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||um<>f0U!S DcjmrtWfttt. j BLUFF BIFFKINS AND THE AGEN'TESS. j I was picking my teeth on the Fifth Avenue ' Hotel steps, after eating a twenty cent dinner I over in Third Avenue, as is my custom of an afternoon. There came by a rakisli craft, i She scudded along under a closely reefed j bustle and tolerably bare poles. The wind j was a nor'-nor'-wester, and struck her aft, , making fearful havoc with her canvas. She I Crilt. I ?U1C tUC UCTV Ol/JT 1U vi mvvMft w?w ...... clasps. I will take my oath, you observe, of that. She signaled me with her eye, and I bore down upon her. 1 had thrown about seven words when she interrupted me by yanking a big book out of her bustle, or somewhere. 'Here is something,' she warbled, 'which I'd like to show you. It is called the History of Christianity in the Fejee Islands, by the Rev. Peter Portidge. It is illustrated by ten thousand pictures, just engraved by the old masters, and bound with calfskin. It is the greatest work ever writen. You can't afford to be without it. Children cry for it. The price is only seven dollars. I will put your name down and'? 'False woman!' I shrieked, 'away! You have deceived a poor, weak, trusting man. You are a book agent. Beware, woman, although unmarried, I will defend myself to the death.' Then I fled. But the creature, you comprehend, was like the itch, or a bad conscience, or a washer-woman's bill?not to be so easily got rid of. She dogged my footsteps like a divorce detective. She hovered over me like au avenging spirit. She laid for me when I went to my meals, interviewed me at my omce, and bored me at every point. Life seemed a burden. I disguised myself as a hackman, as an organ grinder, as a minister?put myself in the most humiliating positions, you observe?but it wasn't any use. ?Je sure that temale wickedness found me out. At last I meandered down by the sad sea waves, and was happy for a time. Days sped by?at fifteen or twenty dollars each?and I was beginning to. forget the book ageut. One evening I wandered on the sanded beach in the mellow moonlight. I suppose that is the correct Long Branch thing to do. I met a lovely creature in white tulle, or cotton sheeting, or something. I took her for a moonbeam at first, you comprehend, and my heart bounded with admiration. I flirted with the ethereal apparition, and we sat on a damp rock very close together. My arm got around her waist, and we were having a nice, comfortable time. You possibly know how it is yourself. 'Fairstranger,' I murmured, 'dost love thus to squat on the primeval rock, and commune with nature?' She said she did. "Couldst thou leave the allurements of art, and live always amidst the flowers and trees of the moonbeams ?' She said she could. "Why so silent ?" I asked, softly pressing her hand. "Dos1; aught disturb the harmony of thy soul?is anything but admiration for this scene in thy heart ? She said there was. "Here is something," she broke out, pulling out a ten-pound volume rrorn somewnere, "that I'd like to show you. It is called the History of Christianity in the?" I recognized her. She was that infernal book agent. With a wild shriek, I tore myself away. A sudden horror overwhelmed my soul, and an ocean of disgust drowned out forever all admiration of female divinities, who all seemed but demons in disguise. I am yet a bachelor. ? THE MULE GUN. Some people have conceived the idea that the small Gatliug guns, made at Colt's, were intended to be fired from the back of a mule, because they are only made light for transportation. The statement that they could be used from the back of a mule or horse, which is going the rounds of the papers, calls up the following anecdote, which we heard some time since: Out in a certain western fort some time ago, the major conceived the idea that artillery might be used effectively in fighting the Indians, by dispensing with gun carriages, and fastening the cannon upon the backs of mules. So lie explained his views to the commandant, and it was determined to try the experiment. A small howitzer was strapped upon an ambulance mule, with the muzzle pointing toward the tail. When they had secured the gun, aud loaded it with ball cartridge, they led that calm and steadfast mule out to the bluff and set up a target in the middle of the river to practice at. The rear of the mule was turned toward the target, and he was backed up to the edge of the bluff. The officers stood around in a semi-circle, the Major went up and inserted a timefuse in the touch-hole of the howitzer. When the fuse was ready the Major lit it and retired. In a minute or two the hitherto unruffled mule heard the fizzing back there on his neck and it made him uneasy. He reached his head around to ascertain what was going on, and, as he did so, his body turned, and the howitzer began to sweep around the horizon. The mule at last became excited, as his curiosity became more and more intense, and in a second or two he was standing with his four legs in a bunch, making six revolutions a minute, and the howitzer, understand, threatening sudden death to every man within half a mile! The commandant was observed to climb suddenly up a tree; the lieutenants were seen sliding over the bluff into the river, as if they didn't care at all about the high price of uniforms ; the adjutant made good time toward the fort; the sergeant began to throw up breastworks with his bayonet, and the major rolled over on the ground and groaned, in two or three minutes there was a puff of smoke, a dull thud, And the, mule?0, where was he? A solitary jackass might have been seen turning successive back-suraersaults over the bluff only to rest at anchor finally, with his howitzer, at the oottom of the river; while the ball went off toward the fort, hit the chimney in the major's quarters, rattled the adobe bricks down the parlor, and frightened the major's wife into convulsions. They do not allude to it now, and no report of the result of the experiment was ever sent to the War Department.?Hartford Times. ^ Deacon Johnson is a great temperance man and sets a good example of total abstinence as far as can be seen. Not long ago he employed a carpenter to make some alterations in his parlor, and in repairing the corner near the fire-place it was found necessary to remove the wainscoating, when lo! a discovery was made that astonishpd pvprv hndv. A brace of decanters, a turn bier and a pitcher were cosily reposing there as if they had stood there from the beginning. "Well, I declare that is curious, sure enough. It must be that old Baines left them when he went out of this 'ere house 30,' years ago. "Perhaps he did," returned the carpenter, "but, deacon, the ice in the pitcher must have been friz very hard to stay till this time." J?" Boswell asked Johnson if there was no possible circumstances under which suicide 1 would be justifiable. "No," said Johnson. "Well," said Boswell, "suppose a man had I been guilty of fraud and he was certain he ; would be found out." "Why, then," was the I reply, "in that case let him go to some coun-1 try where he is not known, and not to the ; devil where he is known." ? /SaT" A very wicked Connecticut man being ! recently taken ill, and believing he was about j to die, told a neighbor that he felt the need of preparation for the next world, and would j like to see some proper persons in regard to ' it, whereupon the feeling friend sent for a fire i insurance agent. I Children's Department. "WE BOYS LOVE STORIES." Of course you do. I like thera myself; but the danger is that, with such a multitude of excitiug, sensational ones as are told now-adays, you will read nothing but stories. And that would "be paying dear for the whistle," would it not ? If for the sake of books that have not the slightest foundation in truth, nor, indeed, in the probable, written only to amuse, not more than a single grain of wheat hidden in a whole page of chaff, you loose all relish for a higher and better style of reading and you do yourself a grievous wrong. I am not condemning you to dry, dull books. Indeed I am not. My own young days are not so far away but I know quite well what you want. But only think of the books that are waiting to take you all over this great worm 01 ours; up m tne Arctic seas; down below the equator, showing you all the strange forms of life there ; whole volumes of travel and adventure, that will add to your stock of knowledge, as well as enlist your eager interest, and histories without end, that will charm you like a fairy-tale, if you only give them a chance, taking you through not the world merely, but through the past centuries, showing the grand discoveries and dreadful struggles which have made the world what it is now. Then think of the stirring tales of real heroes, who have fought the battles of life, and come off conquerors; have struggled through a boyhood of poverty, and trial, and temptation, into a noble, resolute manhood. Isn't there enough.in such examples as these to interest? Doesn't it set your blood tingling to think what others have done, and what you do ? Now, a word about the newspapers. I always feel hopeful of a boy who reads habitually the daily or weekly papers. I set all such down for live, wide-awake boys, when I see them taking such an interest in the current news of the day. But I await first until I see to what part of the paper they turn most eagerly. If, as the sheet is unfolded, they run over the telegraph column to see what is passing in other countries, as well as in our own, then I know there is an intelligent interest. Their ears have been open to the discussions among the older members of the family, and the mind has been at work, too. There is no excuse for ignorance now. When all the nations of the earth are knocking at each other's door, we may learn what we will. If I see the eye brighten over some noble deed of charity to the poor and suffering, then I am glad; for I know there is a generous spark down in their own hearts that shall yet kindle into a flame of its own, and gladden others some day with other noble deeds. But if I see them, with eager interest, reading the horrible details of crime and murder, hope dies out of my heart, and I turn away with real pain. It is a crying evil of our day, this publishing, in much minuteness, those loathesome details of crime. I see no end or purpose of justice to be answered by it, but only fearful harm. Your young hearts should turn in instant recoil from such brutal tales. Boys, if the public journal, that should be a school of better morals spreads this snare before you, do not walk in it. It will blunt all your finer feelings, and familiarize your mind with forms of cruelty and sin, that otherwise you would never come in contact with. Every one knows that anything made familiar to the mind loses half its deformity. Never suffer yourselves to read one of these articles. If your eye catches the startling heading, pass it instantly by. Do not fill that mind of yours, which should be all manly and noble, with these dreadful pictures of sin and guilt. I have said nothing about these poisonous books?low and vulgar?that sometimes find their way secretly into some boy's pocket. I trust there is no need to caution you against these. Never, never, read anything you would blush to have your mother or sister see. Read! but pray be careful what you read. HABIT IS SECOND NATURE. Very few writers have remarked, upon a subject really worthy of notice, that we so get into a habit of doing things a certain way, that we almost unconsciously, as it were, do them in that way, mechanically, and without mistake, almost without an enort. The cook always takes the knife in the same hand to carve with ; the mason always uses the trowel with the same hand ; the copying clerk uses the pen, and the artist the pencil, with the one hand, generally the right. Involuntarily we do these things; constant practice having made it such a habit, that we scarce notice the uniformity we observe. When we go away into foreign lands, we begin to notice how differently other people do the same things that we do. They, like us, have their own modes of doing things, and. always do them the same way ; but to us it would often appear as if they began at the wrong end, and commenced their work backwards. For instance: How odd we should think it if we were to see the builders of a house beginning at the top story before the bottom foundation was put in; or a bricklayer sitting down to his work at bricks and mortar. Yet such customs exist, for in Turkey, where these things are more noticeable, nearly all trades do their work in a manner entirely opposite to ours. The Turkish barber pushes the razor from him ; our barber draws it toward him. The carpenter draws the saw to him, for all the teeth are set inward; but ours pushes it from him, for all the teeth are set outward. Their mason sits, while ours stands to his work; and the scribe there writes on his hand, from right to left; ours like a desk or table, and goes from left to right. Their mode of building houses is, however, most astonishing to a stranger. We begin at the bottom, they at the top. The frame-work is of wood, and the upper rooms are furnished and inhabited, while all below remains like a skeleton frame, or a lantern with the glasses out. It is often said, there are but two ways of doing a thing?the right way and the wrong way. Here seems to be a contradiction of. this; for in this case, both appear to be right and equally advantageous. We must be careful, however, when we strike out a new method of doing our work, that we do not alter for the worse. If the left hand is stronger than the right, and to sit better than to stand, then we do well to adopt a singular mode. The habit is soon acquired, and so that it be a good one, the sooner we make it a sort of second nature the better. + ? Trees in Victoria?Recent explorations show that the great Australian trees exceed in height, though not in circumference, the giants of California, though some of the Australians must be regarded as very respectable in girth as well as height, the hollow trunk of one of them being large enough to permit three horsemen to enter and turn without dismounting, while they led a fourth horse. A fallen tree in the recesses of Dandenong, Victoria, was measured not long since, and found to be 420 feet long; another on the Black Spur, ten miles from Healesville, measured 480 feet. The highest trees on the Sierra Nevada, California, yet discovered, reached only 450 feet, the average size being from 300 to 400 feet in height, and from 25 to 34 feet in diameter. The wood of these trees closely resembles red cedar, and the reddish brown bark is sometimes 18 inches thick. The age of some of the oldest has been com puted at 2000 years. | Little Sins.?A little hole in a ship sinks : it; a small breach in a sea-bank carries all I away before it; a little stab in the heart kills a man; and a little sin, as it is often improperly called, tends to his final destruction. Whatever sin the heart is prone to, that the devil will help forward. A little drop has been many a man's ruin?every drunkard began with a single glass. leading fa* the JF ablratb. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. READING THE BIBLE TO THE SICK. Sir Walter Scott, in his final sickness, said to Lockhart, his son-in-law, "Bring me a ^ book." "What Book?" replied Lockhart. * "Can you ask?" said the expiring genius, * "fViprr> is hut. one?the Bible." "I chose the - fourteenth chapter of St. John's Gospel," says Mr. Lockhart. "He listened with mild devotion, and said, when I had done, 'Well, this is a great comfort. I have followed you distinctly, and I feel as if I were to be myself again.' But this hope was not realized. During his days of decline, he was sometimes heard murmuring over snatches from Isaiah and the book of Job, and occasionally a Psalm in the old Scottish version." Colonel Allen, a celebrated infidel of this country, was one day suddenly summoned from his library, to the chamber of a sick daughter, whom her pious mother had instructed in the principles of Christianity, and who, by an unexpected turn in her disease, was about to breathe her last. As soon as he appeared at her bed-side, she said to him, "Father, I am about to die, shall I believe in the principles which you have recommended, or shall I believe in what my mother has taught me?" He became extremely agitated, his chin quivered, his whole frame shook, and c? ?? aner waiting n lew muuicuut, uc i lieve what your mother has taught you." It is easy to neglect or cavil at the Bible in j health and prosperity, but the task becomes a J difficult one, as storms of trouble lower, espe- j cially as the rider on the white horse ap- J proaches, with his bow drawn and his arrow pointed. A venerable man, brave, kind, in- | fluential, highly esteemed, once said to us as J he battled with the swellings of Jordan, "A ( man may live without religion, but he cannot 1 die without it." This has been the experi- ? ence of thousands who had not the candor to ntter it. The infidel Hobbes, shortly be- ' fore his soul winged its flight to the spirit 1 world, said, "I am about to take, a leap in 1 the dark!" Oh! how dark is the passage J from this world to the next, except for the radiance which God's blessed word casts over it! In the solemn atmosphere of the sick ( room the taper of pleasure goes out, and the torch of reason burns with flickering light. 1 There was deep philosophy, as well as pure ' and potent divinity, in the words of Jesus, when,, after saying, "Let not your heart be ( troubled," He added, as the only method by 1 which this happy state of mind can be main- ( tained, "Ye believe in God, believe also in me." No light shines so beautifully and be- ] .* .? ? i i xi.i. -L nignautly m tne aeam cuamoer as mat wuiuu shines from the Book divine. "Thou truest friend man ever knew, Thy constantcv I've tried When all was false, I found thee true, My counsellor and guide. The mines of earth no treasures give That could this volume buy: In teaching me the way to live, It taught me bow to die." ON THE ROCK. Once upon a time there lived a powerful king, who reigned over a large and fertile country. He had crowns of gold and pearls and sceptres of ivory and precious stones. His treasury was full of the costly things of the earth ; tens of thousands of armed men were ready to obey his bidding, and his dominion extended from sea to sea. But without God's blessing, worldly possessions are but an increase of care, and as this monarch feared not God, he was dissatisfied and unhappy. In the dominions of the king there lived a certain dervise, famed for abstinence, sanctity, wisdom and piety ; and the king, willing to profit by the instruction of the holy man, paid him a visit. He found him in sackcloth, lying in a cave surrounded with high rocks on the borders of the wilderness. "Holy mau," said the king; "I come to learn how I may be happy." Without giving any reply, the dervise led the king through the rugged pathways to the place, till be brought him in front of a high rock, near the top of which the eagle had built her eyrie. "Why has the eagle built her nest yonder?" "Doubtless," repled the king, "that it may be out of the way of danger." "Then imitate the bird," said the dervise; "build thy throne in heaven, and thou shalt reign there unmolested and in'peace." Now the king would have willingly given the dervise a hundred pieces of gold, if he would have accepted it, for this precious piece of advice. It may be as useful to you as to the king, for you are all as much interested in being happy as he was. As the eagle built her nest on the rugged rock, build your hope on the "Rock of Ages." As the t dervise told the king to erect his throne in heaven, so I tell you to "seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above, not on the things of the earth." Do this, and you will be above the reach of danger for time and eternity.?S. S. Journal. PREACHING. Take heed to your preaching. This is, after all, the main thing. If you are no preacher, you are nothing. Let the pulpit be your throne. Who says that it has lost its power? God himself has put the pulpit on the throne. The preacher is not the lecturer, nor the philosopher, nor the critic, but the lifter up of the cross of the Saviour. This is your work. 0! if you fail here, you miss your way. If there be anything in our ministry which does not lead to Jesus, it is strange doctrine; God himself will destroy it; it is a blemish which disBgures the whole; it is but a meteor of the marsh, which may beguile, but cannot dissipate the darkness in the blaze of day, like the glare of the city gas-light kindled in the mockery of noon. Then preach Jesus. You ask me how to preach Jesus? In your own style. If you have the imagination of a poet,, use it; if you have the eloquence of a Cicero, use it; if you have a quiet style of your own, then be yourself. If you have the polish in the grain, bring it out; don't let the pine grain sneer at the mahogany grain. Don't let us have the class of revival and non-revival brethren, Be lucid as Matthew, if you can ; logical as Paul, poetic as Isaiah, tender and melting as John, the beloved, stern and fiery as Ezekiel, only let us feel the power! You need power?power over conscience. If you speak to the disputer, you will be worst- < ed ; but speak to the conscience, and no man can rival you there. You are Czar of many 1 lands. 1 Above all, be in earnest. Preach wisely; I aim at the fifth rib; let there be no affecta- 1 tion; not the bursting of a volcano, but the I gentle dawning of the light, that, while it ? would not wake the slumbering babe, would fill the world with glory. i Aim at success. God's word promises, "As 1 I live, saith the Lord, my word shall not re- 1 turn unto me void." Trust God. The hus- i bandman patiently, waiteth, believeth, for the I precious fruits of the earth ; so may you. Expect success. You have the power, and you have the promise. May God save us from 1 invoking excuses for want of success. I The Poisoned Tongue.?It is the custom I in Africa for hunters when they have killed a i poisonous snake, to cut off its head and care- ! - .1 1 4 _. . 1_ _ 3 fully bury it deep m tne grouna. j\ naaea foot, stepping on one of these fangs, would be 1 mortally wounded. The venom lasts a long I time, and is as fatal after the snake is dead ] as before. Our cruel Indians used to dip the < points of their arrows in this poison, so, if they < made the least wound, their victim was sure i to die. The snake's poison is in its teeth; but i there is something quite as dangerous, and much more common in communities which \ i has its poison on its tongue. It is the slander- j i er. He poisons worse than a serpent. Of- j 1 ten his venom strikes to the life of a whole I family or neighborhood, destroying all peace ! i and confidence. 11 |Ut5 af the ^cgislatttec. OFFICIAL. AN ACT ro amend sundry sections of the Code of Procedure relating to the Circuit Courts. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and 1 House of Representatives of the State of South . Carolina, now met and sitting in General Asiembly and by the authority of the same: rhat the counties of Aiken, Beaufort, Barnveil and Colleton, shall constitute the Second 1 Dircuit. 2. That the counties of Sumter, Clarendon, Williamsburg and Georgetowh, shall cousti,ute the Third Circuit. < 5 TViof fho nnnntioa r\f ChpflfArfiAld TVfftrl- I )oro,' Darlington, Marion and Horry, shall ' sonstitute the Fourth Circuit. 1 4. That the counties of Chester, Lancaster i fork aud Fairfield, shall constitute the Sixth < Circuit. 5. That the counties of Newberry, Laurens, Union and Spartaiuburg, shall constitute the ( seventh Circuit. , Sec. 2. The circuit courts in the second ( jircuit shall be held as follows: 1. The coirrt of general sessions, at Aiken, ( 'or the county of Aiken, on the second raon- , lay of January May and September; and the jourt of common pleas, at Aiken, for the jounty of Aiken, on the first Wedensday after , ;he second Monday of January, May and September. 2. The court of general sessions, at Bluckyille, for the county of Barnwell, on the third Monday in January, May and September; md the court of common pleas, at Blackville, for the county of Barnwell, on the fourth Monday of January, May and September. 3. The court of general sessions, at Beaufort, for the county of Beaufort, on the first Monday of February, June and October; and the court of common pleas, at Beaufort, for the county of Beaufort, on the second Monday )f February, June and October. 4. The court of general sessions, at "Wal;erboro, for the county of Colleton, on the third Monday of February, June and October; md the court of common pleas, at Walterkfti-/-. fnr tVio r>rmriti7 nf Clnllefnn. nn t.hfi fourth tfVIV) AV/* VV*,#V W* 1 w Monday of February, June and October. Sec. 3. The circuit courts .in the third circuit shall be held as follows: 1. The court of general sessions, at Sumter, for the county of Sumter, on the second Monday of January, May and October; and the court of common pleas, at Sumter, for the county of Sumter, on the first Wednesday ifter the second Monday of January, May and October. 2. The Court of general sessions, at Manning, for the county of Clarendon, on the fourth Monday of January, May and October; and the court of common pleas, at Manning, for the county of Clarendon, on the first Wednesday ifter the fourth Monday of January, May and October. 3. The court of general sessions, at Kingstree, for the county of Williamsburg, on the 3rst Monday after the fourth Monday of Janjary, May and October; and the court cf common pleas, at Kingstree, for the county )f Williamsburg, on the first Wednesday after the fourth Monday of January, May and October. 4. The court of general session, at Georgetown, for the county of Georgetown, on the second Monday after the fourth Monday of January, May and October; and the court of common pleas, at Georgetown, for the county cf Georgetown, on the first Wednesday after ;he second Monday after the fourth Monday )f January, May and October. Sec. 4. The circuit courts in the fourth circuit shall be held as follows : 1. The court of general sessions, at Ches;erfield, for the county of Chesterfield, on the irst Monday of January, May and September; *4V?a nAiiff aP nnmmnn nlfiOCi af flKoflfpr. *UU 111G WUl It Ui WUI1UVU uw vmwwuv* ield, for the county of Chesterfield, on the irst Wednesday after the first Monday of Janiary, May and September. 2. The court of general sessions at Benlettsville, for the county of Marlboro, on the bird Monday of January, May and Septemjer; and the court of common pleas, at Benlettsville, for the county of Marlboro, on the irst Wednesday after the third Monday of Tanuary, May and September. 3. The court of general sessions, at Darington, for the county of Darlington, on the irst Monday of February, June and October; ind the court of common pleas at Darlington, or the county of Darlington, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of Februiry, June and October. 4. The court of general sessions at Marion, or the county of Marion, on the third Monlay of February, June and October; and he court of common pleas, at Marion, for he county of Marion, on the first Wedneslay after the third Monday of February, i Tune and October. 5. The court or general sessions at Convayboro, for the county of Horry, on the first Monday after the fourth Monday of March, luly and November ; and. the court of comnon pleas, at Conwayboro, for the county of Torry, on the first Wednesday after the irst Monday after the fourth Monday of March, July and November. Sec. 5. The circuit courts in the sixth cir:uit shall be held as follows: 1. The court of general sessions, at Cheserville, for the county of Chester, on the first Monday of January, May and September; md* the court of common pleas, at Chester;ille, for the county of Chester, on the first iVednesday after the first Monday of Januiry, May and September. 2. The court of general sessions, at Lan;aster, for the county of Lancaster, on the 3 ret Monday of February, June and October ; ind the court of common pleas, at Lancaster, 'or the county of Lancaster, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of Februirv. June and October. 3. The court of general sessions, at Yorkrille, for the county of York, on the first Monday of March, July and^Noveraber; and :he court of common pleas, at Yorkville, for ;he county of York, on the first Wednesday ifler the first Monday of March, July and November. 4. The court of general sessions, at Winnsjoro, for the county of Fairfield, on the first Monday of April, August and December; ind the court of common pleas at WinnsDoro, for the county of Fairfield, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of April, August and December. Sec. 6. The circuit courts in the seventh circuit shall be held as follows: 1. The court of general sessions, at New3erry, for the county of Newberry, on the ;hird Monday of January, May and September ; and the court of common pleas, at Newaerry, for the county of Newberry, on the first Wednesday after the third Monday of January, May and September. 2. The court of general sessions, at Laurensville, for the county of Laurens, on the third Monday of February, June and Octoaer; and the court of common pleas at Laureusville, for the county of Laurens, on the first Weduesday after the third Monday of February, June and October. 3. The court of general sessions, at Unionville, for the county of Union, on the third Monday of March, July and November; and the court of common pleas, at Unionville, for the county of Union, on the first Wednesday after the third Monday of March, July and November. 4. The court of general sessions, at Spartanburg, for the county of Spartanburg, on | the first Monday after the fourth Monday of j March, July and November; and tne court [ }f common pleas, at Spartanburg, for the ' lounty of Spartanburg, on the second Mon- i lay after the fourth Monday of March, July j *nd November. Sec. 7. That all writs and processes, which | shall have been returnable to the courts of1 iny of the said counties, according to the laws ; heretofore of force, shall be legal and valid, | ;o all intents and purposes, for the courts j lext to be held in the said oounties, respectively, according to the provisions of this I act; and all persons already summoned, c who may hearafter be summoned to atten the courts of any said counties, as jurors c witnesses, or who are now, or hereafter sha be bound in recognizance to appear at any c the said courts, according to the laws heret< fore of force, shall be, and are hereby r< quired to attend or appear at the courts < the said counties, respectively, next to b held, according to the provisions of this ac Arppoved March 9th, 1872. AJN AU1 To make appropriations and raise supplies for tli fiscal year commencing November 1, 1871. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate an House of Representatives of the State of Sout Carolina, now met and sitting in General As iembly, and by the authority of the sam< That the following sums be,aud they are her* by appropriated for the payment of the Vf rious officers and expenses of the State go^ 2rnment, that is to say: FOR SALARIES. For the Governor, three thousand five hur Jred dollars; for the Lieutenant-Governm twenty-five hundred dollars; for the Secretar of State, three thousand dollars ; for the Pr vate Secretary of the Governor, two thousan dollars ; for the Clerk to Secretary of Stat< one thousand dollars; for the Adjutant an Inspector-General, twenty-five hundred dol lars ; for the Comptroller-General, three thot 3and dollars; for the clerk to the Comptrollei General, eighteen hundred dollars ; for extr clerical services in the office of the Comptro ler-General, one thousand dollars; for th State Treasurer, twenty-five hundred dollars for the chief clerk to the State Treasure eighteen hundred dollars; for a book keep* for State Treasurer, eighteen hundred doJlan for Auditor of the State, twenty-five hundre dollars; for the State Auditor's clerk, or thousand dollars ; for the State Superintei dent of Education, twenty-five hundred do lars; for the clerk to the State Superintei dent of Education, one thousand dollars; f( the Health Officers, four thousand nine hui dred dollars; for the Chief Justice of the Si preme Court, four thousand dollars ; for tl two Associate Justices, seven thousand dollar for the eight Circuit Judges, twenty-eigl thousand dollars; for eight Circuit Solicitor eight thousand dollars; for the Attorne; General, three thousand dollars ; for the A torney-General's clerk, one thousand dollars for the Clerk, of the Supreme Court, who sha perform the duties of Librarian of said Cour fifteen hundred dollars; for the State Repor er, fifteen hundred dollars; for the keeper < the State House and State Librarian, 01 thousand dollars; for the Superintendent < the South Carolina Penitentiary, two thoi sand dollars ; for the Watchmen of the Sta House and grounds, six hundred dollars; eacl for the county Auditors, thirty-one thousar five hundred dollars; for the clerk to the A ditor of the county of Charleston, one tho sand dollars; for clerical services in the offi< of Auditor of Charleston county, two tho sand dollars; for the Governor's Messenge three hundred dollars; for the county Scho Commissioners, thirty-one thousand two hu; dred dollars; for the preservation of bool and records in the office of Register of Mesi Conveyance in Charleston county, three thoi sand dollars. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Sec. 2. For contingent fund of the Gove nor, fifteen thousand dollars; for the contii gent fund of the Treasurer, one thousand do lars; for the contingent fund of the Cora] troller-General, one thousand dollars; for tl contingent fund of the Attorney-General, or thousand dollars; for the contingent fund i GfofA A AI* fiffoon Knnrlro^ /Inllon Ub(4IA* xxuuibui | ua vvW(U uuuvt? vvt wmm?i for the contingent fund of the Adiutant an Inspector-General, two thousand dollars; f< the contingent fund of the State Superintem ent of Education, fifteen hundred dollars; f< the contingent fund of the Secretary of Stat fifteen hundred dollars; for the contingei fund of the State Librarian, five hundred do lars. The above.appropriations to be draw upon the warrant of the Comptroller-Generi on application by the heads of each depar ment. JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT. Sec. 3. For the purchase of books for tl Supreme Court Library, one thousand dollar if so much be necessary, to be drawn on tl order of the Chief Justice ; for the contingen expenses of the Supreme Court, under Sectio 7 of an Act, ratified the 18th day of Septen her, 1868, five hundred dollars; for an attei dant on the library and the rooms of the Si preme Court, eight hundred dollars, to be pai quarterly on the warrant of the Chief JuBtic on the Treasury ; the said attendant to be a] pointed by, and be removable at, the pleasui of said Court; for three commissioners for sa ary to May 1st, 1872, five thousand two hui dred and fifty dollars, and no further amoun shall be paid the Code Commissioners aft< this date, and before which time the Cod Commissioners shall have a complete inde and reference, and correct all errors on sic notes, &c. ORDINARY CIVIL EXPENSES. Sec. 4. For the Civil Contingent Fum thirty thousand dollars; fifteen thousand do lars thereof, if so much be necessary, shall 1 applied to the payment of claims now audite and on file, other than nulla bona claims; f< the support of the Lunatic Asylum, eight thousand dollars, to be paid on the war'rai of the Comptroller-General, on the applicatic of the Board of Regents ; for the support < the State Orphan Asylum fifteen thousan dollars, to be paid in accordance with the la establishing the same; for reorganizing an perfecting the State militia, fifteen thousan dollars: Provided, That thirty-five hundre dollars be used for the repairs of the Armoi ot rVilnmVno <-n Iip Hrnwn nn t.hft warrant i the Comptroller-General, on application I the Adjutant and Inspector-General; f< Quarantine expenses, three thousand dollars for Keeper of the Lazaretto, four hundrt dollars ; for repairs and painting of the Lazi retto Building, six hundred dollars, to l drawn on the warrant of the Comptrolle General, on application by the Port Phys cian of Charleston; for the Physician i Charleston Jail, one thousand dollars; f< Transportation and Clothing of Discharge Convicts, three hundred dollars; for the C tawba Indians, eight hundred dollars; for tl payment of the Commissioners, Messenge and Managers of the General -election of 187 twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid c the warrant of the Comptroller-General. EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES. Sec. 5. For past dues for construction an for continuing the construction of the Sout Carolina Penitentiary, eighty thousand do lars, to be paid on the warrant of the Comj troller-General on application of the Superii tendent. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. Sec. 6. For the support and raaintenan* of Free Schools, three hundred thousand do lars, in addition to the capitation tax: Pr vided, That the sum of three hundred thoi sand dollars be apportioned among the seve al counties of the State, in proportion to tl number of children between the ages of si and sixteen ; further, that each county sba be entitled to the amount of the poll ta raised in said county. For the support of tl South Carolina University, twenty-seven thoi onnrl*Aiorht. hundred and fiftv dollars: for r ~ j * t pairs to buildings of the South Carolina Un versity, ten thousand dollars, to be paid c the warrant of the Comptroller-General, c application of the President of the Univers ty; for the support of the South Carolina Ii stitution for the education of the deaf an dumb and the blind, ten thousand dollars, 1 be paid ou the warrant of the Comptrolle General, on application of the Chairman ar Secretary of the Board of Commissioners < the deaf, dumb and blind. Sec._ 7. That all taxes, assessed and pay ble under this Act, shall be paid in the follow ing kinds of funds, viz: Bills Receivable < the State, United States currency, Natiom Bank Notes, Revenue Bond Scrip, gold < silver coin. Approved March 13, 1872. 5 WANDO FE ; >< 5 CORN, COTTON, ie ' PRI CASH, $50 PEK 2000 I 0 TIME, $55.00 PER 2000 POUN J h NOV. 1ST, 1872, WI FACTORY EAST END HASEL STR] ! ti / i\ VM K AWM [ . W A] I ACID' PHOSPHi It F C }, COMPOSTING Wll IP R1 * CASH, $30 PER 2000 I S TIME, $35.00 PER 2000 P0U1 I NOV. 1ST, 1872, WI wm. c. r?u: GENERA] II. ie NO. 1 SOUTH ATLANTIC WH I' B. P. BOYD, Agen 0]' January 4 ATLANTIC F ll THIS FERTILIZER, manufactured by the A' direction of their Chemist, Dr. St. Jul ten Ra\ p. the very reduced price of $48 per ton Cash,or|52 j This FERTILIZER has been ve.-y extensively J" some of the most practical planters admitting it t< >1- All sales made now will be considered as cash < p. time the sale will be considered as due on 1st Nov< j By this arrangement planters will be enabled, \ ie when their wagons and mules are idle. ie Pamphlets containing the certificates of those w of be furnished on application to the Agents. s; PELZER, ROGERS <! id 3r January 11 I ATLANTKTACI 1 I fllHIS article, prepared by the ATLANTIC PE II I niiomiot r>r St. Jnlifin Ravenel. for con buuii vuutuiuk| i ??. ? ?? ? - ? r -t duced Price of $28 per ton cash, or $31 per ton pay Orders filled now will be considered as cash 1st I thereby enabling Planters to haul it at a time whei PELZER, ROGERS i te 7 B> January 11 ! ?-?. - l- 4lilih"ii>l,1liWI1>ym jo J. Wai.kkr. Proprietor. R. H. McDomi.DdcCO.,Dn>OTlst*and J" Gcu. Au'tft Sun Praucisco. C'sl.. sod 32uud 31 Commerce ?t. N.Y. !d MILLIONS Bear Testimony to their Wonderful >r Curntlve Effects. They are not a vile Fancy Drink, mode of Poor Ruin, Whiskey, Proof Spirits And Rc'J fase Liquors doctored, spiced and sweetened to please the taste, called "Tonics," "Appetizers," "Restorers," Ac.,that IQ lend the tippler on to drunkenness nnd ruin, but aro a true . r Medicine, made from the Native Roots and Herbs of Callfomlo, , free from all Alcoholic Stimulants. They arc the id CHEAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A LIFE GIVW INC PRINCIPLE, n perfect Renovator and InviRorator of j the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and restoring the j blood to a healthy condition. No person can take these Bitters id according to directions and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poisons or other means, and m . the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair. J They are n Gentle Purgative na well na a Tonic, DI possessing, also, the peculiar merit ol acting as a powerful iy agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver, and of all the Visceral Organs. Jr FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether in young or ) J old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at tho turn of life, these Tonic Bittcrshave no equal. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rbeamntinm and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bilious, Remit>e tent nud Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the j.. Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Blndder, these Bitters , have been moet BuccessfuL Such Diseases ara caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derangeof irirnt of the Digestive Organs, RVSPEP8IA OR INDIGESTION, Headache, Pain , in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, 'O Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad taste In the Mouth, Bila ious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in. tho regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred oilier painful symptoms, are the offsprings of Dyspepaio. rs They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid liver 2 and bowels, which render them of unequalled efficacy in cleansm lug the blood of all impurities, and imparting new life and vigor ^ to the whole system. FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt IUieum, Blotches, Spoto, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-Worms, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, id Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out , of the system in a short time by tho use of these Bitters. One liottle in such cases will convince the most incredulous of their p- curative effects. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its impurities bursting through the skin In Pimples, Eruptions or Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed or Bluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is fotil, and yonr feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure and the health of Urn system will follow. ;e PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, lurking in the system 1 of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed. 1* For full directions, read carefully the circular around each n. bottle, printed In four languages?English, German, French and Spanish. LI- Old prejudices are dying ont. New facts arc killing r_ them. The idea that Invalids, weakened by diHoase, can be relieved by prostrating them with destructive drugs. Is no longer io entertained except bv monomaniacs. Ever since the Introduction of Dr. Walker 8 Vikeoar Bitters. It ha* been obvious IX that their regulating and invigorating properties ore allvuffi,, cleat for the cure of chronic indigestion, rheumatism, constlpa,U tion. diarrhoea, nervous affections nnd malarious fevers, and they sisnitsnl wmaHv fn?? thufln /vtmnlaJntH in CVOrV flGC .X tloaof the Union. ie SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALBBS. J. Wai.kkr, Proprietor. R. H. McDonald & CO., Uruf(ijf*t4 1" ond Gen. Atrtt.. San Francisco. Cnl.'.nndSiCommerce ?L. N.Y. e- July 6 27 ly ? STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. in Yorlt County. li- HTHEREAS SIMPSON W. ROBINSON has .f f applied to me for Letters of Administration 3" on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights id and credits of CLARK ROBINSON, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all r" and singular, the kindred.and creditors of the id : said deceased, to be and appear before me at our 0f next Judge of Probate's Court, for the said County to be holaen at York Court House, on the 30THDAY OF MARCH, instant, to shew cause, if a- any, why the said Administration should not bo granted. f Given under my hand and Seal, this loth day of 01 March, in the year of our Lord, one thousal and eight hundred and seventy-two, and in the )r ?Gth year of the Independence of the United States of America. 8. B. HALL, Judge of Probate. March 12 12 2t RTILIZER! > R 'HEAT, TOBACCO. CE: 'OUNDS, AT FACTORY. DS, AT FACTORY, PAYABLE THOUT INTEREST. EET; BONES ON ^S^EY. ^ \IIO iTTf 111? T.TMff.l L X 111 U1 JU1IT1JJ m COTTON SEED. L O E: v!4li 'OUNDS, AT FACTORY. % JDS, AT FACTORY," PAYABLE [THOUT INTEREST. 7 . KES & CO., ' ' i I | * 4 i? f j AGENTS, ? [ARF, CHARLESTON, SO. CA. t at Yorliville, S. C. ' " 1 1 : 3m' ?HOSPHATE. rr.A tmttp PRaqpHATTl EOMPANY. under the enel, is now offered to the planting community at >ayuble 1st November, 1872, free of Interest. used in this State, and has given entire satisfaction; ) beer-ual to Peruvian Guano, pound for pound. on the 1st of March, 1872, and to those buying on * jmber, 1872. r. ^ vithout eutra cost, to haul their Manure at a time ho have used the ATLANTIC PHOSPHATE will fe CO., General Agents, BROWN'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. 2 3m D PHOSPHATE. [OSPHATE COMPANY, under the direction of lposting'with Co ' io i Seed, is now offered at the re- , able 1st November, 1872, free of interest. 4 larch, 1872, or on Time as due 1st November, 1872, l their Wagons and Mules are idle. fc CO., General Agents, BROWN'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. ' 2 3m THE CELEBRATED FERTILIZERS. , ARE FOR SALE BY WILCOX, GIBBS & CO., Importers and Dealers in Guanos, 148 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. 151 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, SO. CA. For farther information apply or address as ' above for Almanac for 1872. BRATTON, MASON & WITHERS, Agents at Yorkville, S. C. January 18 3 3m CAROLINA FERTILIZER. We are offering this SUPERIOR MANURE AT $45 CASH, with expenses added, and $50 ON TIME, AT 7 PER CENT. INTEREST,with expenses also added. Thitr Guano-is Manufactured from THE CHARLESTON PHOSPHATES, and its standard is guaranteed by MESSRS. GEORGE W. WILLIAMS A CO. Call and examine certificates at our Store. CARROLL, CLARK & CO., Agents at Yorkyille, S. C. February 15 7 3ra . , ??????????^ > LIFE FOR THE HAIR. MRS. CHEVALIER'S LIFE FOR THE HAIR never fails to restore grey hair to its original color, beauty and softness. Will stop it$ falling out in throe days. Call for it at tho York Drugstore. JOHN C. KUYKENPAL. March 21 12 tl'