Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i ~a? I'M .... Acts Pasted and Approved ti?a Special SesAs most o.' !>?. ?c.?uors urc ua-ioas to bo informed, oj/ictai^y, as to ilic amount oi" tuxes iov* iod and the terms upon which tlicy are to be paid, wo give space to the law, so that nouo can plead ignorance of its requirements: An Ac: .0 raise ?ttpp!:es for the fiscal year commencing Novotnaer t, ioVG. Skct.on i. />' i; mac.rd by tho Senate and House of Representatives of 1 lie State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Ueneral Assembly, and by Iheniitliorily of the same, That a lax of 7 mills upon every dollar of the value of nil taxable property of this State he. and the same is hereby, levied for the following purposes, to wit: To meet appropriations?first, to defray the current c peases of the government for tl.e iisca! year endiugSi<t ttuobcr, 1S.*7 ; second, io psy tiic 5n;e est due the first of January, IS77, 1..1.. n. a.iu\<iu Ill'di Ui ?l. jr , UI i9 n:?Vi4 H?v tc?i binds ami certificates of slock which have been issue! under the "Act lo reduce tho volume of the public debt, and provide for r lie payment ofihesuine," approved December 22, 1S7U, which shall be found lobe valid and bonufitle by the com mission to investigate lite same, and be npptoved by the General Assembly at the next regular session thereof; and, tiiird, to pay such other indebtedness of ;l?e Stale as may be reported to be valid by the said commission, and to which it may ho applied by the General Assembly at its next regular session. Should the proceeds o. said tax he it?3u!licie.u to meet all the payments provided for in .ills act, the Governor is hereby authorized to borrow, 0:1 the eiedi. of tlie ."state, such sum, not exceeding 100,Odd, as may be necessary to tueet such deficiency. S,:r, *1. 'that a lax not to exceed '? nf'.Is upou every U'd'a- of the vu'veof ..'! .^t'b e ; i .pei'ty in eacit ol the several counties in t.iis ,v'ta;o he, and the same is hce'oy, levied !*.: coua y purposes, for the fiscal year com noticing Noveiubci 1, lSiO, except in the counties of Charleston an i Union, in which a tax not to ex ceo i 'J mills shall be levied ; the r;.;e to he fixe J by the Cotut.y Commissioners iti ami for each county, and by litem certified to the respective County Auditors ol the said sevvial counties, except as to ih< l entity of Horry, iu whicli the Uoun.y Com mis stotieis sliall levy au additional tax uf'J mills, It pay the past indebtedness for 1 -*7and i'-Td except tne Coumyof Union, in w.tich theUoua ty Commissioners shall levy au additional tax o I in'!' for the payment of pud d..c iudcbiedaess and except the County oi' l.nuc.tsttr, in whirl the t'o...i,y Uotumlsslo.tc < t". e.y a :.i c of 1 mills on the dollar to ay the p. >: duo indebted Tic vs of said cottiity, the prcueects of which s.iml bo paid /no iu i.ud also except the County o AiUbtt, lu n\ >c'ii \*iio Cv/*iiti j Vjvuu.iu^o'iuuci.') nlia! levy un additional lax of 1 mill to pay the pas :.i ... ?? ??;.i 1,7 lavivUicuiivc^ vi oniu vvuu j iv> > >*v j v.*.? and J37C; and except the County of Manbote where tiie County Commissioners be, aud the ate hereby, authorized aud required to levy special tax of 1 mill, it* to much ho necessary (or tlie purpose ol? repairing the couti hous and jr.ii; also, the County of iieaufbrt, ivhcr k..o county f ~iu:aissi.:tcrj jl.ul. .uvy a tux of it:, put maul to the provi. ions of a joint i?jC union, approved Mutv h III. Ibid: 1 Vo fit! u 'i'h.it nothing contained iti .ills section shall b coujtruud .so us io prevent the t.'oauty Commit siottcts of rioKens, Butnicr, Newberry, Marion WidlatJaouig and ilicltlutid, collecting u spec-it tax heretofore provided by iuw, to pay .he pas indebtedness of said couu.icj, nor the cotniiu of t> aogeburg or Clureudo: front coi'.ectlng tit special tux heretofore a..,..o.i cu for (lie cot:: pletiou of the court house : ttor .lie County Con: mission era of hie rah aw t'roiu levying and coiic-t tin-; a special tax aUhon/.ed and directed to u levied anil collected by aa act ui' the (jic.ici. Assembly. entiled ".Vn .act to authorize.Co Hiver,'* approved Cob ru.try 13, lSTl'; e-ceptih. t lie t 'ouiity Commissioners of Spuria.to,: ' a Couu ty be, and they ate hereby, ami. mired .\mi 11 i,u: C'i to t.ppiy .1 of 1 una of the regular lev o:' 3 mills io the ; ;.yi..c-i. ot' bridge cent, act i'uf i.io fiscal year can. g lit NoviuijO ', .f 1 it' io much Jo ucccsb.i'y ; . .id luey arc furili crniore authorized and empowetcd to levy a uilwu'.oita! lax, over and above the :??_ t:l. . kv, oi' 3 milts, o?* A of 1 in..., to ue applied to ll> past indebtedness of said county ; anil tlie, are also authorized to apply any balance lit a may be on hand at the c!jse of the present ti^ cat year, ending November 1, lb'7., to pas indebtedness, paying off such claims as wet a.: tiled prior to 1st No\cmber loib: J'rv v led, Nothing shall be paid for probating ac counts: And l'rocidrd, That A inill of the .a; ihas levied for the County of Orangeburg sh. i be devoted to the payment of the past indebted it of said county. . .i . 3. 'lhat nil the proceeds uf lite taxes lev ied for and on account of the State, us speciiiei heroin, sh-ll be deposited and kei>t by the Stat .vu, t>k aui.li bank or banks Sit tke cities o CVotltfbio b'iliti twtvu nu, f.: I IIU JiiliCjUCUt li d. icrokioti of kite Financial Hoard oi' tlio.Sia.e can aiiord suliicicut protection to tlie interest o." tlie .S.ate ; and tiioSt.ao T.cnsui er shall j ab li-di ia Okie or more oi' the newspapers published it tiio cities o.' Columbia and Charleston a monthi' statement of all the moneys received by him am llie amount paid out. ami to whom. ami on ac count ot' what appropriation p .id, as well as (In ba'auce of moneys on hand. Sec. 1 Thai the County Auditors and Count; Treasurers of the several counties of this Ktuti arc hereby rciptired, ttudcr the diteciioii am supervision of the,Comptroller lieneval, to raakt lite collection of taxos levied under and pttrsu ant to the provisions of litis act in the niatiuci and ai tite time ami under lite conditions here inafter to he provided ; and they are hereby for bidden to collect any other tax, except the taxes to meet the interest and reiiro the hotels issucf by comities in aid of railroads, whatsoever, fot lite fiscal year, unless herein expressly authorized so to do; and any Mate or county o.'iicet wito shall tail to comply with or evade or attempt to evade the provisions of this act, shall he deemed puilty of a felony, and, oil conviction iitorcuf, shall lie punished by a line of not less t'nau f; 1,000, no.- mote titan ! .?"?,000, and by imprisonment in the penile.tiiury for a period oi not less titan otto year not more i'tia.i live years. Cue. ?"?. There sltall be assessed on all taxable polls in this State a tax of ?;1 on each poll, lite proceeds of which lax sltall ho applied solely to educational purposes, livery male citizen between the aye of uud (it) years, except those ine.ipab'.v of earning a support, (Totu heinjj Maimed, and except those now c.e'.iipt by lt.w. or riom si.iv oilier cause. shall l>e deemed taxable polls ; anil should an y porsou lail or refuse tc pay s?.i':<l poll lii\, lie shall lie deemed guilty oi a misdemeanor, ami, on conviction thereof, bcforv any Trial Justice or other court having jurisdiction of the same, shall lie punished b> a line of not less than five !> i. or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding liiiriy days. Skc. 0. That all taxes assessed and |>nyublo under this act shall be paid in the following kind of fundi*, and no other: (iold and silver coin. United Slates currency and national bank notes: /Vorc/"/, That t he receipts issued by the (Jovernor in the several counties, under and by virtue of resolution adopted by the llou?c of Representatives, on the L'Oth day of December, A. I' . IR7i; shall In- credited liy the t'oiinty Treasurers upon the aiiiutttils due, and payable by holders thci T v.he . I': - . .e ; / ' J . vS.x.tt.' t >e fo j bi?c. 7. All luxes assessed herein shall be dup .w .. % VVv vC^Uu. wd **4 0\3 QwO UuU Juyuii.l . ..v?. ...J ../J- u../ of ^ u'.y ..o ...e first --y of Ai> gust, 1S77 ; a.ul ll.o second installment shall bl due and payable from iho first day of Octobe^ 10 the thiriy-fiist day of October, 1877 : ProvL Jtd, That it shall be, and is hereby, left to tht option of any person either to pay the amouii of the first installment at the time first ubow mentioned, or to pay tnc whole amount at tht time of ihe payment of the second installuieal thereof: Provided, fur (tier, That if any pcrsmyk persona shall fail or refuse to pay his or ner taxes due under the first installment, ho, she or they shall be charged with interest thereupon from the first day of August, 1877, to the time of the payment thereof, at the rate of one per centum per month ; and the several County Treasurers shall collect the same in the manner prescribed by law, and give receipts therefor to the several parties paying the same, in whieh lac re ?! c-tatc paid on shad be briefly described, and the value of the personal property paid on shall he stated, together with the lime such tax cs arc paid, and the amount of the same : ProcMil, No.hiug herein contained shall operate tc prevent any >::x payer from paying the vvuol< amount of his tax at the time the first install ft .. kl. mi'iii 19 jm^uuiu. Sr.-1. 8. Tlilit tlie County Treasurer, imutcdi ate'y upon receipt of tlio tax duplicate for lli< year from t!io County Auitor, shall cause a no lice to be inserted once in two daily newspaper.' published at tlie ceunty scat of lus county, il two such papers bo there published; if not i..c.i in one such paper; and if 110 daily papet be ..bilsued at such county scat, then in twi weekly ,'apcis ] ubiisked ut such county no at; i< n if two such weekly papers be tiot published .Lies in one such paper; and if no paper bi published in the county, then sucii notice shall be given in such manner as the County Trensur cr may direct, statin the rate per centum of tin levy for .Stale purposes, and titc rate per ceutun for all other purposes, 0:1 the duplicate of tin present liscalycar; and if any special leviei have been made on the property of a school ot titer district, not affecting aucutirc county, tin total rate of levies in such district shall also bt stated itt such notice. | in.c. U. When the taxes and assessment! charged against any party or property oti tin ) duplicate tor the present fiscal year shall not b( . paid on or beforo the olst day of October, 1877 ' or when the remainder of such taxes and assess .. litems shall not bo paid o.t or by the said time w'.t'.t interest at the rate of 1 per centum pe j taou.ii, as aforesaid, the Couuty Treasurer sltul i, ^.tocecd to collect tuc same by distress or other * wise, as uorr prescribed by law, together with i penalty of 1" percent, on the amounts so dclin ! "p etit; u.iu if the amount of such delinquen . mum. iis.-essuionfs ami penalties shall not b j paid on or befotc the loth of Novomber, 1877 ( or eo. tit-ted by uis-tvess or otherwise, the sant ( shall bo treated as the dc!iiti|ucnt taxes on sttcl y i iliiu |>vi uiiui j?i Ujivi? v, uiiva ouati uv; cui.ct ^ ltd by tliu sale of such real and personal prop erty as hereinafter prescribed. otto. 10. All personal property subject to tax ^ at ion shall be iiab'e to distress and sale for tlr j pay iiiCi.. of.a.... aad asso: sutea's hereunder ...id. at any time after any taxes or assessment jli.t'i beco.ite due, according to the provisions c ^ ,Iiis act, i he County Tieasurer, by 'litnsclf o . deputy, may distrain sufficient personal propet ty o' the party against whom such taxes or as ^ sessiiieuts arc charged, if the same can be fount ( in his county, to pay the taxes or assessments s | due, with any penalty charged or chargcabl there..pott, and interest, and the costs that uia, ticc-ie. and shall immediately advertise the sam in ihree of the most public places in the town o ward or di .rict in which such properly shall b distrained, stating the time and place in snol (j town, ward or district, when and where sue proper.y will be so'J ; and if the taxes, assess u diSt rained,logci her with the costs of the proceed iug, siia'.l not be paid before ti e day appoinlci for ruo'.t .-aie, ^ which siia'.l not be less than 11 vc j tt'ir more ; aim ten, days after posting up site! > notices of sst'e, i s..cii t reasurer or liis ticput, ...tl' p 'oiccd ;i. the time and place tiiemioneil i i' ! * *. . :to. ocs sc.! ii'hi property, or so lintel . j ...ciCv/. r.s may bo uctcssaty, at public vendue to ,!:? highest bidder ; .tad if such property, o ' ! ;i . .....cie.i. uutut'.iii thereof, shall not he sold a \ 1 ihe i.me .iiia place aforesaid, such Treasurer sha! > | iisiiiu liio s.?tuo iu Ills possession ami n-hertis ' a.id offer die same lor sale in manner anil fori: aforesaid from time 10 ;iuio uiiiii the same sha] it , j 4?c do:J. 0 All real properly returned dcliaquen by ihe Couu.y Treasurer, as herein proviileil slial! he o.ferei for sale l>y die Treasurer on tli k. iiis Monday in December, 1877, after iluc ad vcriis.iiein. as now provided by law, and there af.ei from day to day, until the whole anion 11 there i, as included in tiie delinquent list, shal j he sold ; and exeept as in this section provided lt die County Ttcasurer shall proceed in rcfevcnei e. to the sale of such delinquent real estaic accord '.I lug 10 itie Om uis ami wttU the conditions uov p..-oCi.hed nii i icqaiicd bylaw: Provided, 'ihu 1 .he cost of said advertising shall uot exceed !jC iipou oacii parcel of laud so advertised. Xr.o. 11'. That nil acts and parts of nets iu , cousis.ciu widi in is act be, and the same are here j by, repealed. Approved June 0, 1X77. An Act to abolish tiic pay of commissioner: r and managers of elect ions, and of their clerks. J lie ii enacted by die Senate and House of llcp1 i'cseniuiives of the State of South Carolina, now : uiet and siiii..g in (leneral Assembly, and by the nudioiity of the same: r Sr. . 1 't iiat from and after the passage of diis - act, no /?.-/ dirm, mileage or other compensation shall he allowed or paid to die commissioners of i elections and managers of elections, or die I clerks appointed l.y ilieiu. Skc. 2. Tli.il all acis and parts of acts, inccu sistcai with or repugnant to the provisions of tliis act, lie and die same arc hereby repealed. Approved May 2.1, 1877. i Ladiks Ihvir.Ar: kr to Rii?k as Mux.?There are few traps for the female sex any tuorc deadly than me side-saddle, and no one of any sense grieves at the decay of the "noble art of lioiscWo.iiaus'uip," as long as that art cannot be practiced except at the imminent risk of the ladies doing fo. English people are devoted horseinc i. ami the ladies as well as the men take the highest pleasure in galloping after the hounds. Cut recently an English lady, who enjoys what is considered an enviable fame for skill and daring in riding close to the hounds, and who is .?! o a patic: u wife and mother, lias antioiineed that site wi I risk her life no more tiding on a side-suhdle, but in the next season will ride imt-ciiliuo fashion. Iter announcement lias set ihe whole seiis.niuii.il wcrld to lalkintr. since she is u woman of sj>irit, ami it is believed hIic will do as she says. If slie does she will have follow eis without doubt, and it may be that this will inaugurate the long-ox peeled dress revolution. - o A '1 f.l:l:llil.K I'l UK IN (tAI.VKSION XfW ()f| leans,.I tine M. A special front (Jalveston, Texas, l says ti terrific lire has occurred there, but is | now under control. Three squares, bounded by j Market, Twenty-first and Twenty second streets, ' and the I'ay. were destroyed. The tire was disI covered early this morning. The principal j blncks Inline I site Ileum's, the >'i>iiiliertl Motel, I 1 IS'if??:*- "'i lenbciiiev ' and Kim .'l.e tt. M. STOKES, Editor. ics* UNION, FRIDAY JUNET6, 1877. P*r : nftc TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. tliu 1 fopy, one year, in advanck, $3.00 2 Copies one year, " " .">..'>0 5 r' " " " " 11.00 V 10 " ? ? " 20.00 , ? ? ADVERTISING. haT i ^SfiBluaro or one Inch, first insertion, - - - $1.00 cari jpflH^HAKvqueut insertion, ....... 70 * ^WR^^dlscount in ado to merchants and others adver- allll 4int|i(v ft?r ?|x month* or l?y the year, i OWtimry Notice* of ten lines or In.-**, inserted free. wal " " over ten lines, charged as Advertise ?f , inents. 01 1 i per cent additional for advertisements ordered tail not to appear In consecutive laanos. David Johnson, Jr., lias been admitted intt to practice in the Supremo Court of this State, you We uuderstand that Judge Mackey will |^"CI i preside nt the term of Court for Union, Com- ? for mcncing next November. > Gcu. J. B. Kershaw was last Friday the 5 olectcd Judge of the fifth circuit, in place of he I R. B. Carpenter, by a vote of 128 to 2. ligl ' ' Charley Hoke hns been in town and re- '*cv ports Kennesaw flour rising?when made into ^l0 i biscuits, bread, or anything else good to cat. no r I Ski?" Messrs McAdcn, Austol and Oats were Ill0| p in town last Friday to sec about rebuilding the con * depot nnd Machine shops of their road. ^ fc* ' V ' ' I ,1 CtY- Hereafter the sureties of County officers 11,0 * must be citizens of the County in which the a,u principal holds his oflicc. That's a decided im- Mr 5 provcnient. ^ - - tuii Begr The R-iiMer local man says when the j con 3 House adjourned "Speaker Wallace alamroed * the old gavel down with a 'bang.' as much as niti - to say, 'None of you arc gladder of it than I am." Rev. .las. It. Elliott, D. D., for many ",e I years Rector of St. Paul's (Episcopal) church, ' , Charleston, died nt his residence in that city but , last Monday morning. 8U1 - - B?%? IVe have had glorious rains since last fly r Sunday morning, nnd all vegetation is fairly ngu ' jumping. A dry spoil now, to enable the farm- rui crs to house their wheat and oats, would make As \ - everybody foci glad all over. iii| c . BQb- The rp em hers of the Legislature closed ^?r t tho extra session by voting each member S200 e for the regular session in November nnd to those ' 1 . who have'served in the extra session 5-100,<fcnd f^ ! llC! one mileage of 20 cents per mile for the extra , dii session. - ?- mi e 6?" Articles of impeachment having been for- 9C) ; luaMv preferred against Associate Justice J. J. c|( s M'right, for drunkenness, he cannot appear upon \l0 '' the Supreme bench until the charges against ics 1 _*_ i i , t tis? , ill ill iiUYe vccn rciuuvwu uy iiuipuuu. i??a mui qi will (alee place during the next, session of tho an 1 Leisglalurc. it ^ ^ * e "My Mother's Daughter."?"My Mother's P1 y Daughter," an intensely interesting story from c the pen of Mrs. Ophelia lleid, of Eatonton, Ga., 0,1 ? will be commenced in the Savannah Weekly A"w* ai I, of Juno 201 h, 1877. The price of the Weekly w' h yews is only $1.00 for six months, or $2 00 per l'' There is a little difference in the amount ?, 1 appropriated to the Republican Printing Comlj pany for the printing for one session of the V Democratic and that appropriated for the sntno Pr u se -vices for a Hepuhlican Legislature: The pe a Democrats appropriated ?'L0t)0 and the licpub- so ^ Means about ?75,000. Only a save of ?72.000 ful t in one item. pui : 1 s?. ? t. IH-aT* The following appointments for Union . s ii County were made by Gov. Hampton and con- 115 1 firmed by the Senate last Friday : ^ AmJitor, David Johnson,Sr; Trrnst/rrr, Dr. J. u'" P. Thomas ; Jury Commissioner, Asa Smith. 0 T i Jii.f 'i'r't, ? David Johnson, Jr., Thomas - Comer, 15. II. Foster, A. A . Aughtrey, Thomas i- /. Orr, C. B. l'obo, Jasper Ciibbs, James T. Je- Fr< t ier, Thomas M. l.iitlejoiin, S. S. Stokes. un 1 .O. - .] J8S51" Gen. J. B. Kershaw has been elected 3 ."Judge of the fifth Circuit, in plaoe of Carpenter, vcl who according to the report of the Committee | ( nppointed^by the Legislature to investigate the dif 1 matter, was elected in 1875 when there was no an vacancy on the bench, consequently Carpenter's bet election was void. No purer or better man for could have been selected for the high position lie than Gen. K ershnw. Ji j We received a visit last Tuesday from IIie ' Mr. Styron, the inventor and manufacturer of "Styron's Compound," an excellent fertilizer, . inuiulVtclMrcd at Limestone Springs, by Messrs. ^ai Styron & Lynn, and sold much cheaper than Pai those made on the const and at the North. Mr * ' S. informs us that his fertilizer has becomo so | * popular (hat lie was not able to fill all the or. the ders received for spring planting. They are Mil now preparing to manufacture upon a more cx- lot tensive scale and expect to be able to supply all del demands for Fall sowing. Ors Fink Wheat.?Wc have in our office the ^ tinost specimens of Wheat we have ever seen in ' this country. Tlio heads are six inches long with from six to seven grains in the "mesh."? ^ Tho grains arc plump utid large. This wheat came from Dr. Wade Fowler's farm, on Thickcty Creek, and the gentleman g who brought the spccimons to us says the Dr.'s repi whole crop is the finest he ever saw. From Uar every part of the County we have good reports can of the wheat crsp, mid in the upper soction the it u wheat was never better than it is this year.? old We should like to experiment on the Hoar. ,\ We think that Dean Stanley, while of- ''S^ . . ci'8 ficialiiig upon a recent occasion, in that grand old Mausoleum of Hngland's dead, besmirched ft his F.piscopai robes when he went out cf his way fcitat to bespatter with fulsome adulation a low, vul- $-18 gar, besotted dullard, who, by-a mere political fiscti accident, had been elevated from a Catena gut- tax ter to the chief executive office of his country, L0.1 without the [>osscssion of a single endowment., This mental or moral, to fit him for tho the station, bom Among the many accomplishments attributed to ascc the Dean, i' is manifest, I hit I a */// ,/?/.,/ is fin from occ:;; ying the ! west ; lace in the c it- Wil, n ok-ic try A Correction. a Out.* report of lui ut'ii lUbi. wee<v we suid : be origin of ihe dro id attributed 10 the care- let throwing of a match among some loose pa- p0 by a clerk in W. R. Briggs & Co's. store, ^ r lighting a Cigar. He says he had not loft store inoro than fifteeu minutes when the tu in was given and the house was in Haines. ?e< fe sincerely regret that what we said should cal e been construed into attributing a wilful po ilosaness unon the nart of the youdk man coi given rise to very uukiud and un- tio Tinted remarks a^utiTfm and' fBB'ftWtobor* olt ho firm of W. R. Bi*iggs & Co's. We cer- id ily had not the slightest intention of attribute ty. uuusual carelessness, much less a criminal *?< snt on the part of any one. Wo belicvo tlio ng man and every member of the firm to bo du ipablo of committing such a wrong. We de iw them all well and have the highest regard Lc them. of 'ho young man alluded to informs us that re re was no loose paper anywhere near where P* throw tho match, and when ho threw it, after iting his cigar, he stepped on it and he be- cs es it was put out. Aud further that his a[ thcr was in the store after ho loft it and saw ur fire then. 1c is very desirious that a full and fair state- }! ki lit should be made, so far as ho is in any way corned. ar Vc arc further assured by Mr. Briggs that insurance did not cover the loss of money-"a! I property by over two thousand dollars, and . Briggs is a man of t:uth and honor. oi Vc are astonished that any one should enleri for a moment the thought that any pat ty mectcd with W. R. Briggs & Co's. store could of guilty of pcrpelrnting a crime of such iuagudc. They are young men who value their *? traders far above any amount of money, and bare suspicion does them a grievous wrong. ["he Origin of tho fire is, as yet, a mystery, ^ . wo hope the tiuth will be obtained, and the lty party, if thcro is guilt, severely punished, q if Wc are enjoying the blessing of daily mails Lin. On Monday last the cars commenced lining from tbc head of the Spartanburg anil iioviilc ltailroad to Columbia, without chiuig- *( I euro; while a train started from Columbia a the head o^^yrrjflfcl, oiRtho same day. Jwo .ins now rfflWBWj?5on? from the head of the 8; artnnburg and Asherille toad?20 milesabove artauburg?? nd one from Columbia to the ad of the tv '. Both trains meet here for incr, about clock. The present arrange- r ;nt has one tction not often found by pas- ti ngers. The ^uion Hotel gets up the best, the ? iuicst and most comfortable dinner of any ^ use in the State?and we don't except Chariton and Columbia. A man whocun't enjoy one D Wallace it Allen's dinners will whip his wife P il grumble at a well cooked fat Turkey when is set before him, or ho don't know how to special c a good square meal. P We begin to see some of the benefits of being 0 a long Railroad line. When the connexiecs e completed from Charleston to Cincinnati, licit we arc lead to believe will not be more t an two years, this section of country will be a mikir I lij}dirst_t0 feel the umnv aroikl. u.'.vluU- Il s ot' being upon one of the most important t rough lines in this country. ?# t The Columbia [legiater, under its new o oprieiois, is fast becoming the paper at the upr counties of theStaio. While il is not quite t large as the Charleston Dailies, it contains s !y its much reading matter and gives to our uimv iti. ican vnc uajr b luicruews. IIS CUIlori 1' are well written, bold and independent, and telegraphic reports are full and reliable.? I. lluyt deserves success, and if industry, P ility and independence can be appreciated by 5 people of South Carolina, lie will achieve it. ' ;ain we call upon the people of the upper unties to sustain a good paper at the Capital. 8 oin that point alone can we look for apaper ^ biased by local interests and prejudices, that ( II be a truly representative journal. See adrtisement for terms, &c. d We learn tfitif^ Tuesday 'nlgtif last a [ liculty occured in a car on the Spartanburg f d Aslicvillc railroad, at Landrum's station, ween two or three men, whose names our in- ? mant did not learn, and James Ledford, a venue detective, in which the latter was killed. w is supposed the parlies who killed him were ' n who Ledford had informed against, as the u liculty nppearcd to be About something of that a d. Ledford was shot in three places and a lly cut. He was here a few weeks ago. His 0 cuts, brothers unit sistors live at Ashoville, 01 C. U w JfQu Wc acknowledge an invitation to attend j, commencement exercises of Hie Carolina 0 litury Institute at Charlotte, N. C., on the j h instant. The salutatory address will be n ivercd by Cadet Robert (1. Thomas, N. C.? ,B dionsnnd essays will be mode by Cndel AllJ.Crovntt, (la. ; Cadet Alex S. Kastcrlin, n I. ; Cadet- James G. Gibbes, Fin. ; Cadet Alt W. Gilchrist, Fin., and Cadet Robert G. unns, N. C. Diplomas will be conferred by superintendent. The valedictory address w 1 be delivered by Cadet A. W. Gilchrist, Fla. 01 li frif" Wo understand the Lien law has been al enled, to take effect the 1st day of next Jan- pi y. As we have not read the uct to repeal we rc not say what its provisions are; but wo hope Si ill let all parties out of the tneshes of the (j law as easy and fairly ns possible. pi s soon as we can obtain a copy we shall pub- w that and any other law we think our read- m feel a direct interest in. . ??. ar T lie total appropriation for ordinary n( e cxpcuscs, mado by the Legislature, is (|| <>, >86. 'J'etal revenao of the State for the ^ d year, $'.(00,000, as follows : Seven Mill levy, $760,000 ; Phosphate royalty, $6i(,(XX); sn n authorized by the supply bill $100,000.? ?> i will leave $113,415, to pay interest on I lie led debt, when the amount of that debt is rtained. ?? Hi bev gave hl'l'oli n l>>>ini -<>l -i?1,1)0 ) l.ui there dw n't a man in il.e Hon r v.::li t.vs* enough lo n i nni game >ii ? aiun" I I' ** . 1* 'M* * I 1 > ?J ' l Some of the Work of the legislature. As muuy people have complained to us of the igiii of the session aud the little work of iinrtance accomplished by the Legislature, we nk it duo to the members of that body first slate, as we have before stated, that in con|uence of the extreme character of the Radii majority in the Senate, who did all in their wer to delay the work and prevent the ocmplishment of any reforms in the administra>n of the State affairs which would either d{ft- f >so the corruption of the past government or Lerfere with the present interests of their par* , the democratic miyority in the llouso had te ?ve cautiously and slowly in their determinant to fulfil every pledge made to the people iriug the campaign. With all the badgering, lays and tactics of the radical opposition, the ;gislaturc has done an extraordinary amount good wholesome work for retrenchment and form, as the passage of the following acts Wift ove: An act to repeal an act, to protect the intert of the State, whereon payment of interest >w due remains unpaid on bonds issued by iv It ail road Company, aud whereon the guarity of tho State is endovsed. An act to repeal an net, entitled nn act, for e relief of the widows and orphans of person* lied because of thoir political opinions. An act to abolish tho pay of Commissioners ul Managers ol elections ana 01 incir cmrKs. The repeal of the provisions of the twolaSi outs one sates lo the people of this1 County $2,600, Au act to reduce the pay of County Coinmisoners and their clerks. Here again is another Bate to the people. An act to require all school claims and claims ' teachers to be sworn to. No more fraudulent School claims to be alwed. An act to abolish the office of official stenoraphcr. Here's another save to the people, and a usess office abolished. An act to provide stationery and fuel for the eneral Assembly. * This act allows $6 to each member for staonery, instead of a lumping bill, by which Memera took home $10 worth after a six months' wsion, and the clerk's of the two houses mado pile of money out of the contract. An act to repeal an act to establish certain tate scholarships in the South Carolina Uniter- ^ ity and State Normal School. An act authorizing the appointment of the egents of the Lunatic Asylum from lliclilaud. The first of these acts does away with the adical electioneering scheme of providing tulioa and $200 in cash for a number of colored tudents to the University, and Normal School. l big save out of the State Treasury. The second saves the State a large amount of aoney, which was paid to regents living in all arts of the State, for per diem and mileage. An act to regulato the Tublic Printing. This act reduces the annual expenses for irinting from ?50,000 to about ?10,000 or $12, 03. An act to utilize convict labor in the State. Properly managed this uct will make the Penientiary self-sustaining, and not quite so desirable . place for the resort of lazy thioves and house turnnrn. ttuoliNii?rat.lcrs Ouu't like to work. i save of $50,000. An act to amend section 15, chapter 89, of lie General Statutes in reference to the levying f taxes in school districts. This act docs away with the tax in school disl icts, making it u necessity before auy of the chool fund can be reccivi d. Another save. An uct to prohibit the unauthorized digging of ihosphates. This act will give the State many thousand dolus, in royalty, which has heretofore never been aid or was stolen by the oilicials. Au act to repeal the charter of the town of lumburg. This will break up one of the foulest nests of coundrels that ever disgraced civilization, and revent any recurrence of the Hamburg lliot. An act to prohibit the sale of seed cotton bell'Attll i )l n ll All rc aP uiilioai a iwl aimi.ian ? vvm i?iv *iuuio vi ouuoct aiuu oum iov. An Act repealing the Lien law ; uu Act to reucc the pay lor dieting prisoners; an Act to educe the pay of Jurors a^d witnesses ,\4lso o 1 educe the pay of thcmcers of the Legislature o $5 a day. All of these acts are beneficial and tend, to really reduce the taxes. We doi bt much if the same amount of yood fork has ever been accomplished by any legisilure in the country, at one session. Wo have 0 data upon which to base an estimate of tho mount saved annually to the people, by the bove acts ; but as an evidence that we are at ' nco to reap tho benefits from them, it will be sen that the tax for County purposes in Union 1 reduced to two mills, which, it is supposed, 'ill bo sufficient to defray all expenses and peraps, leave a balance in the treasury at the end ^ f the year. It is also hoped that a further renotion next year, for Slate and County purposes, ill yield a sufficient revenue to mo?t nil delands. The reforms already adopted are taniblc and sound assurances that economy and onesty are the watchwords of our officials. young colored man was brought (9 lis placo Inst Saturday, supposed to be tho mau ho murdered a white man, named Johnson, j^H i the Airline liailroad, last April. We puhshed a description of the murderer the week ter the crime was committed, and in every articular except his age, the man in custody cor :sponds with that description. Trial Justice okes telegraphed immediately to the Sheriff of uslon County N. C., and that functionary is exacted here,or some one else, to identify him. He as caught by Mr. W. R. Crocker and a colored an in tho upper part of this County. If they live, keep their senses and are >t in tho poor liouso or I'eniteutiai^r, twentyle years from on^day last week, Mr. Suir will liavo two fine democratic voters to excise the right of suffrage?both exactly the me age and so near alike that you can't tell totlier from which." This i? an awful year r twins. Tho Hanking House of E. J. Scott & ?ii, at Columbia, suspended payment last Snturiy The suspension was caused by inability to a! e collections, nnd through the advice ol icnu r