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Dlesportes &ProprietorJ A Family Paper, Devoted Scienc; A Inqui h dustf and Literaturd [Teri---$3.00 er Annum, In Advano VOL Vill.] WINNSBORO, S. C., #E i\ESIAY ONNN r A i $0, 18T3; [NON FAIRFIEbD HERALD IsI 1'11 iis i) I t KI BY DEsPO rEs & W ibLIA Ms, Terna i. --'lit i ic I nf is publ ished W eek - in the 'I'own of.Winusboro, at 63.00 in I riably in adtanc4. , All transient adlvertisenientis to be 6 havi in. Idvance. Obituary Notices it Tributces $1 00 per q~uare. - The Laws of South Carolina. its ail Toint Resottionsp PasP, by th - General -Asw mbly at io Sorsion of 1872 -'73. AN ACT Tot ft!.ATIE TIE FEEs .F O PROBATE JUDGUd5, CLElKS op CORUTS, TIIAL JUSTICES AND OTHER OFFI CEnlS lERP.IN 3MEN'ToNKn. Be it enicted by, th nt and d llouso of itepreseItatves of t Sr e e of South Qatoihna, how met and siL tiug in Gerrp/. A Esembly', A by the i autkborit qf tle sam :el. Setn .Tatthe feN wi pro .bate jadiges, olorks of eaurti,, trial w unicj pud other ofli er herein i'ltiIutioed sjIall be authorized t re- Zi ceive- In the Eever.I, cases herein d ipeiie b shall be as folloirs... p SCeeud 2. Judges of Probite :i ltur petit+o.for lptters,, c., flifty d cot. ; for citationi; fty cents '; Iuai iying excuutors, administrators or )u uardianis, and isUing letters to same, d tnc dollar and l!ftX oents ; taking n ond of ad inistarators or guard ians., p; one dollar ; issuing warrant uof ap-t praiscment ono dollar '; pro /ing will 00 in common form;, one dollar ; prov- I ing will in solemn formii, file dollars ' fi ing an I entering renunciationoci e. f cutor, one dollar; dedilmus potestatim ti to proso will or qualify executor, t, two dollars; receiving,cxauining and te filing annual returu, one dollar ; for 'ilst and final returns, each three et dollars ; order for sale of personal in prop.erty, one dollar ; hearing and re -filirg petition for guardians and ap. I puititoituut, two dollars; entering ce caveat and withdrawing saine, one or dollar ; for hearing litigated case, cc three dollars, and twenty-five cents b 'idditional for each witness examiU- |is 'od :; iefsting suinona for each wit- a: nes; when not issued by an attorney, c( thirty cents-; for every rule issued t. againat def'ulting witness or party ez 'failing tb eccounti, two dollars; for c, !Proceediigs in partition of real estate a five dollars, and fifty cents additional e on every hundred dollars': or frac 'tionftl par't t'horeof, for whi'oh the land t5 nihy be .o'4d, '6r, in ca'se of partition 1 _ i.i, for whoh it may be assessed: e /rovided, Tiat iii no h'se shall the u fees and allowan'es ~o received ag-i c; gregate.mo'i than 'tiventy'five d'ol- d lars :Providedfurther, That in cases, t 'of partition in kind no commission j ti hall be charged ; for appointing a guardians, adlitem, oi.o dollar ; com- g Inissions, on all moneys received and f, 1aid out, two per cent. on the o Ilrst three hundred dellare, and one p per cent. on all sums over hit .41 amount; for search for each paper, c toi cents ; for certificate and seal, s lfty cents ; for final discharge of ex- f ecutor, administrator or guardian, one n doll. r ; for proseedings in dower, in- a clusive of all charges, excipt Iecord: ing, ten dollars ,for proceeding's in o lunacy, inclusiv'di five dollars ; for f teco d ng all papers proper to be re. c corded, or furnishing copy of any pa. r per' in~his offlce, per' copy sheet of one hundred words, each figure couInting i ohie word;ififteen cents ; for all servi- g bes in setting off the homesteaidi in- i biuding the title and lb'dld b pio' d 'coed ing, fle ,dollar0; SectIon 3. (Oleiks of ldaurts l dr r, signing alid sealing siub *rit, fihy Ii . beii ; for' admuiisterilig oaths, t ni in ty-five cenrts; foi- tyking and filin i bionds in trot'er; attahment, and oflh f hr eases, oho dollar ; for sigring~ 'u-l e sealing Comiilission to eumrie wina hess, fifty cents ; rcst'dic piu, at tahder order of court, unoi djliar rife of survey, lifty ents iea~h off i biail certificate under seal, iibcy-ects ; r issuing attachmnent for contempt; or f other speial writ, fifty cents ; ign'- e ing and sealing writ of habeiN fa'cis c posses.sibnenififty cents; reciving and < paying over money officially, undef- { three hundred dollats, one per cent ; ever t~ht afnonint, oneshialf of one ,e per cent.; o6 bill, nolle prosegusi, before t given out, one dollar ; on bill thrown t out by grand jury, or found and ftotll i p)rqui abated; disoiontinued or struck off, twodollats ;on bill found r and verdict by petit.j'ury, two dollars; issuing bench warfant; one dollar; scirefacias, one dollar i issuing endhi execution in sesdiojs, one dollar; signing and sealing ki-it of habeas corpus, one dollar ; issuiing warrant or, taking recognizance or other aderviceI Ain the sessions, the same fees allowed ; t o trial justices ; each writ of ven ire, fais, including all services incident to summoning jurors, two dollars and and fifty cents; preparing and issuing certificates for grand and petit jurors and constables, and furnishing return to county commissioners for each week of every term of court, five dol. Iar ;- furnishing advertisement in Case of escheat, exclusive of printer'sa bill, and recording proceedings there h on, three dollars ; for advertising and giving notice to managers of clections, ix dollar ; for lioenie to an attoi iey, all incidental 'iervices inolpdei Lvo dollars; filing and enteing 1ot,C ,f alien's intention to become a citi on, one dollar ; filing and recordin eport of alien, one dollar ; adniaih ering oaths of intention, fifty cents ling and entering application to be one a citizen, and adatinisterin, ath, one doller % fur -giving certifi ate of cit izenship 4o dl ar ; fo iking renunciation of dower or ir, eritance; tro dglIars ; for official re ord of estray', and filing papers, on ollar ; every souroh for a paper, tei ento; every search, with certificates tty cents; swearing trial justice o anrtable in office, and.ceti cate, an( iking bonql, onq dq la r ; recordinj 1e bondd of coynty officers, and coerti rng to came, one dollar ; for ever: rob-ate, in writing, twenty-five cents ir bigi.ing dedimus polestauem tw< olhars ; for official oortilioate to ex. ;piilication of record, one dolla'r Si ling transcript, twqnty-five cents j) I .'ricg judgment', .ft% cesits foi Vyang popers, per copy shect of on( umdi ed words, each fgure counting t ord, (itin cents : for signhig and alipg eacb exolusion ajIl removal ty cents [.for recordiig and copyin'ti Dedo, U1eo tgages nt other anpers ,r copy sheoot of one hundred, words 7teen cents ; for every cortificatet or -eds or, other papers; t entytvi ont ;. or every appe ao a stice, all s orvices pinclsive,. twc llars ; fvr enteri.ng IntisfNctin .or ortgage, Jwenty-five ceoti ; for re. ording or copying plate, of not more an six corners, one dollar ; for every ,rner wore than six, ten centz ; fi' ing alid regording very rule or der for arbtraticn; fty cents; for ain' d,r'eogrding af davit for con ruance.wein ordered by the judge, enty five cents; fur granting char. ra of incorporations,.three dollars. Section 4. Trial jua'ii'es an jcti. a of li 'da.th and wagant any criminal oase),tfly. 'nts ; oe ch cognizance, .ty gents '., cormit ents and release,, each twventy-five nts ; adminiater,ing .nd certifying th in writing, other th togovc, fifty uts; issuing writ of 7abeas corpu4 r two justices jointly, two dollaris iuing sunimons and copy fo d'efend. it in civil cases, fifty cn'tsi issuinc py for each defendant over one renty cents ; issuing summons t ch witness in civil cases, twcnty-fiv( nts ; for swearing and taking ex "ination of each witness in civil ses, twenty-five cents ; for givinE dgment in cases not defended, twen -five cents ; for giving judgment oi: aring litigated cases, seventy-fiv< mts: fi.r issuing exclusion, or re oval of same, fifty cents ; report o ise and taking bond to appeal, oni Allar and fifty cents ; for issuing at 'chment returnable to court or juh co, i,.cluding all notices, one dollai ad fifty cents : for filing returns o arnishee And order thereon, twent] ve cents ; for 'proceedings in casei r ejecti'6n', three 'dollars ; for ap roVal of indet'&s '6f alp,rentice dp or servants, ohs 'A" lar; for pro 3edings on coroner's inquest, t0 imo fees as are allowed to coroners ir proe.e'e'd in gs oh cstrag 'f h'6's% '6: iule, oi'e dollar , for pro'ce'eding o\ 1,1 other e'stra;' lifty cents) fo diing~ an'd ieettifying 're'nubiitioi f dower or i'iiheritaince, two dollars r granting order for special bail no dollar for thie trial'df xdiy 'clim al case, three diolliirs for ever: rel iminary exaniiation of any ci imi ail case, one dollar- and fifty cents r takir'g examination of withess i rriting, as prescribed by law, on ollar j for attending and actiiig fo lb pi-eservatioh of *re'ek'd vess'el od goods, threb ddllafs pei- day Oil f the vessels' gbdds, and effects ; fo robecedings aga nat vagrants and rc ii niin& ropr-t thbreof, two dollars w qualilgi ng appraisers in settin uid fitcer en poi- mil'c for all nxe~ei in:g deposition and sw'earing wii es5s, per copy shat t wcnty-fiv'e bents Vi ev protest, two dollar. ; for uplicaxth of' 8eposition, proteiAt fiii ertificiat, tied Sopy sheet, one hut1 red words; fifteen cents ;for each at enditnte on ally p)erson to prove an intter or thlffg saha certifying th sine, fifty benif~; arfd five cents addi ional tdr etery mile of necessar ravel iti going and returning ; fo very bertifleato, fifty cents; for ad .iifffetering an oath, on aflidavit, fift ents ; ?or taking renuinciation c tower or inheritnhoe, t#o aollats8. Section b.-Coroners :For ecer ntfulsitibn; ton, dbllarA; and five conl ier mile of eterf trifle of neeessar ravel in goihg find returning ; fe aoh warfant iddUed, lity cents; it nob commitment; twenty-five cents or each rebxognidfance; fifty cents; fe nob body disinterred, five dollairs or recording preedings in each it ~uisition' in his book, per copy she<4 >f one hundred wordP; fifteen cents 'or performing th6 duties of rheril hle same fehs as i're all'owed to shel fs for like services; Section '7. Witnesses :Witnessi n civil and criminal cases, per da: ane dollar, besides mnileage at fis cents per mile, going and returning Provided, that inl DO case, excel in cases of felonies, where wi Approved Fobriiaiy 26, A. I 873. N ACT ' o,-iJ1, p i:TTER PliTI:CTMI oFr iti..lG oU8 WOi.SlIIP. lie it etiaeted by the Seignte, an - sentative- of Ine -t at T1 S uth Ca olinla, flow a',1l and14 Vit i. y in dei,eral A~~sserLl3, andh b. IC 01 11n hl.y of the saine S. U i.,) 1. IThat if aly perwo: ha.l1, wiitullY -r.d t l ic n l urb tr ii; nitipt any iey ctiig. .-tei y, ;1 et. orcogreg[4atnon C.1n Wte.' : lh manng While inl a Fiat f i lt h ai f , sh l n.'Z--. piritu- .j : . or use I blpemfU Aniguaige a,' (. Or ar the p lae. o ieetinig, fWci shall be demet uilty of a m ine auIp.r', III and .ail "I DnVietion, be aetheed to pa:y a Ii.; f not ILes t han twenty or more 11h:$ ue hundred dollais, or be mrb. I for a term not exceiug tne 4 r not 1ess than.. i 'thin d (ay. r i ". r either, at the dneiotit h; ourt. A. pproved Pebiuary 20, A. 1) B73. N ACT TO PROVID14" FOR AN ASSKS MENT 01 IEA4. PItOrERTY IN Tii Tr.An 1873 lIe it eilted by the Senate and otise of lie-presentatives of the State South Caroliii, now met and sit. ng in dene'ral Assembly, and by the .attiprity of the sauie: 8lection 1. That au assessment of .A property in this State shall b ado iu the year one thousand eight a ~red anfl seventy-three, (1873,) , t le same time thv.t th' assessment personal property is made, and in ic mainer and acoording to the rules -CSribed for the asseatient of real -operty in chapter X11. of title [. of the general statutes. Section . The couptro ]er-general hereby 4uthorised apid di,rected to lopt the measures necessary to eqrry it the intent of this act, and exor so for the purpose of making and impleting the assessnicnt provided r in this act, all the powers rela ng to the assessmien of real jiro er conferrcd upon hii'h by the chiapter the general Statutcs herei.,hefore tLd. Ajproved February 27, A. .) S,ACT TO PROVIDE FOlt PUnC11A.SEnS OF LANDS AT S.\t.1: MADE F4OR NON r.Y lMNT OF TAXES Uti.NO PU3T INTC POSSESSION OF TIfF SAME. lie it enacted by the Senate and lous' ofreresc.ttives of the Stat, , Q,trogna met an(d sit F, S"o altr~n....... . ng in eI.nII ra .\.l A-.embly, and by th< ut~hority, lf the saiic fCZoct ioil .. bt, whoenevea ,Innd. r6 sId on .accouht.,of dhe non-pay iXt of taxes, the purchaser thereof, Swhoini a conveyance us, f-adc. shall ave th'q right toinamed izat.e ,possC. ion of the same ; and it shall be tlie uty of the sheriffof the vtounity where xid lands are sit -ite. ter tel days otice being givenl, uder com ,aint inde, and exhibition of the deed 01 o8veyaniee, to (ject persons unlaw ul'y ldding over, and to piit said urcha~sers itito poss.,igni i ut11 id. an erson or persons weho 4ihal re3 st the he~ iff, or refuose to I1acaIe, shali be eemed guilty of a nui ofdem~eir ind he4 piui.,hedl by imiprirolnment ot less thiaii six ((i) iioniths~ and. ) n4.ore thi..nI t welve (12) montiit bs 'I Iv "'d.honov i e r, Ttuot if the pe r '1 i-O,os holing! over andlt S .: . -e s i4 ab ,.1 , within tea . ., ~t excetion by( th le 1tiri f he .su:fl4:: p I wers coferred by~ hi. a . n. i:. ihe ofliee et the. E;rif: ih tI a th t .-x 4. ta o i1 . . al I u l t h I 'd (' r \ h 0 i 4p urchaseric or p rch .er ~Approved Febr'u~ry 22, A. ) 873. N. A,(T 'fo i',rF.U TE TuE APPoINT an:x'r ANt) SAI.AnLY 4,1 TRiAl- JI) TiCES IN ThiE ciTy oF clii .EtWTON lie it eniacted by the Sen'.tC -anti louise of liepr .senitatives of, t ,eSt at. l' Sout b C..ro Ita,' r.o w me t u nd a. t ing in Gemieral Assemig~h, andl by) il uthiority oif the same: Sectiona 1. T.lhat. the (Jovernol' do np oin. b~y anrd ,'Ifh t is a1d 'fi ial d o ent or tihe Satnate, five trial jelstiece or the city of Chiarle.ston, oind ,i iiore, to hold their afEces' for th erm of t wo years, uln~lss soonpr re uNovtid, aebording to law : P'ro.y'ideil l'hat dt~iring the rebs of thie Senat, hie Governor way nppoint eithecr on ~r alt o saidl trial justices, to liol, hiei offices, unnsa repioyed by huin: ill the end of the next sessiori of, th eigislature, when the appointmeni hail cease, unless confirmed by th senate; rf a vacapey occurs durn ho session of the L'egisl'aturc, it ala e fillied only by theoadvice and cor ent of the Senate. Setion 2. That in tria.1 justiec r'esscs for, the defpenso are bu7n over, shAll the .Stat'o, li liable I tgY pay defendan'IS Ivitnesses : witness in trial justice.' court shall receive fifty coits per day and the siti.. tmileage as allowed in Cirni Coult-4. Seetion 8.-Jurors: 3 : 6rdrs p'er day, one dollar and fifty cents, b..ides mile -.ge gcing and returnius ; juror.4 in trial justices courts shall receive rtwety-five cente for each case tried. and ,mileago as herein allowed to oth er 3 urors. Sectioni 9. Sheriff. : For entering every w rit, proces, warrant of exe. cution, antl ta iting eudorsementsi thereon, each twe'uty-live cents ; for sterving every writ or sufnmons, be. 0 41ev iiileage, one dollir ; for com mitment and relcane', each twenty-five - cents ; for serving each veniro for n grand jurT, ten dollars ; for serving g eych von tre or peti4. jpry,, ff- 0 teen dollars for terving each 0 beach, or othei warrant issued 0 in .the sessiops, attachment, .ontemyt C of ourt, besides mileage, one dollar ; 0 orearch for gooos,.. tot found,, and D returned on t.he executon non est kn- C ventua, or 'nulia bone, besides mileage, one dollar ; levying attaohment or L execution, besides mileage, one dol lar ; dieting persons per day, fo .ty A cents ; exeouting convict' iocluding all chiarges for burial and o'ther, ex pense, tw.eily-five dollars ; bringiiA up rizoner under habeas corpus, to be paid by the pritoner, if able, (if not, by the county,) besides mifage, ti one dollar ; for executing writ of a habre facias possersionem, one dollar, besides mileage of five cents per mile r( for all becessary travel going and re- i tuning for transferring muoney, h bonds or other securities for money a to party, one-half of one pe'r cent.' o for sutimoning freeholders to try eug. tI gestion of fr,aud, ifivo dollars ; for ser- P ving any paper in civil or criminal p cases, issued by trial justice, the same fees as are alloi'ed to constI bles in lio cipes ; couqyipg. prison- is er fren one place to another, besides at all necessary expenses going and re. 04 turning, three dollars per.day ; each ci guard for sheriff'in conveying prison- cc er, one d'ollar per .day ; commi.sion fc gn all money collected by him, if ti under three hundred dollars, two per t3 cent.; if over t0bat sum, two pie cent. 01 on the first, thiee hundred dollars and ei on'e-hil!' o n ier cent of. oVIIance; one-fourth of one per cent. on all I moneys raid out of office on all exe cutions lodged ;execitiojis loIged to bind and order not to levy,. twenty five cents; advertiaing de'oidant's property, in aidi ion,,o printer's bill fifty cents ; bil 0r salo, one dollar each notice serv:ed on set of mania gers of election, besides mileage, oie dollar ; in case of ejectment aid eject- 0 ing tenant or others, three dohllarp i summoning coroner's jury and wt. a ncsscs, to be paid by the county; 4vo dollars ; for selling land under dcecre'o a of the Court of 'robate, in lieu of " commission and all other charges, t except for administering, three dol lars. S Section 10. Constable : For sum- d moning each wimess in any civil case, fifty cents ; for serving attachment on each perbon, one lollar ; for levying execution, posting advertisement, of i aen d paying over proceeds, fifty per cn.on all sums collected, to be f paid by the party in execution ; for ~ ever-y day in Mar-ch of stolen goods, to bie Miid by the comnidainant, two dol lairs ; for serving a warrant in any State ease, one dollar for sellIng an estray, fiive per centum 'of the pro- I ceds ad, in tis~ ciseOe .cenita per toh c rtified in writing by the ? Solhicor on the back '6f the prociiss ; for c rall neces.sairy service ini case of eject-t m uent, as well before as after juidg- 5 mnent, three dellars ; fo'r sun oning C coroner 's jury iaiu'd wit'ness~s, to ic f ;paidl by the coubily, five dollars. S.aodi i . 'l'hat the folloeiig comn pensaition shall hereaft~r te all~wed t rto ainy physician who may b~e culled ~ in by the actinig coroner to nkc a .post 4hortem examuination, to svit Where death lias ristilted froin ex a ternial vloleneo, and whlere no di.. ~ .sectioji i.s rt qoired, the sum of ~ .ten dol i.r.4; where dibsecuion is' nebe~sary; and no interment has tr~ksn, place, tienty dollars;! . for the same, after onec or mno're days 4 interment, thirty dollar~s t for IioI rsame, wheni any ohiemical an~lysidas . required, a sum iiot excee ling fifty, dollars, togothier with the expenses of I Ssuch analysis, and that in every case c in ishiieh such a p'hijsician shall be t &ahled to an dibtance beyond one 'a Smile, hie sk I I Lb alloweol the miteage y suially chiarged in his neighborhood r P-rovided, Thlat . in all oases in all a r which chemical analysis shall ho .madea, the physician who ah all make li thde [ post mortent examina Lion ihallt .fut-nishi to the county coimmissioners 6f the cour ty in which the ia'id exami Snation has been made, with his ac-t . counit; a. full statement of uuch ana l ysis, Provided, fuitth~r,Rverf ae count presented for services for any post sirinm examination shall have] .a the certificato of the coroner, or magis- I .trate acting as coroner, that the e services were rendered. . Section 12. That all~aots or part.ofI J aets inconsistent with or supplied by Sthis act are hereby repealed.. .smtmuNews. drel'nvillo . extet.ding its bod4'r pnd,trsengthe1nug its stakes in all mott every direction. It is i'd tiat thi scurvey is pro- o a vailing to a considerable degree I *o among the convicts at the State Peni. " Gen Colquit is iegoti'ading for a lot in ColuWbq oq Which to orect a i etlbiuilsdii fuer .the Southern Life Insurance Company. ir There have been extensive and e destructive fires in the woods, in rp'-iotjs parts of Sumter county, du ring the Past week or ten days. - Tho County Commissionieri of - ork couty have voted a county sub n soription of $100,000 to the Chester , and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad. I Y Rev David Harris, of Edhgpeld, p was buraud out of house and hoin on the 17th. Hiss loss is $2,500. a The Governor has appointed E, d ward tlnea; of O.;onee county, and o A Branch, of Darlington, to be Trial B Justices. t Mrs'. $arh rner e wishes to , earn the whereabouts of Sher son Samuel, who is thirteen yeare old; ai'd h'ns been missini or1 two mlonths. The Spartanburg Spartan says that thle coplein of the Air,-LineoAil- J road fronl Clilrlotte to Spartanburg has caused a reduction of $1.50 per fa barrel on flour in that place. The dwolling of Dr. Johns S. Wolit of Laurens county, wos entirojy con sumed by fire on Sunday, 13th in- ul stant. The fire originated in the " btove house adjoining the divelling 9 i. .. , yeV Georgeown ,ips had a night of riot, In I drunkennoss and ineendiayimn. Ier 1 liremen nobly resiced the Methoyi;t e eiurch which caught fire ; a stable Be belonging to the \WrCston House was ii burned' Senator Sprague refused to unite with the citizens of Columbia in a joint stock enterprise to eroot water ly Voaks, but )rppones to sell his prop- b3 erty, for $,'0.1,0b60. They have not t yet re-poaded. in On last Wednesday night, the gro. E - cery store of Mr. J. A. Lockwood oft .aiiu ren.li lIe, . was broken into and rotbbed of arious articles, consistiig P of a sack of coffee, sugar, lobAteira, s.ion,napptct, -.o Thp fir.t annual r ga.tta of Fiud tro nna occurs on thet 8ih and 90, i May. The first (an, 'port, em a oge Vpilp daili for .\\hieb:. prize, $50. 'Iwo mil dash i of any diesefipt ion prize, a siIge seu. boat. Third race, anI, a)nt a b. If iilcs, for any boats except bhellia ; price, seventy-five dollars. fr., Janmee . Stewart of Marlboro county died on the 2d instant. Dr. Garmany, of Newberry, is re. covernF)g from the severe injuries ho er receivd. . P Owing to a failure to opcn the rig istration books, nogeleotion has been beld for towu dicers in Bonnotts vilie. The dwelling of Mr. C. B. Hiks' of &t Tfiiponsville, together wvith an out.. tc u~e wvere. destrofed by fire on the ci .llh instant. th The Jparnwe11 Sentipel says i A 09!- ba ored wo~san of Beach ibland is tlie mec~her. of forty-nine children, she be-t inag now sixty-tw.9 yeiqrs of age. T wins were born to her four times and triplets once. Mujje stealing hiarcommencedoa ' ipa (Cest,eorfigid pounty. .JDr. ..1 Puowe lost a fine animal in this way, j and recovered it again near Fayette- t ville, N. C., anti arrested there Cal vini Layson as the thiief. ~r. Lawr-ence Clark, a promising U Syepung mag of Leesville, died on the h< If h ujnst~apt. MIj-. M artjpi (Griffin and or another colored ;man named Cannpn, hi of Florenee, elected the ful) owing al - pupiejpa1 ticket on Mend ay.:- e Johin Iuker, intenfantf artd Mesars a W. E, Pearsall, Jeroine P. Chase, ni .J. E. Wilsoni and TI. L.IBennet, war. pg decns. ., cl .Tbe,9ountyoegrpmissioiea of JSeau. ~ fort county, witlhogt any~ authorhty of - fa&a levied a ppecial taix for, the flseu1 year punding October :$1st, 18d Of, this tax tbere wai: abot seven thious- pa und dollars eollected, w ec,n, foir the te .Yyst tmesthey found that they had ri facted without authority of .law. I, .What a eom meat upon the. wisdom v . aIl ahil~ity of our county commission- ei e erthat one board sho~ul 4 levy arnd Sepothieraljould sanction lie collsetion j n of a tax for whioh thorpo is not thie dI .ahaslow of authority in law.--Beau- a jort Times. d TIhe late N.P. Wi jii when once asked to make a speech, replied that dit was not his forte. Said lie,."! am Sby profession a writer anid you cannot expe. a pump to give water fromn the band Jo as well as from the mouth. w Chinese bird fanciers tie tin whis n ties to the tails of' ,their feathered p pets to protect them from vultures. r. As the birds fly the whistes shrisek, p land the vulture is teared and flies awa.. arpiinjed or, city of ChgrlCst< bli , 3. e In said city and k thei r kill es there, which i'lt 1 opq:'ed from dqy to day fqrth1 trail notioni of bqPjaes : Provid'od, Th tiae trial justicus appoist d hai 1 missioned by the . curnor, U the following M.ntiner,,to ,wit, Ti for wuids 10on and two ; onc for wart three iaid four * one for wnrds fa and iX :oe f a wards seven an rI'ht ad :aall ,bavq their ofli, - e i a ee 'ti a: lo* tion, ei eni nt to the people of the wards ft v:hT Ila they are appointed. I See ion 3. That, instead of ti ftcS and lines heitofore allowed b law 019 th ial j'iaticels inl the 'cit of <'hi ie.,'dn, 'they shll ee1i 'b al lowvd a sa :try of twelve hundred J : lais per antuia, pay able (iarte:ly, o the lir~st days of Jainuaary, April J) a 1- d October, by I he the count tr .. er tor Chiarleaton county, ou ft ih. count' Nidds. and that all fee Sx d iad recovered in criminial caun a. Ihe courts of said trial justice b be forthwith turned over to th couit.y treasurer for the county o Cha'rleston and the sai'd trial j14t] een shall inal;q to the udge of the Ir circuit a monthly report of foee; fine and cots recovered or collected b thep during the said nontp. Section 4. All the appointm'ntis o ,trial justicos, resident within the cit of Charlcst6, hereto'ore aiade', slaiti cease and deteranjiic on and after th irts day of April next, and the tria justices provided for iij this act shiUl e-i t'r oiun teiie'r 'dutes upon tha daly. ,. Seption 5. That 'the trial justice appointed for the city of Charlesto may each appoint two constaIes; an' no tanore, to serve the processes o their resNective courts, removable al pleasure , ,the constables so appointes shall receive a salary of live hundred dollars per annuan, to be paid at th< times provided f.ar ifi acetion . of thi. act. 86rtionl 6. That if eithir o th< trialjutidocis appointed for the city'oi Charleston shall neglect to attend- t( the duties of their offices, or saIll be guilty of, eitortioii or oppression ii Ofice; or ,,;all -ii to pa} over, qs re quired by this aot, the tees and tine collected by him ina his lThc, he shal be linhile to i11 ietment. thereof, aid on conviction, bhall be liable to im birisonment foi- two . cars and a fine of one thus D, dollan-; or both, with, in the d'scre lon of the court, and shall be removed from o0ice. Section '.-The trial justices 'r appointed uh li.'e ia o14 of twenaty firc hundred dollars for tie Ifithful ptrformance of their duti s, the boit to be. approved by the judge of th< rirst ciaenit. 0 F FricI: Srca .Y T F T K., Co -uni n1A,8. (., 'ebruary 21,1873.: Tite Iregoing act having been pre scnted to the Giovernor of this Stat, for his approval, and iot having beet returnel by him to that raypcl of thi (deiera Assemaibly in,, whiiA it prigi naited withina the timno pr e1ibed b the eoanstitution, has Lecome a lav w jtu is approval. I . E. HIAT ,, Svt-retary of Itat . lfos Itdnand Gn (Cocklnils. Jones dined at the .Kirkwood, drya if the I(irikwood had sense and enter. prise enough tondvertase with us, we would praisae that, dinuer. As it i we citanot.t~ a conscienIce, yot know. WVel Jones dines at th< Kirkwood, and d iing the rush thna sot ina upon th? .ttth oi \eh. heo found a strange wraiter at his elboyg. , , ILe founad, maoreovecr, an obagglec as theway hen hecalled for g!-coyk in rudho saw a amelaneholy facos wiath symapathaetie eyes benat upona him "W iner's the mautter," detoandoe d..--, "'hn~ e you got the cjlie 1' -.h," was the~ respong, l19 mn ! tonae, "but I is grie~ved to rse :x bar dat liquid damnation. -\ h b, wlao an the tg.aunder are you I bc \e land 'f'haologic~1 Semi "l'hairty 9b us volunteered in thos crowded times to make a little mione t,i.ntiiae our thleologioaI studio: tsh.'' '-Well, mny reverend friend, sfidh ,onecs, "you go anad fetch me ifr.-t Alars~ gin-cocktai( end Y'i .adi t wentj-five cents to your theologiea frland." 1t0 wnas done. A maarikpd featt :iranoo t)ip officia di*4atches .a (h evidenee they uneori seciously ive tp the determinationc the people of L~ot ilsiaa not fto recog niuze in any posi fhot ay ,thb lf ful hess of tiae a n a.hola sty exef ~edi~e th Governnat foistered into o eeC b the illegal act ef a druanken~ p rartia jud~ge, sad supported In its usn'ri tions by (Jena.Grant. 'lh wealth iest farmer in the wd'rl ithe I'hedlve of.JNyypt, who orilt 1vates aaearly a niillion acree is an to have 4,000 steaii~ plows, and whoa yeryinooamtounts to nearly #50 SA boy was h'ed inCanada a fe Sweeks ago, and a youth who has beeU I in the habit of walking In his slee -is suspected of being the murdlere The plea of somnambulism is set u a in his defene; What nest ? General News. Tllie dinliculty betujecen Venezuela nd Columbia has been quieted. Foreign vessels are t., be .prohibit. d front Catching whales in the Bay of 'an amia. In Boston they are urging the niat. 3r f 1.ituction in sewiig in the ublie Celoole. In a single year 1,500 applientionf )r pardons pourod in oh GOveior lary, of 'einsylvaniu. A San Francisco woman bus broughi uit fur breach of promise of mar page, stating her daninges at the cx. ravagant sum of $299. A moveTpant is in progress in Chi ago to present iR testinonjal to the iird oflicer of the Atlantic for hi# eroio efforts in saving the lives of asengers. king Will1am1's household guards re to be newly uniformed in white oth, after the style of the Emperoi Austria's traditional hundred thou: tad men. Mr'. Welst', of 9oluilw', 'en essee, qboerved a, large Uacc eagl ying oll' wi.th a twenty-five pou 1 g t,ho other d.oy. and. brought hini :>wn by a bullet through his wing. Twelvo hundred two-roomed cot ges, to be packed in sections for ex. >Ktation to the penal colony at New aledoia, are in process of manu oturo for the Vrench goverment at cost of only forty dollars each. The..1traits.to wlich lXnglisih m4. acturers aro reduced for cheap coal mpels a leading technical paper to "ro thait"thlo day is probably not ry .ar off .1hen it, will becomle 1 atter for full consideratiot how igir.nd may best and most econonil lly daw upon. the iin-nenso coal ams of 'ictop and CuilbegrlaAd veis, inl Nova Scotia.i' AolItion of liund Juries. The grand jury &ystom has recentL been the aubject of ;investigation a iieeo, conimittep of the Illinoie pato. Tpis q nimitteo has unaui. oisli reported a bill to abolish and julies, on the ground that undei 0 pre %Cnt sy-1tni an innocent person ty b s.L. ted to arrest and ii. isonient, and that overy ecused r:'on is entitled ,to hag, qpoAh sides is e e heard bel' ro e i deprived I' tiVIIpoi arily of l1is liberty., The recoimends that all per i1 tiol of crime shall be oz 'd % a .J i of I Cpurt 9f ito. : - b ie Justioeo of the . , who' ay dtighaI~rgo of commnit ": - fr ,.ial. T'his is a rath sub .;and extrij Xrie .wing in the Ail Uftxiol imlit ital rform. A Iint to the SouTlheri Slates. T.he Menpha ..Appeal, in ap al 'tiele on the astoni.shing recuperative kergy showii by France sinee her rus.Aan War, ncihes it,tio ocoasiori all'y plaiily.to .tho. qu.thefn States, af in. order to pro:qpcr they must so. iro immigration,' build factories, and. frame domestic legislation as tq alke it to the inter'est of nativqs twt ny at honie, ]nd .t the s.me time to opt the thriftyzend ind ustrious from ery. clime to make their home ir4 e South. The is a well-grounded lief, froita late inidioatjins exhibited; at the; South intends profiting by' is advice. Absenice of fre~r in Wild Creatures. in a ,1etter, from the Galapngo, lands th9. writer remarks the won rfuil tameness of all the wild erea .res that avo hitherto leen unme, sted. Th e seals, lie ay., seemedI be fond of crawling, under bushes, st above high water mark, and seping two son three in a place. eder co buhh, lay. g, mother and r cubs, and~ so fearless, wgo the old, e, that when onie. of the officers ild .9, piece of cracker to her noss 0o melled at it ,as fearlessly as if Lehad been a pet dcag, The tamo-, so of many of the birds was aluo, arprising, for tihe fngers .minht beo twithin half an inch of little yel . w-birds, and within ,six inches of ocking birds.-Scribner. ''tc lloot oll the blther Leg. Tho Uinited States Court very, roperly appointed a referpo to take, stimony in the Son~,lh Carolin? 14il ad tax casesj whereuporn the Columi-, n~ Uioin , blurts out that 4his Aqokq 31y like "a qtrike at the 0tato Gev. nmemnt." 'Thi s Ip alIwas the w ith ther~e rgh 1isl Radical shzel,A adgo is a rinatoous j'udge , when hie ecisions agree with their nptionp, *nd, very scoundrel when lie aventures to iffer frouitheu,. '.The Union coni h ot say tios miuzh .for judge Buzn then- he wtap sending shiploads of oor wretolpes to the Albany Peni.. entirary', and lie is as worthy of. confia ence and1( respect now as lie was tleg ihateyp..r tghe Union may say.-NetoD ttd Courier. 'flOo Savannahb Adverti'ser,o uni ay, announces .he, death o [ud to Harden,' which .ogourrpd it the kad~i Spring Butt, Couadty tu Saturday morningr last.