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THE ORANGEBURG NEWS ?ATT KF/A V, Jl'NE 26, 1869. TU AD. C*. ANDREWS, Editor. MALCOLM /. BROWN/NO, Attoeiat J. FELDER MEYERS, Aitoriate. Township Officer: in-information of our readers wo have prepared a synopsis of the duties of the recently elected officers of the dif ferent Townships in the County, which may lie o&aftajstnnee-to them'in their ar rangement and oonstruction of their du ties aafSKttrlUd'ia the* A el of Septem ber 2?th, 1968. By this Act "tho inhabitants of every toWnship are declared to be a body po litic, and corporate," and may exercise all the rights and priviledges of corpora tion*. They may sue and be sued, prose cute and defend suits at law, appointing necessary ogetats or attorneys iu their behalf. They may hold real estate, and convoy the same, may hold personal estate and convey the same, for the good of the inhabitants, and may hold real and personal estate in trust for the sup port of schools Ac., may make contracts tot their corporate property. At legal meetings they may grant and vote mon eys for the Bupport of town schools, for road work, for burial grounds, and for necessary liabilities therein. The offices are well known; their sevcrn 1 duties we give below : SELECTMEN. To call the annual meeting of the Township on the second Tuesday in April, and other meetings at such times as they deem proper. Calls for meetings must be warrants from a majority of the Selectmen, directed to the Constable and expressing tho time and place of the meeting and the subjects to be then acted on. Selectmen must qualify before enter ing-upon their duties, under a penalty; they shall be overseers of the poor; they shall write out alphabetical list., of all qualified voters in tho Town ship and post the same in two public places, ten days before town or general elections; must bo in session withiu forty-eight hours next precceding each ?^election, ?CLXqrrcot the list of voters and to receive evidence as to qualifications *?je fft. * of persons claiming right to vote; such a session shall be held one hour before the opening of meeting on day of elec tion, and notices of these shall be ap pended. Selectmen shall have a gene ral supervision of the concerns of the township not committed to any particu lar office, to be duly performed- Select men may at any time appoint policemen With the powers of Constables, except power of serving civil process. Select men shall obtain a list from the County Auditor of persons and taxable property in their Townships, and in pursuance of Vote-of Township'at its last annual meet ing make out before the l?th of Janu ary; each year and deliver to County Treasurer a tax bill for collection of town taxes. The Selectmen shall audit and at their discretion allow, claims against Treasurer for sums so allowed, and shall keep a record of all accounts and orders, and shall present to the an nual town-meeting a general statement of the property and financial a flairs of the township. The Selectmen shall make out, and presentf to the annual town meeting, es timates of the amount of money necessa ry to bo raised for the year ensuing and of the rate of taxatiou to raise the same, ?hall, ever year, previous to the 13th of January, asses a tax of IS cents, ou every hundred dollars of the lists of the township, to be paid in mouey or labor, at theoptiou of the tax payer, and laid out in repairing highways and bridges; and ?ball, at the same time, baud over to the Surveyor a tax bill, with the amouut of each person's tax annexed to his name, ac companied by a warrant, signed by a Jus tice of tho Peace, authorizing the Sur veyor to collect the same; the Select men shall deliver these tax bills to the Surveyors and take their receipt for the same. fW the mnunei cf working the road or paying this tax sec the Act, See. 47. The Selectmen shall divide their towns into a sufficient number of high way districts, to be convenient for repair ing the highways. Tho Sclectmcu shall receive for ser vices pciformed under this Act ouc dol lar aud fifty cents t>cr day. 6URVEYOR8. The Surveyors shall, after receiyltig their tax bille end warrants prooecd tp I to (axes. of itjic laniount of their taxes. I aud of tho time nod place in which, and team)} and t?olawith which, they are re quired to pay tho tax in labor. Ab to tho manner of serving this no tice, see Sec. 51 of tho Act. All persons working in payment of this tax shall be subject to the direction of the Surveyor, as to tho time and place of working out tho same. On any extraordinary occasion, and whore any bridge or highway is destroyed or obstructed so as to require immediate labor, tho Surveyor shall forthwith cause the damago to be repaired or the obstruc tion removed Ly calling upon the inhabi tants of tho district for aid, by hiring other laborers or employing othei means, and iu such case six hours notice shall be sufficient. If upon such occasion any Surveyor shnll neglect to employ means to repair the highway or bridge, for the space of twclvo hours after ap plied to, he shall forfeit and pay to the Selectmen, the sum of ten dollars, unless he shew cause for his neglect, and if any person liable to payment of this tax in labor, shall neglect to obc}' tho instruc tions of the Surveyor for six hours after he is called upon ho shall forfeit and pay the sum of three dollars. The surveyor shall lay out as he shall think beneficial, in making and repairing highways, all moueys collected by him iu his tax bill, ur otherwise received for that purpose ; he shall keep regular ac counts of his receipts and expeuditurcs, und of labor performed by persons, over their taxes, and report to the Selectmen iu December of each year. In case of luil urc to discharge his duties, Surveyors may be proceeded against as iu the case of delinquent County Treasurers or Tax Collectors. If any person receive damage in per son or property through want of repair of highway or bridge, he may recover in an action of tort of the Township, the amount of damage sustained j and the Surveyor shall be responsible to the towu for any damages sustained by tho town through fault of omi-dischurgn of Iii? duty, (See. -IS.) Surveyors shall receive fifteen cents, per hour for time necessarily employed in discharging his duties. CLERK. At town meetings the Clerk shall pre side during the election of the Modera tor id the meeting. lie shall record all votes passed at the meetings of the Township ; shall admin ister and record oath of office to all town officers who appear before him for that purpose. The Clerk shall receive for every at tendance on any town meeting, one dol lar and fllty cents, and for his records the lees allowed to the Register of Mcsuc Conveyance. CONSTABLE. Constables or other persons designated to summon the inhabitants to a town meeting, annual or special, shall serve the same by posting said summons in at least three public places fourteen days before the time appointed for such meet ing. It is the duty of Constables to ex ecute all warrants committed to them by the Clerk or Selectmen. The Act provides for no pay to Con stables, but exempts all persons from serving as Constable more than once iu seven years. MODERATOR. At cvc.*y town meeting, a Moderator shall bo chosen. During his election the Clerk, or iu his absence, one of the Se lectmen shall preside Moderators shall preside at tho meet ing ; may in open meeting, administer oath of office to'Township officers chosen thereat, shall regulate business of meet ing, decide questions of order, and an nounce the results of all votes j shall preserve order at meetings, and may have disorderly persons removed by the Con stable and confined until after the meet ing. Persons thus disorderly and refus ing to withdraw shall forfeit a .sum not exceeding twonty dollars. Moderators infringing upon the rights of votes or violating the purity of the ballot-box, shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars. These arc brief and imperfect (sketches of the duties belonging to tho Township Officers, created by the Act of the Leg isUturo. We bavo prepared tboiu with the hope that such a synopsis would be of tuuMstauoe to th- ..u lately elected to, .fill these offices. The duties and tho plan are both new and complicated, and it will require time and a gradual ac quaintance with tho Act for the thorough understanding of the ono and the suc cessful operation of the other. [rOB TIIK MltANOl in IUI NK.1VS.] Mr. Kditok :?In the returns of the recent Township elections, I notice among those from (Joodbycs Hole, my name upon what is termed tho ?'Union Ticket." If you mean by this, as I sup pose you must, merely a union of citi zens of nil parties for the public welfare, I am perfectly satisfied and would say nothing to hare it changed ; but as there may be some doubt as to its true signification, I must trcsspass upon your space in a short ex plan at inn iu regard to myself. I know that it is not a matter any public importance, but as a private citison I would prefer not to be mis represented. If any harmonizing party is to "be raised iu this State, I think tho term "Conservative" by far the most accepta ble. This however is a digression from the subject. To place tho matter referred to in its true light, I will simply chronicle the proceedings of our nomination meeting. On Saturday, June 12lh. pursuant to public notice, the citizens of the Town ship, both white and colored, assembled at Folders Stoic. Uy request, Mi. J. II. Felder took the chair, and iu a very clear and" appropriate speech, explain ed the object of the meeting. He thought that much good may arise from the new Township system, if properly conducted, and therefore urged upon all the importance of laying aside prejudice and party spirit, and of selecting the best men to offiee. lie dwelt with considera ble earnestness upon the importance of hsrtnony and good feeling being cultiva ted by all classes, and begged his hearers to remember that this was a matter which concerned our home interests alone, and he hoped that the idea of party or politics would be entirely dis missed from their minds. For the purpose of carrying out these views, and with tho express understand ing that we were gathered together as citizens, frco from all party restraints. i? was moved that a committee of ten, com posed of five white and five colored be appointed to nominate officers for Hood by 's Township. The committee reported, and among others, put iu nomination Mr. Kclder's name and mine. I am sorry, however, to record here that the colored people did not exhibit that appreciation of the example of com promise and concession lmld forth to them by* the white people on this oc casion, which I expected. They object ed to several mimes on the regularly Dominated ticket, and informally substi tuted others, known to he totally incom petent. When remonstrated with about this, their leaders indicated plainly that they were instructed to have only so many white men oil the ticket, as wer?: absolutely necessary to do all the busi ness. Poor deluded creatures! Can we blame them for anything they do. when white men, who should be their instruc tors, through a wicked love of gain, will thus incite them to a spirit of opposition and foil}". You will see by the above account thai no party was considered at all, and so I wish it understood. The fact is, I regard the existence of party as a groat evil. It tends to destroy freedom of thought ami action among individuals. Of course, liku man)-other evils, it is among us, and when great is suos arise, wc are almost obliged to take sides, upon the principle, that of two evils wc must choose the least. When such alternatives come to be decided I shall as heretofore, endeavor to go on the side of honesty and intelligence. I re gard that man though, who pins his name to any party, aud votes for it in variably, merely because it i* hi* party, as having renounced his freedom and self respect. I hope, Mr. Editor, that the plans for public education will soon go iuto opera tion, so that our color 3d people may, in time, become intelligent voters, and when they go to the polls to vote for a candi date, they will not ask, as they now do, whether he is a Hadical, but whether he is the most competent morally and intel lectually. Respectfully, STILES IC MELLICH AMP. BranchviMiK, S. C, June 24, Ou the 14th the election of officers of this Towuship ^amo oflf. The; Demo crats, a few days I preceding tho election day, nominal eil a til Let, und none of them being present ut tho nominal ion, they became indignant, aud declared their names should not be made fun of in such a manuor Sensible men these. They saw the iuov it ?bleue: s of the defeat of a Democratic ticket, and therefore ?h >wcd more wisdom, by. refusing to run. than the men did who made up the ticket. The Republicans nominated their can didates the Saturday before the 14th, three whites and Three colored. This ticket was carried through without a dis senting vote. The officers clectod ureas follows:? Burns D. Myers, Clerk; A. S. Dukes, E. T. It Smoke and P. Berry, Select men, George Baxter, Surveyor; Andrew Pinckucy, Constable. TEA.?It is but a lews days since the tii>t eoiisigumeut of tea was received in Cincinnati, and the following from the Gazette of that city will give an idea of what our Western neighbors think of the teas received Prom the antipodes via San Fraucisco: ??The flavor of teas received by this quick route when compared with those by the six months' circuit of the Horn, is as the smell of new-mown hay is to the lifeless odor of the baled hay of com merce. The aroma of a cup of this tea, which but a few weeks ago was delicately scaled up by tawny hands, steeps the senses in u kaleidoscopic vis ion of the gorgcousuoss of the Elowcry Land, aud makes one feel as if China were our next d.,or neighbor, and the Chinaman a man and a brother." Use OF LEMONS.? Hall's Journal of Health says: AY hen persons are feverish and thirsty beyond what is natural. ' indicated iu some eases by a metallic | taste in the mouth, especially after drink- j iug water, or by a whitish appearance of the greater pait of the tongue, one of I the be,-*t "'coolers," internal or external, is to take a lemon, cut oil' the top. j sprinkle over it some fine loafsugir, I work it downward into the lemon with a spoon, and then suck it slowly squeezing the lemon and adding more sugar as the acidity increases from being brought up from the lower \H!?ut40 ?r~-?-? luvalids with fcverialiuess may take two or three lemons a day in this man tier, with a most marked benefit, mani fested by a sense of coolness, coin fort and invigoration. A lemon or two taken thus at tea-time, as an entire substitute for the ordinary '?.-.upper" ot summer, would give many a mau a comfortable night's sleep, and an awakening of rest and invigoration. with an appetite for break fart, to which they are strangers who will have their cup of tea or supper "reliall" and ?cake" ami berries or peaches and cream. The Tux Assessment. We expected thai fault would be found with the action of the State Board of Equalization, but we did not expect such senseless Statements as have appeared in ?onie of the country papers. Orange burg and Marion counties seem tobe suffering most excruciatingly from tho action of the Hoard. Wc propose stating a few facts relative to the assess menl and the law under which it was made. The property of the State, as returned by the County Auditors, and equalized by the County Boards wore as full .ws: llcal Property, 870,125,025. Persona) Property, 38,828,140. Total. $ 114,95:1.171. It is admitted, we believe, by the Charleston AVirsthut the property of the State, if fairly assessed, should reach $200,000,00(1. The State Hoard of Equalization agreed with the .Wim, and raised the assessment of the Real Prop erty of tho State 810,04(3,0011, distribu ting it among the various counties aft? t a full consideration of the return in ide by each county*. As a sample AI' the assessment made in tho counties generally, take tho case of Otangcblirg : More is a county right through the centre ol which runs the Edisto river, and which contains sonic of the best lands in iho State. And yet this county returned 120,3-17 acres of arable land at a valuation of $221,870?making an average of 81.71 lllll per aero for the best lands in the county. On the face of it this is an ab surdity. The meadow and pasture lands in the same county are returned at an avsrago of $1.25 per acre, and the wood lands at a average of 21 per aero. From a letter iu the AV/r.% of May 18th, dated Columbia, we take the following: "l learn from an intelligent f'armor that lands in tho upper portion of St. Mat thews' Parish (Orangcburg county have appreciated 3i>j per cent, in value since 1807, aud ihttt ou uer. dou'i cai'0 to ^cll oven ou these torus." By reference to u pamphlet (Supplement No. 1,) of tho Commissioner of Emigration for 1807 000 may get .some idea of the valuation of lauds in Orungeburg county at that time. No. 50 from tho Commissioner's Register is Mr. L. W. Bash, who offers '?twelve hundred acres, sixteen miles from Orungeburg C. II., for five dollars per acre in cash, or five doll irs and fifty cents half cash, remainder iu one year." No. 50, Mrs. Susan Keitt, of Oratigo buig, offers uto lease lor a term of five or eight years, a plantation of 3,500 acres. 1,800 acres of which are cleared, reserving one hundred acres for a home stead, at ten thousand dollars per year in gold." No. 74, Mr. S. G. Jamison offers 500 acres, 300 cleared, three miles from Orungeburg C. II., at five thousand dol 1 hire." No. 75, L. A. Wright, of Bam berg, offers "a lot of land in Ornngcburg count}', at ten dollars per acre, cut up to j suit purchasers, or at mt dollars per anrc cash for the whole, or eight dollars per acre on time of one or two years well secured." Wc might quote further, but this suffice to show that if lands iu Orangeburg county have appreciated '.Y.\\ per cent since 1807. and no one doubts that they luve done so, then even with the addition of 300 per cent by the State Hoard, they are still much below their full value. Now let us see how it is with Marion County, which is suffering terribly at the hands ol' "the tools of the degraded and disgraceful Ring at Columbia, which | calls itself the Government of South Carolina."' The best lands of Ma*riou county, as returned by the County Audi tor and the County Board of Konulis-it- 1 thiou, averaged $0.27-1 <><? per acre; its meadow lands 81.118, and its wood lands ?? 1 .('7 per ncre. From the pamphlet cited above we take the following: "No. 51, Mr. R. 15. Ilraddy, of Little Kock. Marion, ?fters 150 acres, including buildings, at $5,000; also G00 acres of unimproved land at ?5 per acre." These lands, of course, comprise improved and unimproved, good and bad lands. A still better way of getting ut the valuation of Marion county will be to compare it with the adjoining county of Dar'ington The arable lands of Darlington county were returned at an average of 80.83-100 per acre; meadow lands ?0. and wood lands fc-l.oSJ 100 per acre. Surely no other statement is needed to show that the State Board did Marion no injustice as compared with its neighbor. The charge is made that the State Board act ed without authority in raising the assess ment. Tlibsc who make this charge, if they believe what they say. are entirely I ignorant of the law. The State Board has just as grave ami responsible a duty to perform in the assessment of property as the District Assessors have If the latt ? r neglect or fail from whatever cause to perform their duty, it is the duty of the Count v Board to correct their errors. ' - if the County Roa d fails, then the State Hoard must act ; and its action is a legitimate part of the assessment, and cannot be set a-ide or disobeyed. It does not follow by any means that there h s beeil in Marion or in any other county a wholesale system of perjury; but there certainly has been great in competency on the part of Assessor's. Nor docs it follow thai the tax payer is j without a remedy; if there is in Marion \ or < Iratlgchurg counties a tax payer whose property has been put above its true value, let him send his statement to that eifert to the State Auditor, and we have no doubt that the remedy will be ap plied, lint denunciation, coarso abuse, absurd threats of non-payment of taxes. ? c are equally certain will accomplish nothing. Another consideration we would urge upon the people of South Carolina The State has a debt now of over six millions. If her taxable property is allowed to remain at 8115,000,000, what will be the fate of her bonds? What SCCUrit) will the bondholder feel, that with suc h a basis lor taxation she will be able to meet her interest'/ If there has been extravagance on the part of the presold State govetiinciit WC have no defence to offer, but it should be borne in mind that one-fourth of the am ?mit to be raise 1 by taxation is to be used in paying back interest on the debt incurred in building the new State Houscjand another fourth is for other past due interest. The pre sent administration is certainly not re sponsible for thai deb:. In conclusion, we simply say the State Hoard have done what they deemed right, ami what we deem right. The assessment of the Hoard will stand, and the taxes levied in accordance with it will be collected.? ?S\ C. Hrpublicun. A fellow in New Orleans,affected with mania a potu. conceived the idea that he was ii goose, and procuring straw for a lies! ami brickbats for eggs, pretended to "set" on the latter. His mother inter fcrcd. "Why don't you see I'm set ting'/" "Rut, Oliver, you ain't a goose!' the mother replied. "I ain't?" "No. Vou are my poor, dear son !" "1 know better!" "Why yes, you are Those are uot eggs?they are brickbats!" ?Don't I know!' Hidn't f lay 'cm, and I mean to hatch 'em or ?.lic 1" A Solkmn Fact ani> Warning.? At TilUUIOBMville, last Sunday, during Divine service in the Methodist Chjirch, just ms the cougregutioo wus .singing tho lust lines of the lust hymn, Mrs. Powers, wife of Thomas Powers, ond grnud daughtor of the late Rev, Wm. Brook in tou, f ell from her seat with au infant in her arms. Her lady friends went to htr relief at once, and found that lite had eeased with her. The infant lives?but the mother is in the grave. The Rev. Mr. Jones, the Pastor, had just closed an impressive sermon ou the frailty of human life?the certainty of death, and the uncertainty of the time of its approach, as is that of the thief in the night. We loam that there was no unusual excitement. The tacts are, as we state them, from au eye-witness. We uro rejoiced to add that Mrs. Powers was an exemplary member of the Church. May God have mercy on all. ami when the time comes may our lamps be trim tin d and found burning.? Darlinytim Democrat, 15/A inst. INSURE TOUR LIFE. r iIIE K4|VITABIjE life con I ducts its business on-tho PURKLY MUTUAL ALL CASH PL.\ST. ? PAY AS YOU CO" is tlie safe rutc in LIFE ASSURANCE as in any tiling else. hs SEW BUSINESS in the year isos rX ceded that of anv "CII ECK," "NOTE ' or "MIXKD" COMPANY by upwards ol Twelve Millions. ALL PROFITS divided among the Policy Holders annually. INCOME. O.oOG.t"KhO? ASSETS.10,000,000.00 The KQUlTABI.fi ASSURANCE SOCIETY ..lies to tin- Public all the ULaL ADVAN TAliK which can with safety he conceded by a 11} Company. X. AUSTIN DULL, June ?npl '.'>?tf Local Agent. ? CIRCULAR, STATE iIF SOUTH CAROLINA, De nr. a i or Acbicultitbal Statistics, C'ol.t'muia, .Inno 15, 18110. r|iHK attention of the citizens nl the Stot? is respectfully invited to tue annexed '?. extracts from nn Act passed ut the recent session of the General Assembly, and ratified 1 on she Huh day or March, ISti'.i; ami their | cordial co-operaiiun with lh.* officers charged with the execution of the Ihw is c.irncftly | requested. The enumeration <?!" the inhnbitnitts is to furnish n basis lor tiic apportionment of re presentation in the next General Assembly, in accordance with Section -I of Article II of the Constitution, nn-l ibe necessity for 11 correctnt-ss will commend itself to eit'.xens. of all political y'. s. In connection with this work the (??nflatics of the agricultural production* of \uti year will \n\ taken, and it in eminently daJiiriil.Lp Itiai Itiry snotini Ol- i i-i hi ticvl Of!'\ ? ii.i intelligibly us cO-cumstuitots will permit, *>.?* { ii i? rxp.roted that they will fumiati valuable i data in m. torture agricultural history ofthc Suite. 11KNHY SPARXICK, Commissioner. .1/* A't to proriilv fur the ICnnmeratam <>f' the Inluihitant* <>;' ih> State.. Skction -\. That it shall he the duty of each nod every person appointed to take the cen sus by >:rute ottliis Act to call personally oil the head or some member of eacli family in the County, or portion of Count v. for which lie "i the^ shall ?*Te been appointed, ami . .a Irom uch head of a family or incmbei thereof, n* aforesaid, the number of persons contained ill sucii family, and such other information :i? may be required and directed by the Commissioner of tho llurcatt <>: Agri cultural Statistics. Sr.e. 4. That each head ?ir member nf n family shall, when summoued iherslo by the persons appointed tinder tins Act to take the census ut Ins. her or their resilience or plsre of business, make, on oath or athrmotion, n I correct return of all persons of whom his or ' her family is composed; and also repwl such other inforiAation to said census takers as may be required hy Inw ; and Hr- persons so i appointed to take lbs census urp hereby atitho J rued to administer such oaths; and upon the fail uro of any pepflon to uinWe such returns i ov reports when required, be or she shall be Riihjcct to a penalty of twenty-five dollars, to bo recoverc t in any Court of competent juris diction. June-6 2w LIGHT HOUSE 1)ritXIA'?> FLUID.?THIS Ki.rn? > will not EXPLODK, and is therefore more reliable than Kerosene, and is equal in Brilliancy. It is ma trying to the eyes. It does not SMOKE. Kntircly free from OR ASK. I?oes not SOIL the HANDS. Dm s not ORE VSE the CLOTHING. Can be BUK NT in the K Kit OS EXE LAMP by using the new Burners. BEST and .si IIELIALE FLUID now in use, being SI PERIOD in every respects to Kerosene. Before presenting it to the Public I have given it a thorough test, and ask the Public to do the same. F or sale hy K1KK ItDHIXSOX. Agent for Orangoburg County, junc -'"> ly apl 17 Notice of Dismissal. ESTATE OF WARREN A. SHULER. TyroTH'K IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL concerned, that on the twenty seventh <lny of July, A. I?. I860, I will apph to the .finite of Probnte for Orangeburg County, tor a FlN v|. DISCHARGE from Administra tion (with the will annexed) of the Estate of Warren A. Shiilcr, deceased. VIRGINIA R. SHULER, Adm'x cum (rtl annexe, junc '2r> ">t IN THE COURT OF PROB A I bJ. Whereas. W. F. Hutson, Esq., hath applied to me tor Letters of Administration on the Kstatc of Jacob ILiir, late ol Orangcburg Count,). deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred ami Creditors of tho said deceased, to bo and apear, be fore nie, at n Court of Probate for the said County to be hohlen at Orangcburg, on ibe 6th day of July. 1 ?<>'.), nt |o o'clock A. M? to shew cause if any. why the said Ad ministration should not be granted. Given under my Hand and the Seal of Court, this 21st day of Jmie, A. D. 1869, and in the ninety-third year of American Inde pendence. TU AD. C. ANDREWS. June "J6?'21 Judge ef Probate. Sheriff's Sales. OBVXCJEBfcJItO COUNTY. PRORATE COURT. /.' part/- D. A. Mclvcr Administrator of the Estate of A. E. wQii A. A. Smoke. NOTICE IS HEREBY oivbn THAT d. A. Mclvcr will, on the 24th day of July m-xt, apply for Iii? final discharge, an Admin i-iri'.tor oi the Ksiutc of A. ?. and A. A. Smoke, deceased. THAI). C. AN I>KICWS, jimc 2G?4t Jud? of Probate. jSTOTICE. n In accordance with Section 98of'nnuet entitled "An net providing for the assessment and tnxntion of property," approved the loth day of September A. D. 18l>8, noticejn,uere-# by given thut the total rate per cuntuta\cfi?w for State purposes for the year 1808 Is 7J mills ; and for County purposes^ the total rate levied is mills, making u total for all purposes for the year 18G8 10] millaon the dollar. 1 jxo. d. mount, June 12,?3t County Treasurer. * _ a : ?? ??> ni ? i i-unin - it . ?? * By virtue of sundry writs of fi. fa.? to me directed I will sell to the highest bidder, nt Orangeburg Court House, on the firnt Monday in July next, for cash the follow- t, ing property', viz. : One tract of land lying in the Fork of the ' Kdusto Rivers containing 7d0 acres more or less*. Levied <m ns tlie property of Jacob Cooner at the suit of Edward 11. Hays. A I.SO On? Inicf of land lying on the Old State Road, containing- more or leu*, hounded) by lands of Haiglcr, Sheridan and Danlslcr. Levied on afl the property of Mr*. Mcldred Danttier nt the suit of Isidora A. Rast. ALSO ? ?* On Tuesday nfter aalcadny next, the fol lowing personal property, viz: Household and Ritchen Furniture. 1 hay Horse, Planta' tinn Tools, Cow and Calf. <i Bee Guins, Con-, tents of Smoke House and Dairy, 11 head Hogs. Levied on ns the properly of S. iL i:anor ni iue suii uf Li. Ltuus a. Li?. ALSO On 1st Monday, (salosday of July.) nt the rcsi lenco of .1. C. Canning, the following personal property, viz: Household and Kitchen Furniture, Plantation Tool*, 1 Mule* Ox and Cnvt, 11 bend Hog?, H head Cuttle. Id Goats. " Sheep. Blacksmith Tools. 1 Mare and 8 Bee Gums. I?e?ictl on as the property of J. C. Farming at the suit of James D.? Cleckley Executor <?f L. E. Cooner ' ALSO On Tuesday after sale?d*>T. JuTy, ISl'ifl. Hi the revislcncc ?i lt. IL Argue, the following personal droperty, viz: I tand Calf, i Yearling*, 7 head Hogs. 1 Horse it ltd Wagon, I Buggy. l"t of Fa 1 ining Tools, 1 Sugar Mill an I Roil r. Household and kitchen Furniture. Levied on as ihr property of 11, B. Argoe >?? lU-j *tt".t of Jobaf.S. PniVlips. , jnne HI fd a L80 J. W. Johnson el. id. Distributee ] of .1?.-. Johnson. \ T"* ? I - U l r 1 Adeline Johnson nud others. | By order ?V the four: of Probate, 1 will sell on .Minid.1v the >ih <i! July next, lor par tition, for so much cash a* v?ill pay the c*-r p? n-cs of the ease, the I'ulancodu iwn c<,umV nwnind iitatnll?m\*nii*; lb* Itr ?t ] ayahh; 1 -i Jaunary next, secured hj bond, with iuteresl from dale, niida mortgage of the piopeiiyy with eovenani lor resale on hrea? h. ipur* causers to pay for j apers an I stamps.) the following property, all iying in Oranger burg ('ounly. In m it : 1. liMO acre- Hing on ihe hollow above? I'11 nlers Itraueh. described in pl..i No. 1 of return in partition. 2. 500 acres 011 Dean Swamp, as her plal No. 2. '!. 622 acres next adjoining and described in plat '?>. 4. 5M acres on a pond the head of ??Simon** IJraneh, w.ter.- ol Dean Swamp, as - per plat I. "1. 780 ncres on the Ninety-Six Road, sra ? !??> irihed 011 plat ?'?. ?'.. n.:rcs on Ninety-Sis Road, known a" ??Woodward."' ami described in plat 7. 7. 109 acres also on Ninety-Six Road, and on ihe head water? ol (ioodlniid Swamp, de serihi <! in plat 8. The plats will bo shown at .-ale. jnne 19 til Sheriff's oilier.. \ H. R1GG8. Orangcbnrs ?'. II.. S. C, \ ?. O. June It', ltio'.i. ) jnne 12 td Orangebiirg County, 1*11 OB ATE COURT. Notice to Executors, Administrators, Guardian:*., Ti ustces, ?c. -VTOTICK IS IIF.RF.ltY GIVEN TO ALI, 1^1 those having Keiiirns to make to thru OHicc, and who having failed to nmke them for Ihe year 1S?'.S. that the same must Isb made by the flret day ef July prox., or tha penult> of the law will he enforced. THAI). C. ANDREWS, june iL???t Judge of Probate. E. J. Oliveros, M. D. DRUGGIST AND PHARMACEUTEST. INVITES Till". ATTEN tiou of Hie Public to his ?plcndid and extensive as sortment of Drugs, Mcili eines. Perfumeries, Paints, Oils and Garden Seeds, &c, Queen's Delight, Roaadalia. Rad ways' Medicines. Catholicon Uterine. Sarsaparilla. Hair Vigor. Ilostet'er's Hitlers. Hall's Hair Reuyw'cr. Plantation Bitters. Mrs.Chevalier HnirWaals Carolina Hilt era. Mrs. Allen's Hair Restorer. Remember that Dr. OLIVEROS' DRUG STORE is the place where you cun save your Monr>i ! Moxkv ! : MONEY !! 1 Vj. J. OLIVEROS, 91. fl>? Druggist and PharinaCCUtOst, may 2, 09?ly Orangehurg C. IL, S. C. Look Out for Bargains. AUCTION SALE. PURSUANT to an order of Court, I will sell at Auction, on the fourth Saturday in June instant, (anil on every succeeding Saturday until the whole Stock shall he dia posed of.) at the Store ul Fe'derville, former ly used >iv. J. H, Peldor & Co., the Stock of tioods. Wares and Merchandise, now held in said Store under tu Inj 11 net ion in Equity. Terms cash. THOMAS COLLUM, June 1st, iSi>'.>. Receiver, june5 t 8 XOTH R-AI1 IVrMon? * having elaim* againal ihe Estate os* Mary Poo, deceased, are hereby nolificd to present the same prop? rly a?e.-ted ?>?* or be fore the .">lh day of July, I8t.0, or they will be barred payment, nt. I all persons indebted will make paymtm immediaiely to . J. I . i.oNNETT, juue 12? 8t* Aduiinhtrutcv.