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JLTTO It NEYS A N D COL' N S FLLO US
ORAKOKRVH^ S. ?. ?
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Mr. Knewltcn will be at Lewiavillf EVERY
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july 28 tf
cooke & GOOKE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
O R A N G K B U R G, S. C.
?Will attend to BUSINESS in any of
th* STATE and the U. S. COURTS for the
District of South Carolina,
T. II. COOKE. II. p. COOKE.
T. H. COOKE, Trial Justice,
will LTTEND PROMPTLY to all BUSINESS
? ntrnilrd to hia care.
II. P. COOl&E, Trial Justice; Lcw
?il le. S. C
jun*25 tf
TiTj^WANNAMAKER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
trm be at ORANGEB?RO, on Mondays,
Fridays ami Saturdays.
At LKWISV1LLE on the other days of the
Week.
f?b 12 tf
W. Xi. W. RILEY
TRIAL JUSTICE,
Residence In Fori* of F.diato,
ALL BUSINESS ENTRUSTED vill be
promptly and carefully attended to.
july ~o iy
REEDER & RAVIS^
COTTON FACTORS
and
General Commission Merchants,
Arfger's Wharf}
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Oswsll Rkkdeh. Zimmermax Davis.
oct 15 Cm
A. J. SALINAS,
FACTOR AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
CHARLESTON S. C.
Liberal advances made on Cotton.
A kt er en ce 3?First National Rank, Pco
plo's National Bank, Messrs. Jno. Fr?ser St
?Co., Charleston, S. C. july 31?ly
~E. L. HALSEyT
LUMBER AND TIMI1EB
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
IVbarf, West End Montaguc-St,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
an&'2X ly
F
OR SAIiE.?ONE BUGGY AND
Harness. Also two FINE HORSES
W. A. MERONEY k CO'S.
D
HIED APPLES and peaches, very
fine at
W, A. meroney k co.
OFFICIAL.
Act? nnd Joint Resolntlons
Paused by the legislature-"*
Scsitiou 1870 nnd 1871.
An Act to Incorporate the Logan Fulsi
leers, of the Vurish of St. Thomas
and St. Dennis, Charleston County.
Section 1. Re it enacted by the
Semite and House of Representatives of
the State of Suuth Caiolina, now met
and Kitting iu General Assembly, and
by the authority of tho jfettrie, That
A:.roii Lugtin. G. II. Allen, Ifonjamin
Holme?, Wurlej Vonutng, Jonah Mitch
ell and Robert Nowcll, nud their asso
eiates and successors, arc hereby inado
and created a body politic and corpoiute,
under tho name and style of the "The
Logan Fusilcors."
Sec. 2. And said corporation shall
havo power to uiako by-laws, not repug
nant to the laws of the laud; and ahull
have succession of officers aud meuibers
according to their elections, aud to keep
and use a common seal, the sjuic to alter
at will; to sue and be sued iu any Court
in this State; to have aud enjoy every
ri^ht, power and privilego incident to
such corporations ; and it is hereby em
powered to acquire, retain nnd enjoy all
"such property, real nud persoual, us may
be given or bequeathed to, or purchased
by it; aud to sell, convey or mortgage
the k-ime, or any part thereof, at will.
Sec. 3. That said corpjratiou may,
from time to t:me, invest their moneys,
assett or any property which it may ac
quire, iu t-tijh real and personal proper
ty, bonds, stocks, or iu tmrctios, in stich
sum*, aud on such terms and conditions
as it may deem proper; aud to execute
bonds, &c, under its corp >ruto seul;
Vrov'ded, that the max hint in value of all
property hold or owmjtl by said corpora
tion .'-hull not exceed twenty-five thou
?r.pr"4. This act to cmtttnue in force
during GAooil years, and may bo given
in evidence without beiug upcciully
pleaded.
The loregoiny act, having been pre
Hontod to the Governor of this State Rjr
his up- roval, utld hot having been re
turned by hint to the branch of the Gen
eral Assembly, in which it originated,
within the time prescribed by the Con
stitution, has become a law without his
approval. F. L. CARDOZA,
Secretary of State.
An Act to Incorporate the Salamander
IJuuk nnd Ladder Company of George
town, South Carolina.
Section 1. 13c it enacted by the Sou
ate ami House of Represent at ivca of the
i^tatc of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in tieneral Assembly, and by the
authority of tho nine, That W. 11. Dor
ril, Frederick Arnholtcr, Murry IVior,
and their aaso.-iatcs and successors iu
office, bo, and thoy aro hereby, constitu
ted a body corporate and politic, under
the naluu and style of Salamander IIool
and Judder Company, with a capital
stock which shall nut exceed the sum of
five thousand dollars with the right to
sue and be sued, to pit ad aud bo im?
pleaded, iu any Court of competent ju
risdiction, to have and io use a common
soul, aud the samo to alter at will aud
rffcV? i.. t._ ..?.s .11 .,t
pi$SJSnr?j i.::. ? HMy MM ?4 v "J"J OlM"
cr rights, privileges aud immunities that
are uow, or muy bo hereafter, secured by
law to like incorporated bodies.
Sec. 2. This Act ?hall be deemed a
public Act, arid shall continue iu force
for the term of fourtetn years.
Approved first day of March A. D.,
1871.
An Act to Renew and Amend the
Charter of Certain Religious Associa
tions Heretofore Granted.
Section 1. Ro it enacted by tho Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of South Curolinn, no.v met aud
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the simo, Tho charter in
corporating tho Trustees of Fuirview
Church, iu the County of Greouvillo,
passed December lit, ItHS, be, and the
samo is hereby renewed in Dr. David R.
Anderson, Thomas C. Harrison, David
M. Reden, Wm. L. Hopkins, nnd Cyrus
B. Nosbit, and their successors in office,
for tho term of twenty-one years from
?he passage of this Act.
Sec. 2. That the charter heretofore
granted to the Protestant Episcopal
Church, in Greenville, be, and the same
is hereby, renewed and extended for the
period of fourteen yours from the pas
sigd of this Act, with nil rights, powers
and privileges heretofore granted to suid
charch.
Sec. 3. That nil Acts done, or autho
rised to be dono, by the officers of said
cburchcS) since tho expiration of their
former charter, be, and the BOftifl are
hereby, declared vaiid and binding iu nil
respects and to all i?tentil.
Approved tho 7th day of March A.
D., 1871.
An Arf to Incorporate Certain IXcf.'yivus
Institutions.
Section. 1 Bo it enacted by the
Senato nud House of Representatives of
tho State of Sooth Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, nnd by
tho authority of the r-?ine, That from
and after the passage of this Act, nil
persons who now ate or who hereafter
shall or ^niay becotno members of tho
said Society, shall be, and they arc here
by incorporated, and arc hereby declared
to be a body politic a.:d corporate by tho
name nnd style of the Mount Pleasant
Baptist Church, and by the said name
shall have a succession of officers nud
members, and have a common seal.
Sec. 2. That the said corporation i
shall have power to purchase, receive j
and possess real nnd personal property,
and to sell the same, and by its corporate
name to suo and be sued in any Court,
aud to make such rules and by laws, not
repugnant to law. as may be thought tie
cossary and expedient.
Sec. 3. That from and immediately !
after the passage of this Act, all persons
who now are, or who hereafter shall or
may become, members of tho Hopewcll
Baptist Church, shall be, aud they arc
hereby incoporated under the namo nud
stylo of tho Ilopcwell Baptist Church of
Laureus County, nnd by tho said qamc
shall havo sucee sors of officurM nnd^
iiM;ii?SeT^iTii'a "have and use a common
seal.
Sec. 4. Tho "t-aid corporation shall
nave power to purchase, receive and pos
soss any roal or personal estate not ex
ceeding in value tho'suni of twenty
thousand dollars, or to sell thetsamc, uud
by its corporate name te suoand be sued
iu any Court in this State, and to make
such rules aud by-laws, uot repugnant to
law, as may be thought necessary and
expedient.
Sec 5. That Patrick Smalls, Lewis
Suirlls, James T. Bolan, John Alexan
der, Robert Chisolm, Joseph Idencuttcr
and Ctcsar (lillisoti, together with all
who aro now, or who hereafter, shall or
may become members' of the said Kutaw
Baptist Church, of Qrahamville, shall
be, and they are hereby, declared to be
a body corporate, by the name and st^le
of the Second Kutaw Baptist Church,
aud by this said name shall have succes
sion of oiScers uud members, and have a
common seal.
Sec. C. That the said corporation
shall havo power to purchase, receive
und possess any real or personal est ito
not exceeding in value the sum of ten
thousand dollars, or to dispose of the
same by its corporate name, to and
be sued, plead and be impleaded in any
Court of law or equity i.? this State, ami
to make such rules and by-laws, not re
pugnaut. to the laws ot the laud, as may
be thoughC'pceessury and expedient.
Sec. 7. That Samuel Marshall, An
tim McKeevcr, Samuel T. Jackson,
Lazarus Smart, Abuor Gibson, Cornelius
Bell nnd a'l other persons who now are.
or who shall or hereafter may become
members of tho Paid Society, shall be,
and the}' ttf<! hereby, incorporated and
declared to bo n body corporate, by tho
namo aud style of the Macedonia Bap
tist Cburch of Darlington, and by that
said namo shall have ?uoecpsioii of offi
cers and members, und have a common
seal.
Sec. 8. That the r.:iid corporation
.-ball hove power to purchase, receive
and possess any real or personal estate
for the purpose of this Act, not exceed
ing in value tho kuiu of fifty thousand
dollars, or to sell tho same, uud by itu
corporato name to suo and be sued in
any Court iu this Stat >, and to make
such rules and by-laws, not repugnant to
the laws of the land, as may be thought
necessary and expedient. Said Society
shall have all the powor and bo subject
to all tho liabilities" and restrictions of
the Aert, to regulato the formattou of cor
! porations so (ar us applicable.
SEC. 9. That tho foregoing Acts shall
' be doomed public Aots, and shall eon
j tinuo in lorcc for a term of twenty-five
years.
? Approved the \
1871. *
day of March,
Ali Ctrl io jfvtiia,
and to Inovpon
Chattanooga liu
Whereas, it is
should be a connect
twceri BO (Ac point
Itailroad and ( hat
therefore,
Section 1. r.c itinactcd by the Sen
ate and Unii- ? ot
Stale of South Gu
sitting in 0 aocfal
authority of the sa
tion of n corporate
authorized for the ?
iug a railroad from
Ac Formation of,
the Tugah ana
d Vompung.
rablo that there
I by railroad, be-.
? UlUo Ridge
iga, Tennessee;
ontatives of tho
nas now met and
tubly, and by the
That the forma
tnpauy ii hereby
pose of conslruct
>nio point on the
Ulm? I*i<lgc llrilroaifcin Ocoiioe County,
i;; ihc I wool Chattj&pogn. in the State
of i emicssee, f-) far 8aid ra?rord shall
run through this Slltt, the .-aid Compa
ny to have exehisij^t. right to make,
keep and u-c s-ieh r?vroud ; aud for the
term of time he. imi'^cr mentioned im
other railroad shall { 4!-. construetcu bc
tWO'Mi the tamo in .Iii' J.
Sec. 2. That for (to purpose of rais
ing the capital stock rf said Comp-niy.
it shall be lawful to gwn books at Wal
halla, under the di;' jet-ion of Kobe!'. A.
Thompson, k. V. Vi rher. 1'. L. Dean.
O M. Doyle and A. $L Norman, ar Com
tnission'Ti. ai;d at j neb other plae-s.
and und-r thr di:c,e' bit of such other
1
places, and urn!, r th^direction of su< h
other persons, as lb
or napujority of th
for the purpos ? ol
lions to on umount
millions ef d |1.
the stock ;he
drcd dollars cat h,
Capital stock fur th
s'rtfi iiand enrr
the ^>i'l
Commissioners,
. nmy designate,
jBchiug flubserip
CxeCediuv two
ares of mm (tun
jutitute a joint
rpoaa of con
Si nt o Operation
each share ofj
AU~*l?v i ?
f ly author- |
the su:n of live
the ci mtnist i ?;:>
i: ed In take tho Fame
(1 Uiira in lawful money of tlio United
! Slates.
Sec. 3. ThatVhcn the isum of three
hundred thon-nnd dollars shall have
been subscribed, in the manner before
h' ciGcd, the subscrib rs shall be, und
they are hereby, declared to be u body
corporate; to bo known by the name and
style of the Tugalo, nuJ Chattanooga
Kailro d Company, nud may meet and
organize tho said (.Vino ny, at such time
aud place n.s iji.-i\ be designated by the
couiiiiUbioners before rained for Wal
halla.
Sec. 4. That the srtid Company shall
have power, ami theV are hereby au
thorized, to construct/one or more brnn
rin s from the said r r.\i\ to connect with
other road.- in this Scute, lit such point
or points as the}' may deem meet and
proper, and said Company shall have
power to consolidate or unite with any
other Compguj or corporation having
lii.e p iwfcrs.
Sec o. Tii.it for tha purpose of or
ganiziirj th ..-id Company, all the pow
er? con fern 1 by tho charter of the
Greenville Railroad Company on the
Commissioners at Gfoeuvillo shall he,
and they are hereby conferred on the
Commissioners herein appointed at Wal
halla ; and nil the poweas, rights and
privih ji - granted by tho said charter
audits amendments to the Gieonvillo
aud Colombia UailrOftd Company shall
lie. and thoj aro hereby, granted to tin:
Tugolo and Chattanooga llailroad Com
pany, u.id subject to like rcslrictious as
arc therein contained,!fls f(l tbo capital
stock, the sum necessary to authorize or
;iiuii, and the amount of shares,
and except so far ns may be necessary to
conform to the special provision's of tiffs
Act* Provided, /<<o,<(<?/?, That nothing
herein contained shall bo so construed us
lo bind the Slate to Bubscribo stock to
said comp itty, or make any appropria
tions lo enable the Maid company lo build
tho said ro.id, or in any manner 'o loan
the credit ol the State thereto.
SlC G. That in the event any vacan
cy should occur in the commissioners
herein Opp in tod at Walhalla, from
death, refusal to serve?, or otherwise, the
Senate and lluuso of Representatives (at
the time \>< iug), from thu town of i?co
noo, shall b,?, and they aro hereby, au
thorized and empowered to supply the
same by appointment.
Sec. 7. That tho charter hereby
granted shall continue to euduro fur the
term of thirty.six yours from tho dato
hereof; and this Act shall bo takeif und
deemed to bo a.public Act, and all Acts
and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act be, and tho same aro hereby, ro
poled j Yr?v?ktf, That said Corny auy
shall commence tho building of the said
road withi-feNfwo years, and have the
same completed within six year.
Approved March 7th, A. 1). 187i.
Belles-Letters?Love letters.
Wuisting Time?Huggiug the girls
Sky-Lights?Stars.
The Art of Kook keeping?Pyff't lend
them.
Not to inquire after each other's
'?chills" is the height of discourtesy in
Indiana.
During peace a regiment is quartered ;
during war time it is occasionally cut to
pieces.
A witty lady, being asked her opinion
of moustaches, rep'icd, "I always set my
face against them !"
Behind the Veil.?It is uot always
the practice of pretty ladies to wear a
veil. Not eveti coquetry will dispense
with the pleasure of showing a lovely
countenance, and the most modest aud
retiring beauty likes to be admired (or
the regularity aud delicacy of her fea
tures.
These reflections passed rapidly
through the mind of ? Well-known mag
istrate riding up town recently. By his
side sat a lady, wbo from a single glimpse
of her cpuutcnaueo be imagined thut he
knew. At last he ventured to remark
that the day was pleasant.
'?Ye*," murmured the female.
''Why do you wear a veil?" inquired
the dispenser of justice.
"Lest I attract attentiou."
'?It is the province of gentlemen to
admire," replied the gallant man of law.
' But I am not."
' Indeed !"
' Oh, no; I'm a bachelor !"
The lady quietly removed her teil dis
Clusing to the astonished magistrate the
, fie:; of bis mothcr-iu-law. lie had busi
ness cis?-.vi.eic. p'
In Dccitur, Illinois, a, man who was
watching Ii'ih wile while she wuc mukiug
a neck-tie, suddenly conceived the idea
that there was a fortune to bo made by
the manufacture of that article of wear,
the principal of which Was to be a steel
bow. lie worked at this idea until he
became a raving maniac. A man living
at Sababurg, Pennsylvania, has been
sent to the lunatic nsyltihi as a mono
maniac, having been impressed with the
belief that the entire comiucmity was
engaged in the work of enticing his
wife from him AHhoug his intellect is
upparuntly perfectly sound on all other
subjects, not hi rig Crruld convince him
that all his neighbors Were trot Conspir
ing against his peace and honor. He
threatened to destroy himself unless bis
wife would reveal to him the secrets of
this imaginary society, and it became
necessary to put him ? under restraint.
The freaks of a disordered nitud are
sometimes most unaccountable.
Perhaps there never was a geatcr epi
cure in private life than one Mr. Rolg
tone, of London, who in ten years lite
rally ate up a fortune of one hundred
and fifty pounds sterling. He not only
traversed all Europe himself for the sole
j purposo of gratifying bis appetite, but
ho had agents in mChina, Mexico, and
Canada, to supply him with tho rarest
delicacies. \ =\n*r\s <\hh 1>ni?5 cos*
htm fifty pounds sterling. Finally hi*
fortune was reduced to a single guinea.
With this bo bought a woodcock, which
bn bad served up in tho highest style of
culinary art. After resting (wo hours
ho jumped iffto the Thames from West
minster I'ridge.
KEttCu>2.N2 - It is said tliat a New
York coro nor is preparing a book, tell
ing all about what to do in caso of a
kcroscno explosion. It don't need a
book to toll what to do. AH teat is
necessary is to sond your address to an
undertaker, just before you light afire
with kerosene, aud then let nature take
its course. It's nil foolishness to buy a
book about it, as it is perfectly evident
all the coroner wants is to get bis name
before t .ickerosene-buriiin'' public
?-!-? . I
A Louisville German, quietly sipping'
bis beer and playing "sixty tix" iu a sa
loon, is informed by an excited compa
triot, rushing in, that bis horse had run
away. "Ah ! vy don't you schtop him
up a leedlo ?" Boiug told that distance
proventc4, Yiv torrrs to His partner.
"Come", Shako, hurry up and play dish
game out. If dat hoi so git schmush up,
my vile gif me Hail Columbus, ain't
it*'"
Free Schools.
Mr. m?br: Your journal being u
vehicle of public information, I propose
to venture 4 few thbugtits on the topic
above indicated. Your readers have
already been treated to divers learned
and lengthy disquisitions on the subject;
but inr.ftnuvh as several of Wore p'oints
in tho caso seem to havo been left un
touched, perhaps a word or two addi
tional may be said without any serious
breach of propriety.
The erudite scintillations, with which
wo have been favored from time to time,
havo been, in some respects, edifying in
the extreme. Our Free School fj/xtcm,
(God save the mark !) baa been paratW
before tho public, in all the splendors of
rhetorical magnificence. Freo Schools !
"Ho! every oncthnt tbirstcth," they
said, iu Substance, "Come, yea, conic ."
and drink from the inexhaustible foun
tain of knowledge, without money and
without price !" As .tho cock windeth
his horn to welcome the firstjysigns of
opproaching day, so also did jour cor
respondents herald the birth of a new
era?an era in which an education, with
nil its comely ndorm nts, could be eu
joyed by every one high, low, rich and
poor, nothing beinrz required bat a dis
position to accept the priceless boon.
Thcso gratifying proclamations, in
most cases wound up with vehement do
nuncintions of certain imaginary recre
ants; who, in tho blizing light of the
facts which had been set forth, persis
ted iu the insane purpose of refusing to
accept the unspeakable blessing so be
ningly offered thetn. The utter ungoml
lioess of such a course wa\? pointed out
with deep reproaches, and the vials of
wrath wcro opcfled freely. The guilty
offenders were mado a common target,
and miestlcs of the brViwi were showered
upon them with marked liberality. These?
.virJt|.?U* ?bnH'ifif?n? of ruf A*troJ.. - hftn^>'f'?.
ccuco were borno with putience, and the
tinful public roused inwardly to go its
way and sin no more. Tho people were
brought to a knowledge of the gross
error of their ways. Tho scales fell
from their eyes, and the glorious light
of dny aud Free Schoo's, beamed upon
their benighted vision with an effect
somewhat stunning, but altogether glo
rious. Ever credulous and gullible, the
public regaled itself with genuine gusto
upon the prospects of the great advanta
ges which wcro about to b*. enjoyed.
?Tho popular heart leaped for joy, aud
welcomed it as a soothing cat iplasm to
allay the pains of a blistering taxation.
The owners of promising juveniles ru
minated with intense satisfaction, on the
thought of being henceforth, free from
the aunoyance caused by the grim,
gauut. spectres of threadbare kuights
and dames of the ferule coming round
with their i'lUtlo accounts*' for collec
tion. Hut the heart-; of tho kuights
and dames iu question, rejoiced also,
aud were niade'cxoeeding glad. Hints
of large rolls of ready green-backs, paya
ble at the end of each month or quarter,
quickened tho pulsations of their stony
hearts, whilu the wrongs which they bad
formerly suffered from ineousiderato and
tardy patrons, were charitably J'orgottou,
and nil their energies were directed to
the enjoyment of tho delightful day
which bad uow dawned upon - them.
Verily, it seemed that the Millennium
bad come at last. Private schools weru
immediately inetatnorphced i.ito Free
Schools; while new schools of the free
order, sprung up thick and three-fold
A rush was made on the School Commis
sioner, for "certificates," "bladl -."
"money orders," uud other FrCC-Suiioo)
paraphernalia, which utterly amaze.i
that official. Motley swarms of inter
esting pedagogues crowded around bis
office every Saturday; und each iu turn
rejoiced as that dignitary dispensed the
tit-bits of favor or information, Oh.
feitet? die* J Oh, happy dreams': Alus,
how ffoon these iuuocctit victims were to
awaken to a sense of tho hoax which
had becu palmed upon them! hong
and sorrowfully must they now uibble
at the udder of disappointment ?
f Alter a trial of several months, tho
incstituablo privilego of Krce Schools,
bids amazingly fair, to prove un uiimiti
1 gated swindle?a most merciless huirdmx
Tho following are a few of the very ur
gcut reasons why. In the fir.>t plaoo,
bis lmitiitcul to Excellency, the illus
trious bead of Froo School affairs, in t':.
County,- affords an appropriate commen
tary on tho matchless beauties of the so
called system. Oner it teed for :?. few
hours iu the day his office is upon ftfjc the
transaction of kbusiuoss. Hut sine;
books, blank*, idforu/atlon, *id to forth,
are things not to be obtained oi tu?,
all opportunities for business are summa
rily cut off?--bencfi the time allotted is
fully sufficient. Moreover n reasouabla
public cannot justly require a greater
stretch of hi* business capacities *haa
that he shall find tbo way to his eflhs
ouce n week.
The' list report of the Grand* -Jsry
called public attention to another bliss
ful feature of the case, viz : that t?J
certiGcates i.-sued to teachers are u* fco
wise graded by the qualifications of thoso
who Bold theni. Thus.-the half-illit-ra*o
instructors of primary classes, arc'foistcd
upon a level with classical teachers. In
Jtia matter, cotnpotoney is ignored, igne
Muoo is favored at the cxpeuso of merit;
ihe system (so called) is degraded, and
roiumcs are mutely spoken in behalf of
ho Examing Hoard.
But the half is not yet told. Passing
wer.the untold merit* of tho many care
[ ess and incompetent Boards of Tras
sees, another daazliug betuty of the af
l'atr is unfolded. The last and erowuing
feature of this marvel ma economy!
Trusting tu tho fa Uli of the State, tench
teachers have been waiting months for .
kfche payment of their dues, pressed by
iceessities in every shape, many are com-.
celled to dispose of their claims, at loss
.ban half the amounts for which they
?re endorsed. Kvery possible expedient
ins been reported to to prevent ihn grim
Ihnuls of nakedness nod famine from
intcring their d mrs. Thoy have met in
jonveiition and have forwarded a dutiful
petition to our conclave oi1 Solons, pray
in.: that sotnothing may bc.do#e for the'r
relief. But that august b< dy having
been picoecupiod with Railroad swindles
res-pert fully ignored tin? complaint.
Now and then n'small amount of the
apportionment find* its w iv to the Coun
ty Treasury. The fact is generally de
nied until it can be dh
?? e; ,, . n .
blandne-w, p dife'y aitstire? the publio
that the asnownt is exltau'stcct in.the dis
bursement of teacher'; r-laiiosr "v^ejry
projbablc. But sinco those favored par
tics arc never known, is it not likely that
the public are corroct in supposing that
the fuuds an used in thd disbursement
of rfluiffts, wliicu have been bought in
by that official at one-fourth of their
<value, more or 'c^s? Or is it that there
is a certain ring woo reap the benefits to
tho exclusion of others '!
Our Free fr-honl System! "By my
troth those be hard words " The lot of
the teacher, was. God knows, desperate
enough* under the old regime, when ho
I frequently lost from ten to twenty per
cent, of his earnings. Now that the
State bus intcrferred, and he receives
nothing, tho result is plaiuly to bo seen.
I ho people, pressed by tho. burthens of
taxation, insist upon the btnr?ts ol tho
provision fur Free Schools, and for the
most part, will support no other. Tho
teacher being an utter stranger^o such
"benefits," from tlip fact that it affords
him no means of subsistence, is com
pelled to dismiss hi* school and seek a
livelihood by some other avocation.
Numbers havo ulreadv been driven to
this resort, and others arc rapidly follow
ing in their wake. With a little more of
the (iid.-)tnanagciMent we r.rc n w having
the Free School System (!) will soon bo
II I b i in* nf I h ?? ?i ! c*
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if ;!.., Qi .i? ? ,. ?* . - . -?: . '
KB i: ...... .....?.^ |Jk?vvi iiiru luailci
under efficient control, we would bid the
movement God speed, fo'r its benefits
could not be questioned by any reasona
ble mind. But if the present courso is
to I/o continued, and teachers are to be
employed for wages of famine and nak
edness, then it were far better if the
31 ito had never interpose!.
These, Mr. Editor, ars pom? of the
points to which I wisholtocll atten
tion. All in all, outt FuiiE School
System, at its present status, tuny bo
justly considered as a hideous burlesqe,
u cruel disappointment to tho people,
and an outrage upon tho teachers of the
State. EPSILON
The Norwich. (Conn.) Bulletin tells
, q phesie li'ile story about a pigeon
j which became (astcQod by a long string
\ lianaiug iiVnn its leg to a telegraph *?!rc
on .Main street, in that city. Two or
ihii ft tfrwSl boys wanted to throw stones
at. it, but a kind gentleman, telling them
not to hurt the poor bird, got a ladder
and carefully unwound tho string and
put the frightened, fluttering littlo crea
ture tcndevly into his bosom while he
descended. The b int i veiling he re
marked that it had made a much nicer'
' pie than he expected.