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V . ^ : ?MAJRRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICES, teot exseoding one Square, inserted witbout .0. Terms Cash in Advance. -?* .fWBITTKJt rOft TUB OBANCKOt:HU KKW8.] Lines to * * * * * nr Joannes. Nay, frown not, sweot one, if in loving I rumple n ringlet or two; Tbise lips were not made for reproving, But formed by Hie graces to wool Tliis band?and I swear it is faultless As ?he Angel of Beauty's iibove ? f fills 'hntidj by this henrt, should be taught less To shield them to cares in love. Your scruples nve childish my darling, Your fears unbecoming such love, "VTlien pleasure before un is sparkling, And Yen us invites uS to vov.\ "Why shrink from partaking ajoy on a\T0et, Our love, unrc.Orained, would bestow,? *Vhy let Prudence our pleasures defeat And iuspire our bosoms with wo t Enchantress, the innocent blisses ,Of loving should not he denied; What is purer, or sweeter, than kisses? What eo Itearlleaj and chilling as pride ? Then away with the chilly impostor, The chill of coid' Fashion's decree. In onr bosoms love only we'll -hoerish And its queen, my sweet one, shall be thee. JQ^jr^jTTEX ron tub oiiA.N?Kiu.ito news:] MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY . t n't > f i n >r-^u? r+n P'OW ARTHUR AINSTON GOT IIIS WIFE. si? ?, . ? ' - BY JOANNES. lj- OlS^^^^T V': '? t. CHAPTER II. Alter the termination of the interview between Arthur a.ul Eliza, in which tho former wag told to Hope, he slowly wend ed his way back to the hotei. Hefe he seated himself beforo a large window, and begin to think over what '' bad transpired. His intention had resulted fur more favorably to his hopes than ho expected. Instead of being driven hopelessly from tho presence of his heart's idol, tho ? contrary assurance was given mm. itrix. |?? __"?.:-4 >n i<*Vg* Wi. * (id VAViaiumv. u.m.5. i., ?mmv toy father hnd not written for me. How dvect it would be to remain near FRiza, tiow that lam mudo to hope I But I will not disobey bis command. I will go homo; but I vow him to-night that not many days shall pass oro I am by her side again. I will tell father of thd dear, loved creaturo, and hew 1 love her, and I know he will not bo so un reasonable us to forbid mo from from in dulging a passion for one so liko an angel. Oh ! God, that sho was mine to night that I might return homo happy, A rap at the door roused Arthur froui Juaaoliloquy. He got up and opened it, and fouud that the applicants for admission woro ! the friends whom ho had met that morn ttnfj It ii'.jMi . . ft ing and invited to his room that night. He pointed them to seatB, and then resumed his by the window again. !Rut anxious to loam iiov/ Arthur's hw -_--r,-.-.. tervioWvvith "Eliza bad termiuatod, his ... , ? .... . ?;? t ??? ' -? . friends commenced * rogu-ar systematic quitting - "How did she receive you? What did sUe-aay ? nod how did ahn aet ??' ' were among tho quest ions that were pro pounded to Arthur without giving him ! a chance to reply. "Promise that you will keep inviolable the secret," returuod Arthur, "and I will tali you all." "Wo promise," cxcUtpied tho two friends: ? Horo Arthur related what transpired ut the interview, and diHrdrmod tho hope which Eliza's conduct towards him had engraved in his bosom. "If," (aid ho, "I hnd received uo ou oouragetneut from the girl, despite my lovo for her, an oblivion of herself might hnve been possible My vanity would havo felt iusulted, and I could have welcomed the hour that took mo away from her. But uow that she has encouraged me, and 1 am inspired with a bright and glo rious l.opc of winning her heart, I could uot il I would, hush tho whisperings of the mighty passion that now sits en throucd in my heart for her and that bids mo persevere. Somo folks call her proud and unfeeling, but such an im putation is a libel upou hcr'nature. She is not nnfeeling. Because her heort cannot be touched by evory one that chances to meet her, and is foolish enough to become cruzed about her, that is no reason why slio sit on Id be denomi nated hcnrilcss. She is too uoblo to wor ship every sound and compliment that love sick swains may si/t l??r? ?!./v mtai .?../? ~C his friends said to the other, "I havo a presentment that Henry's business with Arthur menus harm. I wish that ho Ind consented for us to follow him." "I too," unid the other. "Let's atroll dowu stiiits any how, and if anything serious comes out of it, wo will bo able to hear it "ooncr than if wo worti to re J main up here." I As" Arthur's guests got down stairs they could justaco their friend and Hen ry going up Coinrncroo .Street. Walking out upon tho street, they fol dowed ; closoly in tho wake of tho two After Arthur and lloury had walked several hundred yards up tho street, the former halted. "If," said tho former to Henry, "you have business with mo, let mo know its nature right here. I will not budgo another foot forward until I know for what purpose I am following you. Suro ly, sir, if you havo any matter of serious cuuatdcratiou to .speak with me about, you can do it hero 11 as further on. I am at your pleasure." Arthur uttered thtSp? words in a firm and determined man Henry turned and: looted nur horn keenly in tho face, apparently undecid ed what to soy. "I am waiting, M*. Henry," said Arthur. "And I demnad air an expla nation of your conduct. If I have offended you in any Wjf, I am certainly able and willing to give you satiafuction. But you might ask for it as a gentle man." Her?? O'ir hero's ?r?n? sparkled with anger. He seemed to'have discovered that his mysterious companion designed playing boiuc cowardly prank upon him, and h.ardfthe sharpness of his last remarks. . gfcV [CONTINUtl) IN Otl^KBXT ISSUE ] Acts and Joint T Resolution* Passed by *lio legislature? Session* 1S70 n?td 1871. An Act to Vrovide for the Constitution und lh tai' of l'ublicf?jvjhicays. Section 1. Be Wtjjtnacted by the Senate and House of ?Brosen tatives of the State of South Gnplitia, now met and sitting in < i en erst. Assembly, an 1 by tho authority oNjHfcnio, That im mediately after the paSMgjB of this act, the county cnmiiii.-siotlME of the Bcvcr al c.unities shall .lividfr. thoir counties into highway ( more tinn .forty miles, to be convenient, for rcpvHg highways, and may. IVoi.i time lA'timo, niter the same; and they shall'jHpint. for each highway <:i.:trict a Mii'^tVor h;-!iwoV.s to , ujjpi iulciiu uiie tjjk'p..owhio "oT tue liigu way tax and money approsriated for im provement of highghways in his dis trict, and to take charge of nnd keep in repair, at all times, th? highways in his district. Said surveyor of highways shall bc'rctnovuble at . pleasure; he shall be responsible to th j county lor any damages which may bo buataiued within hie district, through fault or neglect iu tho discharge of his duty. Said sur veyor of highways shall give bond to the county, with good and su'hcient sureties, to be proved by the county commission* crB, in double the amount of money to bo expended in his district, for the faith ful disgrace of Iiis duticr. Sec. 2 That for tho purpose of keep ing in repair highways and bridges, the county cominissiouors of each county shall, on or previous to tho first day of Januury, assess a tax of " eighteen cents, if so much bo necessary, on every hun dred dollars of the lists of the county, to ho paid in monoy or labor at the obtion of the tax puycr, t.ml laid out iu repair ing highways and bridges; and they shell annually, on or boforc the said first day of January, make out a tax bill for each surveyor of highways, coutaiuing the amount of the tax to be laid out by i him in his district, with tho amount oP each person's tax annexed to his name, accompanied with a warrant, signed by the chairman of tho boaid, authorizing such surveyor to collect such tax; and they shall deliver the .several tax hills to tho resncctive survevors. nnrl tnk^ thnir receipt for the same. Sec. 3. Tho surveyors of the several highway districts, aftor receiving their several tax bills and warrants, shall pro ceed to givo notice to the several per sons liable to pay tuxes, and of the time and place in which, and the times, car riages and tools with which they arc required to pay their taxes iu labor; but no person shall bo liable to furuish any team, carriage or tool of which he is not owner, except hoes, sliovele or spades. Such notice may be yiven to all persons resident In the highway district, rcithcr peraonnalty or by written notice left at their usual residence; to non-residents by a written notice loll with or at tho I residence of their tcnauts, agents, or pet.-on.s having the oare of their prop erty; eM of which notices shall I... ..? { least three days, and, in caso of persons j rcsidiug out of the highway district, at I least tcuduys before the time appointed I for thorn to commence their work; and if suoh nou residents ?hall have no ten ant or agent in tho town, uotieo may he posted up in some public or conspicuous place iu the district; and Ute surveyors shall make and keep a uiiuulu of the time and manner io which the notice shall be given. Sec. 4. Any person, aftrr he has commenced working ii payment of his highway tax, and the place rhera bis tuxes shall ue pata aud laid out in labor. Sko. 6. That at least three-quarters of the highway tax in any highway dis trict, payable in labor, shall be collected and laid out between the 15th day of j January and the first day of May, and I the remainder between the first day of August and the first day of October, in I each year, except as hereinafter pro vided. Sue. 0. On any extraordinary occa sion, when any bridge or highway shall I be destroyed or impaired so as to require I immediate repairs, or should be obstruc ted so as to require immediate labor to remove the obstruction, it shall be the duty of the surveyor, forthwith, to cause j the highway or bridge to be repaired, or ! the obstruction removed; and he may, for that purpose, call upon and notify any inhabitant? of the district to afiord him the necessary aid, or may hire othor luborers, or employ other means to open or repair the highways and bridges; and in such case, the notice shall be deomcd sufficient to any person owning tuxes, payable io the district, in ord*.r to make him liable fur neglect to pay his tuxes in moucy, if such uotico shall be given six hours previous to the time when he to-;-1 *-?_1 Tfnn" ?o ivt|unvu w? n| j ?? es not accept tliu $amc, and does not recover upon Iiis trial more than tho sum so tendered the defendant shall recover ! costs. Sec. 15. If a cyuuty neglect to re pair any of the highways or bridges which, by bar, it is obliged to keep in repair, or ucgiect to make the same snfe and convenient, such - county shall be liable.,to indictment and 'fine.- as the vmn no uxiiuivii ?""J unit'. xilO fine imposed in such cas? r-hnll be certi fied to the county commissioners by the clerk of the court, aud they shall pro ceed to collect the samo from tho sur veyor or surveyors of tho highway dis trict or districts charged by this act with the duty or superiutondaut and keeping said highway or highways iu I repair^ the sum, when collected, shall I bo laid out iu the repair of highways and bridges in the couuty. Sec. 10. Each person who shall fur nish work on tho highways in payment of his highway tax assessed by tho couu ty commissioners, shall he ullowed, for a good band, at the rate of ten cents fov each hour. It shall be the duty of tho highway surveyor of tho district to make such allowanco f>r the use of teams, oar. ringes and tools, as shall be equitabla and just. Sec. 17. That nil able-bodied male persons bctweon tho ages of eighteen and forty-five yearn shall bo liable, an nually, to perform on tho public labor, under the direction of the highway sur veyor of their district: Provided, That if any poison, being warned to work upon the highways, shall pay to the higbwap sui .'cyor, in the district in which he may reside, tho sum of one dollar per day for each day required, the same shall be received in liouof such labor, and shall be applied by the said highway surveyor to tho construction und repair of the highways and roads in j the distriot. A nd should any person j t?fuuu Jill. *-*"'* "** *',A hi'^Wav* and roads or to pay tho fine imposed as a pcnulty for refusing to work upon the highways and. roads, according to toe direction of said comminsioncrs, tho said persons shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor, aud, ou convictiou thereof, punished by imprisonment in the county jail for the same, for a term uot exceed ing thirty days. Sec. T8. Each highway surveyor pro uided for in this act shtttf receive fiftoeu cents per hour for tho time necessarily employed iu discharging tho duties re quired by this act: Provided, That ho shnll not rcceivo exceeding fifty dollars per annahm except in extraordinary cases, when the county conimi.^sionors may, in their discretion, allow a greater, Bum, und, iu no event, more than seventy Uvj dollars. 8*q. 11). Tho county commissioners shall, for tbu year 1881, levy no tax under this act but that provided for iu section s7, but shall tet. apart a portion of the tax hcrctofoae authorized to be raised for county purposes, aud have the same laid out and expeuded undor the provisions of this act. inconsistent with thin nO, are hereby repeated. A pproved March 9, 1871. , .... ... . An act io eaneua an act ceiutea '-ar^ ass Establishing a I?ns Beyond which the Wharves shall not be L\knded City of Charleston, and/) poses," Ratified the 21s/ cemUr, A. E. 183G. 8ection 1. Be it enacted by the Sen* ate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting is General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the tin* Of* tablishcd by section 1 of an act entitled "an act establishing a line beyond whiefe the wharves shall not be extended in the city ioi Charleston, and for other pur poses," ratified the 21st day of Dceea? bcr, A.D. 1830, be extended to the blue line, lettered B, C, D, fe, I?, as marked and laid down on a plat of the wharves on the eastern bonndarv of the city of Charleston by Louia D. Varbot, City Engineer, dated the Gth day of Jan uary, A. D. 1871. Sec. 2. That it shall be the doty of the City Council of Charleston to cause the aforesaid plat, with the line marked out by the City Engineer aforesaid, to bo recorded in the office of the Secreta ry of State, and, also, in the office of the Register of Mcaue Conveyance - for Charleston County, within six months after the passage of this act. Approved March 9, 1871. An act to amend an act entitled uan net io define the Criminal Jurisdiction of Trtal Justices," approved Afarch 1, 1871. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of thc-same, Whenever a Trial Justice, or Juslice of thc'Peaco eh-Jl is .'-- ??? ??~? ??? -mntcg^y^. son charged with an offence above the grade of a misdemeanor, such Trial Jus tice or Justice of the Peace shall be au thorized to select any citizen or citizens of the county to execute the same, upon his endorsement upon the said weflfan* that, in his judgment, the selection of such person or persons will be conducive to the certain and speedy execution ?I* the said warrant; and the person or persons so selected ?hall have all the powers now, or hereafter, conferred' by law upon any Constable within this I- Staso. Sec. 2. Any person or persons select* cd in the uauner ptovided for in Sec tion 1 of this act shall be required forth with to proceed to execute the said warrant, and upon his willfully, negli gently or carelessly failing to make the arrest, or permitting the party to escspn after arrest, he or they shall be punished, upiyi conviction, ou indictment, by fino aud imprisoumcut in the County jail, in the discretion of the Judge before whom the indictment may be tried j said im i prisonmont not to be less than fix months. Approved March 9, 1871. I Joint YUesolutiotu to Authorise the State Librarian to Purchase Certain ? Vol umes of State Reports. Bo it enacted by the Senate awl I House of Representatives of tho- State of South Carolina, now met aud sitting j in General Assembly, and by the au thority of the same, "That tho Libra ~g?ot*vi?{0 ittiiacy, sucii uC, he IS hcicbj, ?utii?nsc? IO pur chaso, for the use of the library, such volumes of State reports, both of law aud equity, as will complete one whole sot of the same, including tho nocossaey digests, and that five hundred dollars be appropriated for the payment thereof, if so much be necessary. Approved March I, 1871. Joint Fe olntions Ordering that the Hots. James L. Orr, Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, be Allotted. Extra Compensation for Holding Extra 1 atirts. Resolved by the Senate aud House of Representatives oA.be State of Sentit Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen oral Assembly. ??d hy the "zthcrhy cf the same, That the Hon. James L. Orr, Judge of the Eighth judicial circuit, be all-wed an extra compensation of o'ghfc hundred (800) dollar*, for holding est? courts thirtueu weeks in tho counties of Edgelield, Abbevillo, Newberry, Lau ren's and Spartauburg, which said coun ties were not included in his circuit. Approved Mat - h I, IS; l .