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ganwtous fepartttwut. AMUSING MATRIMONIAL DIFFICULTIES. A friend of mine, who once lived in Iowa, used to tell a story of a wedding that he witnessed, where the ceremony was performed aU the same couple three t^es in one nigl^^ft was wandering through Northern I?|wi|jj? Southern Minnesota on a search Jh|?hh| lands, and was accompanied by aJflMBBl adventurer named Preston. between Iowa and Minnesot^^^^wgH ftW warfcs at the house cd|fl|jMBII? Jenkins. ' Xhe latter had and was Wtff for a the situation appeared deaMaTOBWMpBw Preston. So he oburted was polite to tho :WrentB''|M^^^SNn| that a wedding ife arr<MjK|B9H9Hfi neighbors for ten miles arotH||iSBBHH Jenkins was a liberal pn|B H dings were not frequent in npK|ffl laid in half a barrel of whisk and daughter cooked enough for^H|ra|l my, so that nobody should go awa^MwSP Ihere was a preacher in the neighboffllK who had arrived Ihere recently, and he wS invited to unita^he pair. He tied the knot, and was rewarded by Preston, who made a mess of th<faffair, by dropping a couple of silver dollars into the punch-bowl white trying to hand them to the parson. The bride's arm was called into requisition to lift out the cash, which, die did with all the skill of a native of Long Island fishing for "Blue Points" with a pair of oyster tongs. For the invited guests, the serious business of the evening began with the supper that fol^ lowed the wedding ceremony. Preston took fk his full share of punch and straight whisky before retiring to the bridal chamber which was reached by a ladder, to the floor ol t?e garret. Mrs. Preston had been taker there by the bridesmaids half an hour earlier and when the couple had disappeared then was a fresh assault upon the whisky. It leaked out in the course of the evening - . that the parson was not an ordained preacher but only oue of those ministerial fledglings who have been "licensed to exhort." Whei aid .Tanking haard the rumor, ha want for thi extorter and extracted from him the horribh fact that he was not really authorized to unifc couples in holy matrimony, but he had offi ciated on this occasion because be thought ii was all right, and nobody would know th< difference. Jenkins flew around like a to) with a bumble-bee in his coat sleeve; he kick ed the unhappy extorter out of doors, anc went up the ladder like a monkey climbing t window-blind. "Here you,'git up, git up!" he shouted "you ain't married at all. Qit up this min ute. Git up and come down, quick." The voice of Preston was heard to drawl ou that he wouldn't get up,.and that if his re spected father-in-law did not clear out anc mind his business hewould get his nose busted Jenkins explained the situation, and thi couple arose. In a few minutes they dam* down the ladder, looking very sleepish, anc the bride blushing like a,red wagon. Then was a justice of the peace* in the party, anc he performed the ceremony, which, unfortu nately fbn Preston, took his only remaining silver dollar. There were more drinks, anc then the couple again ascended the ladder tc their bridal apartments. Preston mattered as he climbed the ladder, that if he evei found that parson he would hurt his face si that his friends could dctF identify him with Of cor^ty dOWn stairs, who were making a night of it, talked over the pecu liaritfes of the weddiug, and their talk devel oped the fact that the justice of thfe peace lived in Iowa, while the house of Jenkins was in Minnesota. Jenkins was informed* of the situation, and away he went once more foi the couple at the head of the ladder, and hu first words met & prompt answer from Preston "Now, look here, old man," said Preston, as to bounded out of bed, "there has been fooling enough around this here ladder to night, and if you don't git, I'll bust yer head.' He picked up a cow-hide boot as he spoke and advanced menacingly. A shrill voic< from the bed urged him not to hurt "pa." " foi J Tmtlrina no Via Ml lAlil tOUWbf UVU (I) oaiu VCUXktilO) MO Ub IV treated down the ladder, till his head waj level with the garret floor. There he f>aose( and explained the new state of affairs to th< enraged bridegroom, who stood over him'wjil boot uplifted and ready for a blow, yPreston accepted the explanation, and thi result was that the couple rose and dressy and descended the ladder. Then, wi&ftftfr and Mrs. Jenkins, and all of the guests win were sober enough to stand, they walked hal a mile down the road to the Iowa tine, atx entered the Hawkeye State. There the jus tice again united them. "And this time;' said he, as he concluded the ceremony,' "yoi are married, sartain, sure." Two travelers having been assigned t the same bed-room in a crowded hotel, one o them, before retiring, knelt down towpray, an< confessed a loifg catalogue of sins. Onrisinj from his knees he saw his fellow-traveler valise in hand, going out of the door, and ex claimed: "What is the matter?what's up ?' "Oh! nothing" was the reply, "only I an . not going to risk myself with such a scamp a you confess yourself to be." Another Sense.?"Bob Brown, did yoi say that my father had not as much sense a Billy Smith's little yellow dog ?" "No, I nev Ier said any such thing. I never said tha your father had not as much sense as Bill; Smith's little yellow dog. All I said was tha Billy's little yellow dog had more sense thai your father; that's all I ever said." "Well it's well you didn't say the other, I tell you.' A Chicago paper speaks of a youth ii that city that ordered his father to get up ii the morning and make a fire, and who, on thi old gentleman's refusing, attempted to flog him, but came ofT eecqjiu best. The energet ic youth then threatened to call upon th< "Legislature to do something for sons, &' fathers are getting so darned impudent now a-days, there's no living with them." A rich but ignorant lady of Boston, wh( was ambitious that her conversation shoulc be up to the transcendental style, in speaking of a friend, said, "He is a paragram of po liteness!" "Excuse me," said a wag sitting next to her; "but do you not mean parallelo gram V' "Of course I meant parallelogram,' replied the ambitious lady; "howcould I hav< nude such a igistake f |@r A Californian whose wedding-tfay wa? fixed, did not appear at the appointed tijcu and place, but sent a note to the clergHrigf saying that he had just received a lejaB&on his wife in the East, and thereby irnqc called to the feet that he was years before?a circumstance . tirely escaped his memory. "Has Bill gone to the I asked one Missouri ruffian was the reply; "he was sernHmpjimN people helped him to evad9?||?NKMH "How?" "Why, they thought V If titled to a berth in the State insgjp^^^j so they just hung him'to the lim|niij|^B while the sheriff was eating his supp^Kr^ t&" An Elmira Farmer wrote to GreeSJ for his experience in raising geese for market Horace said there was no double at all about it, if the goslings were not weaned too young, He says they snould be allowed to run witr the old cow and suck at will until their horn get out an inch or two, when they will be har dy enough to pack and salt dawn for market tGr "My dear friend," said a gentleman tc a bankrupt the other day, "I'm sorry to hem of your misfortune. Your family hdl my warmest sympathies." "Ob, don't trouble yourself about my family. I looked out for them, you bet! Just save your sympathies for the fhroiles of my creditors." ijriMten's ggpattmeat. j (Original.] I WAHT TO BE A MAX. songr, [ do not know who is its I d g first line, of which is, "I want to pW^pBiteri/V- It may-W that most of the tbjfi?w?g and have sung it hundreds of times. Now the ^^.^may have been a good J Pfout he was wither a wi^e philos- ' good theologian; No body .ever j BfiSK&wbe an angel. JDtjSAiffi;ng&a little ? lyLMt IK... . r C BSr girl in the worlflHHgHmrcfcQ an . oould. la HjwHl^el," was ^ would never ^ expression to such a sRWmentT The Bible teaches us that good j men, when they are removed from this world ^ of sin and sorrow, are then elevated above ^ _ anpek God maVle man at first a little lower o ^ 8 than angels, and man sinned and ruined him- . . self; bat Christ elevated him far above his original position in the scale of creation, and 0 made him a joint heir with himself to all his i honor and glory and happiness. Why should the little child that believes in Jesus want to ; ?e pn angel ? It does not?it cannot want to be angel. P But every child ought to desire to be a man. , This it can desire and this it can be. Every ; child should be taught to sing, "I want to be 3 a man." wAn honest man is the noblest work of God." If we understand by man, a belie> ver in Christ?a Christian?it is true. The ' noblest creature in the universe is the man | bought with the blood of the Son of God. 3 The child in Christ Jesus is greater than the 3 mightiest king upon earth upon his throne. 3 Some people think that religion is not suit able for children. They seem to think it will t do well enough for old men and women on ' fkaii. /JoofVi korla Mm? nkiMrAn fVlA rVArRATIS ^ IIUUU UVOVU WUH* 4.W-IT) VMIAVUVUJ WMW ^ who teach this doctrine are very wicked per- ^ [ sons and are poor advisers. If you want to i be great and good men, you will do well not j to put any confidence in anything they tell 5 you. Do you want to be a great man, loved and respected by all the good men who know t yon? We know you do. Then live a godly . life. Do not lie, do not steal, do not curse, 1 be kind to your playmates and believtfin Je- r . sus Christ But some of the little, folks are 3 ready to say this*will make me gloomy. Why | will it make you gloomy? Will it fill your , ; little soul with sadness to grow in favor both .. ( with God and man? Does it make you . gloomy to be at peace with all your companr ions, and to have God for your friend ? This . i surely is a strange cause for*gloominess. No > it will not make you gloomy. It will fill your . ' heart with gladness, and your lips with songs > of praise. You might search the world over , . and you could not find a boy who was gloomy, because he does not steal or lie or get drunk . i or curse. Let the song of the little folks be, - "I want to be a man"?a great man. Great, not like some mem in acting fool; not like | other men in committing crimes. Great, not ? ? ?j'-i * u - u u: , iiKe Deneaicb .axuuiu wuu buiu.uib vuuumj> j for thirty thousand dollars; but likesuch men i as John Bunyan,"Martin Luther, John Wee* ley, John Knox and a multitude of ^others > whose names will live, and whose deeds will 1 be gratefully remembered as long as the sun > and moon endures. J CROCODILES. Of all wild animals the crocdile seems to be . the most, alarming and destructful. An 3 Egyptian sportsman, who supported himself [ ana -his family by the product of his gun, 3 about three years since, with three of his I- ^neighbors, went to an island called Geizeril* ?a favorite resort of crocodiles?to hunt 3 fbr their eggs. As they were going round the j island, three crocodiles escaped into the river. the spot, a quantity of eggs r were discovered in the sand. These they sef cured, and were proceeding back to their tent, ] when a crocodile who had. watched the trans[. action, rushed to the place of her deposit, and as rapidly returned to the river, and swimj ming, followed them opposite to their abode, where until nightfall her eyes were seen above the water. The sportsmen feasted sumptu2 ously upon their spoil; but as soon as the last f embers of their fire had died away, the crocoj dile charged them furiously, repeating her y attacks several times during the night; and it was only by the frequent discharge 6f their ' firearms that they kept her off at all. The > crocodile, which had hitherto remained harm! less, now became fbrious, and attacked all s the cattle it could catch upon the river side. Among the victims was a fine mare in a neighboring village, who, as usual, was allowed to a graze in the coarse.abundant pasturage. One g day whilst drinking, she was seized in the . back of the neck by the jaws of the crocodile. I The mare being a powerful animal, in an i agony of pain, threw up her Head. The croct odile dropped on her back, and with her } strange burden, the mare galloped off to her , stable. The astonished villagers immediately ' sat nnon the crocodile with their naboots. or stout sticks, until she was induced to let go f 3 her hold and dismount; but the mare died { j- from the joint effect of its wounds and fright. j B During March, which is' the breeding sea- t r son, the crocodiles deposit their eggs in the j ' sand of the banks, or in preference, in small . 3 sandbanks or islands on the stream. The 1 eggs, which are white and hard, in size re- ( . semble those of the domestic goose. One found < on the White River measured exactly three e inches and thirteen Sixteenths in cirourafer-' g j 6DCG. ^ | The care and anxiety bestowed by these fe- ? r rocious creatures upon their eggs is astonish1 ine. When about to lay, the female croco- y r dife will dig with her claws a hole in the sand ( ! six inches deep, drop her egg therein and i ' cover it up. She will then make several t 2 holes aronnd the first, to mislead those in \ search of' her treasure. Every day. she will j at the same . read Ihe'verse again. Here was > ed in and founcbpeace. s . ^ ^ m v'ir r IS?" A Christian sailor, -when asked Why he " i remained so calm in a fearful "storm, said: 1 ' "Though I-aink, I shall only drop into the s i hollow of my Father's hand ; for he holds all b these waters there." t-- J t trading for the fahhath. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] THE FALL OF MAN. The last thing that God did in completing he wpik of creation, was forming the body f man^from the dust of the ground and Bireajft&g into his nostrils the breath of life. 5y thaUast act man was made or became a iving soul. The beasts of the field, the birds if the ait, and the fish of the sea were made ires; but man was made a living tever may be the import of the ; is evident that it denotes that itates the chief source or basis of iority above that portion* of creaion which is called living creatures. When *od determined to bring into existence the >ther creatures, he said, "let such and such reatures be and it wasbut when it was deermined to create man, the form of expresion is ohanged. It is not said let man be, >ut let us make man. The persons denoted >y the pronoun us are, it is generally thought, he three persons of the Trinity. It is further aid that God created man in his own image, n the image and likeness of the three persons if the Godhead. It will readily occur to any eflecting mind, that this image and likeness loes not refer to any bodily resemblance, jrod is not material in any sense that is atached to that word. God is a spirit, and a; ipirit has not flesh and bones as men have, rhe resemblance which existed between man ind his Maker, consisted principally in that iprightness of man's moral nature with which 3od endowed him in his creation. God gave he irrational creatures many things, but he ^ave man one portion above them all. This vas his moral nature. It is admitted bv all Bible readers, that | nan was made up-right. The law of God vas written upon his heart, and he had power jo obey it. God made him capable of folly inderstanding the relation which he sustained ;o him as creator. When man came from he hands of his Make) he was a sinless crea;ure. Righteousness was a part of his being. Ele was perfect in soul and in body, and hap)y in contemplating. God in his being and in lis works. Ample provisions were made ibr ;he happiness of man; but alas! the sad anlouncement is made, man sinned. Then leath and all our woes entered this world. About this fact there is no dispute. We all tee mournful evidence that man is a sinner. The earth .brings forth thorns and thistles, md death reigntf ip every land. We feel the sfiects of the fall from the cradle to the grave. We feel it in every muscle of our body, andg u the goadingB of our consciences. $?& If it be asked, "how could man, a paHfect; :reature, sin ?" we reply we do not kimflr*It j s easy to ask questions that none bat omnia* j iience can answer. No man can ] actory answer to the question: "&HM inter the universe of enow. Angels in heaven siinied^j^^ih'an^' hough the entrance of sin^iatprthe wtffld is a n^stery, still there is lature of things that apenect creature should? in. Every creatuse < is, by its very nature, iable to fall. This is not saying thflt sreature is obliged to sin. It is impossible^ or us to conceive how God could have made nan free, and at the same time not liable^ all. The same remark is true with regard to? ivery other, creature. Man was creMMyMB ect and placed in the garden of paradise. Angels came forth from the creatih|^^PpS| jrod perfect, and were placed in ;inned in paradise and some of thAaugels' linned in heaven. Both men and4aS8mjgK en to me ireeuum 01 meir uwu hey chose to sin. Had they not pdiwiwed hat freedom of will, they wonl^ i^p^SS >een responsible. Every creature violate God's law. This always^|^^||M he case, and no doubt always wilHEHj Since God has not informed us in ha^HE; t is impossible to determine how long AcCra? remained in paradise. Some think that he fell on the same day that he was created. This is mere conjecture, and does not appear very consistent with the declaration which Grod makes concerning the-labors of the sixth lay. These are pronounced "very good." Had man fallen before the end of the sixth lay, it seems this expression would have been modified in some way. It is probable that A.dam spent the first Sabbath in paradise; but how long after no one can tell. The sin which Adam committed was eating the forbidden fruit No one can tell what kind of a tree this was. Whatever it was, Grod forbade Adam to eat of the fruit of it The penalty annexed was death. The course pursued by God in this prohibition, was eminently just and good. God had a perfect right to issue any command he saw fit It was good, for so far as we can learn from the Bible narrative, it required very little if any self denial on the part of Adam. He was granted free access to all the other trees of the garden of Eden. It may be said that it was i little crime for so great a punishment This 8 only so in appearance. Adam, in eating ;he forbidden fruit was guilty of the greatest )f all crimes. He disobeyed the command of Grod. Disobedience includes all sin and delerves death. A heathen once said that all ins against the State deserved death. When ve take into consideration all the circumitances attending Adam, we will, if we think without an unbiassed and impartial mind, jonclude that God dealt justly and kindly vith him. Every honest man will say that ;tfe penalty was not too great for the crime. To pluck and eat a little fruit &a little thing n itself; but to do this, in direct opposition o the command of God, is a crime, the heilousness of which no language can describe. To do this was an act of rebellion against the Sovereign of the universe, and deserved no ess punishment than death. As has been seen, the penalty attached to ;he law" which Adam violated was death, or is it in the Hebrew, dying to die, a mode rf expression which denotes certainty. By iesth we are not to understand a cessation of Existence, but rather a cessation of well-being. Che moment that Adam eat of the forbidden ruit, his happiness ceased. His soul was illed .with remorse and shame, and in consternation he fled from the presence of God. Che earth became cursed for his sake, and he sceptre fell from his hands, and he lost orever his dominion over the lower world. - ? J?" Gfjod, kind/true, holy words, dropped n oo4|erlation, rntyj* little thought of, but heyare-fike seeds of flowprs or fruitful trees, allingby the wayside, borne by some bird dar^bappUy theireiafter to fringe with beauty ome barren mountain side, or to make glad ome lonely wilderness. m ?:? I?*, As a pilot, that steers the ship, has his lands upon the rudder, and his eyes at the ' ame time upon the stars above, so should we >e dilligent in this use of means, but look up o God for direction. ?ft* of the pjjialatoft OFFICIAL. AN ACT To renew and amend the charter of the town of Spartanburg. 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 from and after the passage of this Adtyall citizens of this State, having resided twelve months within the State, and sixty days in the town of Spartanburg, shall be deemed, mjifj1 > are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate; and the said town shall be called, and known by the name of Spartanburg, and its corporate limits shall extend one mile iif each direction from the Court House in said town. Sec. 2. That the said town shall be govern^.. ed by an Intendaut and six Wardens, who i " v j _i__ SDaii ue ClU'MJUS ui wits uuucu ouiLca, nuu vruu shall have resided in this State twelve months, and shall have been residents of the said towj^ 9ixty days immediately preceding their election, and who shall be elected on the second Monday in September of each year, ten days' public notice thereof being previously given; and that all male inhabitants of the age ^ the age of twenty-one years, citizens of the State, and who shall have resided within the Stole twelve months, and in the said town sixty days, immediately preceding the election shall be entitled to vote for said Intendant and Wardens. Paupers and persons unds* disabilities for crime excepted. .ijj Sec. 3. That said election shall be^ hcl^jflj [some convenient public place in said tocJ^T from eight o'clock in the morning until four in the afternoon; and when the polls shall be closed, the Managers shall forthwith count the votes and declare the election, and give , notice thereof, in writing, to the Intendant then being, who shall, within two days thereafter, give notice, or cause the same to be given, to the persons duly elected. The Inten~ dant and Wardens, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall, respectively, take the oath prescribed by the Constitution of this State, and also the following oath, to wit: ? 4 . 1 i / TXT j _ J ___ \ /% ,1 . _# as mtenaant ^or vvaraen; or ineiown <n Spartanburg, I will equally and impartially, to the best of my ability, exercise the trust reposed in me, and will use my best endeavor^ to preserve the peace and carry into effect, according to Jaw, the purposes for which I have been elected: So help me God." And if any 5Hereon, upon being elected Intendant or Warlen, shall refuse to act as such, he shall forfeit and pay to the Council the sum of twenty dollars, for the use of said town: Provided, That no person, who has attained the age -Q& sixty years, shall be compelled to serve in either of said offices; nor snail any other person be compelled to serve either as Intenaant or Warden more than one year in any term of three years. ^ The^ "vested with all. the powers of Triafjostic^a^ Justices of the ?t^my as they may see fit^uch and so many proper persons to act as Marshals or Constables of said town, as the said Council may deem necessary and expedient for the preservation of the peace, good order and police thereof, whielL persons so appointed shall, within the corporate limits of said town, have the power and privileges, and be subject to all the obligations, penalties and regulations provided by law, for the office of Constable, and shall liable to be removed at the pleasure of said Council. And the said Town Council shall have power to establish or authorize the establishment of a market house in said town; also to establish or authorize the establishment of a guard house, and to prescribe suitable rules and regulations for keeping and governing the same, and until the said guard; house be established, they shall be authorized to use a room in the common jail of the County of Spartanburg for the confinement of all who may be subiect to be committed for a violation of any ordinances, rules and regulations of said, town, and the said Town Council, or the said Intendant and Wardens, in person, any one or more of them, may authonze and require any Marshal of the town, or any Con-" stable specially appointed for that purpose, to arrest and commit to the said guard house or jail of Spartanburg County, as the case: may be, for a terra not exceeding twenty-four hours, any person or persons who, within the corporate limits of said town, may be engaged in a breach of the peace, any riotous or disorderly conduct, open obsenity, public .druufag enness, or any conduct grossly indecent w dangerous to the citizens of said town, or any of them. And it shall be the duty of the town Marshal or Constables to arrest and commit all such offenders when required so to do, and who shall have power to call to their assistance the posse oomitatus, if need be, to aid in making such arrests, and upon the failure ol. said officers to perform such duty as required; ' they shall severally oe subject to such nnes and penalties as the Town Council may impose upon them. And all persons so imprisoned snail pay the costs and expenses incident to their imprisonment, which said costs and expenses shall be collected in the same manner as "is provided for the collection of fines imposed for the violation of ordinances, rules and regulations: Provided, That such imprisonment shall not exempt the party from the payment of any fine the Council may impose for the offence for which he, she or they may have committed. And the said Town Council shall have full power and authority, under their corporate seal, to make all such rules and regulations, by-laws -and ordinances specting the streets, roads and the busin^v thereof, as well as the police system of the { said town, as shall appear to them necessary and proper for the security, welfare and convenience, and for preserving health, order and good government within said town. And the said Town Counoil may impose fines for of-,, fences against their by-laws, rules and regulations, and ordinances, and appropriate the same to the public use of said town. And the said Town Council shall have the same. _ power that Trial Justices or Justices of the Peace now have, or may hereafter have, to compel the attendance of witnesses, and -requiring them to give evidence upon the triaf before them* of any person or persons, for a violation of any of their ordinances, bv-laws, rifles or regulations, but no fine above the sum of twenty-five dollars shall be collected by the said Council, except by suit in the proper Courts of Justice in this Stale, and that no fine shall exceed the amount of fifty dollars; and, also, that nothing herein contained shall authorize the said Council to make any ordinance or by-law inconsistent with or repugnant to the laws of the State. Sec. 6. That the said Intendant and Wardens, or a majority of them, shall have full power to abate and remove all nuisances in said town, and it shall be their duty to keep all roads, ways, bridges pnd streets within the corporate limits of the said town open and in 'good repair; and, for that purpose, they are invested with all the powers of County Commissioners or Commissioners of Roads, for and within the corporate limits of the saidjjj town, .and they may lay out new streets, closed up, widen, or otherwise alter those now in usdaj and shall have full power to classify and ai? range the inhabitants or citizens of said town, liable to street, road, or other public duty inerem, and to torce the performance of fiucn duty under such penalties as are now, or shall hereafter be, prescribed by law. And they shall have power to compound with all persons liable to work the streets, ways and roiida in said town, upon such terms as their ordinances or by-laws may establish, or theif rules and regulations require, tho: montyaad* received to be applied to the public use of the; said town. And all persqps refusing to labor, or failing to pay sudMfumutation, shall be liable to such fi n e^jitaxoeeding twenty dollars for any one y?s?%8 the said Town Council may im pose,:*nd 'they- shall have power to enforce the parent of such fine, in^^e same manner as ?niow, or may be hereafter provi^d for taxes. AfltjT close all 8^ roads, streets and wayi,^iiin the said town^ag they may deem necessary, by the Bale of tho freehold therein, cdti^er at private or public sahj^iu they may adjqdge best for the interest oftbesaidtown^andthey shall keep in repair all SOeh new streets, roads and ways, as they may, from , time to time, deem necessary for the improvement and convenience of said town: Provided, Tbatno street, road or way shall be opened, without first having obtained the consent of the land owner, or owners thereof, through whose premises such new street, road or way may pass. Sec. 7. The said Town Council shall have power and authority Jo require all nersons owning a lot or lots in said town to close in, and to" make and keep in good repair giden walks in front of said lot or lots, whenever the same shall front or adjoin-any public street of said town, if, in the judgment of the Council, such aide-walk shall be necessary; the Width thereof, and the manner - of construction, to be designated and regulated by the said Ifon Council; and for tlwjlcfaalt or refusal, after reasonable notice, to make and' keep ia-good repair such sidewalk^ and to close in such lot or lots, the Tow^Gouncil may, cause the same to be.made or prtrin repair, and require the owner to pay- the price of making or repairing.; and the said Town Council are here-' by empowered to sue for and recover the same, by actum-in aity Court of competent aorisdictiotf t Provided, Tliat such contract Wff making and' repairing is let to the lowest [bidder. The cemeteries and public graveyards are also placed under theyurisdiction of the said To#n Council. ; ; ' Sec.- 8.- ^P&itendaht and Wardens of the ! said town,, or a majority of them, shall have; full power to grail t or 'rgfuse licenses to keegj taverzls, or retail spiritSSj liquors withiajfil h e ^ censes to auctioneers, itlwant iri^e^;lb j ten-pin alleys, or other kinds or game! ofha^l ard, skill or chance, on all drays, carts; wagattS, carriages, omnibnsses, buggies, horses, tmsreu or mules kept for hire or used for public pur^ poses in said town. And they shall have the full and only power to impose a tax on all shows or exhibitions for gain or reward within the corporate limits of said town. They shall have power to impose a tax not exceeding twenty cents on every hundred dollars of the value of all real ana personal property lying within the corporate limits of the town, the real and personal property of churches and school ana college associations excepted. That an ordinance declaring the rate of annual taxation for the year, shall be published at least three weeks during the-month of January in each year, except the first publication, which shall be immediately after this amended charter is accepted and adopted by the General Assembly of this State: Provided, That ; ifj in the judgment of the said Town Council, Tiny property, real or personal, shall*be returned below its actual and true value, then, ?in such case, reference shall be made to the books of the County Treasurer, and the last assessment of such property made by the Coonty Assessors shall be taken as the value of the same, and that all persons liable to taxation under the same, shall make oath of their taxable property within said town, and make payment of their taxes to the Clerk and Treasurer of the said corporation, or such other person as they may be ordered or-reguired to tiou, and upon failure W make such return and payment as required, the parties so in default shall be subject to the penalties provided by law fcrcwnta to pay the general, State and Counl&iax, to be euforced by the orders of the^JGarodant and Wardens, or a majority of them, for the. use of the said town, except that in such cases that executions jo enforce the payment of such taxes shall be issued under ;th8 seal of the corporation, and may be di&cted to the Town Marshal, or .rttofr ne rsoivjsppoifl ted .by . IhasaidTowU 'Cofthcil to levyepllect and receive the same, with costs, as in shah cases made and provided by law. And all property upon which such tax shall be levied ana assessed, i| hereby declared and made liabl?j|tf th^a&yment thereof in preference to father debts, except debts due to the Sta^ which shall be first paid. And that all other taxes imposed by thelntendant and Wardens, or a majority of them, shall be payable in advance by the parties liable for the same, as in manner and form just before stated. Sec. 9. The Intendant and Wardens elect, together with-Clerk and Treasurer, shall, during their term of office, be exempt from street ana police duty. Each Town Council shall, within one month after the expiration of their .term of office, make out and return to their successors in office a full account of their receipts and expenditures during their term, whieh account shall be published in one or ? ioinii ? Pnnnfw and oVioll pUp6TB U1 tUO WITUU* wuuvji nuu oimu pay, over all moneys in their possession belonging to the corporation, and deliver up all ippls, records ana other papers incident to \-?ir office to their successors; and, on failure to do so, they shall be liable to be fined in a ; sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be collected by any proper action of the Town Council. Bee. 10. That all ordinances heretofore passed by the Town Council of Spartanburg, in conformity with the authority granted by existing laws, shall be, and they are hereby, : declared legal and valid. i Sec. 11. All Acts and parts of Acts heretofore passed in relation to the incorporation i of the town of Spartanburg be, and the same i are hereby, repealed. i Sec. 12. This Act shall be deemed a public i Act, and continue in force for the term of i twenty years, and until the end of the session j of the Legislature thereafter. 1 Approved February 11,1871. < AH ACT '^ incorporate the Town of Florence. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and ] House ?^Representatives of the State of South j Carolina,.now met and sitting in General As- i sembhggmd by the authority of the same, , Thatfiffcaad after the passdfee of this Act, all person or persons who shall 1 have Resided in the corporate limits of the . villa^^^JElorence for two months, are here- i by de&wHo be members of the corporation 3g0?MBpt> the said persons shall, from andaiWr t&^passage of this Act, become a j bofe poHtfejSd corporate, andshall be kifbwn and^calle^Kthe" name of the town of Flor- j flfer* 8hall extend one ( ?fte inJ^jKeOQP from the corner of Frontml^the said town shall be govern- i e3H M0tendant and four Wardens, who shairoSWresided in the State for^gne year, and within the limits of the corporation for sixty days immediately JBItffcding their election. The said IntenMOvmod WhriiBipa shall be elected on the second Monday of themonth of April, in each y^ir, ten days' notice being prevlously^given, ai^ shalLttiatinue in office Ann ma* <1*1/1 nntil SlUUAbii AMJ nnalHiAa. ing notice in writing fo the persons elected, the Intend&nt and waordens, for the time be> ing, shall ^alwa^ a^ibint the Managers to fairly acd-hgrnytiaUy to conduct the same. And thpE^ndant and Wardens, before en-the duties of Jiheir offices, shall, take the oath prescribed by the ^MHbroon of this Stato, ai$ the following oath, to wit: "As,^fflldant (or?Warden) of theijpvmof FlorendHfipll, eqo^Jy and im. pattaatty, io the bei^l'nw ability, exercise tfaie'xsnft reposed nPVvTana will use my best endeavors to preserve1 the peace, and carry intoffect, according to law, thejporpose for which I have been elected: So help me God. A^d if any person, upon beiilg elected Iut<? dantnr Warden,.shall refuse to^wkas su<aB he flfall forfeit and pay tosaid ToWh Uounjffi the sum of twenty dolhuti/^r the use of aB| town: Provided, That no person who has at-' sickness ortomjporarjr Tbaenee of ^ Xhfcta- j be empowered to jBgeir nombH^tof , ,1" IrmlT L Alii ?MM?1 . .*; .* /<.'.'.> '* * xSBy J ' n"? "' *?* " r V..?a 7-; |ood government^ within the same; impose fines and penalties for the^violation thereof^d appropriate the same to the public nsqApaid corporation: Provided, That i no noMapncnt shall exceed fifty dollars' fine or thiraroays' imprisonment. TKn* fV?a Trifan/^onf nnd Wawlnin nf 11 UWl It i.U?W IIUV AUWUUMUV KUU TTtnUVUVVA said town shall have full and only power to grant or refuse licenses to keep taverns, or to retail spiritious liquors within the corporate limits of said town, upon such conditions, and under such circumstances, as to them shall seem proper and right: Provided, That in no instance shall the price of a license to keep a tavern, qr to retail spirituous liquors, be at a less sum than is established by the law of this State; and all moneys paid for licensee, and for fines and forfeitures for retailing spirituous liquors, keeping tavern and bUliani tables within the limits without licenses, shall be appropriated to the publio uses of said town; Provided, Thqt the Intendant and Wardens, daly elected and qualified, shall not have power to grant any license to keep taverns or retail spiritoua liauors to extend beyond the term for which tney have been eleoted. Sec. 8. Thatit^hall be the duty of the Intendpnt andWardens to keep all roris,streets and ways withuL their-corporate limits open and in good repair. -They shall have power to oompouiid witfcjdl persons liable to work the streets, ways and roads in said town, upon such terms as thsy,' by ordinance, shall establish, the moneys so received to be applied to the public use of said town; and all persons refusing or failing to pay such commutation shall be roMe. to such fine, not exceeding twenty dollars, as the Town Council may imSx~ 9. The said Town Council shall have power to regulate sales at auction within the ^ limits of said town, and to grant licenses to auctioneers: Provided, Nothing herein contained shall extend to .sales by Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Judge of Probate, Coroner, Executor, or Administrator, Assignee in Bankruptcy, or by any of the persons out of the order, decree or any Court, Trial Justice or other inferior Court. Sec. 10. They shall also have power to impose an annual tax not exceeding fifty cents on every hundred dollars of the assessed value ! of real and personal estate lying within thecorporate limits of said town, the real and - . . i- i i J ?.i _i personal estate OI cnurcnes tuiu buuuux wjouumtions excepted, and to regofcte the price of 1 licenses upon all pnblic sho wb and exhibitions in the saia town; to erect a powder magazine, and compel any person holding more than i twenty-five pounds of powder to store the same 1 theran^ttMt make regulations for rates of i Btoragtf^K^and for keeping and storing ' the BdNH^Baid Town Council shall have 1 power-M ft the .payment of all taxes < levied tmaq^nfbuthonty of this Act, against i the property1**! persons of all defaulters, to' < the same extent, and in the same manner, as < is provided bylaw forthe collection of thegen- < eral taxes, except that executions to enforce 1 the payment of town taxes shall be issued un- 1 der the seal of the corporation, and directed i to the Town Marshal, or other persons especi- . ally appointed by the Town Council to collect < the same j and all property upon which a tax 1 shall be levied is hereby declared and made liable for the payment thereof, in preference to i all other debts against the said property, ex- < zept'debts due the State, which shall be paid. Sec. 11. That the arid Town Council shall ti have power, with the consent of the adjacent 'oi land owners, to close all such roads, streets h< and ways within the town as they shall deem oecesary, by sale of the freehold therein, eith sr at public or private sale, as theytaay adjuge beat for Jhe interest of the said town, and. ? they shall have j>ower to lay out, adoptgony^ and keep in repair all such new Btreete^flSjUi: and wayB within the town as tboy^dBf^ramre necessary for the improvement and conv^i nience of the said town: Provided, new street, road or way shall be openeOTi^TC out first having obtained the consent land owner or owners through whose prtmwflK any. such new street, road or way * Sec. 12. That the said Town taumaVf?** have power, and are hereby authorized, to U elect two or more Marshalsi to addition tojMK Sheriff of DtHingw^vlruni Bhal of the Town,; to ftfttheir salaries and -J prescribe their duties***) sh'all be duly aM * in and invested with all the pow^ jura sab-* *j jected to all the d.ti^ ?nt ? law, in a^^wto^tihei.dutie^mid HjnUhiiBS ^ fiction shall be- confined within ther ^ of the said town. , Sec. 13. That the sftiS Town Conncil shall have power to establish a guard house, and . . !L- L; J!-.: T?i.LI 1 J to prescnoe^py oruuiouuu), siuuium ruiws nuu ^ regulations for keeping and governing the ? ?ame?; and until such guard house shall be _ established, they shall be authorised to use 4 { Hpm in the common jail of Darlington County g tft the confinement of all parsons who may be t fmbjeot to be commixed for violation of any | dkmasoe of thettown, passed in conformity t wiffa^Ue provisions of this Act; and theeaid* r Town Council may, by ordinance, or the said r Intendant and Wardens in person, any one * or more of tfeffP/anthoriie jpd require any g Marshal of tfie town,?or any Constable, gpeci- r ally appointed for that purpose, to arrest or , commit to said guard hhuae orjml of Darlington County, h*.the case may be, for a term not fl exceeding twenty-four hours, .any person or t persons who, with hi the corporate limits of ( said to^p* may be "engaged in a breach of f the peace, any Hotons, or disorderly conduct, j open ^obeenity, public drunkenness, or in ?ny , conduct grodtly indecent, or dangerous to the fi citizens of the said town,-or any of them; and ' it shsfl be the'duty of the Marshals to arrest B and commit all such offendgre, wh?n required to do so, who shall have power to call to th ur; f assistance Jhe posse comiBaua,Jf need le, to imposs/for violatiomof ordinS# J -TTratflnrh imprisonment shall not exempt the \ SjHBblBUawafliit of any fine the Council . Ijj oent c alks * the 1 iwyqMB* y jwMnreefr to be cleaned,or J gudnwewalfB to be made and kept in repair, * ,$H?eqnire each owner or owners to peythe oosts and expenses thereof: ProvidM, That J Contracts for cleaning the said Ktreets-, or mak- f ing and pntting in repair such sidewalks, ahaij be let to the lowest bidder. t Sec. 17. That the said Town Council shall j have power to borrow money for the public c use of the corporation by issuing, from time J time, as occasion maj require,, the bonds of ' the corporation, bearing interest at a rate not * to exceed seven ner uentum per annum, to be paid Bemi-annuallv, for fcn amount not to exceed five thousand dollars; and for the payment of the interest, and the ultimate redemp- a tion of the principal, aocording to the terms of the loan, the said corporation shall at all . times be ftfcle : Provided, That tbe private property of the inhalntants of the town shallbe bound for the redemption of sua loan in no * Art. Sec. 18. That the Intondant and Wardens * elect shall, during their term of office, be ex- S empt from street doty. Each Town Council ! shall, within one month after the expiration of their term of office make out and return to j their successors a foil account of their receipts , and expenditures during tiieir time, sad snidl pay over all moneys in their possession,, be- , longing to the corporation, and deliver up all * books, records and papers incidental to their ofli<&tp their successors; and on failure to do so, they shall be liable to be fined in a sum ( not exceeding one hundred dollars, to beoftt J" lected in any proper actioaby the Town Coon- J Sec. 19. That for any wtilfhl violation or ? neglect of duty', malfeasance in offioe, abuse or jl oppression, the said Intendafit and Wardens, \ jointly and severally, shall be liable to indirtment in tbe Court of Sesrions, and, upon conviction, to punishment as prescribed in the proceeding Section,, besides being liable for t damages to any person or persons injured. Sec. 20. That all Acts and parts of Arts heretofore passed in relation to the inoorpora- ? tion of the town of Florence be, and the same 8 are hereby, repealed. n Sec. 21. This Act shall be deemed a public ? Act, and continue in force until amended, *1- i tered or repealed. ij Approved match v, i?i. . o: . AH AC T jj To determine the day of Election of the Mayo{ and Aldermen or the City of Charleston. J Section 1 .Beit enacted by the Senate and Jj House of Representatives of the State of Sooth 81 Carolina, now met and ratting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That so much of the charter of the city of j\ Charleston, and the amendment thereto, as determines the day of election, be, and the same is hereby amended, so as to fix the day B of election of Mayor and Aldermen for the 0 said city of Charleston, on the fiat Wednes- se lay of August, eighteen hundrod'and seven- ti ty-one (1871,) ana on the first Wednesday of to the same month in each alternate year there- ai ifter: Provided, That the present Mayor and ol Aldermen shall continue in-office until the yn lay fixed fay the charter of the eity of Char- to leeton, for the qualification of their snoocms. Sea 2. That the Mayor and Aldermen now tc in office shall oontinoe therein, until their soft- al wesson are elected and qualified. . tc Sea 3. That all laws now in force, in rela* on to the election of Mayor and Aldermen Ftbe city of Charleston, except so fer as are areby repealed, be and continue in force. Approved March 7,1871. a* act .' p inoorporate the Saving, Building and Loan Association of South Carolina. Section % Be ii enacted by the Senate and Ipimbf^epreeentatiyes of the State of South iarofinafrnow met and sitting in General AsanM?kjdl< bj the authority of the same, jfeT^Saroort^ A. J. Kantier, F. fi. jjyet, Jones, Jr., 8. A. 8wails, B. A. BSbmTj^IL J. Hiach, W. B. Nash, X. femiaWLW. J. Whipper, J. H. B&ey # ndLucins Wimbush, together with such MWjiiilpjuswho now are, or hereafter aaay wi^them, ^ tyle Che "Saving, Building and Loan AaggjaHen of South Cbrolina,'Pfor the purpose ffltftig and selling remand personal proprty, and making loans dTmoney, secured by lortgage of Zealand personal property, See. 2. TJiat the capital of said oorporation halL.be twenty-five thousand dollars, and onsat of twenty-five (26) shans, to be paid a successive weekly installments of two dolua on each share so long as the ooporation . ball continue, or by such other contributions a shall be assessed and required by an tjwmmons vote of all the shareholders, the said hares to be held, transferred, assigned and iledged, and also to he liable to beftrfetfed to he corporation, and die holders thereof to be abject"to nidi fina and Yor&tares for thshion, as may be ^j^rfbedjby the constitution, he death, or the nay be prasoMed by, the said constitution. ~j< ifYi ' ndn ifeal, and alter the saico at will: shall haft have and bqjoyjall and eyeryright and >nvwgp tHAInftfll 'ftftfl^jwHIHftfl (y tflf AQttlMMlA ^ o :Z ? ?3r j," a*.-^ wrsoqaJ, and securities, public or priiTj^ pMOHi or flffriftiratiimtt on such securities, in bch mode, on suob term*, wait* sueh oondiions, and subject to such regulations as may ?, from time to time, pfwcribed by the conthatioD, rales and bV-I&ws of the add oorpoation; and that it shall, and may be, lawftrt iroperty, bonds,, stocks, pablio and private, or mdsuch stocks sjid. bonds, tiiic" or^jnTaS'. irtohoces in action, u shall bo mortgaged, sonvered, assigned or pledged to itflfHHtir >f security apon its loans or advances. br oafbaaed at tales thereof, and to aitf alma, ransfer,*or otberwiae.dispose of the same, as? bom, time to time, the said corporation, may ieem expedient . ** - jsSjcmb.lit" Sec. 5. That, semi-annually, on lays of January and Jofy, there shall bedirided, amongst the stockholders of the said xirporafion, the profits accruing from the iniretiiMiiit . m Sec. -6^ That tWn Act shall be taken and * leemed a public Act, and that the same may je^ven-in evidence withoot "being speeUlly dondod. ' * * -- in iiiiawr ii V III Po inoorpornt^t^?McMe^wdiof Ridgeway, Section. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Bepnamtatfttie of - tbo State of Carolina, now met and sitting in General Ajlemblv. and by tbfe^flDtbontr ef ths mN, [ hat a M. Smart, Jack P. James, Wyat . Boohrare and Samod Adam4 and thehtoojcwon in omce, oe, ana an mtwj9 mdum* ed a body corporate and politic under the ame and style of the Moees .Guards, with a pita! stock not exceeding the sum of five hoosand dollars, with the right to sue and be oed, to plead and be impleaded id any court if oenra^int tarisdictkm, to have aba to as* t common seal, and the same to alter, at will ind pleasure "and 'with all other rights,~privflge? and immunities that are now secured^ . ' aw to like inoorp?te bodies. Sec. 2 Ibis act shall be deemed a poblic KJt, and shall remain in !bri? for a term of inrttea veai*. ', i&sf?9VSS?S M not having been retanied bj hi* to* the iranch of the General Aaembly in which it riginated within the time prescribed by the /ongtitntign, has become a law iritiboot bit W'OT*L V P. L. OABDOZA, Secretary of State. A* ACT ?(, amend An Act entitled "An Act esMUAtiig * line beyond which the wbarvea ahaU not bo axtcndedinthediyof CbarkatrrtL andfbr ottier ^urpowa," ratified the 21st day orDeoember, A. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate And loose of Bepreseatathres of the State of Sooth Carolina, now met end sitting in QmSd Asgembly, and by the authority of the anj&^That the fa* established'by Section I fan-wot entitled "AnAftt mtahifrihinf jftno ieyond which the wbiafm Ab^etbe at* ended in the jtty of Charleston, and for other porpoeeft,* ratified the 21st day of Deoemw, A. a W> be etiM^i to the Hoe Bm, ettered B, C, D, Eflumltoked and laid lown on a platof tMMjw the Eastern Kmndary of the omHMHub by Itfois ). Barbot, City EngS^pSUhe 6th day Uw duty of'ti* City Council of Ghadseton te eanse theafcremw let with the line marked out by theCily Enineer afcuesaid, to be reeoidedin the office of he Secretary of State, and, also, ii*jthe ofloe f the Register of Mesne Conveyance for ftiarlewton County, within six months after - ' AH. ACT o renew the charter ofthe Vtrxj known m Ajgfcepoo Ferry. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate ud base of Representatives of the State of oath (krolina,M*rmetandsitlfamitt<3ano> il Assembly, and by the authority of the one, That the charter of the Ferry icrom kjshcpoo Barer,and known ae "Ashepoo Fery," be, and the same ia, renewed for the tenn f fourteen- years, and is hereby rested in Nv laaiel Heyward, his heirs, executors, admmtratora and asnrns, for said term of fcailetif ears, together with all the rights, privileges ad immunities heretofore incorporated in lid charter. . Approwd M?wh M, 18T1. A?ACT . o rocharter tha Pumpklntown Turnpike Road, >:. i& Itokecu Oouty. *>.?. Sectfob 1 Be It enacted br the Senate and Conse ofBepteaehtethtedftteStateofSoalh * andina, now met and sitting In General AamWr, and by authority of the sssoe, That te Turnpike road leading from Pumpkin>wn to Table Bock, in Pickens Connty, be, id the same is hereby, rechartod, in the name 'Marcus D. Keith, for the term of fourteen an, with the sanm rates dftauee those herefore allowed by law. Sec. % That all persons going to, and reining from elections, oh niches and milk, mil be allowed to pass over the road free of 11; Approved January 23,1871.