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^elected foctru. A GAME OF CARDS. This life is but a game of cards, Which each one has to learn; Each shuffles, cuts and deals the pack, And each a trump does turn. Some bring a high card to the top And others bring a low; Some hands are very flush of trumps, While others none can show. Some shuffle with a practiced hand And pack their cards with care, So you may know when they are dealt Where all the leaders are. Thus fools are made the dupes of rogues, And rogues each other cheat, And he is very wise indeed Who never meets defeat. Tn nlavinc. some nlav out the ace. 'Aeir counting cards to save; Some play the deuce, and some the ten, But many play the knave. Some play for money, some for fun, And some for worldly fame, But not until the game's played out Can they count their game. When hearts are trumps we play for love, And pleasure rules the hour; No thought of sorrow checks our joys In beauty's rosy bower. We sing, we dance, sweet music make, Our cards at random play, And while our trumps remain on top Our game's a holiday. When diamonds chance to crown the pack, The players stake their gold, And heavy sums are lost and won By gamblers young and old. Intent on winning, each his game Does watch with eager eye How he inay see his neighbor's cards And beat him on the sly. When clubs are trumps, look out for war, On ocean and on land, For bloody horrors always come When clubs are held in hand. Then lives are staked instead of gold, The dogs of war are freed? As late throughout our glorious land See clubvS have had the lead. Last game of all is when the spade's Turned bv the hand of time? He always deals the closing game In every age and clime. No matter how much each man wins, Or how much each man saves, The spade will finish up the game And dig the players' grave. Humorous gcpartmettt. AN IMPATIENT BENEDICT. A young Montana chap got on board a sleeping-car of the Central Pacific, and Eaid : "See here, Mr. Conductor, I want one of your best bunks for this young woman, and one for myself individually. One will do for us when we get to the Bluff? hey Marier!" (Here he gave a playful poke at 'Marier,' to which she replied: 'Now, John, quit!") "For you see, we're goiug to get married at Marier's uncle's. We might a'been married at Mantany, but we took a habit to wait till we got to the Bluffs, bein' Marier's uncle is minister, and they charge a goshfired price for hitchin' folk at Montany." "Marier" was assigned one of the best "bunks." During the stoppage of the train at a station, the voice of John was heard in pleading accents, unconscious that the train had stopped, and that his tones could be heard throughout the car : "Now, Marier you might give a feller jest one." "John, you quit, or I'll git out right here and hoof it back to Mountany in the snow storm. "Only one little kiss, Marier, and I hope to die if I don't eo to sleen rieht off'." "John " Just at this time a gray-headed old party poked his head out of a berth at the other end of the room, and cried out: "Marier, for Heaven's sake give him a kiss, and then we can all go to sleep." John didn't ask for any more of that delicious little lip business during the evening. "Marier," it is to be hoped, slept peacefully.? Harper's Magazine. How Hans Made it all Right.?Once , on a time there lived a jovial Dutchman, whose name was Hans Von Shrirapetiffel. He had a wife. He had a little grocery, where beer and such personal property were sold. He gave credit to a parcel of day customers, and kept his book accounts with a piece of white chalk on the headboard of the bedstead. One day Mrs. Shrimpetiffel, during a neat fit, took upon herself to clean the house and things. So she did, and she cleaned the headboard, and with soap and water settled the old man's accounts by wiping away every chalk mark. Pretty soon, before long, the old vender of things came into the house and saw what ruin his frau had wrought. Then he said : "Mein Gott, frau Shrimpetiffel, what for you make a ruined man of me ? I guess not. You make wipe away all dem names and figures, what I owe them old fellers what's going to pay before they get ready, and I lose more as zwie hundred dollar!" His frau left the room in fear and disgust. When she returned, he had re-covered the headboard with chalk marks. Then she said : "Hans, you have make them all right, don't it r "Well, mein tearer frau, I make de figures all right, but I put down some petter names as dera old fellows vot you viped out." JSf*The. Hon. Walter Brooke, of Miss., had an inexhaustible fund of dry humor which never deserted him even in the most trying emergency. During the Clay and Polk campaign, his admiration for the great Kentuckian led him to bet a pair of match horses, all the stock he had, on the result; and this, though a strict member of the Presbyterian church. Of course he lost, and of course he was "churched" for gaming. "All we ask of you, Mr. Brooke," said the minister during the trial, "is to acknowledge that you are sorry, and promise to sin no more." "Sorry ?" asked Mr. Brooke, rising from his seat with an air of injured innocence. "Sorry? My dear brother, when I think of those beautiful bays, gone from my gaze forever, I can truly say, with my hand upon my heart, that no transaction of my life gives me more genuine sorrow than this!" ? The Chicago Post's Plains correspondent writes : "I never saw so many Indians in my life. I should think there were a million at least. I won't take off an Indian; though several of them will get taken of before spring if General Palmer moves westward. They are dressed mostly in blankets and bear's grease. They are a confiding people. Yes terday a squad of thirteen came into our tent, and the oldest availed himself of the right of 1 !n.' : J L-i I i. seniority oy sitting uown on our not uox-siove, which he mistook for a valise. He was very much surprised, and the quartermaster has been issuing laudanum poultices ever since. Smith thought it was morally wrong to kill animals for food, and he resolved to quit it and live on vegetables. One morning he gave way to temptation, and walked into a beefsteak. "I don't know," said he, "that it's any harm to eat a piece of cow; it's dead, and the matter can't be helped; but I'll be hanged if I ever kill one." IST A story is told of a father in a church, who, when the marriage service came to the point where the clergyman asks, "Who giveth this woman to be married to this man ?" replied, "Well, sir, I am called to do it, although it goes again the grain. I wanted her to marry Bill Blowser, who is worth twice the money of that ere man." A New York paper, under the head of Fashion Notes, starts off with the observation that: It is fashionable to dress more like a n 1 .1 iooi man ever. ?. ? A cynical old bachelor says that it is the privilege of hoops to surround the loveliest of all things, among which are girls and whisky. (SMtUen's gjcjwrtwent. DO VS, SPARE THE BIRDS t Don't kill the birds! Who sing on bush and tree, All through the summer day, Their sweetest melody. Don't shoot the little birds! The earth is God's estate? And he provideth food For small, as well as great. Don't kill the little birds! Whose plumage wings the air; Whose trill at early morn, Makes music everywhere. And though the cherries fall, Half eaten from the stem ; When strawberries disappear, In garden field and glen. Still like the widow's cruse, There's always plenty left; How sad a world like tliis Of little birds bereft. Think of the good they do. In all the orchards round, A grub we scarcely find, Where robins most abound. In this great world of ours, If we can trust His word, There's food enough for all? Don't kill a single bird! I OHnlnftl.l WITCHES. Many years ago it was very common, among a certain class of individuals, to believe that certain persons were witches. If the individual was a male, he was called a wizard; if a female, a witch. These witches and wizards were supposed to possess very wonderful power. They were thought to be able to make people sick, cause milch cows to go dry and prevent the milk of the dairy from yielding butter. To prevent the ravages of these imaginary beings, a great many contrivances were resorted to. There were also devices by which it might be discovered whether persons were witches or not. Some of the means resorted to by which to discover the true character of those suspected of witchcraft were very curious. One plan that was thought to be very efficient, was to open a grave and take from the coffin a nail and drive it in the pulpit in the place of the nail upon which the minister was accustomed to hang his hat. So soon as the people assembled on Sabbath morning, and the minister hung his hat on the nail, it was said that the individual who drove the nail, would see all the old women of the congregation, who were witches, coming into church with ropes upon their heads and dressed up in all sorts of fantastic style. To prevent the churn from being bewitched, a silver coin was sometimes fastened to its botmi /% i . torn, xne guns 01 nuntere were sometimes bewitched. To prevent this a bullet of silver was shot out of the gun. Remedies for counteracting witchcraft were, like patent medicines, numerous, and according to their deviser, perfect. Sometimes this belief in witchcraft led to the most serious results. In England, and also in America, a great many individuals were put to death. It is not long since this was the case. Even at the present day, there are some persons who have imbibed the notions of previous generations on this subject, and believe in the existence of witches. These persons are to* be pitied. They live in a kind of terror on account of beings which have no existence only in their own brains. A little reflection ought to satisfy the mind of a child that no created being can do the things which those called witches are said to do. Witches and wizards are imaginary beings. No one can define the words. It may be said that we read of witches and wizards and soothsayers, in the Bible. This is true; but this does not prove that these persons had a real existence, or possessed the power that was ascribed to them. In the same way it is stated in the Bible that the children of Israel worshiped idols. Every circumstance that is stated in the Bible is not approved by God. Formerly, as now, some individuals resorted to witchcraft as a means of making a livelihood. In large cities, and even in small villages, and some places in the country, there are fortune-tellers. These individuals are all a set of swindling impostors. They prey upon weak minded people. It is silly to go to these fortune-tellers for advice ; it is wicked. It does no good. It is hard to conceive of anything more ridiculous than a young man sending an old glove to New York, that by it, some old hag may describe for him his wife. It is scarcely possible to believe that any sensible young man would be guilty of such a silly act. Such, however, we are told, is sometimes the case. In this case, as in many others, the proverb, "a fool and his money is soon parted," applies with peculiar force. Our advice is to have nothing to do with these fortune-tellers. One winter evening, when Uncle Sam was sitting in his cozy arm-chair, he was asked by one of his nephews to tell them a story. "Only on condition," he replied, "that you will make one do for all four, and keep still while I am talking." By the peculiar twinkle' in the old man's eyes, the lads knew that Uncle Sam had something good to tell, so they agreed to his terras at once, and begged him to go on. "Once upon a time?I mean, lads, when I i * i 1 _ ?? _ ?;_l. .:i: usea 10 iravei in ioreigu parts?a ricu ci wmjii of St. Petersburg introduced me to his son, who though hardly twenty-one, was reckoned by his parents and friends the cleverest and most learned young man in the world. Well, I talked a long while with the wonderful youth, and asked him lots of questions; but he somehow managed to answer them all. In fact, he appeared to know everything, and was mighty proud of his knowledge." Here his listeners began tittering; but on Uncle Sam threatening to stop his story, they shut up again sharp. "Now, being an old sailor, I felt anxious to take a bit of the stiffness out of this very clever Russian, so I asked him what his mother put into the starch after mixing it with water; and, if you'll believe me, lads, he couldn't tell for the life of him." "Some years afterward," continued Uncle Sam, "I went again to St. Petersburg, and found the gentleman and his son wretchedly poor. With all his knowledge, the young genius was not well enough acquainted with any one subject to earn a living." A happy thought struck me. I said: "Suppose you try cobbling!" "Well, he did try cobbling, became one of the best 'fitters' in all the Russias, and in due time?everybody wanted his shoes because he made them so well?realized a comfortable fortune, and retired. Thus you see, lads, we should not aim at being 'Jacks of all trades, on*} moaterfl r>f nnnp' Mftnv n. pnnd mechanic has been spoiled by grasping at too much, for none of us can hope to be clever at so many things. Find out your proper talents, and cultivate them, whether they lead you to the making of shoes, or the making of history. That's my story." "But, Uncle, you haven't told us what mother puts in the starch after mixing it with the water ?" "Nothing!" cried Uncle Sara, leaning back in his chair. Then they all laughed in chorus. ? ? l@*A little boy was lisping his prayers with his twin brother at his mother's knee. When he came to "Give us this day our daily bread," he was astonished to hear a fraternal whisper, "Ask for cake, Jonny, ask for cake." K&t A boy of eight years of age, having been told that a reptile is an animal that creeps, and being asked to name one on examination day, promptly replied, "a baby !" grading far the fabkth. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] WHO WAS MELCHIZEDEK? It is interesting sometimes to know certain facts, although the knowledge of these facts . - i does not contnoute maieriany lu uui uuvuutage. Thousands of persons have asked who Melchizedek was, who never asked how they could be saved from their sins. Still there is no harm in desiring to know all that can be learned about Melchizedek. All that we know of the history of this individual, is contained in the 14th chapter of Genesis, and in 7th chapter of Hebrews. These are the circumstances under which he is first noticed. A war had sprung up between certain kings who reigned over the territory in which Lot, the nephew of Abram, lived.- Lot was taken prisoner, and all that he possessed was carried off. Abram armed his servants, three hundred and eighteen in number, and pursued these victorious kings. Lot was rescued from their hands and brought back. On the return of Abram, he was met by Melchizedek, who at that time was king of Salem. We are not to suppose that because he was a king, that'he was the ruler of a vast scope of coun try. T hese kings were uothing but tbe leaders of small bands of men. Generally they were what we would call freebooters or plunderers. They made their living by pillaging their neighbors. There were exceptions to the rule. Some of them were honest and righteous men. Of this class was Melchizedek. The name imports this, and he is also called king of Salem, that is, king of peace or the peaceable king. The history of Melchizedek, as given by Paul is, at first sight, peculiar. This is it: "Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life." Heb. 7: 3. This description of Melchizedek has no doubt troubled many an honest inquirer. Many a good man has, in all probability, come to the conclusion that there was something very mysterious about the birth of Melchizedek. How, it has been asked, could a man have ar existence and yet have no father and no mother? Some no doubt have concluded that he was not human. It is admitted the language is strange, but when we examine into it carefully, we find that similar language is used by poets and historians, and even in conversation. Who then, it is asked, was Melchizedek ? We reply that he was one of those petty eastern monarchswho was peaceably disposed and just and righteous in his dealings with his fellow men. He was a priest of the most high God. He dwelt amongst idolaters; but he \vas not a worshiper of idols. How he acquired a knowledge of the most high God no one can ImIt. fall PvahoKlir if Ti?aa frnm Vila ao W lAUilJ b^ll. X iVI/dVlJ) Alf ffWO AIVUJ UIW *?W 80ciating with Abram ; or it may have been that God called him as he did Abram. Be this as it may, Melchizedek was simply a man. How then could it be said that he was without father, without mother and without descent ? The language is figurative. Seneca says: "There is doubt concerning the mother of Servius Tullus, and Ancus Marcus is said to have no father." It is evident that Seneca does not mean that Servius Tullus actually had no mother, and Ancus Marcus no father. All that he means is that no one certainly knew who was the father of Ancus Marcus. The same mode of expression is often used when it is designed to make known the fact that indiduals are either base born or born of humble and obscure parentage. It was common amongst the Romans in speaking of such individuals, to say that they had no ancestors, or that they were born of no ancestors. Just so Paul says of Melchizedek; that he was without father and without mother and without descent, not because he did not actually have a father and mother; but because his father and mother were obscure individuals, and his descent was not illustrious. The Jews, whom Paul addressed, would readily understand what he meant. They, with great care, kept their genealogical tables. If there was any foreign blood in an individuals veins, it was easily discovered from these tables. No slave, no bastard, no foreigner, and no individual whose father was pnoraorpH in a trade forbidden bv the Jewish id "g ? -j customs, could be a priest. If auy such individual made application for the sacredotal office it was customary to say of him, "He has no father." In a legal point of view he had no father. Paul further says concerning Melchizedek, that he was without beginning of days or end of life. Literally understood, this would make Melchizedek possessed of one of the incommunicable attributes of deity. It would make him eternal. This we know is not what the Apostle means. All that he means is, that when Melchizedek was born and died no one knew it, or at least no one made any record of the events. The point the Apostle has in view is to convince the Jews, and after* them the Gentiles, that Christ is worthy to be accepted as the great high priest. The Jews rejected Christ as a priest because he was of the tribe of Judah, and not of the sacredotal tribe. The name of his parents did not appear on those genealogical tables which were carefully preserved in the archives of the nation ; and hence, according to their notions, Jesus was not eligible to the priest's office. Paul shows them that Melchizedek was a priest of the most high God, and was so regarded by them, notwithstanding the fact that he was born of heathen parents. He shows them that Abranr in early life regarded Melchizedek a priest. The case of Christ was parallel, and cbnsequently they ought to have no hesitancy in accepting Christ as their priest. ? A Contented Mind.?There was a great master among the Jews, who bade his scholars consider and tell him what was the best way wherein a man should always keep. One came and said that there was nothing better than a "good eve," which means, in ther language, a liberal and contented mind ; another said, a "good companion" was the best thing in the world ; and another preferred a mau who could "foresee things to come," that is, a wise person. But at last in came Eleazer, and he said, "a good heart" was better than them all. "True," said the master, "thou hast comprehended in two words all that the rest have said ; for he that hath a good heart will be both contented, and a good companion, and a good neighbor, and will easily see what is fit to be done by him." , Good Natured People.?-Be good natured if you can, for there is no attraction so great, no charm so admirable. A face that is full of the expression of amiability is always beautiful. It needs no paint and no powder. Cosmetics are superfluous for it. Rouge cannot improve its cheeks nor lilly-white mend its complexion. Its loveliness lies beyond all this. It is not the beauty that is but skin deep. S&" A holy life is made up of a number of small things. Little words, not eloquent speeches or sermons; little deeds, not miracles, nor battles, nor one great, heroic act, or mighty martyrdom, make up the true Christian life. 'j|rfK of the fscrpslatuvc. OFFICIAL. AN ACT To Amend an Act entitled "An Act Providing foi the Assessment and Taxation of Property, passed September 15, 1808, and all Acts amendatory thereto. Section 1. Therefore, 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 oi the same: That section 108 of the act entitled "An act providing for the assessment and taxation of propertypassed September 15, 1868, be and the same is hereby altered and amended, by striking out all the proviso, after the words "delinquent land sale," in the twelfth line; that section 114 of the same act be amended by striking out the words "two years," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "ninety daysthat section 116 of the same act be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words "two years," whenever the same appears therein, and insert in lieu thereof the words "ninety days;" that section 117 of the same act be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words "one year," whenever the same may appear therein, and insert in lieu thereof the words "thirty days;" and by striking out the words "two years," whenever the same appears therein, and insert the words "ninety days," in lieu thereof; that section 123 of said act be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words "two years," whenever the same may occur therein, and insert in lieu thereof the words "ninetydays." Sec. 2. That so much of the act entitled "An act to further amend an act entitled an act providing for the assessment and taxation of property," passed March 6,1871, as provides that all deeds of conveyances of real estate shall be placed on record in the office of the county auditor, before the same can be placed on record in the office of the registrar of mesne conveyance, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding the following, viz: And for each and every violation of this provision by a clerk of court or registrar of mesne conveyance, he shall, upon conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in a sum of not less than five dollars, nor more than twenty dollars, and the costs of the action, one-half of said fine to be paid into the county treasury for the benefit of the county, and the other half to be jyjiid to the county auditor. Sec. 3. That all lands which have been forfeited to the State under the provisions of the act providing for the assessment and taxation of property, passed September 15, 1868, and other acts amendatory thereto, shall be advertised by the county auditor, in manner provided by section 107 of said act, and sola by the county treasurer to the highest bidder, and the county auditor shall execute a "warranty deed" to the purchaser. The proceeds of the sale, after deducting fees allowed by law, and paying the county the amount of taxes and penalties due from such land, shall be forwarded to the State treasurer by the county treasurer, and shall be credited to the county from which it is received on account of the forfeited lands. Sec. 4. That all lands and real estate within this State, whereupon, or in respect whereof, any sum of money remains due or payable after the sale provided for in section 15, chap. ter 13, title 3 of general statutes, or whioh are liable for, or on account of any tax laid by or under the authority of this State, for State or county purposes, in accordance with the provisions of either of the several acts, for the occoccinrv fltlf! 1QTTT71 ttn fdTCQ fnP fho pUI|JUOg Ui UOOUUUlUg t*i!W IV V J M?aw *v? VMV support of the government oFthe State, and of the several counties thereof, passed in the years 18G8, 1869,1870 and 1871, shall be exposed to sale and sold for the payment of such taxes and all penalties costs and charges thereon accrued, on the first Monday in Jane, 1872, and from day to day thereafter, Sundays only expected, until the whole thereof shall be sold, at the place or places, on the terms and in the manner hereinafter provided ; such sale shall be by the county treasurer of each county, at the county seat, who shall expose and offer the said lands at public sale, to be sold and conveyed in fee simple without any right of redemption for the payment thereof. If no person shall at said sale offer to purchase or take a less quantity of the lands so charged and offered than the whole thereof, at and for the amount so charged for the taxes, penalties, costs and charges, the said county treasurer shall declare that the State is the purchaser thereof, at, and for the amount so charged, and thereupon the State shall become owner in fee simple with the title to said lands, and the appurtenances and all the improvements thereon. If at the said sale any person shall publicly offer to take a less portion than the whole of said lands for the said taxes, penalties costs and charges, then the said lands shall be sold to such person as shall offer to take the smallest portion thereof, and pay the same; and upon the payment of the amount due to said county treasurer, said officer shall execute and deliver to the said purchaser a certificate setting forth the fact of such purchase, and the payment of the amount bid, and thereupon the said purchasershall be entitled from the State of the undivided right, title or interest in fee simple without redemption in and to all the lands so sold, and all lands belonging to any person or persons, or corporation against whom such was levied and assessed equal to the proportion which the amount bid holds to the whole of said lands so purchased, and the purchaser shall be entitled to demand partition thereof according to law, and on said partition the said purchaser shall be entitled to a proportional share and interest in all improvements thereon. In ad dition to the sums now assessed and chargeable upon said lands, there shall be added at the time of said sale five per centum of the amount of said taxes, penalties, costs and charges; which said sum is hereby appropriated for the payment of the expenses of said sale, and the collection of the moneys thereon. One-half of one per cent, to be for the use of the county, and the balance to be paid into the State treasury. If any person to whom such lands shall be struck off shall fail forthwith to pay the amount bid therefor, said county treasurer shall immediately expose and offer such lands for resale as if no such previous sale had taken place. The county treasurer shall make weekly remittances of all funds received, according to the provisions of this act, to the State treasurer, and shall forward monthly accounts for said funds to the State treasurer. Sec. 5. It shall be the dutv of the Governor to cause this act to be published in such manner as shall in his judgment be requisite to give full information thereof, the expense of such publication to be paid or reimbursed out of the funds authorized hereby to be charged as the expenses of said sale. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of each county auditor of each county to exhibit the tax books thereof, showing all delinquent taxes herein provided for, for sixty days next preceding such sale, and all persons shall be entitled to inspect the same, between the hours of nine o'clock A. M., and twelve o'clock M. of each day, Sundays excepted, and it shall be his duty to attend said sale with the said tax books, and to furnish the said county treasurer and all persons requiring the same, such information as the records of his office may afjord, relative to the matter involved in said sale, and upon the delivery of the treasurer's certificate of sale, to execute a deed in accord ance with section 33, chapter 13, title 3, ot the general statutes of South Carolina. Sec. 7. That this act shall take effect from and immediately after its passage, and that all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 12,1872. JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Carolina. Whereas, The Constitution of South Carolina, in article 2, section 11, requires a general election to beheld on the third Wednesday iii October, in every second year after eigh teen hundred and seventy; and, whereas, ono in every four years an election is required foi Presidential electors, which takes place th< first Tuesday after the fitst Monday in No uember; and, whereas, the people of this Stat are, by these two elections following so closi ; upon each other, greatly annoyed and incon venienced, and the industrial interests of thi > State are greatly disturbed and imperilled > therefore, ; Be it resolved by the Senate and House o Representatives of the State of South Carolina 14 11 [ now met and sitting in lienerai Assemoiv . and by the authority of the same : , That the following amendment to the Con stitution of the State be submitted to the qual ified electors of the State, at the next genera election ; and, if a majority of the elector ! qualified to vote for members of the Genera Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote in favoi of such amendment, and two-thirds of eacl ! branch of the next General Assembly shall after such election, and before another, ratify the same amendment, by yeas and nays, i shall be part of the Constitution, to wit: Strike out all of that portion of section 11, of article 2, following the words "eighteen hundred anc seventy," occurring in the fourth and fifth lines, and insert the following: "And forevei thereafter, on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, in every second year, in such manner and at such places af the Legislature may provide." That the question of adopting this amendment shall be submitted to the electors as follows : Those in favor of the amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words writ ten or printed thereon, "Constitutional amendment. "Yes" Those. nnnnsed to said amend raent shall cast a ballot with the following words written or printed thereon, "Constitutional amendment, "No." Approved March 9, 1872. JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution oi the State of South Carolina. Be it resolved bv the Senate and House oi Representatives of the 8tate of South Carolina, (two-thirds of both Houses concurring,] That the following article be submitted tc the qualified electors of the State, at the next general election for representatives, as ar amendment to the Constitution of the State, which, if a majority of the electors qualified tc vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon, shall vote in favor of sue! amendment, and two-thirds of each branch o: the next General Assembly, after such ar election, and before another, ratify the same shall become part of the constitution, namely ARTICLE XVI. To the end that the public debt of Soutl Carolina may not hereafter be increased with out the due consideration and free consent o the people of the State, the General Assembly is hereby forbidden to create any further debi or obligation, either by the loan of the credii of the State, by guarantees, endorsements 01 otherwise, except for the ordinary and current business of the State, without first submitting the question as to the creation of any such nev debt, guarantee, endorsement or loan of it! prpdif tn the nAnnlfl nf this State, at a cenera " *? rw,,i? / o State election ; and, unless two-thirds of th< qualified voters of this State, voting on the question, shall be in favor of a further debt guarantee, endorsement or loan of its credit none such shall be created or made. Thai the question of adopting this amendment shall be submitted to the electors, as follows: Those in favor of the amendment shall deposit ? ballot with the following words written oi printed thereon : "Constitutional Amendment Article 16,yes." Those opposed to the amend ment shall cast a ballot with the following words written or printed thereon: "Constitutional Amendment, Article 16, no." Approved March 13,1872. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing and directing the State auditor anc county commissioners to levy certain taxes. Be it resolved by the Senate and House oi Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That the State Auditor be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to levy and cause tc be collected, a tax of six (6) mills on a dol lar of all taxable property in the State, tc meet appropriations for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1871. That the Stat( auditor is hereby authorized and required t< levy in addition to the general State levy, s tax of two mills on all the taxable property in the State for the support of public schools which shall be collected at the same time the general State levy is collected, and paid intc the treasury of the State. The same shall be the "State School Fund," and shall be kepi by the State treasurer separate and apart from all other funds in his possession, and shall under no circumstances be used for other than school purposes; and the county commissioners of each of the counties are hereby authorized to levy and cause to be collected a tax not exceeding three mills on the dollar of all taxable property In their respective counties except the county of Fairfield, in which the county commissioners shalj not levy a tax oi more than one'and a half mills for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1871. Approved March 13,1872. AN ACT To Incorporate the Journeymen Mechanics' Union, of Charleston, S. C. 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 John Byrne, W. H. Berney, J. W. Miller, G. M. Magrath, J. P. Howard, Isaac Reed, and such other persons as may now oi hereafter shall be associated with them, arc hereby made and declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and stvle oi the Journeymen Mechanics' Union, of Charleston, S. C. Sec. 2. That the association aforesaid shall have succession of officers and members, according to its by-laws, and shall have power to make by-laws not repugnant to the laws oi the land, and to have, use and keep a common seal, and the same to alter at will, to sue and be sued, and plead and be impleaded, in an; court in this State. It is hereby empowered to retain, possess, and enjoy all such property real and personal, as it may possess, or be entitled to, or which shall hereafter be given, be queathed to, or in any manner acquired by it and to sell, alien or transfer the same. Sec. 3. That this Act shall be a public Act, and continue in force for the term of twelve years from the date of its ratification. Approved March 9,1872. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the County School Commissioners o Union County. S. C., to Approve Certain Claime of Teachers. " Be it resolved by the Senate and House ol Representatives of the State of South Caroli na, now met and sitting in General Assem bly, and by the authority of the same : Thai the County School Commissioner of Unioc county, S. C., be, and the same is hereby, au thorized to approve for payment out of the school fund of said county, the claims of teach' ers of Union county, for services rendered be^ tween the first of January, 1871, and the time when he was appointed to fill the vacancy in said office: Provided, That in his judgment, said claims are just, true, and correct, and ao tuallydue. Approved March 13,1872. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the State Treasurer to pay the Salary of the late Judge Piatt to his Widow. Be it resolved bv the Senate and House ol j Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Mrs. Cornelia Piatt, widow of the late Zepbaniah Piatt, Judge oi the Second Circuit of this State, the amount oi of salary, as Circuit Judge, which would have accrued to the Judge of the said Circuit from April 24,1871, the date of the decease of Judge Piatt, to September 9,1871, the date of the qualification of his successor in office. Approved March 9, 1872. ATLANTic I THIS FERTILIZER, manufactured by the A direction of their Chemist, Dr. St. Julten Ra> a the very reduced price of $48 per ton Cash, or $52 j This FERTILIZER has been very extensively some of the most practical planters admitting it fc B All sales made now will be considered as cash time the sale will be considered as due on 1st Nov By this arrangement planters will be enabled,1 ,, when their wagons and mules are idle, i Pamphlets containing the certificates of those a , be furnished on application to the Agents. , PELZER, ROGERS ? January 11 1 ATLANTIC ACI r 1 fllHIS article, prepared by the ATLANTIC PI > J. their Chemist, Dr. St. Julien Ravenel, forcoi r duced Price of $28 per ton cash, or $31 per ton pa} ^ Orders filled now will be considered as cash 1st. thereby enabling Planters to haul it at a time whe ! PELZER, ROGERS , i January 11 ; ihc (jhujiwwt j TERMS?IIV ADVANCE : One Copy, one year, $ 3 00 One Copy, Six months, 1 50 One Copy, Three months, 1 00 Single Copy, 10 | Two Copies, one year, 5 00 Ten Copies, " " 25 00 ^f-To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the puper will be . furnished one year, free of charge. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents per square for each subsequent insertion-less than three months. A square consists of the space occupied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. No advertisement considered less than a square, r Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Advertisements, will be charged Two Dollars per square f for each insertion. Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts will be made on liberal terms?the contraci, how) ever, must inall cases be confined to the immedi> ate business of the firm or individual contracting. t Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated * ? A M?tA%in/tAmanfa Af MQfriflCFPfl IU ttUVOrUODUlUllM. AUUUUUV/Oillouvavi > and Deaths,and notices of a religious character, in, sorted gratis, and solicited. . $ST~ Personal Communications, when admissable; Communications of limited or individual in? terest, or recommendations of Candidates forof\ fices of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for f as advertisements. f J. Wai.ksr. Proprietor. R. H. McD0SALT>&Co., Druggists and I Geo. Ag'ta. 8au Francisco. t'nl.. and 31 and 34 Commerce at. N.Y. ? MILLIONS Dear Testimony to tlietr Wonderful . Carntive Effect!. They are not a vile Fancy Drink, made of Poor Rnni, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and lie* flsae Llqnors doctored, spiced and sweetened to please the ) taste, called "Tonics," "Appetizers," "Restorers," Sic., that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but arc a truo Medicine, mode from the Native Root* and Herbs of California, f free from all Alcoholic Stimulants. They are the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfoc^enovator andInvlgoratnr of the bystcm, carrying off all poisonous matter and restoring the blood bo a healthy condition. No person can take these Bitten according to directions and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poisons or other means, and [ the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair. They are a Gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic, p ]H>Kses*ing, also, the peculiar merit of acting as a powerful iigcnt in relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver, and of All the Visceral Organs. ( FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether inyoungor old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters have no equal. ' For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Billons, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derangement of the Digestive Organs. DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Headache,Tain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. They invigorate the 8tomach and stimulate the torpid liver and bowels, which render them of unequalled efficacy In cleansing the blood of all impurities, and importing new lifoond vigor to the whole system. FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustule,1, Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-Worms, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discoloration? of the Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and oarried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle in such oeses will convince the most incredulous of their curative effects. * Cleanec tne Vitiated Blood wnenever yon una iu impurities | bursting through the skin in Pimples, Eruptions or Bores; t deausc it when you find it obstructed or sluggish in tbo veins; cleanse it when it is foul, and your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure and tho health of the system will follow. ' ? PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, larking in the system . of so msnr thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed. I For full directions, read carefully the circular around each 1 bottle, printed in four languages?English, German, French and Spanish. Old prejudice* are dying ont. New facts ore killing them. The idea that invalids, weakened by disease, csn be relieved br prostrating them with destructive drugs, is no longer entertained except by monomaniacs. Ever alnoe the introduction of Da. W alkie's Visboab Bittsbb, it bos been obvious thst their regulating and invigorating properties are-oli-nafflcientfor the care of chronic indigestion, rheumatism, constipation, diarrhoea, nervous affections and malarious fevers, and they are now the standard remedy for these complaints in every sec? tion of the Union. I SOLD BT ALL DRUQOI8T8 AND DEALERS. J. Walkkr, Proprietor. R. H. McDonald it Co.. Druggists and Oen. Acts.. San Francisco. Cal..nud 31 Commerce at.. N.T. : July 6 27 ly ESTABLISHED 1857. L. H. MILLER, < MILLER'S SAFE AND IRON WORKS, \ BALTIMORE, MP. ' SALESROOM: 285 BALTIMORE STREET, ' (One Door above Hanover,) FACTORY: Square bounded by Henrietta, Claret, Fremont and Warner Streets. ' Every variety of the Best Fire and Burglar Proo Safes, Bankers' Chests, Improved Combination Locks, Banic > Vaults and Doors. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. " 12,000 IN USE?TESTED IN 200 FIRES. r Near References National Bank, Chester, 1 Smith and Melton, unester ; jonn Agnew a. aon, 5 Columbia, S. C. f DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS, &C. I*. P. 1 < >.V LP. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, NO. 20 HAYHE 8TEEET AND HOBLBEOK'8 WHABF f CHARLESTON, S. C. . This is the largest and most complete Factory of the kind in the Southern States, and all ' articles in this line can be furnished bv Mr. P. P. I TOALE at prices which defy competition. A pamphlet with full and detailed list of all sizes of Doors, Sashes and Blinds, and the prices L! of each, will be sent fr6e and post paid, on appli t cation to P. P. TOALE, P Charleston, 8. C. | July 12 28 ly LIFE FOR THE HAIR. MRS. CHEVALIER'S LIFE FOR THE HAIR never fails to restore grev hair to its original color, beauty and softness. Will stop its falling out in three days. Call for it at the York Drugstore. JOHN C. KITYKENDAL. 'HOSPHATE. TLANTIC PHOSPHATE COMPANY, under the "" ni nnw ofTfired to the planting community at aayable 1st November, 1872, free of Interest, used in this State, and has given entire satisfaction; o be equal to Peruvian Guano, pound for pound, on the 1st of March, 1872, and to those buying on ember, 1872. ivlthout extra cost, to haul their Manure at a time dio have used the ATLANTIC PHOSPHATE will & CO., General Agents, BROWN'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. 2 3m D PHOSPHATE. IOSPHATE COMPANY, under the direction of nposting with Cotton Seed, is now offered at tho rerable 1st November, 1872, free of interest. March, 1872, or on Time as due 1st November, 1872, n their Wagons and Mules are idle. fe CO., General Agents, BROWN'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. 2 3m THE CELEBRATED FERTILIZERS. I ukm . 11 Hfl I ARE FOR SALE BY WILCOX, GIBBS & CO., Importers and Dealers in Gnanos, 148 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. 151 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, SO. CA. For further information apply or address as above for Almanac for 1872. BRATTON^ MASON <fc WITHERS, Agents at Yorkvllie, a. C. January 18 3 3m CAROLINA FERTILIZER. We are offering this SUPERIOR MANURE AT |45 CASH, with expenses added, and $50 ON TIME, AT 7 PER CENT. INTEREST, with expenses also added. This Gnano is Manufactured from THE CHARLESTON PHOSPHATES, and its standard is guaranteed by MESSRS. GEORGE W. WILLIAMS & CO. Call and examine certificates at our Store. CARROLL, CLARK & CO., Agents at Yorkville, S. C. February 15 7 3m JUST THINK OF IT. ~ JL?-?A THAT we now our Photographic ggg&rfio will do the work || fSjl Machine will do, i\f and will, ^n addig^\ jjyT) feet' Buttonhole will embroider an edge and do over i?~v?-.7?" uoomlncr Thlfl wonder of the age is known as the "AMERICAN BUTTONHOLE, OVERSEAMING AND SEWING MACHINE," and we, as Agents for York county, shall take pleasure to exhibit it at any time. Prices the same as other first-class Machines. We continue, also, to act as Agents for the MASON <fe HAMLIN ORGAN CO. Their Instruments have no superior for beauty, sweetness of tone and durability. And while they are indispensable to Churches, Sunday-Schools, Ac.. * they also afford to homes a rational pleasure, and an easy means for developing musical talent that no head of a family ought to neglect. At the same time we continue to perpetuate your beauty or ugliness, as the case may be, upon Paper, Metal or Porcelean, by means of PHOTOGRAPHY in all the various styles. We have now on hand a fine lot of STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS of the Yosemite, Pacific Railroad. White Mountains, <ftc.; also, nice ALBUMS, all of which we offer at prices to suit the times. J. R. SCHORB & SON. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, YORK COUNTY. To Sallie McConnell, Martha J. McConnell, Win. H. McConnell, Theodore P. McConnell, Samuel N. McConnell, Sallie E. McConnell, James C. McConnell, James M. Curry, William R. Curry, John W. Curry, Charles C. Curry, Martha E. CflP$y, Sarah Jane Dorsey, Tirzah Gwinn, Amanda McElhaney, Cornelia McElhaney, legal heirs and representatives of Alexander Howie, deceased, who died intestate, Greeting: FOU are hereby required to appear at the Court of Probate, to be holden at York Court House, for York county, on the 24th day of April, Anno Domini, 1872, to shew cause, if any you can, why the Real Estate of Alexander Howie, deceased, situate in said county, on Fishing Creek, bounding lands of George Steele, 8amuel Guy and others, and containing one hundred and seventy-six acres, should not be divided or sold, allotting to the said heirs-at-law theirrespective shares thereof. Given under my Hand and Seal, this 29th day of February, 1872. ^ h. u. iiaijLi, juage 01 iroDaie. JAMES F. HART, Plaintiff's Attorney. February 29 9 6t KING'S MOUNTAIN R. ROAD. HEREAFTER the trains over the KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD-on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays?will run as follows, mat' g close connections on the above mentioned Quys, with trains on the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad: Leave Yorkville, promptly, at 7 o'clock, A. M. Arrive at Chester at 9 o'clock, A. M. Leave Chester at 2 o'clock, P. M. Arrive at Yorkvilleat 4 o'clock, P. M. All Freights must be delivered at the Depot by 4 o'clock, P. M., on the evenings previous to the departure of the train. GEORGE W. MELTON, President. APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Administratrix orthe estate of JESSE SPENCER, deceased, will make a final settlement with the Judge of Probate of York county, on the 22nd day of April next, when she will make application for a linal discharge as Administratrix of said estate. HANNAH P. SPENCER, Administratrix. March 21 12 5t