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An Act Ceding tiik Jurisdiction ok
tdk Statk or South Carolina to
thr United States op Amkrica
over Certain Lands in the
County of Darmnutom, known
as the ' National Cemetery."
Section 1. /?* 1/ enacted by the
Senate nnd House of Representatives of
tho Stuf" -of South Carolina, now iret
and sitting in General Assembly, and by
tho authority of tho saino, That tho
jurisdiction of the Slate of South Caro
lina is hereby ceded to the United States
of America over certain lands situated in
tho County of Darlington, and near the
town of Florence, known agtho 4,Natiou
nl Cemetery :" Provided, That the'juris
diction hereby ceded shall not vest until
the United States of America ?hall have
acquired the title to the said lands by
graut or deed front the owner or.owners
thereof, and the evidences of the same
shall have been recorded in the office
where, by law, the title to such lands is
recorded; and the United States of
America are to retain such jurisdiction
so long as such lauds shall bo used for
tho purposes in this Act incutincd, und
no longer; and such jurisdiction is
gtanted upon tho express condition that
the State of South Curoliua shall retain
a concurrent jurisdiction with the
Untied States in and over the said lands,
bo far ? as that civil process, in all cases
uot effecting the roal or personal proper
ty of the United States,And such crimi
nal or other process as shall issue under
the authority of the Stato of South
Carolina, against any person or pors ins
charged with crimes or tniiidouieanors
committed wbithiu or without, tho l^cits
iu the kuuio way and manner ss $f no
juri.-dicliun had been heteby ceded.
Sec. 2. That ?II lands und tenements
which may be granted, us ufortB-iid, to
the United States, shall b* and continue,
xo long as the aaiue shall bo used for ihn
purposes in this >Vot muntioajd, exono
rated tmd discharged from all taxes,
assessments and other charges which
may be impused under tho authority ol
the St.it-! ui* South Carolina.
Approved Jauuary Iii, 1873.
AN Act Providing for the Exten
sion of tiik Time for the Pay
mknt and Collection of Tan es
for the Fiscal Year Commenctng
November 1, 187.2.
Wlysrcas delay iu the levy AT certain
taxes to meet appropriations for tho
fiscal year commencing November I,
187-, has coutinued beyond tho time,
prescribed by law for the commencement
of the collection ol the same, and the
time for the paytucot of said taxes be
fore penalties nlU't attach is now ut?
avoidably and unusually limited ; there
fore,
lie it enacted by the Senate, and
House of Representatives of tho State
of South Carolina, now met and sitting
in Goneral Assembly, und by the author
ity of tho samo, That if uny of the du
tics required to be performed in an Act
entitled "An Act providing for the
assessment and taxation of property," or
in any Act ol amendment thereto, on or
before a ccrtsin day, by any officer Or
pcr.-on* thcrciu named, caunot, tor ?rant
of proper time, be so ptrfoimod in the
pryuiciit or colic t\Ua of tuxos to be
!?v.cd to meet appropriations for the
fiscal year coiunicueiug November 1,
IS72, the Comp!roller General, with the
1 approval of tho Governor, may extend
tho time as long as may be necessary
then for.
Approved January 1G, 1874.
An Act to Amend Section 2,
Chatter XXV, ok the 'Jener vl
Statutes of Sout i Carolina.
He it enacted bjf the Senate and House
of Representative* of the State of South
Caroliua, now met and Bitting in Gcnor
.?1 Ataenibly, aud by the authority ol
the same, That Section, 2 of Chapter
XXV, of the General Statutes of South
Carolina, be amended as follows, viz:
That Trial Justices shall be distributed
ns the convenience of tho several
Counties requires, and tho number in
commission shall not oxceed, in Abbe
villo, thirteen ; Aikon, ten ; Anderson,
sixteen; Berowell, ejght; Beaalbrt,
thirteen ; Charleston, twenty four; Ches
ter, eight; Clarendon, six; Cojleton,
twelve; Chesterfield, fivo; Darlington,
ton ; Edgefiold, twelve ; Fairfield, eight
Georgetown, eight; Greenville, nine;
llorry, oleven ; Kcrshaw, uino ; Lan
caster, nine; Laureus, sovcii ; Lexing
ton, nine ; Mariou, ten ; Marlboro, six ;
Nowberry, six ; Oconee, nine; Orange
burg, ton; Dickens, eight; llicbland,
twelve ; Spartanburg, thirteen j Suthter,
eight ; Union, ei^ht ; Williumsburg, ten;
York, twetvo.
Approved Juuuary 2.">, 1873.
An Apt to Amend Section 12,
c ii atter chi, of the general
Statutes of South Carolina.
Hr it enacted hy tbo Senate and
House of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met ami silting
in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same, That Section 12,'
Chapter CHI, of the General Statutes
of South Carolina, bo amended by ad
ding after the word "dollars," in line
Glteeu, these words : "or ba imprisoned
lor a period not less than one month,
nor more thau one year, at the discretion
of the Court."
Approved January 25, 1873.
An Act To Fix thbTjmb ofIIoldinp
tiik April Term of tue Supreme
Court.
Section 1. lie it enacted hy the
Senate and Houso of Representatives ol
the Stato of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in tjcucral Assembly, and
by the authority of the sauiu, That hero
alter the April Term ofj^fj ggfifl
?jpH^ausaasnOTJiia mm\
l'u;-day ol April in each year.
Skc. 2. That all Acts or pans of
Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and.
the Kaum ato hereby, repealed.
Approved January 23, 1873.
An Act to Empower tiif. Supreme
Court to Prime Issues ani?
Direct the Same to re Tried in
the Circuit Court, and to Order
Referees in Certain ('asks.
I
section 1. Be it enacted l>j the
Senate und House of Representatives of
the Stnto of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority of the same, Th u
whenever, in the course of any suit,
action or proceeding in the Supremo
Court, arising in tho exercise of tho
original jurisdiction conferred upon the
Court by the Constitution and laws of
the State, an issue of fact shall arise up.
on tho pleadings, or whonevcr au is-uo
of fact .shall arise upon a traverse to a
return in maridamu*, prohibition or
rrrtioraii, or whenever the determina
tion of any question of fact shall be
necessary to tho full exercise of the
jurisdiction conforred on the Supremo
Court, the said Court shall have power
to frame mi issue therein, and certify
tho sumo to the Circuit Court for tho |
Couuty wherein the cause shall liuvo
originated, .or, incases of ori^'.anl juris
diction, to the Cl.rru.il, Court of the
Couuty in which, the oauso ol action
shall h'.ve ?,180u.
?jiC. 2. That upon receiving the ecri
Honte of such issue framed, from tho
Supremo Court, the said Circuit Court
shall 'forthwith cause the same to be
placed at tho head_of the appropriate
calendar or dockot of said Court, an 1
proceed to try and determine the said
issue in its due order, and shall certify
tho determination thereof to the
Supremo Court immediately after the
trial thereof, and, when required, shall
settle and sign a cnt-e, or a ease contain
ing exceptions, according to the practice
in other causes tried in the Circuit
Court.
skc. 3. That the Supremo Court
ahall also have tho same powers for tho
appointment of Referees to take tesi
mony and report thuroon, under such
instructions as may be prescribed hy
the said Court, in any causes arising in
the Supreme Court, wherein issues of
fact shall arise, ns are now po'scsscd by
the Circuit Court of the State,
pprovod January 23, 1873.
Hostess (wishing to be polito.)?Good
evening, Mr. Lovibond! Sorry your
wife couldn't come, too ! .lost (wishing
to bo politer)?Nobody here is likely?
how?to regret Mrs. Lovibond's abeoneo
J half so much- bow?as Mr. Lovibond
does !
Extemporaneous Efforts.
_
Marshall, of Kculuoiy, ouc of the
most brilliant orators ofhis time, and a
man of large scholarly attainments; wlio
had as much of that niystieal quality
called genius as any ofhis coulempora
ries in Congress, was full of affectation
in th's regard. He spoke readily with-,
out preparation, his ideas following each
other consecutively and with uncommon
force; Hut he never trusted to tho in
spiration of the moment when tlicre was
opportunity for studying up tliu subject
and arranging his thoughts in advance.
He hud a habit of absenting himself
from the Capitol for days at a time every
hour of which he devoted to reading und
study, his acquaintances generally sup
posing him to he engage*! iu a tlebnuch.
Atter ?retting thorough!} crammed and
armed at every point, .he would come
into the house looking exhausted and
haggard, giving color td'tho notion that
he had been on a frolio, and watching
his opportunity, would pour foith the
fruits of his study iu a straiu of off hand,
eloquence that hardly -ever failed to
astonish his hearers And tho remark
was often heard. "What a brilliant
man]* What could he not accomplish
if he was industrious and regular iu his
habits I"
Mr. Preston, for sonic time Mr. Cal
oun's colleague iu tho Senate, was an
accomplished gentleman and a very pap
ular orator. He never spoke without
commanding the attention of his hcarors
und few men in Cougrt^s hud a higher
reputation for brilliant extemporaneous
eloquence. Hut he net;sr spoke without
the most n>v-' ,,Vu" i?r7n V imgivss lie
Was chosen p resident of a college in Smith
Carolina. In an address to the students,
h said ho knew of no such things us
genius cr natural inspiration. Whatever
of reputation he hud acquired was by
dint of constant untiring labor. lie
had trusted to study nnd hard work
solely. He never spoke iu Congress or
to a popular assemblage withoul urrnng
iug what ho had to say, and even preme
ditating his sentences and the precise
rollocutinn ofhis words. And he assur
ed his hearers that the only road to
j ublio distinction lay through the Jh.ld .
id study and reusouruh.
.Mr. Webster was so thoroughly in- j
structcd upon ali subjects which came j
under discussion in Congress that ho j
was equal to almost any occasion, and |
rarely needed any spnei.il preparation.
And yet he was ujt above the weakness
of concealing his studies, and the source
whence he drew his inspiration. N? man
bitter understood the weight aiiJ value
of language than Mr. Webster, and what
he said was always marked by pr. ei-i >n
and perspicuity, but when coping with
a formidable antagonist he omitted no
means that promised to aid hint in t .te
:onicst. Ho was accustomed Vjspotk
of the master production Oi his life, his
celebrated reply lo liayno, m a *jrt ol
oasual offovt, iuAUo on tho Fp tr of tho
moment, without much previous consid
eration.
Probably the two men in public life
who could most safely trim to their own
resources nnd acquirements, under all
circumstances, were Mr. Adanw and Mr.
Calhoun. Tho endowments of Mr. Cal
houn were of n higher order, and his
creative power w.is sup ?ri<t to that of
Mr Adams; but tho 'old unit eloquent"
ns he was called, h id a memory so tona
cious, and his knowledge was exten
si\e ami exact, that he never suciued lo
need any special j roparati in. lie was
the most laborious an 1 molliodieal man
in Congress, and p.obibly in th ? c >u i
try. He kopt a voluuiinoua diary in
(which every remarkable incident, or cir
cumstance of tho day was ourofully n ited
dowu and this, with his habits of indus
try, made h i in a very doctor iu all mat
tors of controversy and argument. It
teas a knowledge ofhis complete equip
mcnt and his power as an antagonist that
prompted the reply of Mr. Clay, when
askod when he purposed to renew tbudis
cussion with Mr. Adams *on tho vexed
question of tho fisheries Ofthfl Mississip
pi, us connected, with the treaty ofGheot.
Finding himself getting the worst of
the argument, Mr. Cluy clued tho coti
sideration of the mi tier, as far as bfl was
coucernrtl, with the remark that he
should dnfp the subject, hspiog to renew
it at some future period more favorable
for calm Am cussion, when ha expected to
show that Mr. AdaniHWus altogether in
the wrong. Some time afterwards frisn d
asked him when proposed to reopen the
controven.y. ,;Never !"was his smpha
tic reply. "A man must be a bum Fool
who voluntarily engages in a controver
sy with Mr. Adams on a question ol
fact. I doubt whether he was ever mis
taken in his life. And then, if he hap
pens to be in doubt ahmt anything, he
has his iuveitahlo diary in which lie has
recorded every thing that has occurcd
since the adoption of tho Federal Bon
Btitlftion."?From "Recollections of an
Old Stager," in Harpen Magazine for
July.
A Man of Fashion.
How a London Swell Worries
TiiRot un the Day.
The London correspondent of the
r><ist"ii I*ost writes : 1 have a friend ?
though I do not boast of him ? who is a
sinioii pure Lqudou man offnshian. He
is the second hon of a lord, ami has an
income of five thousand pout) is a year.
Of course he is not so ungentlemanly a3
to engage in any occupation ; I fear the
edd baron, his father, would make short
work ol' his five thousand if he dared to
hint a purpose of "going into trade."
Atid what does he do? He seems to be
tho most enviable of men, for I never
saw morUil more perfectly oontonted
with everybody, himself included. As
his daily earoer is a type ofthat of high
London society in general, 1 will sketch
it for you ; in bis person he represents,
more perfectly and exhaustively than
any one 1 know, the spirit of aristocratic
London in the season. lie rises in his
room at the Albany at half-past eight,
and. hiA/'V t*titfi..-*?. ,.0>?. .Lv??j--fcXV-ii>^w~_
with hid boon companions till ten o'clock.
1'rompily with that hour his groom ap
pears with tho sleekest of chestnuts,
which he mounts and makes for Kutten
Row. There he flirts, he irs the latest
gossip, books a wager for the D< rby,a?td
takes an hour's biisk cantor. From the
park he g'ics to lunch?not to tha
Juuiur Curl ton, but to some West End
house ; likely enough he drops in to
lunch with Lady Blanche, au 1 then
g os to lunch a sec ind ti ne with Lady
Amelia?thut i->, lounges at luuch tiuio I
into perhaps half a d iZCU houses, whetc
he t.ikes a nibble at the delicacies and
Iiis a refreshing chat. Theafteru ou
:s full of engagements ; it ii a /etc
champctre at Richmond or Putney, s
match of cricket at Lord's, a race o.i tho
Thames, a royal breakfast patty in the
gardens of Buckingham Pulace or Wiui
sor, a crack game of billiards at the
club, a HKCt of the hound? iu Mid.',icsjx
a drive into Kent or Surrey, an hour at
the Exhibition, u pleasant little party to
the Academy, or a whitebait dinner an
Greenwich. In the evening his hraiu is
in tv perfect muldlc what, among so
tnauy things, to do. There is l'atti as
DesJrmona at Coveut Garden, and there
is the bewitching lima di Murcka as
Margaret of Valoi* at Drury Laue;
tin re is Duutas's "Diane do Lys" at the
Princess,' and "The Wauderiug Jew" at
the Adelphi. Hut Lady Tompkins i.?
going to give an "at home,*" and the j
Countess ol Cranberry's ball must not
be neglected ; there is a musical soiree at
Sir Titus 'fites and tho masque at Dan
bury House ; Croinorno, with its laiitcrus
and song ami free und easy frolic is
tempting, and not less so Tom Hopkin s
bachelor "punch." So our m.iu of
fashiou, whom practic has made subtly
perfect, dresses hiiusi li' ingeniously with
a View to a variety of projects, lie
drops for a while into hi* b^x *t Covent
Garden; and makes a tour of tho Bosos
of his acquuiutautos. Here he seas no
more than auy plebeian may see for half
a crown ; who, from his perch iu the
? amphitheatre," may gaze down upon
the most dazsliog array of dress, jewels,
fashion, and rank iu Europe. Covent
Garden on a night in the mi 1 season is
wonderful ; everybody is as resplendent
as he or she can devise ; everybody eu
joys himself; ami the theatre is a saloon
as well as a theatre, whore society goes
lo. mako itself beard and Seenas well as
to listen and behold.
a nicht in the season.
What a brilliant, noisy, clattering
London it is, one of theso limpid June
nights ! There is something infectious
iu tho gay sounds and sights of which
the stately quarters west of the parks
aro full. Every other house is % light
from top lo bottom ; the roll of equipages
is ceasoless ; the burly, curly wiggod
scarlotcoatcd, cockaded ooaebmen are
everywhere; the - escutcheons on the
roach doerp glitter in the gaslight; little
covered waves from the doors of lofty
mansions to the curbstones, with carpets
laid beneath, obstruct your way at every
other step ; and as you pass, cloud like
forms pop out of the carriages, whisk by
iu a twinkling, aud hurry along in over
tho carpeted pathway; not so quickly,
however, but tha^ you are dazzled by a
glitter of jewels nnd a shimmer of silk.
Within, there is the subdued of coover
sat ion, or perhaps the rumble of a waltz;
all around about is bustle and rattiing ;
aud you ask yourself if these are really
the melancholy folk which the blithe old
Kreuch chronicler of the fourteenth
century so lugubriously describes. My
fashionable friend, who seldom goes to
bed, in the season, until he has made'his
appearance in half a dozen West End
drawing rooms, clearly enjoys it all, and
comes out next-morning as only an Eng
likhmnn can?as fresh and redcheeked
os if he bad just come off a Devonshire
farm.
A Smart Agent.
HO'.V TO SELL PATENT GAS BURNERS.
"Sir !" said a tall, thin man, clad iu a
worn, very shining garb, suddenly ap
penring in the room, 'T have ventured
to call to lay before you one of the most
astonishing inventions of modern
times-" They all begin in some
such impressive way as that. "A gnB
burner, sir." I was busy arranging
papers in a corner, nnd having both
bauds full, with a pen held crossways in
my mouth, I was for the moment quite
at his tnercv. "PerhaDS. air. vnu are
burner but this I show you, gas gives
a most uoxious effluvium, haying upe
euliarly ruinous effect upon the eyesight.
By this lime I hud emptied uiy hands
and motuh, aud was advancing upon
him. Fixing his 'eyes upon mine, he
sl a ted back in distressful horror. "Heav
en help us, sir," he exclaimed, hoic yo<i
hare mffrral already ! Your sight, sir
would not last six months longer: This
must not be."
Before I could say a word or ratSo a,
finger to stop him, he rapidly glided past
me to the table on which the lamp stool.
With a nimblcnoss which rooted mo tu
the spot in apprehension, he whipped ofi
the shade, then the nl 1 burner; in a
moment the lamp was a ruin. "It is a
mercy of Providcuoo, sir, thut 1 happen
cd to call."
"St^p !"1 called. "Replace everything
it Was, instantly."
'The number oC cases of premature
blind jess," he calmly proceeded, "that
I have had the gratification of prevent
ing makes my labor anio.t pleasant
one."
Thinking he might be deaf. I bawled;
"I don't want your burner; I won't have
it; take it off," for he was lightly twirling
the new one in its place.
"There, .-ir, you will feel thank'ui to
nie as long as you live ! The only thing
that troubles me in the matter is, 1 know
1 am ruinning the spectacle makers."
'?Do you hear !" 1 asked. (T shall not
pay you for it.'
He struck a very effective attitude.
"Payment ! of what consequence is thai
I could not remove that inestimable
buruer for any amount ol niouey' when
tho alternative is the ruin of your valua
blc eyesight. For, sir, your eyes are
wuith many burners. 1 make you a"
present of it willingly I atn a poor
man, under heavy travelling expenses,
und I have a family iu want." He
sighed. 1 Hut duty shall bo done. Tho
price is thrcepeuce half penny, or three
shillings a dozen. ' I know you will
regret this momentary harshness in the
long yours to come, when you are enjoy
ing the benefits of that burner. Hut
that is not my affair, though I am sorry
to thiuk of it; Good morning sir; H
at any timo no matter how long an in
terval. by souio inconceivable accident
anything should become out of order iu
it, you will find tho name of the manu
facturers stamped on tho sido Be good
enough to drop a line to their woll knowu
houseat Glasgow, uud a man will instant
ly be sent to otteud to it"
I was beatco. This offer to send a
roan from Scotland into the heart of
Knglnnd, niter the lapso 6f years, to put
a gratuitously bestowed torecponce half
penny gas burner to rights was to much
for me. 1 had to make a purohtse.?
Chambers Jouinai.
Mrs. Stearns, of Keokuk, Iowa, made
her coffee with rat exterminator, and K
exterminated Mrs. Stearns.
The London Divorce Court
If the business uftho London Divorce ?
Court cnotiuucs to increase at its present
ratio, it might eventually be a curious
feat for betting men, says tho Daily
News, to calculate the odds agaiust any
married couple being divorced within a
certain number of years. M*\ Justice
Hannen some time ago expressed at
once his amazement at the amount of
work cutout for him, and his determina
tion to clear off arrears, but though he
pronounced tweuty-six divorces in two
days last week, it is rumored that be by
no means keeps ahead of bis work. la
all these twenty-eix cases, besides several
more which were adjourned for further
evidence, some of the parties were above
what is ?onventionally termed the mid
dle class. Some of tho separated cou>
plcs were united in wedlock for such a
short time before?sometimes on one
side, sometimes on the other?they took
fresh fancies, that we might almost won
der what induced them to marry at all.
Kxccpt ou the score of morality, the
ancient practice of handfasting was al
most a leiser scandal than this demoral
izing eagerness to get rid of bonds which
at the time of liukiug were cntatious
ly pronounced to be for better, for worse.
According to tho homely joke of the
Americans, "fifteen minutes for divorce,
is allowed to passengers stopping at any
railway station in the State of Indiana;
and it matters go ou iu England as at
present, it will be necessary to invest
every Court with the power ofT
the Judge Ordinary. We are inclined
to thiuk that easiness- of deforce pro
ittruer uiu xjju?raw, js mm Uivuice WBS>
an expensive affair, people made tho
best of it instead of rushing off tc get a.
release from their vows, and though per
haps the number ofunhnppy unions
was not less, many a couple agreed to
what could not bo cured with a very
tolerable grace, and eventually in longr
suffering arrived at the rcucwal of love.
The increasing frequency of divorce is
by no means an edifying reflection, and,
by some curious reserve, the clergy seem
afraid to meddle with a text which is.
no inapt one for their handling.
The ladies of a Western town pro
pose to prosecute those drivers who*
stand their (cam1 on the crosswalk.
While a pretty Omaha girl was get
ting married, one of her jilted lovers
walked into a back room and smashed
up the handsome bridal presents.
Theodore Hook once said to a man at
whose table a publisher got very tipsy,
'?You appear to have emptied your wine
cellar into your bookseller."
"How docs your husband get along?"
inquired a friend of an undertaker's
witc. "Nothing to complain of, tnank
tho Lord ) be had twelve funerals yester
day."
A citizen of Connecticut, recently
introduced to a newly married man,
congratulated him warmly, and said:
"Ah, these Litehfield County girls make
clover wives ; I've had three of them."
Au Atlanta doctor advises persona
afraid ol cholera to stand on their heads
for one minute three times a day. Ha
argues that this arrests abdominal de
pression, and would be a healthful
gynastie exercise at any time.
Figurative party : "So long as I am a
man, 6orr, what docs it matthur to mo if
great grandfather was an anthropoid ape .
or not, sorr?" Literal party : *?Haw!
ffathcr disagwceablc for your gwate
gwandmother, wasu't it ?"
At Kumney, N. IL, two men "went a
fishing" in a brook near that town, and,
after seven hours, returned with seven
huudrcd and forty-eight trout. Four
Boston men tried the same stream a few
days before and only caught fifty fish,
the whole not weighing over a pound
aud a half.
Young Wife?"George, dear, Vf
bad a talk with tho servants this morn
ing, and I've agreed to raise their wages.
Thoy said everything was so dear now-?
meat was so high, and coals had risen ta
such a price, and everything?I thought
this was reasonable, because I've so
often hoard you complain of the ssme
thing "?launch.
Bricks! Bricks!!
BRICKS!!!
UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY
Informs the publia that he is now pre
j pared to furnish BRICKS in any quantity.
All orders will meet prompt attention.
I J. C. EDWARDS,
juoe 6 1878 ij