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OFFICE COURT HOUSE SQUARE, * Will give prompt attention to nil business fun uMcd to him. mar 20?tf Browning & Browning, attorneys at law, 'oka\<;i:ki;k? g. h., So. Ca. Malcolm I. Buonxiao. . A. F. Bbownino. nov 4 AUGUSTUS B. KNOWL TON ATTORNAND COUNSELLOR a t Law, tmANutttttfiut,s. o. jniy s ? tf TUIAL J?SllCEj licNi<iciii>c In I-'ork of EdUto, Ahl? BUSINESS ENTUUStED ?11 be v tempi ly abd enrefully attended to. 'uly 2& ly DR. T. BERWICK LEGARE, SURGEON DENTIST, Graduate Bnltlniore College m Dciitnl .Sur;;erj . OFFICE MARKET-ST. OVER STORE OF J. A. HAMILTON, IffiTALLIC CASES. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS ON HAND all of the various Sixes of the abjve Cases, which can be furnished immediately on ap plication. Also manufactures WOOD COFFINS as usual,and at the shortest uoliee. Apply to II. RIGGS, mar 6?6m Carriage Manufacturer. X. F.. iBjtopiE. R, ft. ?uuof . II. C. Illinois*, BROUIiJ & CO. COTTOJf FACTORS AMD COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF, CnARESTON, 8. C. Litreral Advances made on Consignment. lUrsa to Andrew Simnnds, Esq., Frost 1st National Bank, Charleston, S. C. . may 21 weo tf WASHINGTON HOUSE BY Mrs. ML W. Stratton, conti an GERVAIS k ASSEMBLY STRRETS COLUMBIA, 8. C. Convenient to the Greenville and Charleston Railroads and the Business port ion of the City. Kate of Transient Bourd?Two Dollars per Day. itegnlar Boarders received at Reasonablo Bites. ' saoli f AN ACT xo Authorize County Com mission err of CkKTAIN COUNTIBS to TiEVY and Collect an Additional Tax for Certain Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate anil House of Representatives of tlie State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the name, That the County Commission ers of the several Counties herein men tioncd be, and they are hereby, author ized and directed to levy nud collect a special tax as hereinafter specified, on the taxable property of the said Coun ties, said tax to be levied at the same timo oilier taxes are levied for the fiscal year conimeuciug November 1, 1873; said tax to be dovotcd exclusively to the payment of the past due indebtedness of the said Counties, viz : For the County of Marion, three (^3) mills ; for the County of Oraugcburg, three (3) mills ; for the County of Richlaud, ouo ami-half (1J) mills ; Tor the couuty of Latieastor, two (2) mills; for the county of Ncw bery, two (2) mills. l*rx>vidcdt That all claims for the payment of which the special tax hcicia authorised is levied, shall be registered in the office of the Clerk of tho Court of the county in which such tax is ordered, on or before the first day of October, 1873, and ail claims of claimants failing to register the same, within the said time, shall no. be paid. Sec 2. That the county commission crs of Hurry county be, and they ore hereby) authorized to levy and cause to be oollocted, a special tax of two (2i mills upon a dollar of all the taxable property in said couuty, the said tax to be devoted exclusively to repairing the bridges iu said county, across Kingston hake and Socastoc creek, and to the payment of thu-puat hldOwduocs of tho couuty. Sec. 2; That the county commission ers of the county of Williutnaburg be aud they are hereby, authorized to levy and cause to be collected, a special tux of two (2) mills on a dollar of all the taxable property of the said county ; said tax to be levied at the same time other taxes arc levied for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1873, tho Same to be used exclusively for the pur pose of paying the indebtedness caused by the buildiug of the jail iu the said county. Approved February 'iO, 1873; AM ACT to Amikd BxOfiofcS 9H, na asi? 100, Chaptkb XVIl, of Tint OkSSRAl. Statu tes or South Carolina Rri.atino to Holdsrs or IHSUBAKCB Policies. Section 1. 11- it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting iu General Assembly, and by the authority of tho same, That Section 98, of chapter XVII, of the Geuera) Statutes, be amended, in the fifth line .of said Section, after the words "bonds or stocks of this State," by inserting the words "or of the United States ;" olio, at tho close of the said Section, insert the following proviso: " 1arov>>fed, however ^ That it shall be the duty, aud it |is hereby required of the comptroller General, upon notice bc'.tig served upon him by the ngci.t of any caid company or association, occompani c J by proof sufficient to establish lh? fact of the insolvency of such con.r or association so ?*>s:tirS| t0 a'liTpoM of, at publ^ 6ur;tJ> to the highest bid der} aftc^ tvrcuty-ouc days' uotioe of said -*te, liot.co lobegivcu by publishing iu one of the daily papers in the city of Columbia, and in one daily paper in the oity of Charleston, so much or so great un amount of such bonds or stocks so deposited as will enable him tore insure tho policy holders of such insolvent company or association, in such proper and solvent insurance oompany or asso ciation os any policy holder in said insolvent company or association may desire, or elect, for the balance of the uncxpircd term of such insurance previously taken by him in said insolvent company or ussoc'mtion." Seo. 2. That Section 99, of chapter XVII, of the General Satutes, bo amend ed, by inserting after the word "State," iu tho third line of said Section, the Word? "or of the United States." Ski . 8. That Section IOC, of chapter XVIl, oi tho General Statutes, be amended, by inserting after the word "State," in the eleventh line, the words "or of the United States." Approved, February 20, 1S73. AN Al.'T to POXISH art PenSON?B.Pa?SOSl who shall Sell anu Convey ant Kbal on Personal Pbopkbtx on Willen a LlKN ok ant kind mat kx13t, WITHOUT uivixu notice .or BUCH Lim to the PUIICIIASKB on PUB0UASBB8. SECTION 1. lie. it enacted by the Sen ate and tlouso of Representatives of the ."?"'t?te of South Carolina, now met and Hitting in General Aarcnihly, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act any person or persons who ahull wilfully und kuow iogly sell and convey any real personal property on which any lien or liens exist, without first giving notice of such lieu or liens to the purchaser or purch asers of Buch real or personal property, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean or, and, on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for a term not less than ten days imr morolhun three years, and be fined not less thau ten dollars uor more thuu livo thousand dollars, of cither or bot Ii, In the discrctiou of the court: Provided, That the penalties enumer ated io this Act shall not apply to pub lic officer*, in the discharge of their official duties. Approved February 12,. 1873. AN A("f to Amknd an Al't bxtitlkii -'As u A?'t to Ciivnt, Its saw ahn Am in n tub Charts? or Cebtain Tow.s's ako Viu \<1K8 tur BRIM HSHTIOKant'' Skotion 1. /}>? it enacted by the Son ate nntl House of Representatives of the State of So?th Carolina,'how met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority bf the same, That Section 2 of an Act entitled "Au Act to grant, re new and amend the charter* of Certain towns aud villages therein mentioned," be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out, on the 5th line, the word' "fourth Monday in Marth, 1871," and insert the wr?rds "on the fourth Moud?y of April, 1873." Approved February 14,"1873 A Belgium Story. We tptot i T oni the Rclgitl n new papers the following account of a dread fill tragedy that occurred in a little vil lag? nesr Brussels. A farmer and his wifo bad plotted to murder their uicec j during her sleep, to rob her of 1,690 | trances that she was taking to her si>? k mother. In. crder to foil the future e relies of the police, they, prevtoudy | t pcrpotrating the ciitne, were engaged in digging a lnr^e hole in their garden, | so us to bury the body in it, when the | Y'n,no K'r^i who, not bc.ng asleep, had heard her terrible sentence, rushed out by the window and ran to the police station, distant one mile only. But ?s soon nsshe was out, the dnUgh ter of the fnrmcr, who was not expected home that night, camo back, and n< t wishing to awaken anybody in the house, went noiselessly into the bed where her c ?usiti had been lying a few minutes ago. She soon fell asleep, and thus her mother, not being aware of the Provide :tial substitution, owing to the darkuevs ol the night, broke her owu daughter's npek with an axe. This being \ionc, \b? two wore going to the gard- n earring the corpse, cu *"*.*pcd iu a bclsprcid, when two gen ^nrmes, accompanied by the fugitive girl, rushod into the house with lanterns iu their hands. At the sight of their n'.cce, whom they thought they had murdered, the two wretchos took ofT the covering and found their uufortuuate child killed by their owu bauds. The man, taking a Inrgo butcher's knife, plunged it into his breast and fell dead ou the ground. As to the womau, who v. as prevented from committing suicide, she became insane, and is now shut up in a lunatic asylum, where she is oxpuctud soou to die from mental oxhaustion. A more horrible account has rarely been registered in the auuals of crime. ? ? ? ? a .Every womau may he *?aid to XL at forty. Zeal without knowlodgo ij firo with oUt light. Intellectual farmiug?HurroWiug a mau's leclings* A man Was arrested recently for being intoxicated with delight. iYIimL is that from which, if you take the wholo, some will romaiu ? Whole some. Our Visitor. He came in with on interrogation point in ono eye, and a stick in one hand Ono eye was covered with a h".::dkcr chiot aud one arm in a.sling. His bear ing was that of a mam with a settle 1 purpose iu view. "I want to sco,'' sain ho, "the man that puts things iuto this paper." We intimated that several of us earned a frugal livelihood in th^tway. "Well, 1 want to sec ths man which cribs things out of the other papers. The follow who writes mostly with shears you understand. We explained to him that thorn were seasons when the most gifted ?among us driveu to frenzy by tho scarcity of ideas ami events, and by. tjie- clamorous de mand.* of an* in ; it iah! to public, in mo u.cnts of emotionj1, insanity, plunge 1 the glittoring shears int-i our exchanges He went olf calmly, but in a voice tremu lous with suppressed fooling and indis tinct through the recent loss oi hall'a dozen or so of his front teeth. "Oust f-o. I presume so. I don't know much about this ..business, but 1 w mt to sec a mnn. the man that printed that little piece about pouring cold water do-,vn a drunken man's spine of his back, and making him instantly sober. If you please I want to see that man. I would like to talk with him." Then he leaned his stick against our desk au l spit on his serviceable hand, and resumed his h<dd on thu stick as though he was weighing it. After studying the stick a minute, he added in a somewhat louder tone. ''Mister, I came hereto sec that "ere man. I Want to sec him bad." 'dust so. 1 prisuute so. 1 hey told me before I come th*t?flic man I wanted to see wouldn't be n.*)y*lherc. I'll wait for him. 1 live up* north, and I've walked seven miles to converse with thai m&n. I guess I'll sit down and wait." lie sat down by the door and r.iflcc lively pounded the floor with his stick. | but bis feelings would not allow him to keep still. "I suppose none of you didn't ever pour much cold wati r down any drunken man's bu*-k to make him imtt mtly sober, perhaps." None of us in the office h id ever trie 1 the experiment. "Just so. I thought just as like as J not you had not. Well, mister, I have. I 1 tried it yesterday, and 1 have oome seven miles on foot to see the mm that printed that piece. It wasn't much of '< a p:cce, 1 don't think; but I want to j see the man that printed it, iust a few minutes. You see, John Smith, he lives uext door to my house, when I'm at homo, ami he gets how-com: you sn eve ry little period. Now, when he's sober he's all right if you keep out of his way but when he's drunk he goes home and bic-iks dishes anil tips over the stovo and tiirows hardware around and m ike it inconvenient for his wife, and some times he gits his man nnd gojs Jut I calling on his neighbor.*, a.i)d it a:u't pleasant. ^ Not that I w:4nt !.a say anything about StuiUi ? out me and my wile don't think nC ?ught to do so. Ho catno homo drunk lately, and broke all the kitchen windows out of his house, and followed his wife round with a Birring knife, talking about her liver aud after a while he lay down by my fence and weut to sleep. 1 had bcou reading that little piece: it ?rasu't much of a piece, and 1 thought if I could pour some water down his spine, on his back, and make him sober it would be more cotnforla blc for his.wife, and a sijuarc thing to do all around. So I poured a bucket of spring water down John Smith's spine of his dack." "Well." baid we, as our visitor paused ' did it make him sober?"? Our visitor took n firmer hold of his stick aud replied .rith increased puio tion. "Just so. I suppose it did make him as sober as a judge in less time than you could say Jack Robinson, but; mis tcr it made him rand. It made him the maddest man I ever saw, and Mister John Smith is a bigger man th in mc and stouter. He is a good deal stouter. Hie?bless him, I never kuow ho was half so stobt till yesterday, and he's handy with his fists, too. I should s?p pose he's the handiest mab With his fists I ever saw.'* 'Then he weht for you, did he t" We ni-ked, innocently. * "Just so. Exactly. I suppose he went lor me about the best he knew, but I don't hold no grudge against duo Smith., 1 suppose he ain't a good man to hohl a grudge against, only 1 want to see him had. I feel as tho' it would soothe me to sec that mau. 1 want to show him how ji drunken than act- when you pour water down the spine of bis back. That's what 1 come for." Our visitor' who had poured water down tho spine of a drunken man's back remained until about 9 o'clock in the evening and then went up street to find the man. The man he is looking for started for Alaska list evening for a summer vacation, and will not be back before September, 1878.? Uticn lb ml.I. ' A Painful Separation. We had been united for along time, and for many years I had no fault to find with her sweet disposition and her unalterable lid ility. N ight an 1 d iy she was with me, she never left m-; for a mom ent at table she always ate tho things that I preferred. I was happy for she was beautiful. Some may admire the oriental beauties with their dark locks, their brunette complexion, and their voltiptiimi glan ces; others may celebrate the goddesses of the North, their soft blu j eyes and their slender graceful forms; ?she. she was tiny indeed, but she was white as ivyry. And her hair ? She had no more than a billiard ball. Hut she had pretty eyes! She was blind. i repeat; however, that I loved her for she Was beautiful; and you would have admired her yourself if you could have seen her reclining silent and m > tionloss on her nutcuil 6r crimsou vel vet. ] hoped for a union without a. cloud, hut f.ito had decreed cd etheruri-e. Is there anything enduring in this world'/ The GliCbt wine will turn sour, and the mo t faithful companion will sometime be corrupted. Thus it was in my case. She commenced hy petty attempts to vex inc. to which I at first p u I hut lit tie attention, thanks to my habitual good humor; each day. llowoVcr, she grew more troublesome. I ad Ircsscd icproachcs to her, which she received without a word of reply. Was this silence an avowal of her wickedness ? I had the naivete to thin1; so. for wo lived I together most amicably during the cutirc summer. Winter came, and my domestic trouh les recommenced with redoubled force. I tried to soothe her with mildness, but in vain. I threatened hor, it was | equally useless. I "Oh ! it is too much,'" I cxcUsm^d ou-?, day. fiI can stand it no Jon-crl You must leave nie !" Rut jcc ho** r.o .,crrul is the force of hnbitl T I'Jic utterly incapable myself jf sc ,ejjrig the bond that united usso closely; my resolution failed utterly. In Paris there arc several agencies which have charge ofuuions. All. from the humbk st work man to the riebest "fils do famille," who wish lo enter the lists of matrimony, can find there girls rich or poor, blonde or brunette. There one tun take his choice of the crooked, the straight, the fat the thin, the young or the old, the spirituelle or the filly. Hut there arc quite as many places for divorces as there arc .fur uniting people. 1 was told of a place whore I could obtain a. separation without tho least difficulty. I started accordingly with her. But strange to say, she was perfectly charm iug all the way, and I had nothing to complain of for a single instant. 1'eihaps she divined where wo wore going. Tor my part 1 vras tempted to turn back. "Suppose I do not go to thi.i getntlc nmn," I said to myself. 'Mien rentem bering all she had made mc suffer, nil tho torments she bad inflicted upon uie, and reflecting that there might bo still more iu storo for me, I was convinced that I would bo a fool und u coward if 1 did not obtain a separation at once. The next moment 1 was introduced into a parlor where thero w re several per sous seated awaiting their turn. They were all called in ouo after tho other. After about oue hour el" anxiety a ser taut came to mc and said, '?.Monsieur, it is your turn, plcaso walk iuto the next room." 1 went in taking her with mc ' The porsou before whom 1 fouud my self had ou a long dressing gowu, aud a rod skull cap on his head. '?Vou wish nie to take her from you!" he said And at the same moment he took hold of my arm. ''Oh, no !" I cried; let mo keep her, do not tear her from mc !" "Coward ?" said the man in the red eap, pushing mc back in a chair and seizing mo by the head. Ah?ah?ah?!?"Here, Monsiour, here is your tooth.?{tQourrier des Etats* I. n is. ' A Yjilluye on Fire. A PEAUFUL EXl'EUIEMCE. A Michigan paper publishes a privato letter from State Senator McGowan to his wile, giving an account of tho great fire at Michigamtni. After describing the B] read ol the flames in'the for:ests surrounding the vtllago, he says: "Wo saw it was useless for u* to try to do anything "except, if possible, save <mr lives. We ran to the lake and got out on a point. Hut the direction of the shore was east aud west, and the fire was sweeping down upon us. I went to the edge of tho wafer, and looked up and down. The line ofsifety seemed to be in the water, and in T went I picked up a board six or eight feet long and waded out to get a better view of the situation. Just east of tue I saw snmatttncii trying to get a hewn stick into'thc lake. I went to thorn, but they had given it up and were'look- j ing for boards. 1 urged them to put iu the timber, and, ct my solicitation, they tried again and we succeeded iu launch ing it. One of tho men had a plank, and I had my board. We laid the board and plank acrcss the timber, which was probably twenty-five feet long, and with this raft six of us put to sea in the teeth of a furious wiud that sought to drive us into the firo. Alter struggling awhile. I t ?!! the ui5n to kojp the timber fro n turning, and I clabbered up astride of t. uenr tho "bow"cud, and, with my board for D paddle, struck out. It was terrible wotk. 'J he winds and the w.\cs wore against us. The lake was white with foam. Wo ha i made ahmt, four ro Is fVuui shore when one of tho tuHcflt men, letting himself down, sail ins feet were on a rock. Cur strength was almost exhuu->tcd, so vte told him to holl us. 1 slipped do>vn from my wooden horse, nud ou examination .we found tho rock large enough toallo* two of us to stand on it. We took a long breath, and went into commit, tee of the whole on the situation. If wo sh^all undertake to row our craft f.trtbor f"ro:u the fire, we would, soon bo overcome, and lb?u be VlOWn directly into it. The Qna.,imOus verdict was, that we w >uld take our oIk'.ucos here. The fire was around us, above us, every where. The water was full of struggling p?ople. We held to the stick. Two of us would stand on the rock at a time and anchor the rest, who floated like sea weeds from along tho tides of the timber. When tht hot air swept down upon us, we put our faces close to the water and shui our mouths. For an hour an 1 half we were there in the Water, and I bosatu) terribly child. 15y and by the worst of ihe fire was over, and a couple of Swedes came to ward us with a boat. 1 was the worst used up of any of the party, thoroughly chilled and exhausted. \My companious called to them to come and tako mo ofF. TllOj( helped me into the boat, and the Swedes took ine to the little steamer which was anchored further out in th? lake. 1 gave them S2 to go back and bring off another o- the boys who was also badly chilled. As soon as I got aboard the boat l commenced wringing my clothes as well as 1 could and exer cising ull I was ablo. The hot air und smoke had made my lungs so sore 1 could not breathe deep, aud every Inc.ith was painful. However the air was still warm from the fire, and I grad ually grew wnrmur. Wo sent every boat we could, after the poople in the water, aud ou the poiuts, uutil at last our little steamer was loiidod. The firo had swept by where our i*aft was, and the balance of our little p .riy had let loose irom the rook and floated ashore. We wore all saved. The mill was still standing, but not out of dangor. After they had sounded the whistle, the people commenced gathering there. I oan not describe the scone here. I don't wan't to try. The womon and childtsjp and moo rushing about and crying and beg _?- -- ? "? I ?' ging to know something of the absent ones. You may imagine it, don't ask me to tell it. The whole village was burned. Out of 12G houses, only three were left standing, and one of those was burning before we left. It was impossible to tell how mauy lives were lost. Scene in a Smoking Car. The following amusing incident 0? currcd recently iu tbo smokiug car of a U. C. and J. C. railroad train, between Shelby and Cleveland. Says the Cleve land Times : A woman with a poodle dog entered the car jurt prior to the departure of the train from the formor point, and after depodting her dog on the seat, turned over tho baak of another one, so that each seat faced the other. Together, she and her caniuo ompanion thus monopolized tho entire scats. Appear ances seemed to indicate that the car was one exclusively for the convenience of those addicted to the use of tho "wcedj" but of this fact she was soon advised by the couductor, who advised her at the same time that the accommodations in the other coaches were superior to those where she was then. However, she in sistcd ou remaining, urgiug that her pre seuce would deter the occupants of the ear from smoking, and she would eon sequently experience no discomfort from tobacco fumes. Long before the traiu reached this city, however, a gentle man sitting directly4in front of her pro duced his case, and, taking therefrom a cigar, began puffing away at it in a man ncr which seemed peculiarly calculated to aggravate the woman back of him. In an instant stragtegtio movement, shs wrested the obtfbxinus cigar from his hand and threw it out of the window, exclaim ing, "If there is anything I do hate, it is tobacco rinokc." The passengers who had witnessed . the affair were convulsed with laughter, but the offending smoker suppressed whatever emotion? may have bjon struggling for expression in words or action, and maintained throughout the same impor?rbable gravity which had characterized him from the first. Calmly rising from bis seat, ho opened the window nearest him, fastening it np, and reaching over tho seatback, took mp* that womau's pwdle dog aud threw it out of the window as far beyond as possible, at the same time saying, "if there is anything I do bate, it's a poodle dog !*' An Erect Posture. A writer 01 health vocy justly con deinns the habit of buaging, in which large nambors of persons indulge, as injurious to health. Ho says: 'Air erect bodily attitud i is of vastly more importance to health thai it is generally imagined. Crooked b > lily position* maintaino I for any length of time, are' always injurious, whither ia tin sitting, standing or lying pestui'O, whether siesp? inay or walking. To sit with tho body" leaning forward on tho storniert, or to oue side, with tho heels elevated to i level with tho head, is net only in b il taste, but exceedingly dotrimental to health. It cramps tho stomach presses the vital organs; interrupts the frea mo tions of the ohost, and enfeebles the functions of the abdomtnral and thoraoid organs, and-, in fact, unbalances the whole muscular system. Many children bceome slightly hump backed, or severe ly round shouldered, by sleeping with tho head raised on a high pillow; whed any pcrsou finds it easier to sit or stand, or sleep in a crooked position than in a strait one such persons may be sure hii muscular system is badly deranged, and the more careful he is to preserve a strait or an upright position and gats bulk td noturo again tho better." Tho book to which re lore u Cos ia nio;t frequently made nowadays?The pocket book. A gentleman in a fit ofabsont mindol ncjs, told another that he had two sons ?both boys. Pat waa asked tho other day if he understood French. "Yes, yer honor, if it's spoken in Irish." 'Why b a man who makes additions to a fatso rumor like one who has eoeft donee in all that is told him f Because be re lies on all that he hears. There is a time for all things. The time to leave is when a yonng lady askt you what kin 1 of a day it is for wa^ ?*?*? : :? J