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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^
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