing, twelve thousand dollars, ii so muoh be necessary ; for the Catawba In dians, twelve hundred dollars, to be paid npoc the order of thc Governor. See. 5. For payment of State Police, ter. thousand dollars, if so much be necessary. Seo. 6. Educational Department : Tor th< support of Free Schools, fifty thousand dol lura, in addition to the amount raised by thi capitation tax, to be apportioned to the sev eral counties in conformity to Section 5 o Ar Licio X. of the Constitution ; for tho pa; of the Professors io the University of Soutl Carolina, twenty two thousand doliera, if KI muoh be necessary ; for one Demonstrator o Anatomy, one thousand dollars ; for a Libra ri an, Treasurer and Secretary of the Faoulty fifteen hundred dollars ; for the Bursar am Marshal, five hundred dollars ; for insurano and repairs of the University buildings, eigh teen hundred dollars; all of which shall b paid upon the order ef the Governor. Seo. 7. For the payment of the interest oi the public debt, accrued since the same wa last funded, five hundred thousand dollars. See. 8. Military Expenses t To defray th expenses of enrollment, organisation nm equipment of the militia, twenty thousao dollars,'if so muoh be necessary, to bo paid a the order of the Governor, f Sec? 0. For the payment of the salaries o the Commission to codify the lews of th State, teu thousand five hundred dollars. Al contingent exponeos connected therewith ap allowed by law, shall ba paid out of the con tingent fund of the State, upon the order c the Comptroller-General. See. 10. That all taxes assessed and paye ble under this Act shall be paid in the foll?n lng kinds of funds, via : The bills rccci vr.bl of the State, United States ovrreooy, Natior al Bank notes, gold and silver < oin. Seo ll. The Auditor of the Stale ts hen by author i ?ed and directed to lovy, and eau? to be Collected, a sufficient per oentum of tar es, to frise a necessaryarnon ut $ money, upo the assessed valuations of the property ot th State,%V&tthe s'^pVopriatiens enumerate in this Act : Provided, There shall not h aase ved and coll oe ted, under the provisions i this Act, sn amount exceeding one millie dollars. 1 Ratified ?2d M a rob, 1809. An ?a ?? JtaptfiesWAe. JtuJ?ei?^tXlitjt? ; Court to Giant Belief fy fh?? y trron j ?iit, Judgment) Obiafn?d p?ring the K ittence ?j the Jr^pq'ftfato?, Ghtkr&ih'nt < ';? $*Uh WWW* ?-*^AfcCiL"?i j SKOTOM 1. Belt enacted by the dena South Carolina, now, mot and sitting (nile Wal Aasembly.'tn?Vty tko authority of?il ?mn?$at ?6 ?as?" a j?d^t ?V.dfee.h' bent*) ct i hereafter ehalt < bo, t endorod by Court of Common Pleas or Kfiut ty, it shall lawful Hl^iMtolLWMw defend*, to move before the presiding Judges of t Circuit lu Which ?nid judgment wo? obtained, to vaoate or set aside said judgment, ?pon satisfactory proof being made to said Judge that said judgment is erroneous and ought to be set aside ; and, upon suoh proof being made, tho presiding Judge is hereby author? izeu to vaoate and set aside said judgment, and to order a trial de novo i Providrd, That, except as to oases arising under the Provisional Government of South Carolina, no motion shall be entertained for a new trirl in any oause unless the motion be made with in two years after the judgment rendored. \ SEO. 2. That, upon servloo of notice of motion for the purpose horeinbefove staled, and satisfactory scourity given for the payment of said judgment in the event a new tra! shall not be granted, tho said security to be approved by tho Clerk of tho Court for the county in whioh suoh judgment wi's obtained, tho presiding Judge is hereby empowered to order a stay of all proceeding until the herr ing and dooision of said motion. Kuiified loth March, 1869. An Act to Am\d An Act Entitled "An Ait to R?gulait Attachment*." SECTION 1. Be it enaoted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen eral Assembly, and by tho authority of the same, That so muoh of Sections five, e x, seven, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen aud fourteen of the Act entitled "an Act to vega late attachments," ratified the twenty-fourth day of Sopteniber, A. D. 1808, as relates to the soizuro, upon a warrant of attachment, of real and personal estate, books of account, vouchers and papers relating to the properly, debts, credits and effects of the debtor, togeth er with all evidences of his title to real estate' and tho practice and mode of procedure upon such attachment and seizuro, including col lections, and the commencement of the suits and legal proceeding, shall bo, and the same is horeby, extended to the attachment and seizuro of property nnd choses inaM?on ud der and by virtue of execution O^WTrW"finn 1 process. SEO. 2. That no execution or other fusai pvoocss upon a judgment, order or decree rendered on a writ of Mandamus, Quo War rantOf Habeas Corpus, or prohibition, shall be stayed by, or in consequence of a Writ ol error or appeal taken therefrom. Ratifi?e 18th Morch, 1869. " An Act to Amtnd An Act Entitled "An Ac to Define the Juris-l'Ction add Regula', thc Practice of Probate Courts." Bo it enaoted by tho Senate and House o Representatives of tho State of South Carol! na, now met and sitting in General Assembly and by tho authority of the saoie, That Sec tion 23 of the Aet entitled, "An Act to defin the jurisdotien and regulate the practice o Probate Courts'* bo amended by inserting be tween the words "any" fud "order," on th first line, tho word "final." Ratified 22. March, 1869. Message from President Grant. WASH i MOTON, April 7.-Tho folio win message of the President was received b Congress, at 4 o'olock, this afternoon : To the Senate and House of Representatives While I am aware that the time in whic Congress proposes now to remain in session i very brief, and that it is its desire, as far i is consistent with the publie interdit, ta avo| entering upon tho general business of logii la tion, there is ooo subject whioh concerns a deeply the welfare of tho country, that I de?! it my duty to bring it bc foro you. I,have no doubt that you will eonour wit me io th? opinion that it is desirablo to r< store the States whioh were engaged in th rebellion to their proper relation* to tho .Goi ernm?nt and the country at as early a perio aa the people of these States shall be fenn willing to become peaceable and orderly con munitios, and to adopt and maintain such cor stitutions and laws as will effectually secui tho oivio and political rights cf all persoi within their bordors. < Tho authority of tba United States, whtc has boan vindicated and established by i military power, mott undoubtedly ba assorte for the absolute < protection of all citizens i the (bil enjoyment of tho freedom and oecui ty whioh it tba object of . republican go ven ment. Hut whenever tilo people of a robe lious State are toady to enter tn good faith u ou tho accomplishment of this object, in e tip?' OMuioi-mlty ?iib th? oortstittiriottaj a thority of Congress, it ia certainly. dosi rab thai all causes of irritation should Ito re mo vi RH promptly as possible, that a wore per fe Union may be estsblishod, And tho count bo restored*-"to poit?o and prosperity. J\TJiO oonveutfoh of tho. people of YltgU whioh met In Richmond on Tuesday, tteoo .er- 8d, i?Or/foMe* a conitilntWtt for tl I BUto whioh was adopted by tho Convent! i on the 18th bf ?April, 1868? and 1 desire v, , opcctfully to ?al) the attention of Congress 1 . nil in i ggg e tho propriety of providing by law for tho holding of an election for that Stat? at some time between tho months of May and June next, under the direction of the military com mander of the district, at which the adoption of that constitution shall ba submitted to tho citizens of the States. And if this should seem desirable I would recommend that a spare rote be taken upon such parts as may bo thought expedient, and that at the same time, and under the same authority, there nh- ll bo an election for tho officers provided under suoh constitution, and that the constitution, or suoh parts thereof, as shall haye been adopted by the people bo ButMtttca to Congress on the first Monday of D<Wbmbor next for considera tion, so that if tho same be then approved the necessary steps will have been taken for the restoration of the State of Virginia to its proper relations to the Union. I am led to muke this recommendation from tho confident hope and belief that the people of that State, now ready to co operate j with the national government in .bringing it again into suoh relations to the Union as it ought, as soon as possible to establish and maintain, and to give to all its peoplo those equal rights under tho law, which were assor ted in the declaration of independence in the words of ono of the most illustrious of its sons. I desire, also, to ask the consideration of Congress to tho question whether there is not juMt ground for believing that the Constitu tion framed by ? Convention of the people of Mississippi for that State, and onoe rejected might not bo again submitted to the people of .that State in like manner, and with the probability^ the same result. ijg|(8"goed) U. S. GRANT. IPVASIUNQTON, I). C., April 7, 1869. WASHINGTON, April 3 -Tho Itepublioam favor a spring eleetion and submission of th< disfranchising olause in Texas against sub mission to the Constitution and division o tho State. In a private colloquy betweei Butler and Whit mire, the disposition was in dicatcd to postpone Texas and let Virginii this session, unless the members an qualified with the oath. In tho House, the deficiency and appropri atiou bills were passed ; also a resolution t< adjourn on the 10th. In the Senate, the Judiciary Committe" was directed to report a lill defining the mean ing of tho eight hour l&w. A resolution t adjourn on the 10th was adopted. Spragu made a personal explanation-that his com age and his words did not rest on wine o whiskey, but on his knowledge of the dange to the country from legislative and exeoutiv power assumed by the Senate. It is ex pee te that tho Spanish Minister will leave th country in oase Banks' Cuban resolutions ar adopted. Twenty-five Virginians called on Grant t< day, who Intimated that he would consult hi Cabinet, and communicate a message to Coi gross, recommending thoir views, which ii volvo submission of the Constitution, with tr. test oath and State disfranchisements stricke out. Tho following nominations were mac to day for Governors of Territories : Saffoi foi Arizona; John A. Campbell for Wyoe ing; Charles-C. Crowie for New Moxie? John A. Burbank for Daootah; Alvin Fla dei* fbi Washington. The Senate confirmed Longstreet, by a vo .f 25 to 10, after two hours' disc uss lort; Senator Fall, heading half a dosen Georg members of the Legislature, visited Grat to-day, in opposition to tho Bul look party. CUBA.-According to ifavuna despatehi th? insurgents are burning plantations in e cry direction. Three of the largest iu il jurisdiction of Sagtta ld dhioa weiro recent destroyed, as well as many others, and tl planters are panie stricken. More roinforc meotshavearrived from Spain, and also Gcnor Bueetaand Esoalante. Tho insurgents hs been routed near Alvarez and also at Guano bmva, their lan ?I th? latter plaoe being ll killed. They haVe* destroyed the ra Uro; between Alvares and Matfagua, and are can ing off ibo staves from the plantations ai making soldiers of them. . ,, o - - TlIX llKMOrAb OV Dl?AAU.!TIR8.---T appointment of a select oom m ittoe lo consid applications fer removal of political disabilit was ordered. by tho Sonate to day for tl body, the Housechowing, no disposition accede to tho request for a joint committ Tho new committee consists of ae\<m mc bern, with Mr. Robertson, of-South Caroll as chairman, who is tat very leniently dis| ed tow^d* the people *?om he in part e?mes ,to r?grose?,?.., Two numbers of ^9??^^TW .?* Viokersr-aro ta te J>e ta favor of * gon?ft* removal ot dfsa I ?tics ; but so rovoh cannot bo said of the c ei*~Mos*r*. Osborn, Hamlin, Mowo, t Boremaih-Hick. Dispatch. THE best drawing le**9n~pra.wIof a> Tho New Jury Law and its Abasement of Justice. The trial by jury hos wett been turmcd the palladium of our libe rt voa. Tho integrity of the jury-box lies at the foundation of all pub lic and prirste security. To degrado or con taminate tbis is at once to strike the deadli est blow whioh cnn he- aimed at the interests of society and the right of property and per son. Thia has been carefully guarded by all peo ple who are not lost to a sense- of social order and genera) welfare. It has been reserved for the lato Legislaturo at onco to imperil tho publio interests and plooo at hazard all privato right. . Tho late slaves have been emancipated.- . They are now equal beforo thc law. They havo the same rights of freedom, of person and property. And in this, all have acqui - esced. The lato Jury law rendered them ampio justice when it practically declared that tho I Jurors should bc selected from the tax-puy ing citizens, irrespective of color. It mado no discrimination. It placed all unon tho same basis. But at jthe same time, by confin ing tho qualifications of tho Juror to thc tax payers, it secured . some degree of aosuranco for intelligence ia the jury box. This, however, did not prove Radical enough. At ooe blow the wholo security of the jury box is swept away, and its value ut terly destroyed. It is now enacted that the juries shall be so drawn, "that the number of white voters thereon, shall Wear to tho num ber of names of colored voter.?, asnear as may be, the same proportion as thc whole number of colored voters in the township, city, or oounty, as the rase may bc." In more direct language, that thc juries aro to be drawn from the registered list of voters instead of the tax payers, and that these. aro to be constituted of colored men and white men, in proportion to their voting strength, i This Act makes every field hand, howevoi ignorant or debased, a juror. For every ne pro over twenty-one years of age, whether b< can read or write, and without regard to hil intelligence or oapaoity, is a voter, and, there fore, under this Act, is a juror. And no only so, but it those aro in a prepondorcne upon the voting lists, thoy aro to constitute ; majority of every jury. Tho Court of Com tn on Pleas, whose sitting aro in Charleston, is held for tho Judi?la County of Charleston, composed of thc oleo tion counties of Charleston and Borkeloy. Th? jurors are, therefore, to be drawn froi the voters in those counties. . As near as can be estimated by the rccoi elections, there are 16,717 colored voters, t 5,578 white Voters in th?30 counties, or i the proportion of throe colored to every whit voter. Now the Act says that tho list of juro shall bear, as to eolor, the same proporth "as the wholo number of white voters boa to the whole number of colored voters." ] other words, that every jory of twelve sht consist of eight colored and four white mc This is the reedit. The bare statement of the ease ie ?ufSoic to show tho nature of the lawa under whi j the people of South Carolina are living, a the eharaoter of tba legislation Under.whi ! they suffer. ? Never was there a more monstrous pen ion of right ! Ne vor' Was there ? moro dir attempt to degrade and drag in tho dint 1 administration tit junto 1 There can bo plea io ita behalf. The heretofore law plat all classes, irrespective of odor, on tho aa footing. This glVes igrforanoo the supromaoy, r shuts out irjteliigeuoo. The publio Welfare, tho material inter? of the country, and all that is worthy of j servatioo, assures us that the time must ti come When justice will resume hor sway, when thi Uwa whioh strike at tho vitals the people, and the law-makors who wc shatter itt a common ruin all that is virtu and of good report, will pass away before Indignant presence. ['Chafitton Courte A BRATIFUVSENTIMENT.-!\Vo clip following beautiful sentiment from an change ; Borrow sobers us and makes tho mi m nial. And in sorrow we love and trust i frienda more tenderly, and the dead bc dearer to us. And just as tljo stars shin io the night, so there ave ?blessed f.ico? look at ?a in our grief, though befoyja features ware fading from our recol,le< Sabering 1 Let no ?can dread it toomuc causa {t?a tetter for.bitty Wife*** make' him sure of being Immortal. J? I solem* night, that other worlds'state b? shining tn Ute long, 4oa*'dt*taneev. A U io j&row .the night *f. tho souj-rth see the farreat, and $npw ourselves nu of infinity and sens eua daughters o Most High, .i.ni win i lina? min