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??? Jfrpsrtawat. p* , = = An Intelligent Juby.?Id these days t off>rogressive ideas and appreciation by the sbasses of what should ana what should not ' be, it is to erring humanity a source of conso- t lation that there is reserved to the unlucky t transgressor of his country's laws that balm <] for every wound?a trial by jury. But owing to the peculiar circumstances which exist ^ in this great Republic, juries happen some- ? times to be composed of decidedly queer ma- * teriaL * i In the case of the State of Louisiana vs. I Martin and Thomas, in which the defendants a were changed with murder before the District Q Court of Garrollton, a trial by jury was had. , It was proved in the evidence that Martin loaned Thomas a gun, whereupon Thomas * shot and killed a person. The jury, which i was composed of negroeg, was fully charged a by the learned and dignified judge. v After a short retirement, the intelligent (?) t jury returned, and announced as their verdict, + .? v .? A mi . 1 A 1 .1 I tnrougn tne loreman: inac they round tne man what fired the gun to go to the peniten- 0 tiary for life?and the man what loaned the gnu to go there for one year. c They were immediately remanded until e they could find an intelligent verdict, and thinking they had at last struck the proper Q chord, once more emerged from their intel- , lectual deliberations. "Have you agreed Vr- asked the judge. ' 11 "Yes," cried the foreman, "we find bose on 8 'em guilty ?" c "No1." yelled several of the jurymen, "one c guiltv and the other not" . s "Go back," said the Court, "and bring in a verdict that we can understand." A third time they came in and announced, through a new foreman: "We find Martin guilty, and Thomas guilty without capital punishment As may be imagined, the Court was not only struck dumb with amazement, but actually mystified at the amount of perspicuity displayed-by the enlighted voters of the nineteenth century. Once more they were sent into durance vQe, and finally ended their agony by finding Thomas guilty without capital punishment, and Martin not guilty. The day following, in the same court, and before a like jury, came up a trial for assault and battery, the verdict being "guilty of a razor." 1 . a Learning to Sing.?A young gentleman, i AM?rt/\t?n in tAnwn fn cin/? roanf ttt\ infA rro.. aUAiUUd bu iciuu iv stug} nvun u|/ ?uw vuv jret, one Saturday night, about bed time, and resolutely commenced his exercises with his Psalm Book. He had been singing but a short time, when his father, a fidgety old gentleman, stole out of bed with his night-cap on, and on reaching the foot of the stairs, mildly inquired: k "James 1" No answer. James was busy frith his ex-' ercises. * "James ?" Still no answer. "James ?" "Sir!" "Have you heard a very peculiar noise, James?" "No, sir; nothing." "Oh?ah 11 thought?but never mind," and the old gentleman walked back to his room, muttering indistinctly. Presently James resumed his exercises, and was getting on famously as he thought, when his parent, like the ghost of Hamlet's father, ? again walked forth, exclaiming: "James?" 8 "Sir 1" "Are you sure that Bose is chained up." "Yes, sir; I attended to it myself." "Very well?very well. No matter," and he again returned to his room. Wondering what his father meant by ?=>?^uiringmfter the house-dog, Bose, Jame: w:.s silent for a minute, but soon returned to hisj exercises more vigorously than ever. Again, however, he was interrupted by the vo ice of his parents shouting: "James?" " "Sir!" "I am sure Bose is loose 1" "It can't be possible." "He b, I tell you!" "Whatmakes you think so, sir?" MTX7I / lL. I j. l?1/> 1 T 1 1 J 1 yv iiy, xur tue last uuu nour x nave uetiru 1 something that sounded very much as if that t - dog was again worrying that poor cat!" g James never resumed his exercises after that . overwhelming compliment. r A Funny Divorce Case.?The Rockford c (111.) Gazette of the 12th ult, says: "A strange 1 scene was witnessed in Justice Baker's court } the other morning. Johanna Frieberg had j complained of Joseph Frieberg for disorderly conduct in abusing her. Johanna stated her c case, when Joseph next did 'proceed to ex- * plain/ He said he 'went home tabtftau?.' c The oourt stopped him, and remar&ra that ? Johanna was not his wife. 'Vat!' cried the [ astonished man; "Johannanot my vife! Veil, . den, I'd like to know who is ?' His honor j remarked that Johanna had got a divorce. 'Oh! no,' replied Joseph, 'she tries it, but she 8 does not do it' The court produced the of- 1 ficial decree of divorce, dated in November last, absolutely divorcing Johanna from Jo- r seph Frieberg. 'Mein Gott! is dat so?' said Joseph, 'I am free from that woman ? And , here I've peen staying mit her and not know it Veil, dat is goot. Mein Gott! Hurrah! * It appears that this is really a fact, that Jo- e hanna sued for a divorce, and yet continued t living with Frieberg. When the day come 1 on which he was summoned to appear in court, ^ his wife told him not to go, ana he did not, and thus a divorce was decreed by default. s Since then they have been living together as ; man and wife, the same as before. Last week, 8 however, Joseph got on a little spree, as he c does occasionally, and went home and misused t Johanna, and the result was the arraignment t before Squire Baker, when the above scene ? transpired. The divorced husband was fined two dollars and costs for disorderly conduct toward his late spouse." ( - ? i No Bait.?A superintendent once asked ? us to take charge of a Sunday school class. ( "You'll find 'em rather a bad lot," said he. t "They all went fishing last Sunday but little t Johnny Rand. He is really a good boy, and I hope his example may yet redeem the oth- 8 ers. I wish you would talk to 'em a little." I told him I would. They were rather a i lmrtf-looking set. I "don't tHInk I ever wit- ? nessed a more elegant assortment of black r eyes in my life. Little Johnny Rand, the j. good boy, was in his place, and I smiled on him approvingly. As soon as the lessons were c over I said: 8 "Boys, your Superintendent tells me you t went fishing last Sunday. All but little John- I: ny here. You didn't go, did yotf^ Johnny ?i'. 0 "No, sir." "That was right. Though this hoy is the 7 youngest among you," I continued, you will 1 now learn from his own lips words of good counsel which I hope you will profit by." o I lifted him on the seat beside me, and c smoothed his auburn ringlets. I "Now, Johnny, I want you to tell your ' teacher and these wicked boys, why you did not go fishing with them last Sunday. Speak n up loud, now. It was because it was very c wicked, and you had rather come to the Sun- I day school, wasn't it V* c "No, sir; it was 'cos I couldn't find no v worms for bait!" 0 Somehow or other, these boys always turn out humbugs. * A College Professer, who was very rigid & as to grammar, suspecting that a surreptitious si Sme of cards was going on in one of the col- p je rooms, knocked at the door. "Who's jj there?" was the response. "It's me?Professor S-?," was the reply. "Yon lie 1" roared one of the students. "Professor S never'd say,'It's me /' He'd say, 'It is Iso you clear t out, or I'll breal your head 1" The Professor h saw the boys feu* him, and quietly left. t! Children's HJepadment. . [Original.] THE SENSES. This world in which we dwell is full of beauies. When God finished the work of creaion he pronounced the whole very good. [*he only means we possess of becoming ac[uainted with these beauties is through the enses. To creatures differently constituted rom us, there may be beauties which we caniot discover. The human family discover eauties in the green earth, in the blue sky, md in the restless ocean that the lower order >f animals do not. All that we know or can mow of the external world we learn through he five senses. These are smell, taste, hearug, touch and sight We can conceive of ,n individual living and enjoying good health without any one of these senses; but observaion teaches us that such a being would occupy he lowest position amongst animals. Withiut the sense of smell the rich perfumes of Arabia would be wasted on the desert; withlut the sense of hearing, the tongue of the loquent would be as mute as a stone. The least important of all the senses is that >f smell. The organ of smell is situated in be nose. It is a thin bony substance placed n the back part of the nostrils covered with i mucus membrane. The nerve of smelling, ir olfactory nerve as it is called, & spread all ver this bony substance. ~In breathing, the lir that is inhaled by the nostrils come in sontact with this olfactory nerve and creates i sensation which is agreeable or disagreeable tccording to the character of the odor. The philosophy of smelling is not very dearly understood. The generally received heory is that odoriferous bodies give off or imit minute particles of themselves which are lissolved in the air, and thus brought in conact with the olfactory nerve. This may be xue or it may not. It is, however, the best heory that has been advanced, and still it is lot without its difficulties. We are unable o see how it is possible for a single grain of nnsk to scent a room for years and still lose 10 perceptible amount of its weight. The nerves of taste are situated in the tongue ind back part of the mouth, called the fauces. [he nerves seem to be more sensative on the ip and edges of the tongue and-in the back >art of the mouth than in the middle of the ongue. In order that anything may be tastr >d, it must first be dissolved. Nature has nade provision for this in that saliva has been given us. This saliva is excited and caused ? flow by the process of chewing. If we tale anything into our mouth and chew it, the >aliva commences to flow, and if it is soluble n the saliva, we experience a sensation which ve characterize as sweet or bitter, pleasant or mpleasant, palatable or unpalatable. In x)th the sense of smell and taste, we can discern the wisdom and goodness of the Creator. Unpleasant odors are generally depressing, md pleasant odors invigorating. To the yeasts of the field the sense of smell protects ;hem from being poisoned. Animals which lave not been domesticated are governed entirely by the senses of smell and taste in the election of their food, and the cases of poisoning are rare, if indeed any case at all ociur. Every one who has made the trial, cnows that rats and crows are poisoned with jreat difficulty. The senses of smell and taste ire so acute, that they readily detect anything hat is injurious to them. The .ear is the organ of the sense of hearng. In most animals the ear is very'-complicated, and consists of an external and internal )art -In* fhe hhman family the internal ear >r ear proper consists of a small tube about in inch long in a grown person, a drum and bur little bones. These bones are called espectively the anvil, the hammer, the stir up-bone and the round bone. The round jone, or os-orbicular, at it is called, is the east bone in the human body. The drum or ympanum is a thin transparent membrane itretched over the lower extremity of the ;ube which communicates with the outer ear. rhe auditory nerve is situated in this complicated machine, and communicates with the )rain. Every sonorous body produces vibrajrations in the air. These undulations come n contact with the auditory nerve, and proluce the sensation which we call hearing. At irst sight it would seem that the main part >f the organ of hearing was the drum; but Sir Ashley Cooper relates the case of a man n whom the drums in both ears were so com>letely destroyed, that by shutting his mouth, le could blow the air through his ears with ;uch force as to make a whistling noise, and nove the hair on his head adjacent to the iars. Still this man could hear well, and was egarded a good judge of music. The powers of the human ear are wonderul. Dr. Reid says that a good ear can disinguish five hundred different tones, and that sach of these five hundred tones may be utered with five hundred different degrees of oudness, and still be distinguished. This vould make two hundred and fifty thousand ounds which an ear of common accuracy vould be able to discriminate between. This eems to be a large number; but there is little loubt but it*falls far short of the truth. Of he many millions who inhabit this world, he voices of no two individuals are so exactly dike that they cannot be easily distinguished. The organ of touch is situated in the palm )f the hand and in the tip of the fingers. The lerves of feeling are situated under the skin, md cover the whole body with a kind of delicate net-work. So perfect is this covering hat the point of a needle cannot puncture he skin without doing violence to a nerve tnd causing pain. The sense of touch, however, is, strictly speaking, confined to the hand. Kan is the only creature that has a hand. 5ome species of monkeys have something that esembles a hand ; but there is no creature >ut man that can bring the thumb and tips if the fingers together. It is wonderful the amount of knowledge we can gain through he medium of the fingers. The blind read >y the fingere^and by means of them become .cquamted with the external world. The organ of the sense of sight is the eye. t is an optical instrument of the most ex[uisite kind. It consists of three coats. The uter one is called the sclerotic coat, and in ommon conversation is called the white of he eye. There is fitted into this coat as a rystal is fitted into a watch, the cornea. The aiddle coat of the eye is called the choroid oat, and the inner one is called the retina. letween these coats there are three humors ailed the aqueus, the crystalline and the 1 itreow humors. The retina is an expansion f the optic nerve. In each and all of the organs of sense the ; wisdom and goodness of the Maker is clearly sen. A wise and good man said he was trangely and fearfully made. Great sim- ' licity, and at the same time great obscurity, } connected with all the works of God. There 3 somethings about the five senses any one ! an understand, and there are other things j hat are wrapped up in obscurity. Each j ears the marks of a master builder who had 1 he good of the creature in view. < Heading fne the JTaMratb. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] , THE EFFECTS OF RELIGION. "All's well that ends" well," receives a hearty assent as soon as mentioned. .The highest authority in the universe says: "By their fruit ye shall know them." It is fair and honest to submit the religion of Christ Jesus to the same test that we impose upon any scheme which might be presented to us for our adoption or rejection. If the religion of the Bible, in the majority, nay, in any case, does not end well, both for time and eternity, it is our interest?yes, more, it is our duty, to reject it. It is the duty and interest of the gambler to lay aside his cards, not because shrewd financiers say it is a dangerous practice and may possibly end in poverty. -i -i a? .a I tie experience aua ooservaiiou 01 uumro jb WQrth something; but we must look at the workings of gambling for ourselves. We must watch its results upon those who follow it If we discover that gambling makes men better citizens, more elevated in a social point of view ; if, in one word, gambling develops man's moral and social nature, then it matters not who condemns gambling, we are to regard it a good thing simply because we see it ends well. By its fruits we are to judge of ife moral degradation or worth. The same is true with regard to drunkenness. The Bible condemns drunkenness; so do most good and wise men. We are not to treat with neglect the teachings of the Bible, nor are we at liberty to spurn the opinions of others; but if on examination we find that drunkenness is not what the Bible and wise men say it is, we are not to condemn drunkenness because others do so. A free man judges things by their fruit. Every one who has watched the course of the gambler and inebriate, knows that gambling and drunkenness lead to social and moral ruin. Both are followed by a train of evils, and end, even in this world, in poverty and degradation. It is the duty of all men to look at the effects of the gospel upon the Human family. What effect has Christianity upon society ? This is a reasonble question, and any one who pays any attention whatever to the events which transpire around him, can answer it intelligently. If Christianity does not end well?if its fruits are bad?it matters not who lauds it, we are not bound to adopt its principles and practice its precepts. If on the other hand, the fruits of Christianity are good, the plain dictates of common sense teach us that it is extreme madness to reject it The object of Christianity is definite, not vague. l'ne object is simply to restore man to tne favor of God. Christ came into this world with a definite object in view. This was to save sinners. Now what evidence have we from the effects of Christianity upon men generally that it does restore them to the favor of God ? Does it elevate man above the beasts of the field, or does it sink him lower in degradation than he is by nature ? Are its effects good or bad ? Does Christianity lead individuals to do any of those things which are deleterious to man as a social being ? If it makes a man a bad father or husband, or a woman a bad mother or wife, then it is a bad thing, and does not restore man to the favor of God. The effects of Christianity are so many and so great that it is easy to see them and judge of their tendency. ' S " ( In a social point of view, the religion of the Bible does more for man than all things else put together. It makes bad men good men. It extricates the evil passions of the heart, and plants and fosters the growth of love, peace and sobriety. It gives to man a polish that no amount of mere secular learning can give. It makes the drunkard sober, the gambler honest, the libertine'chaste, the vile and polluted, gentlemanly and courteous in their taanners and associations with their fellow men. It fills men with public spirit. Its main spring is love to God and love to man. The Christian religion forbids idolatry, profanity, drunkenness, Sabbath breaking, murder, theft, adultery, fornication, lying and covetousness; and enjoins the worship of the living and true God, the maker and upholder of all things; the reverent use of the name of God; the religious observance of the Sab bath; a life of sobriety and usefulness. It enjoins upon men truth, honesty and chastity, in thought word and deed. These are the results of Christianity, and such are its effects upon individuals. It is the duty of every intelligent individual to consider whether it is possible to be free from guilt and reject Christianity. The man who would oppose the practice of honesty and favor the practice of theft in his community, would be regarded a villian in heart and a scoundrel in practice. No community would regard him a good neighbor, a true friend or worthy to be entrusted with any position of honor or trust. Does not the man who opposes Christianity, encourage vice of all kinds ? To give an affirmative answer to this question puts many individuals in no enviable position; but it is fair to judge a tree by its fruits. Vice of all kinds is encouraged by opposing Christianity. Facts prove this. Such being the case, why do some men set their faces against the religion of the Bible? The greatest calamity they could bring upon the world would be to succeed in making every one a hater and despiser of Jesus of Nazareth. Then honesty would cease to have an oxistenceamongst men; virtue would be smothered to death by vice. Liberty would be an empty name. The relationship ot husnana ana wue would cease to exist, and the finer feelings of human nature would be crushed to death by the tread of brutal passions and vile lusts. The man who would blot the sun out of the heavens might boast that he had the muscular power of a giant, but he would spread over this world, by such an act, a cloud of darkness and gloom which would end in death. The man who succeeds in driving Jesus from his neighborhood is a hero; but such a hero as the man who digs a pit for his neighbor and falls into it himself. 93?* Mercy is goodness in tears. Goodness is kind to the good ; mercy is kind to the bad. Goodness extendeth a helping hand to him that can already walk ; mercy to him that is prostrate and cannot rise. Goodness makes good men out of nothing; mercy makes good men out of bad men. Goodness puts living men in a beautiful garden, and bids them dress it; mercy erects the cross, and bids dying men look and live. Goodness gives to the younger son the portion of goods that falleth to him; mercy 3ees the prodigal a great way off and has compassion, and runs and falls on his neck and kisses him. He that makes light of goodness, sins; he that makes light of mercy, is doubly damned. Prayer.?Do not say you cannot pray, because you cannot speak too much, or well, or long. Prayer is wrestling with God; the heart iB the wrestler; holy faith is the strength; if thy heart be a good wrestler, though thou art ever so tongue-tied, thou will be a prevail-1 sr in the end. | ?i' tlit pjisMuw. OFFICIAL. * [OONTimjKD FROM THE FIRST PAGE.] fortuity in the course of studies and methods of instruction employed shall be secured, as far as practicable, in the schools of the several grades respectively. He shall acquant himself, as ffcrvta practicable, with the character and condition of each school, noting an*, deficiencies that may exist, either in the#*** ernment of the school or the classification of its pnpils, or the method of instruction employed in the several branches, and shall m^ihe such suggestions in private to the teachers as to him shall appear necessary to the good order of the school and the progress of the pu- * nil a He shall note the character and condition of the school houses, the "sufficiency or insufficiency of the furniture, and shall make such suggestions to the several District Boards, as> in his opinion shall seem conducive to the comfort and progress of the pupils of the several schools. It shall be the duty of each County School Commissioner to aid the tegib> ere in all proper efforts to improve themselves in their profession. . For this purpose he shall encourage 'the < formation of associations of teachers for mutual improvement; he shall attend the meetings of such associations, and give such advice and instruction in regard to their conduct and management as, in his judgment; \ will contribute to their greater efficiency. He shall also deliver a public lecture to the pie in each of the .sevei^^stri^cSHHj County each year, for the purpose ofefev0|^3 the standard of education, and increasing general interest of the people in public schools.,. Sec. 24. That it shall be his duty to* see' that in every school under his care there shall, be taught, as far as practicable, orthography, English grammar, history of the United States, the principles of the Constitution and Laws of the United States and of this Stated and good behavior. Sec. 25. He shall, on. or before the first day of October of each year, forward to the State Superintendent of Education an extended ft*1 port, containing an abstract of the reports made to him by the various school officers mid teachers in his county, and showing the condi- j tion of the schools under his charge, suggesting such improvements in the school system as be may aeem useiui, ana. giving sucn om^ir information in regard to the practical operation of the common schools and laws relating thereto, as may be deemed of public interest He shall also include in his report, such other,; matters as he shall be directed to report by the State Superintendent of Education. * " Sec. 26. That, should he fail to make tfrs> report reauired in the preceding Section, he shall forieit to the school fund of his County his last quarter's salary of that year, and shall also be liable for all damages caused by sufch. failure. ? Sec. 27. That he shall, at all times, conform to the instructions of the State Superintendent of Education, as to matters within the jurisdiction of said Superintendent. He shall serve as the organ of communication between the said State Superintendent and school authorities. He shall transmit to school officers, or teachers, all blanks, circulars, and other communications which are to them directed. Sec. 28. That each County School Commissioner shall receive, as compensation for-his* services, including expenses of transportation within his County, an annual salary of one thousand dollars, except the County School Commissioner of Charleston, who shall receive an annual salary of one thousand two hundred dollars, payable quarterly by the State Treasurer. Sec. 29. The County Treasurer shall pay over all moneys by him received, which snail have been passed by virtue of the vote of any district meeting, as hereinafter provided frijL, in the County in which such district is a'jH a^ed, on the ordejr of the Clerk of Trustees of said District, countereigWf^M the County Sohool-Gtramnssioner,- to oeTMQ for the purpose directed by the District me?' ing so held. Said money shall be assessed and collected at the time, and in the manner that County taxes are assessed and collected; and if the inhabitants of any School District, at 1' ? ? ? ? 1 oUnll ll taeir milium i/istnub iiicouug) ouuu auu w grovide for the raising of sucn tax, then the bunty School Commissioner of the County in which such district is situated shall be required to withhold from said District that part of the State appropriation derived from the. revenue of the State, and to apportion antT distribute the same to the other Districts of the County which have complied with the requirements of this Act: Provided, That in School Districts where there are less than one hundred children between the ages of shLAgfL sixteen the inhabitants may raise such a sum, per child, as will be sufficient to maintain their schools. Sec. 30. That it shali be the duty of each . County School Commissioner, immediately a?T ter the passage of this Act, to divide his County into convenient School Districts, for a!T purposes connected with the general interest of education, and re-district the same, whenever, in his judgment, the general good j?- * quires it. Amd every School District organized in pursuance of this Act shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of School District No. ?, (such a numbfil^as may be designated by the County School Cohlmissioner,) of County, (the name of the County in which the District is situated,) State of South Carolina, and in that name may sue and be sued, and be capable of contracting and being contracted with, and holding such real and personal estate as it may come into possession of, by will or otherwise, or as is authorized to be purchased by the p^ visions of this Act, all of which shall be used exclusively for school purposes. Each School District shall be confined to the management and control of the Board of School Trustees hereinafter provided for, who shall hold their office for two years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified, and the said Trustees snail be exempt from militia and road duty, and payment of poll-tax. Sec. 31. That there shall be, in each County, r Board of Examiners, composed of theCoun.- . ty School Commissioner, whoshall ex officio^ Bhall be appoinlecvny the County Sch?vCom missioner, and stroll hold office for the term of two years from the time of their appointment; but no person shall be appointed a member of the County Board of Examiners, who is not; competent to teach a first grade school. It shall be the duty of the County Board of Examiners to examine all candidates for the profession of teacher, and to give to each person found qualified a certificate, setting forth the branches of learning he or shs may b$ capable of teaching. Such exaraination-KTbe renewed every year, and no teacher shall be employed in any of the common or public schools, without a certificate from the County Board of Examiners, or the State Superintendent of Education. Sec. 32. That the Board of County School Examiners shall meet at least twice a year, at such places, and. at such times, as the Couqty School Commissioner shall appoint; that the County School Commissioner shall be Chairman and Clerk of the Board, and shall keep a fair record of their proceedings, and a register of the name, age, sex, color, residence, and date of certificate of each person to whom a certificate is issued, and in case a certificate be cancelled, shall make a proper entry of the same. Sec. 33. It shall be the duty of each Coun-" ty Board of School Commissioners to appoint for each and every School District in their county three School Trustees, who shall hftld their office for two years, whose duty shall be i as hereinafter prescribed; and they shall have power to fill, from time to time, all vacancies which may occur in their respective School : Districts in Boards of School Trustees in their : County. ' i Sec. 34 That the said Trustees, within fifteen (15) days after their appointment shall. ( take an oath or affirmation faithfully and ifn- < partially to discharge the duties of their office, which oath the members are authorized to administer to each other. See. 35." That it shall be the duty of the said Trustees, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum, to meet as soon and often as practicable, after having been appointed and qualified, at such place as may be most convenient in the District, and at-their first meeting they shall organize by appointing one of their number Clerk of the Board, who shall preside at the official meetings of the Trustees, and shall record their proceedings in a book provided for that purpose. Eacn member of the Board of Trustees shall be duly notified of the meetings by the Clerk of the Board. See. 36. That it shall be the duty of the Trustee in each School District to take the management and control of the local educational interests of the same, subject to the supervision of the County School Commissioner, and to visit the school at least once in &very month during the school term. Sec. 37. That it shall be the duty of the Trustees in the several School Districts to be made, once in two years, in each School District, by the first aay of September, an enumeration of all the children between the fees" of six (6) and sixteen f 16) vears. resident within such School District, distinguishing between male and female, white and colored. And the Clerk of said Board of Trustees shall fcBturn to the bounty School Commissioner a duplicate return of the same; each School Trustee shall receive five cents per capita for each child enumerated by him, the accounts for which shall be audited by the County School Commissioner, and paid according to Lw by the County Treasurer, out of the chool Fund of the School District wherin trie enumeration was made. Provided, That in case the enumeration of the scholastic population of any School District is not made, as provided for in this Act, by that time, the County Board of School Examiners is herewith authorized to appoint new Trustees for such School District, unless for good and sufficient cause the Trustees have failed to act. Sec. 38. It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to hold a regular session in their School District at least two weeks before the .commencement of any or every school term, for the transaction of any and all business necessary to the proeperity.of the school, with power to adjourn from time, and to hold special meetings at any time or place. Sec.-*89. That the Board of Trustees shall have power to establish mid make all arrangements for the oommon schools of Districts, and to make the same comfortable, paying, due regard to any school house already built oi site procured, as well as to all other circumstances proper to be considered, so as to besl promote the educational interest of their Dia -trick They shall employ teachers from among those having certificates, and discharge th( same when good and sufficientreasons for st doing present themselves; but they shall em ploy no person to teach in any of the schooli under their supervision, unless such persor aliall hold. At the time of commencing his oi her school, a certificate to teach, granted bj the County Board of School Examiners, 01 by the State Superintendent of Education. Sec. 40. That should the Board of Trustee* be unable otherwise to procure sites for school houses, they are hereby authorized to appoint a jury of view of five legal voters of the county, who shall locate saia site as the pub lie interest may require, but, except in a city -town or village, said site shall not be located within two hundred yards of the dwelling oi the owner of the land taken for said site, without his consent, given in writing. The said jury shall assess the value of the same a d re port their action to the Board of Trustees, whe shall secure the title and pay for the site, af decided by the jury of view, ont of any moneys available fer that purpose; and upon such payment the title shlsll immediately vest in the Trustees and their successors in Gffice. ^Bec.41. Thafcif any person or persons shall threaten or in any manner interfere withjthc while L %e or they separately or conjointly, shall b^ deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction in any Court of competent jurisdiction, be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or be be imprisoned not. more than ninety days, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court, and any moneys accruing from such fines shall be added to the school, fund of the school district wherein the guilty party or parties reside. Sec. 42. That when it shall so happen that persons are so situated as to be better accommodated at the school of any adjoining school district, or whenever it may be desirable to establish a school composed of parts of two oi more school districts, it shall oe the duty oi the respective Boards of Trustees of the school districts in which such schools may be situated, or of the school districts, or the parts oi which the school is to be composed, to transfer snch persons for education to the school district in which such school house is or may be located: but the enumeration of scholars shall be taken in each district as if no such transfer had been made; and such school, When so composed, shall J>e supported from the school funds of the respective school districts from which the scholars may have been transferred. Sec. 43. That the school year shall continue for a period of nine months, commencing and ending as in the opinion of the County Board of Examiners will best subserve the edfucational interests of their County; but the County School Commissioners shall have power to limit the school year according to tne school fund apportioned to his County. Sec. 44. That it shall be the duty of each school teacher to make cut and file with the Clerk of the Board of Trustees, at the expiration of each school month, a full and complete report of the whole number of scholars admitted to the school dpring each month, distinguishing between male and female, the average-attendance, the branches taught, the number 6f pupils engaged. in each of said branch esVana. Buch other rtftfotibti nft he or she may be required to make by the County School Commissioner^ and-until ^uch report shall have been certified and filed by the said teacher, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of toiid Board of Trustees to require the same, fcdihrward_ta_*hfi. ?sunj^?shSoi Commissioner, who shall file the duplicate in his office. Sec. 45. That the State Superintendent ol Education, or any County School Commissioner, or school district Board of Trustees, may receive, in behalf of the State Board oi Education, any gift, grant, donation or devise of any school house, or site for a school house, or library for the use of school or schools, or other school purposes within the State, and are hereby invested with the care and custody of all school houses, sites, or other property belonging to the State Board of Education within the limits of their jurisdiction, with full powers to control the same in such mannot. no tViotr motr thinl will Hoof ankurvA t.lip interests of common schools and the cause oi education, subject to the control of the State Board of Education. CHARLESTON CITY BOARD OP SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS. Sec. 46. That it shall be the duty of the School Commissioner of Charleston County to organize, in all those districts outside oi the city of Charleston, formerly known as Parishes, a suitable number of schools, as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act? He shall visit said schools not less than three timos during each year, and shall perform such other duties as are prescribed for County School Commissioners in this Act. Upon failure or neglect to discharge the duties imposed upon him by this Section, when reported to the State Superintendent of Education, the said State Superintendent is hereby empowered to take such measures as, in his judgement, may be necessary to enforce the faithfhl performance of duty on the part of said school Commissioner. Sec. 47. The Sc hool Commissioner of ihe Dftunty of Charleston shall have jurisdiction )nly over the schools, and all "educational in terest outside of the corporate limits of the citv of Charleston. sec. 48. That at the next regular municipal election in the city of Charleston, and at every regular municipal election held thereafter, one School Commissioner shall be elected by the legal votes of each ward, who shall continue in office until his successor is elected and qualified. The School Commissioners so elec' ted shall constitute a School Board, and they may assemble at any time and elect a Chairman and Clerk, and Superintendent of said city schools, whose term of office and duties ' and compensation shall be prescribed by said Board, but his term of office shall not exceed that of the Board electing him. The duties of the Board aforesaid shall be the same as those of the Board of School Trustees, for the several school districts, in addition to which they shall, on or before the first day of October, forward to the State Superintendent of Education an annexed report of all matters connected with the school interests of the city of Charleston, as are required of each County School Commissioner. They shall also have power to levy and cause to be collected, Us other taxes are, a sum not to exceed one and one half mills on the dollar on all taxable property in said citv of Charleston, and the money so collected snail be placed in the City Treasury, subject to the oraer of said City Board of School Commissioners. 4 A k 1 x! _/? V Dec. An annual meeting 01 eacn scnoei district shall be held on the last Thursday in June, of each year, at 12 o'clock M., notice of the time and place being given by the Clerk of the Board of Trustees, by posting written or printed notices in three public places of the district, at least ten days before the meeting. Special meetings may be called by the Board of Trustees, or by a majority of the legal voters of the district; but notice of such special meeting, stating the purposes for which it is called, shall be posted in at least three public places witfiin the district, ten days previous to the time of such meeting. And no business shall be s^ted upon at ; any special meeting not specified in said notice. Sec. 50. The following persons shall be en> titled to vote at any district meeting, viz: i All persons possessing the qualification of electors, as denned by the Constitution of tbis . State, and who shall be residents of the disi trict at the time of offering to vote at said [ meeting. < . . ; a".;; ;?. < Sec. 51. The inhabitants-qualified to vote [ at a school meeting, lawfully assembled, shall . have power: ; [ . 1st. To appoint a Chairman to preside over j said meeting. " . 2d. To adjourn from time to time. 3d. To choose a Clerk, who shall possess t the qualification of a voter. 4th. To raise by tax, in addition to the r amount apportioned by the State to their use, \ such further sums of money as they may deem j proper for the support of public schools, said . sum not to be more than three dollars for eve-, 3 ry child in. the District Between the ages i?f , six and sixteen, as ascertained by the Ijtst r enumeration; said sum to be collected by the r County Treasurer, and tabe held by him sub. iect to the order of the Trustees, countersigned by the-County School Commissioner; such sums of money 4o be used as shall be agreed upon at the meeting, either for the pay of . teachers' salary, or to purchase or lease rites for school houses; to build,hire or purchase such school houses; to keep them in repair, and furnish the same with necessary fuel and j appendages; or to furnish black-boards, outP line maps and apparatus for illustrating the principles of science, or to discharge any debts j' or liabilities lawfully incurred. 5th. To give such direction and make spaH ()rovisions as may be deemed necessary, in ijation to the prosecution or defence of any 1 | suit or proceeding in which the district may be a party. .* r:, ; , 1 6th. To authorize the Board of Trustees to. ' build school houses, or rent the same; to sell any school house site, or other property be-; 1 longing to die district, when the same shall j 1 F po ToaIj|r?enjgdful fox the use of thedistrictJ L -7th.^o alter or repesu their proceedings, Pfom time to time, as occasion may require, and to do any other business contemplated in "this Act Sec. 51. That an act entitled "An Act to establish and maintain s system of Free Com* mon Schools for the State of South Carolina," approved February 18th, 1870, be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 52. That this Act shall take effect from its passage. Approved 6th March, A. D. 1871. An act Supplementary to an act entitled "An Act, to authorize Administrators,. Executors, and other fiduciaries, to sell certain evidences of indebtedness at publicsale, and to compromise in certain cases,". Approved January 14,1870. Whereas, prior to the ninth day of September, in the year of oar Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, many estates were disposed of, and-(he notes and accounts representing the purchase money of the same were deemed to be good at the time, have Bince been rendered drabtfbl or worthless, by operation of the Act of the General Assembly to determine and perpetuate the homestead, and by other causes; therefore. Section 1. Be 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 authority of the same, That all administrators, executors, and other fiduciaries, having in their possession, as such,, notes, accounts, and other evidences of indebtedness, heretofore appraised good, but which have since become doubtful or worthless, by operation of the Act of the General Assembly to determine and perpetuate the homestead, shall be allowed to dispose of the same in toe maimer prescribed in Sections 1 and 2 of the 1 Act to which thisiea supplement g Sec. % That where administrators, executors, and other fiduciaries, sold property, as sucb,prior to the passage of the Act to determine and perpetuate the homestead by the 1 General Assembly, on the ninth day of Sep1 tember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and took notes | or other evidences of indebtedness for the purchase money, which were regarded good at ' the time they were taken, but which have , since been rendered doubtful or worthless, by ' operation of the Homestead Act aforesaid, 1 said administrators, executors, and other fidu' ciaries, shall be allowed to dispose of the same ' in the manner prescribed in Sections 1 and 2 of the'Act to which this Bill is a supplement. Approved 23d January, A. D., 1871. i__ ANACT r To re-charter Moore's Ferry, under the name of Dinkina' Ferry, over the Catawba River. * Section -1. Be 11 enacted by the Senate and > House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General As1 sembly, and by tl^e authority of the same, That the Ferry dver the Catawba River, known as Moore's Ferry, be, and the same is 1 hereby re-charted under the name of Dinkins' 1 Ferry, and vested in L. M. Dinkins, and his i 1 fko foimi icgai rtjpiuflculttuvco^ av* mv *** va avma vuvu [ years from the passage of this Act, with the : same privileges, rights, franchisee and emolu1 ments as are at present, secured by law: Provided, however, That ohildren going to and re' turning from school, and others from chnrch or from elections, shall be passed free over said i ferry. Approved February 11,1871. AN ACT To amend "An Act to establish a State Orphan Ayslum." Section 1. Be 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 authority of the same, That Section 6 of the Act to establish a State Orphan Aslfum, passed January 19, 1869, be so amended ?0 give to the Trustees thereof the power to bind out orphan children resident therein : Provided, That the said Trustees shall make it, in all cases, a condition that said children shall receive a good common school education, and that said Trustees shall exercise a supervisory control over such children, during the continuance of their apprenticeship. Approved February 11,1871. i ATLANTA DEPARTMENT SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. Gen. JOHN B. GORDON, President. ' ' /' ' ASSETS OVER #000,000.00. ; DIVIDENDS TO POLICY-HOLDEBS, IDLY 1,1869,40 PEE CENT. p-""~oq "nonnniiprl hv ftnv ComDanv doing business in the Southern States. x auglvpo uuv\|u?m*v?. J ? jl- y w This popular Southern Company INSURES LIVES upon all the IMPROVED PLANS, and on the MOST FAVORABLE TERMS. u.;vr . 1 .-- >' ?_? . ; . It is managed most economically, and is very careful in the selection of risks. It invests its surplus in the States from which it is derived, and sends no money North to enrich foreign capitalists. ' uMi Id r :* ' ?. V* ' ii: '< mHIS COMPANY having complied with the Deposit Laws in the various Southern States, is now JL doing a LARGE AND SUCCESSFUL BUSINE8S Jn 38 of them? has now nearly TWO THOUSAND POLICY HOLDERS in the State of South Carolina, and numbers SEVEN THOU-, SAND MEMBERS in the fourth tear of its existence. CASH & WARING, General Agmis for South Carolina. OFFICE IN COLUMBIA, S. C. JAMES MASON, Resident Agent, YorJcvUle, 8. 0. ^ i REFERENCES IN YORK COUNTY. | John S.Bratton, ..Guthrieeville. CoL L D, Witherspoon, Yorkville. Dr. J. R. Bratton, ....Yorkville. Dr, W. E. Erwir^. Yorkville. Dr. A. I. Barron,. ............... ......Yorkville. Lewis M. Grist, ..........Yorkville. Col. W. B. Wilson, Yorkville. 8. G. Hemphill.................... ....Gtrihriesville. "WANDO FERTILIZER," giSgSfa. ?? '1 - IIB / JI ; " f >-' THE PRICE OF THIS POPULAR FERTILIZER HAS BEEN REDUCED FOR TAB SEASON OF 1871, TO MEET THE NECESSITIES OF THE PLANTING COMMUNITY, AND HAS BEEN FIXED AT CASH-FIFTY D0LLAR8-PER TON OF 2,000 IBS. AT FACTORY. I TIME-FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER TON OF 2#y?^fe Payable 1st November, 1871, t m^KP&rnt. "WTM. C. DTJKE8 & CO., AGENTS, ' CHARLESTON, SO. CA. J S- B^YD, t^OENT, _ ' YOKKFlLLEy SO. CA* ' , LONDON & JOINED, AGENTS, % ' ROCK HILL. S. C. j Jaaoiuyl8 ? fwntfk WH ANN'S HAHBONE * aiiitt Bll#SBlllflplS WlrsR FHwSPIBflMrH STANDARD GUARANTEED ||fl 219 tttSe I MWUFMTUREO BY 1 RAW BONE j THE GREAT FERTILIZER EOR COTTON AND ALL OBpfB. The nnparalleled.gneppfM of this Great Fertilizer on ALL CHOPS* proves It to be tbe'BEST and CHEAPEST MANURE now offered in the market. Itbas been used by many of the moat eminent Plantersin the South, and IN EVERY SINSUE INSTANCE IT HAS S1VEN ENTIRE SATISFACTION. ,ij . " f Jli ... . !" On COTTON its effects have been particularly marked. It is ho rare thing tor WHAN1CS PH06PHATE to increase the yield from ONE HUNDRED TO TWO HUNDRED PER CENT, or even more! Mr. Geo. C. Dixon, an eminent planter of Cameron, Qa, in a letter to the Banner & Planter, says that in an experiment with seven leading Snperphoepbates and Guanoe, the WHAN2T8 proved itself the best of all those tried, paying a net profit, at the low marketrate, or |20 00 per acre of cotton. A copy of Mr. Dixon's artiole furnished on application. . FOR SALE BY CIjA.Q-HORN, HERRING & CO., ' CHARLESTON, S. AND AUGUSTA, GA. January 19 v 2 8m CAROLINA FERTILIZER. . . . mmmfn J The "CAROLINA FERTILIZER" is made from the Phosphates of Sooth Carolina, and to pronounced by various chemists, one of the bc*jt Manures known,only inferior to Peruvian Gnsno in its Fertilizing Properties. Thes6 Phosphites am the remains or extinct land and sea animals, and poa- ? sees qualities or the greatest value to the agricaltnzist. '- ! -' .. We are prepared to farnish this excellent FERTILIZER on satisfectory terms. G.W. WILLIAMS & CO., CHARLESTON, A o. CARROLL, CLARK A CO., Agents, Yorkvllle, S.-.C. -, . V. ^A M?oh2 *? -;