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Torms Cash in drance. "%ia J. FELDER MEYERS, TRI AY* JUSTICK. OFFICE COURT HOUSE SQUARE, YFill give prompt attention to all business entrusted te liim. mar 2T>?If Browning & Browning*, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ?>HAX??JU H? C\ II., Ho. Can Malcolm I. BruwMXU. A. F. Rnow?ixu. nov 4 AUGUSTUS B. XNOWLTON a ?TORNEY and counsellor AT LAW, ?Ii ax ?mir ii?, s. C. ,Wlj 8 tf W. L. W. RILEY trial justice, Realdence In Fork of i:<Iis<<>, ALL BUSINESS ENTRUSTED rill be pretnptly and carefully attended to. jnly 28 ly DR. % BERWICK LEGARE, surgeon dentist, tslrneinaie Baltimore College Dental Surgery. ?FFICE MARKKT-ST. OVER STORE OF J. A. HAMILTON, METALLIC CASES. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS ON HAND <ell of the various Sixes of the above ('uses, which can bo furnished immediately on ap (plicatiea. ? Also msnufaotures WOOD COFFINS as (usual, and at the shortest notice. Apply to H. RIGGS, Utar 5?8m Carriage Manufacturer. fl. F. BSOPIB. R. R. liUDOINS H. C. Hcncixs. *fc CO. COTTON FACTORS ano ?COMMISSION merchants, NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF, CHARESTON. 8. C. 'Liberal Advances made on Consignment. 'Rama to Andrew Simonds, Esq., Pres t ttst Kationa?ank, Charleston, 8. C. may 21 , wee tf WASHINGTON HOUSE BY Mrs. M. W. Stratton, COBKXa GKRVAIS & ASSEMBLY STREETS COLUMBIA, S. C. c -^anient U> the Greenville and Charleston * B-iiV**** *n(1 ,ue business portion or '* A. UMv ?f Transient ? ^Ka^-Twd Pollar. per *>*i ftagular Boarder. xmiy?* *l R???w?ablo fl\?r? ? j 4l>ft?rjA?*l?nnM AXoyiftei .ft** AN ACT to Amk.ni? an Act Entitl ed "An Act to Grant, Renew and amknd tdk Cll VRTEItS (?V Certain Towns and Vu.i.aoes . therein Mentioned/1 lie it enacted by tho Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, und by the authority of the same, That Section 2 of an Act entitled "An Act to grant, renew and amend the churters of certain towns and villages therein mentioned.'' be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out, on the 5th line, the words "ou the 4th Monday in March, 1871/' Htid insert* the words "on the fourth Monday of April, 187a." Approved January 29, lS7o. AN ACT Requiring a Bond from County Commissioners, Before] Entering upon tue Duties of Their Office. He. it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the author ity of the same, That the County Coin missioners shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, be, and they arc hereby, required to give a bond lor the use use of their respective Counties, in the penal sum of two thousand dollars each, with tlireo good and sufficient sUfttie*, to be approved by the Clerk ol Couvt of their respective Counties, conditioned uj on the faithful and im partial performance of their office ? Pro tnded^ That the Commissioners of Charleston County shall furnish a bond, hereinbefore provided, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars each ; and (he j County Commissioners of the Counties of "Beaufort, Baruwell and Richlaud .-hail i urn ia h r bond of live thousand dollars euch, as" hereinbefore provided : ! Provided, further, That this Act ?hall not be in force until on and after the neat general election of County Coin iniifsioucrs. Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts ol Acts inconsistent with this Act, arc hen by repealed. Approved January 20, 1873. AN ACT io Repeal Sections i i\ k Six am? Seven, <>k Chapter elghtythree of 111 e general Statutes ofSotii Carolina. Section 1. lie tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now net aud sitting in General Assembly, and by be authority of the same, That Suction five, Section six and Section seven, of Chapter eighty three, of the Geuerul Statutes of South Carolina, be, and t he tianie are hereby, repealed. Approved January 29, 1873. AN A (T to Fix the Time pnn tiik Holding ok the Circuit Courts in Certain Counties her kin mentioned.. Section 1. B?> it enacted hy the Scnnte and House of Representatives of the Stato of South Carolina, now met and sitting iu Gcncrral Assembly, and by the authority of the sain i, That from and after the paspago of this Act. the Circuit Courts in the Sixth Circuit shall be held as foil iws : 1. The Court of General Sessions, at Chester, for the County of Chester, on tho first Monday of January, nn l on the third Monday of March and Sep tember ; and the Court of Common Pleas, at Chester, for the County of ('bester, on the first Wednesday alter the first Monday of January, and on the first Wednesday after tho third Monday io March and September. 2. The Court of General Sessions, nt Yorkville, for .tho County of York, on tho secoud jMoDday of January, and on the first Mouday of April and October ; and the Court of Common Picas, at Yorkville, for the County of York, on the first Wednesday after tho second Monday of January, and on the first Wednesday after the first Mouday of April and October. 3. The Court of General Sossioos, at Lancaster, for tho County of Lancaster, on the third Monday of January, April and October ; and the Court of Common Pleas, at Lancaster, for the Ctunty of Lancastr?, on the first Mudncsday after the third Monday ol January, April and October. 4. The Court of General Sessions, at WinusbOro, lor the County of Fairfield, on the fourth Me nd !iy of .Tunuary, and on the first Monday of May and Novem ber ; and (bo Court of Common Pleas, at Wimisboro, for the County of fair field, im the first Wednesday after the fourtb Monday of January, and on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of May aud November. Stko. 2. In the Second Circuit, the Court of General Scssious at Aikcu, lor the County of Aikon, the first Monday ol January, May and September; and the Court of Common Picas, at Aikcu, for the County of Aikon, on the firsi Wednesday after the second Monday of January, May and September. skc. 5$. In the Third Circuit, the Court of Gunoral Sessions shall be held at KiugStrcc, for the County of Williams burg, on the first Monday after the fourth Monday of January, May and Ootobor ; .and the Court of Common Fleas shall be hold at Kiugstrec, for the County of Wtlliamsburg, on the first Weduesday after the first Monday after the fourth Monday of January, May and ()etubcr. 2. The Court of General sessions, at Couw?yborO) for the County of Horry, on the first Monday after the fourth Monday of February, June and October; and the Court of Common Pleas, at Conwayboro, for the County of Hurry, nn tho GiSit Wednesday after the fourth Monday of February, June and October Ski'. 4. The Circuit Courts iu Seventh Circuit shall be held al follows: 1 The Court of General Sessions, at Ncwbcrry, for tho f ount-, of Nowberry, on tho third Monday of January, .May and November ; and the ( burl of Com inen I'leas, at Ncwbcrry, for the County of Nowberry, on the. first Weduesday aftor the third Moudav of January. Mav and November. 2. The Court of General Sessions, at LuurcuaVliIe, for the County ofLaurcns, Ol the third Monday of February and June, and tho first .Monday ufler the fourth Mom lay iu November ; an I the sourt of common Fleas, it Laurens ville, lor the County of I.aureus, on ibe first Wednesday alter the third Moudny ol' February and June, and on the first Wednesday after the first Monday aftei I the fourth Monday in November. '.\ The court of General Sossions, at Uniouville, lor the county of Union, on the third Mondoy of March. Ju.,c aud September; and tho court of eouinion Fleas, at (Juiooville, for the County of Union, on the first Wednesday alter the third Monday ol March, June and September. 4. The court of General Sessions, at Spartanburg, for the county of Spartan burg, <>u tin; first Monday after the fourth Monday in March and July, aud mi the third .don lay iu October j nud the court of common Pious, at Spartau burg, for the county ol Spartanburg, on the first Wednesday alter the first Mon day after the fourth Monday in March und July, und on the first Weduesday after the third Monday in October j Sec. 5. TltHt all writs, suiuni ?ns, recognizances and oilier processes, ol whatever kink, returnable to the courts of General Sessions a:.d e mini <n IMeas, in the Counties above named, be, and the sau'e arc hereby, made returnable t the courts Jield in pursuutiuo of the pro visions of this Act, in ihc same manner as if they had been issued or taken iu rcforeuce thereto. Sec. 6. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act or repugnant thereto, be, aud the same are hereby, repealed. OFFICE SECRETARY OF STATE, Columbia, 8. c, February 4, 1-873. The foregoing Aet having been pre scuted to the Governor of this State for bis approval, and not having been approved or returned by him to that banch of the General Assembly in which it originated, within tho time prescribed by the constitution, has become a law without his approval (Signed) II. K. HAYNS, Secretary of State. ''Vhcn a feller makes his arm around his gal, und she was liken dot pooiy well, dhen don vaa Shkribture, on akound it was ma ken habiness ooote on for.k waist blacks, ain't it?" Manufacturing In AuguMa. Already the advantages to be roaped by the city from the enlargement of the canal are becoming manifest. For sume time past rumors of the formation of a large company, having . in view the utilization of a portioti of the vast wator power to bo created by the enlargement, have been in circulation. Lhb1. evening we obtained from uu authoritative source the followtug particulars iu regard to the matter. ? About the middle of March last Mr. J. J. Gregg, a well known citizen of this place, long protrinoutly connected with cottou manufacturing interests, met iu Boston an KogHsh capitalist, whom be induced to come out to this city for the purpose of investigating a projected land scheme counected with manufacturing as a basis. The capital ist, after roaching the city aud looking into the matter, was so well satisfied that he proposed that it a compuny with a" capital of 8100,000 were formed he would take stock to tho amount of Sil2. 000, calculating to uso a portion of the capital iu laying out streets and con Btrueting sewers. No difficulty was experienced iu forming the company, several of tho most prominent citizens of Augusta making up tho required amount above the 832,000. The capitalist re turned to England, and, as an evidence that he meant business^ immediately re mitted thirty two th msand dollars to the Company in Augusta. The company I at once weut to work to purchaso land near the city and contiguous to the canal, nnd now owus a very large tract adj lining or in the vicinity of the c mal. The company has pretty nearly comple ted its purchases. The English capitalist rolerred to, as inducement lor citizens hero to join in a tuuuufacturing eutcrpri.se to be establish ed on the Augusta canal, stated that he would head a subscription list in Ivig land with ?11.000 ($5,5-000) to organ ize a company for iuc purpose of build ing on said caoil a factory of 25,000 spindles, aud use ly* i^ueucc to get up a company with a capital of 81,000,000 with that view. Mr J. J '?regg will >oav? for Kiiglun I this m truing to per fect the scheme in conceit with the capitalist, lie is sanguine of success as he has receive I great cucour'<?nionl from j roiiiinciit English capitalists II the scheme is perfected, as w? trust an i believe u will be. a great impetus will be given to the manufacturing interests of Augusta, and a large addition made to her material wealth and prosperity.? Augustu CVieonicle and Sentinel Fudkins Makes A Trade. Fudgkins thought himself a sharp mail. 11 o was good at a trade, and his conscience was not apt to stand in his way when he was Working for himself. He happened one day at Whitney's A net;.hi lloom, and saw a wlanu: side board whiili pleased him. He had promised his wife that she should have one. This would not only answer every purpose, but it was really nn elegant affair, and every way as good as new. He asked Whitney the price of it. ? I think that is sohl. Mr. Fudgkins. Oral least, a party has the refusal of if*' ?Then it is uol really Id V asked Mr Fudgkins. " No. UOl sold ' "If not sold," broke in Fudgkins, why may I not have a chance? \\ but do j on ask for it V ? The party I spoke of has the refusal of it for fifty dollars. ' ' ! 1! give ycu rixty," said Fudgkins, who had that very morning priced one exactly like it at Whitowood ?V Reach at eighty five dollars. Whitneyshook his he.nl He didn't think it would be hardly lair. ? Why not ?" demanded Fudgkins ?'A trade's a trade. I stippos? you have this thing here to sell. Ten dollars is something. When t'other man conies, tell him you had a customer you had entirely forgotten. Goodness gracious ! he can't waut the article vpry bad, i' he didn't know whether or not to take it at that price. Come?what you say f" The teu dollars extra appeared to be tempting. At all events, Whitney final ly told him he might have it; aud the bargaiu waj concluded and the mon*y paid over. "I thought.l'd fetch him !" whispered Fudgkins to a friend at bis elbow. We're all a little too sharp io behalf of ! Number Qdc to stick at trifles." Meantimo Whitney had opened one of the doors of the sideboard and was removing a card which had boeu tacked upon the inside thereof "Eh V* cried Fudgkins, as he saw it. ?"What's that V uIt is the turd of the lady who had engaged the sideboard, sir," replied Mr. Whitney. "Mercy on mo !?Sold !?That's my wile I" Called to Preach. The late Elder .lohn Smith, of Ken tucky, who died recently at anadvunced age, was one of the most eccentric wits south of the Ohio river. ile wao famil iarly known throughout Kentucky ua Raccoon Smith. While still in the Baptist ministry, and attending the annual meetings of that body, a tull lank grceti specimen of humanity preseutod himself before tho Association as a candidate for the ministry. lie was regarded as not being of entirely souud mind, nnd labored under the hallucina tion that be was especially "called to preach,"' and kept constantly importuuat ing the Association to give him the necessary license. In addition to his particularly unbalanced mind, young Mceks was the possessor of as huge aod ungainly 0 pair of feet as ever trod in shoe leather. Tired of bis importuni ties, and not being disposed to grant the license, the Association banded him over to Smith, with instruetious to make an end of the case, and between them took place tho following conversa tion : Smith?"So, Brother Mceks, you ill ink you have u special call to preach H" Mceks?"Yes, tho Lord has called me t* the work, but the Association refused uie the license." Sm'th?"How do you know you are called r Meeks?"Know it ! I feel it in my heart, i want my 1s?j?u>?," I" Smith?"Do you boliuve in the Bible, Brother Meeks V \ Mocks?"Certainly 1 do?every word of it " . Siuiih? If 1 can provo by the Bible that you me not called to preach, will jou Le snticfiod to drop the matter and not further importune the Association I !or a lieonso ?" Brother Meeks uasculed to this and Kaccoon Smith deliberately epouod tbe New Testament at Kornaus x, 15, and tu a grave tone read,?"How beautiful are the tuet of them who preach the gospel ol peace," Ac. Then glauciug at Mceks large foot remarked : "You see, Brother Meeks that the lout of the preacher are beautiful. You sir have the most monstrous ugly feet of any man in tho State of Kentucky J tber fore b . this Bible, it is clear that you have not been especially called!'' As Smith finished his remarks the Association went off into a paroxysm of laughter, and Meeks really c uieluded that he h td not been "called," bolted from the meet ing bouse, and never after anaoyed the Association for u license A Scene From Lite. A young man entered the bar room of a village tavern, and called lor a drink ? .No,"' said tho landlord; "you h ive had too much already. You have bad delirium tremens ouce, und 1 can not sell you any more." He stopped unido to make room for a conple of young men who had just entered, and the landlord waited upon them very pnhtcly. Tho other had stood by silent an 1 sulhn. and when they bad finished he walked up to the landlord, and thus addressed him; ?Six years ago, at their age, 1 stood where those young men now arc I was a man with fair prospects Now at the aye of twenty oight. I am a wreck, bo ly and mind You led me to drink. In this room I formed the habit that has been my ruin. Now sell tue a few glas ses more, ami your work will bo done ! I will soon be out of the w;>y; thero is no hope for me. But they can be saved ; they may be men again. Do not sell it to them. Sell it to mo, and lot uie die, and the world be rid of me but. for hear - en's kake sell no more to tin m '." The landlord listened, pale and trembling. Setting down his decanter, he exclaimed "God helping me, that is the l?tst drop I will over sell to any one !" And he kept his word.?Notional Tv.nperanr* A/frorate. ????'?*i -? ?-? Colored Good Templars. Last Thursday eveoiug, Hon. E. R. Dudley, of New Berne, delivered an address in the church at Waruersville, uu the subject of Temperance. Iii? re. marks were practical, straight forward and replete with commou sense. The meeting was not a large none, hot more than one hundred aud twenty five being present. Mr. Dudley's address, to our notion, was iu a better vein than those the colored people have had the oppor tunity, as a general thing, to listeu to. The main idea was that his people should save iheir earning! and invest the prof its arising from their labor, iu land.? He said that iu this way, where land is so cheap, many colored people, in a shdrt time, by industry and economy, could become landed proprietors. It was evident they could not do this so loug as they squandered their means in buy ing intoxicating drinks. We sincerely hope the advice will be taken aud acted upon. There is too much disposition ou the part of the colored people to flock to the towns. Many proprietors in the country would be glad to dispose ot their lands in small parcels, for cash. A f w acres well cultivated, will a fiord a support for au ordinary family. On Wednesday night, Mr. Dudley organized a Lodge of Good Templars. After his address, Thursday night, he held another meeting, taking iu more members, so that the society now num bers about two hundred. He has or ganized iocieties in New Berne. Kinston, Wilson, Raleigh and Eayetteville. The movement among the colored people is fast assuming importance, aud the good result- promise to be incalculable.? iVetc North titnit. (Greensboro^ A*. C) An Extraordinary Courtship. A few nights back a party of Ldies aud gcutlcmeo were laughing over the supposed awkwardness at tending a dec la ration of love when a gentleman re marked that if he ever had an opportu uity Io offer liiniself he woul 1 do it in a collected and busiucsa like man 1 tier ' l't r in-tan .'aid lie addressing j himself to a beautiful lady present', "TI I would say ; j ''Mies S--, 1 have been engaged j 1 two years iu looking for a .wife. 1 am i i in the receipt of a clear income of two I I thousaud dollars a year from my preseut I business, which is daily on the increase. I Of all the ladies of my acquaintance I ! admiro you the most. Indeed, to speak plainly. I lo*. 0 you and would mo^t glad ly make you my partner for life ?" "You flatter me by your preference," gool humorcdly replied Miss-,to the surprise ol nil present ? Not at all :" said h !, "I am entirely sincere " ?'Then I refer to my father !"said the lady. "Biavo?" exclaimed the gentle man. "Well, I dc-c I a r c !" exclaimed the ladies, in one united chorus. The lady aud gentleman were married soon after. "Wasn't that," ask* the narrator, "a modest way of coining to the point, and a lady.like mctho 1 of taking a tnau at his word V Well, as Charles La nib would say, ?'It wasn't anything else." A TOUCHING INCIDENT.?We make the following extract from tho report of the proceedings of the Irish Americans of Chicago, on decoration day : When the grave of a s Hier was np preached, the column halted, the name of the occupant was read by Colonel Stewart, and the companies presented arms Occasionally, where one was needed, a bouquet v/as deposited. A little mound, which was pointed out as the resting place of n Confederate cap tain ?a prisoner who died at Camp Douglas, was decorated with nothing hut fresh, green grass. Tho spectators thought it would be past in silence, but when abreast of it, the command, ''Halt !" was beard. The usual saluta lion of respect having been given, sever al soldiers stepped from the ranks, drew from the muziles of their muskets the bouquets intended for a comrade's grave, and generously planted them in tic sod whioh covered the remains of the Coo federate. The incident touched all wno witnessed it, and proved the noble gen. erosity ol the Celtic hearts that pr- ? ed the deed. *~ * State Taxes. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. A decision has beea Iateljr rendered by Judge Graham which has an impor taut bearing upon the question as to who is liable for the payment of taxes upon real proporty that may have been suld. The circumstances of the cage us follows: D. B. Gilliland, Esq., refe ree, sold and conveyed, under order of court, a lot of land to B. D. Lazarus on the 23d of July, 1872. Mr. Asber D. Cohen, solioitor for Mr. Lazarus, tho purchaser, claimed that the law making July 1 the day when returns of property for taxation are called for, had chaogod the day whereon the ownership fixed the liability for taxes as between seller and purchaser, aud that the estate of Gads den, for which thenroferce had sold being the owner on the 1st July, 1872, should make return of this property for tho taxes of 1872 and should pay them when called for by the treasurer. The attor neys for the executors of Gudsden (Mes srs. Simonton and Barker) contended that the A. A. 1788, which is as follows has not been repealed, and is still of force, viz: "And all taxes on real or personal property which shall be sohl aud conveyed on the said first day of October next, and after the aforesaid first day of October in each and every year thereafter, shall be returned and paid by the seller thereof, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwith standing." They also claimed that neither the changes of the day when the Jhcal year begins aod ends, nor tho change of day when returns of property are called for.can, by implication, change this positive statuory enactment. Judge Graham ruled that, in the face of post tive cnaetment, the construction of bro kers and others based upon analogy and upon the theory of repeal by implication could not prevail and that until the set. of 1788 above cited is actually repealed the teller who sells anu conveys before the 1st of October, although after Jury tho 1st of is not liable for the taxes of the year. Scene In a Nevada Conrt? The deference usually accorded to judicial dignitaries in the older section of the couutry was net conspicuous in tho eariy days of Nevada, judging from a scene which occurred iu one of the lively little towns in th it region, rela ted, to us by one of the pillars of the Nevada bar. On one occasion, court having been formally opeued, counsel in the fir>t ease called took exceptions to the ruliugs of the court on a certain point and adisputo aroso. '?If the court please, 1 wish to refer to this book a mo'iieot," picking up a law book. "No use referring to any book; Fre decided that pint," # responded the court. "But, your honor?" ?No, I don't want to haar anything further on the Subject; I tell you Pre dc.idcd f>.e pint." "It lells you you'are wrong," retorted tb?' counsel : "I am right/' reiterated ths court. "1 say you ain't" persisted the ooun sei. "Crier !" yelled the Judge,"I adjourn this court ten minutes." And jumping from the beneb, ho pitched into ths counsel, and after 4 lively little fight placed him in'hors du combat, aller which business wss resum ed. But soon another misunderstanding a rase. "Crier," said the court, "we will adjourn this time for t*edty minutes." And he was about taking off hi- ooat wheu the counsel said : "Never mind, Judge. Keep your seat. The pint is de cided. My thumb's out of jiot and I've sprained my shoulder.*' 1 ho court resumed her ermine. imtg mmn A Detroit negro prisoner, oo his wsj* to the peneteoti&ry for larceny, was ask ed what he thought of his trial. Ife said, "When dat lawyer das 'tended mi made his speeoh, I made ehnah I Waa goin to take my old hat and ^Jfc jgfa out of dat oo't room; bu? whw tntJ lawyer got np and commenced talking, I knew I was de biggest rascal on toft of de earf." r "Wb*? T mi'i . I - asraai >V hen I put ^foota^ j.u ^ \you t0 ?-i-?<>maod that there's soaring j there," said Mrs. Nojoker. Oa ioveetj J patba it was found to be a No. II ?W ? f tfrtw* - yv\*sn Whilst r ocwms ?w-a*** *4* *t?eer*i trvMtt a. + %4s 'wn.'stt \{'mi rsm tall 'in ~riA* ist* t**es) fsMfwr+fti 4s *