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tumorous gepartmcnt. An Odd Proposal op Marriage.?Pitts is a sharp business man; and, when Pitts goes into a store to trade, he a) ways gets the lowest cash price, and then says,? "Well, I'll look about, and if I don't find anything that suits me better, I'll call and take this." Now, quite lately, Pitts said to himself, "I'm getting rather along in years, and guess I'll get married." His business qualities won't let him "waitso off he travels, and calling upon a lady friend, opened the conversation by remarking that he would like to know what she thought about his getting married. "Oh ! Mr. Pitts, I am not so very greatly interested, and I prefer to leave it with yourrelf." " "But," says Pitts, "you are interested ; and ray dear girl, will you marry me ?" The young lady blushed very red, hesitated; and finally, as Pitts was very well-to-do in the world, and morally and financially of good standing in society, she accepted him ; whereupon the matter-of-fact Pitts responded : "Well, well, I'll look about, and if I don't find anybody that suits me better than you, I'll come back." ? "Ef he'd said Ducks."?During a class meeting held several years since by the Methodist brethren of a Southern village, Brother Jones went among the colored portion of the congregation. Finding there an old man notorious for his endeavor to serve God on the Sabbath and Satan the r.est of the week, he said: "Well, Brother Dick, I'm glad to see you here! Haven't stole any turkeys since I saw you last, Brother Dick ?" "No, no, Brudder Jones, no turkeys." "Nor any chickens, Brother Dick ?'' "No, no, Brudder Jones, no chickens." "Thank the Lord, Brother Dick! That's doing well, my brother!" said Brother Jones, leaving Brother Dick, who immediately relieved his over-burdened conscience by saying to a near neighbor, with an immense sigh of relief: "Ef he'd a said ducks, he'd a had me!"? Advance. ISF" A man advertises a bundle which he found on the street, and which consisted of several newspapers, 3 pair of old hose, 2 quilted petticoats (nearly worn out,) 2 old slouch i . _ i _ l l 1 ? nais, a pair 01 top-uuouj, a uunuu ui u?jr, ? piece of stair-carpet, and a cord about three feet long. The cord passed through the centre of the bundle, which, when found, had a convex and a concave surface, somewhat resembling one-half of a round bushel-basket, and as the two ends of the cord were tied together he thinks the bundle must have been used as a poultice or something. A western traveler came up to a log cabin and asked for a drink, which was supplied by a good looking woman. As she was the first woman he had seen in several days, he offered her a dime for a kiss. It was duly taken and paid for, and the young hostess, who had never seen a dime before, looked at it a moment with some curiosity, then asked what she would do with it. He replied what she chose, as it was hers. "If that's the case," said she, "you may take it back and give me another kiss." ^ i? ? A sculptor was engaged to carve a monument and select an epitaph for a deceased manufacturer of fireworks. He saw this inscription on the tombstone of a celebrated musician, "He has gone to the place where only his own harmony can be exceeded," and thinking it was a very neat thing, adapted it to his purpose by changing one word, and carved on the monument: "He has gone to the _i 1 i_v: a i place wiicre uuij nut unu uicnui&s can uc exceeded." J?* A Clergyman created quite a merriment the other day, on one of our steamboats, going over to lay out a new camp-meeting resort, by the inquiry: "What positive proof is there that king David and his son Solomon were tailors ?' No one in the crowd could answer, and the humorous divine quoted the familiar passage: "And Solomon mended the breaches which David his father had made." ? a?* At a recent examination of one of the schools in Washington, the question was put to a class of small boys: "Why is the Connecticut river so called ?" when a bright little fellow held up his hand. "Do you know, James?" "Yes, ma'am; because it connects Vermont and New Hampshire, and cuts through Massachusetts," was the triumphant reply. ? ? I?- A boy in Lockport, Illinois, who had just come into possession of his first shot-gun, amused himself by banging away at his father, who was greasing harness on the wood-pile. The old gentleman let him practice a few minutes, and then fanned the youngster with one of the tugs until he concluded to go out of the Schutzenfest business. Some parents never can let a boy have any fun. ?- "Doctor," said a lady, "I want you to prescribe for me." "There is nothing the matter, madam," said the doctor, after feeling of her pulse?"you only need rest." "Now, doctor, just look at my tongue?just look at it. Now say what does that need ?" "I think that needs rest, too," replied the doctor. ? ^ I?" A Boston bride, whose groom remonstrated with her at the wedding for indulging in rather indiscriminate bestowal of her last maiden kisses on a number of male friends, remarked with natural naivete that the gentlemen in question had been in the habit of kissing her all her life, and she don't see why they should stop now. A few Sundays ago, a teacher in the Sunday-school of an Episcopal church in Chicago said to one of her pupils: "James what' good thing?what great sacrifice are you wil- I Jing to give up during the Lenten season ?" j "Jimmie meditated about ten seconds, and re- ' sponded : "I think I'll give up going to Sunday-school." ^ J?" In former days, when the cook-book was included in the educational course for young ladies, they were taught in this rule: "First j catch your hare, then dress it." In the en-j lightened present the cook-book does not shine, but this rule, with slight alterations, is: j "First buy your hair, then dress it young ladies." I?" A lady teacher inquired of the members of a class of juveniles if any of them could name the four seasons. Instantly the chubby hand of a five-year-old was raised, and promptly came the answer, "Pepper, salt, vinegar, and mustard." Clergyman.?How many essential elements are there in baptism ? Boy?Three. Clergyman?Three! I'm surprised. Don't you know that there are only two?the Word of God and water? Boy?Why, there must be a baby, and isn't it an essential element ? - - - - i n 16?* Quilp and his wile haa a dis oi comeution the other day. "I own that you have more brilliancy than I," said the woman, "but I have the better judgment." "Yes," said Quilp, "your choice in marrying shows that." Quilp was informed that he was a brute. "I want to buy a sewing machine," said an old lady, entering a shop. "Do you wish a machine with a feller?" inquired the shop-, man. "Goodness, no!" she exclaimed. "Don't want any of your fellers about me." t&" If six men eat ten apples, how many J pumpkins can four cows eat ? Multiply the ten apples by the four cows, and divide the result between the six men and the pumpkins.! The trueanswer will be the amount. j ^hiWttn's gcprtwcttt. | THE BOY DESIGNER. I want you to imagine a dingy little shop in London?a shop where plaster images were ' sold a little more than a hundred years ago. After your imagination has compassed this, fixed the dark old room with its busts and figures firmly in your mind, I want you to 1 take note of a dwarfed and puny human fig- ( ure, sitting proped up with pillows behind the i counter. A large-headed, small-framed boy j crowding, as well as the crutches and pillows , ? 11 l-x xl.~ 1 Will mil 111111, U1U3C LU MIC UUC umuiuuu-j;aiivu window. Let imagination go now; for I am going to tell you facts, not fancies. The boy's name is John Flaxraan; the shop is his father's, and he is trying to catch the last gleam of light for his Cornelius Nepos. Think of it boys! You who quarrel with ten lines of Virgil; think of this tiny fellow, eagerly devouring such stupid Latin as Cornelius Nepos. One day, when everything was just as I told you, in came the good Dominie Mathews, and finding him struggling with his book, looked to see what it was. Off he went in a hurry, as soon as he found out, determined that a boy who wanted knowledge as badly as that, should have it in more palatable shape. I've no doubt he thought somewhat digestedly of his own wayward, roystering little fellows, who went to the best school in Covent Garden, and yet had to have their Latin fairly hammered into them, and wonderd at the difference in boys. By-and-by he came back with a delightful ! translation of Don Quixote and Homer's I Iliad. That day little John Flaxruan began a new existence. Don't forget that it was more than one hundred years ago. The Iliad charmed him most, and he soon had sketched in black chalk the Ajax, Hector, and Achilles of the poetic imagination. Then he tried wax and plaster, and took the impression in f one of these materials, of every medal or seal 1 that pleased him. Not long after, I suppose because his heart was growing happier in this new work, his body grew stronger; the pillows were taken i away, and the crutches, and you can imagine 1 his happiness when he found that his limbs c would carry him. < The good clergyman's wife took him home c with her often and explained to him both j Homer and Milton. She watched him, too, ; as he worked up his rough charcoal pictures * of the soenes to which she introduced him. ' One of these, a picture of a human eye, he one * day showed to a great artist. I think he t couldn't have been so srery great; for he ill- ( naturedly asked, 8 "Is it an oyster?" t Little John, however, was great enough not . to mind it or be discouraged by it, and he kept on all the while improving, until a little 1 while after his kind friend, Mrs. Mathews, ^ obtained for him his first order?six original [ drawings in black chalk from Homer. For f these he got well paid and well praised. r When he was fifteen years old he became a student at the Royal Academy, and that year a took the silver prize. The next year, failing f to get the gold medal, though he had worked i hard for it and believed he deserved it, he a said to his father: "Give me time, and I'll give the Academy t something to be proud of yet." : All this time he was studying so diligently, he was working hard at home, making casts 1 aud images of plaster that brought in a few c pennies each and helped to keep the wolf I from the door. i While he was drudging and plodding, the s great event of his boyhood was coming to him. If you will turn over your plate at dinner some day, as likely as not you will see the name, "Wedgwood" printed down deep in the 1 ware. It is not that Mr. Wedgwood made c that particular plate; but because he was the e inventor of English earthware. His name ? was Josiah Wedgwood, and he lived in John f Flaxraan's time. Discovering a process for making white porcelain, he determined that c such beautiful ware should have only beauti- f ful shapes, and hunting up our little friend, c said, c "Well my lad, I have heard that you are a g good draughtsman and clever designer. I'm ] a manufacturer of pots?named Wedgwood. Now, I want you to design some models for * me, nothing fantastic, but simple and tasteful. I'll pay you well. Do you think the work * too poor?" c "Oh, no, sir," said John; "give me a few J days and I'll see what I can do." "That's right; work away. Mind, I'm in ( need of them this minute. They are for pots of all kinds?teapots, cups, etc. But what's 1 more I want a design for the royal table ser- 1 vice. Think of that, ray boy; for the queen's t table." t John did his best, and it pleased kind Mr. j Wedgwood, who gave him constant employ- ( raent. He made the loveliest patterns, after j Greek and Egyptian models, and Queen Char- . lotte did actually have a dinner service of his } design ; it was the first ever made in England 1 for kingly or queenly use, and to this day our 1 best crockery is called "queensware" for this ( very reason. * ( Mr. Wedgwood did as he agreed ; he paid t John well, and for several years he worked on in this way, occasionally modelling a plaster * monument or statute; for he was too poor to ' buy marble. Perhaps some of us, in these more hurrying ( years, and with his genius, might not be con- ( tent with this humble work ; but patient John , Flaxman counted himself happy to go into * every house in England with his tastefully formed tea-cup and cream j ug, furnishing even ] the children?especially aud always the chil- i dren?a higher ideal of beauty and art. i I do not.know as I can rightfully tell you i any more about Flaxman; for here his boy- t hood ends, and it is as a boy designer that I r recommend him to you. But I am sure you will be glad to know a little more about his ( successful career. I think you will like to know what a brave 1 noble woman he married ; how, one day, the President of the Academy, Sir Joshua Reynolds, hearing of his marriage, said to him, ( "Now, sir, you are ruined for an artistI how John went home, sat down by his wife, 4 anil said. I "Ann, I am ruined for an artist." i "How so, John ?" she said ; "how has it j happened, and who has done it?" "It happened," said he, laughing, "in the church, and Ann Denhara has done it." Then he told her how the great President had said that if a man would be a great artist I he must go to Rome and study the great masj ters. "And you shall go to Rome," said Ann, J "and be a great artist. I'll never have it said | that Ann Denham spoiled John Flaxham for i an artist. We will work and economize." And so they did, and before long John went | to Rome and Ann went with him,aud there, be: sides a great deal of studying and accomplishing many other beautiful works, he made the statute of a great lord in England, that was j sent home and placed in Westminister Abbey, : and made the greatest sculptor of those times l say, # j "This little man cuts us all out." I Coming home to England he found his old prediction true?the Royal Academy was proud of him, and showed it by making him i its Professor of Sculpture. Last and best of all, John Flaxman was a ! Christian artist, and in all his works there is | a Christian lesson.?Little Corporal. ? tSf "Peter, what are you doing to that boy ?" said a schoolmaster. "He wanted to know if ! you take ten from seventeen how many will 1 . cn T tnnk ten of his aDples to show 1 1 CUiMlU | wv .v-? - 4 ^ i him, and now he wants me to give 'em back." ; "Well, why don't you do it ?" "Coz, sur, he ( I would forget how many is left." t *0?" A young lady, recently married to a farmer, one day visited the cow house, when she thus interrogated her milk maid: "By 1 the by, Mary, which of these cows is it that ( gives the butter milk ?" t fUadittg for the j$Mxth. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN f Original.] STARTLING. There are certain circumstances under vhich men may place themselves, in the exer- ( ;ise of their free will, where God's grace can , lever reach them. The reason of this is sim- 1 ?ly the fact that God will not bend his pur- < nnrl phnncrp hla nlans to suit the emer wvw """ f -jencies of those who wilfully place themselves Jeyond the reach of mercy. We are safe in laying that whether God's grace can reach very place or not, there are some places, so ar as we can discern, it never does reach. There are certain classes of men that we nev;r, in the history of the world, heard of as )ious men. Men may engage in occupations vhich render it nearly, if not absolutely, ira- J jossible for them to be reached by the saving jrace of God. There are some occupations in vhich no man who has any fear of God before i lis eyes, or regard for the welfare of the hu- ' nan family, can engage. To engage in such | in occupation is to go beyond the reach of nercy. Corn will not grow on a rock. It s no use to make the trial. No body but a J srazy man would undertake such a thing, i IVe may form alliances which put us beyond ? /? mi _ | he reacn or mercy, xnere are some meu hat drag every one with whom they come in i ;ontact down to destruction. It is a startling act that there are in this Gospel land many vho are wilfully placing themselves beyond he reach of God's mercy. As well might we sxpect men to gather grapes from thorn rushes and figs from thistles, as that some nen to be saved in heaven. [Original.] CHRIST OUR ALL. Paul, in his first epistle to the Corinthian ihurch, says: "When I myself first came to leclare among you the testimony of God, I :ame not with any surpassing skill of elopience or philosophy. For it was no earthly knowledge which I determined to display iraongst you, but the knowledge of Jesus , Christ alone and him crucified." In all the spistles of Paul Christ is the theme. It mat- J ered not with what subject he commenced, Uhrist and him crucified was soon introduced md kept up unto the close. In fact what is rue of the epistles of Paul, is true of all the , Bible. Every promise in the sacred Scrip- i ures point to Jesus Christ and him crucified. Vhy did Paul determine to preach nothing >ut Jesus Christ and him crucified ? Viewed rom a mere human stand point, Paul was as emarkable for his practical common sense ( is for his great learning. He must have had i ome good and substantial reason for neglect- i ng "earthly knowledge," and preaching Jesus 1 md him crucified to the utter exclusion of iverything else. The reason is most obvious o the Bible reader. Christ and him crucified ( s all in everything that pertains to the salva- , ion of the sinner. Without Christ and him irucified, it is impossible to see God's face in < >eace. God, out of Christ Jesus, is a consu- 1 ning fire. Through the atoning blood of Je ' j __j _:.t. ' us, the vilest sinner can De saveu, auu wuumt that blood the best mere moralist amongst Adam's race must go down to endless perdiion. Of the whole work of the sinners releraption and salvation, Christ and him crujified is the beginning and the end ; the first tnd the last?the all. Christ and him cruciied is the only base upon which the sinner :an build any hopes of a title to heaven. All ire ruined?ail are spiritual bankrupts. No >ne has a justifying righteousness. The whole >f Adam's race stand before God condemned inners. Christ is all in our justification. Slot only are all dependent upon Christ for a ustifying righteousness; but without Christ here can be no sanctification, no fitness for leaven, no holiness of heart. When Christ loes not reign in the heart unto life, sin and Satan reign unto death. As a God of providence, Christ and him irucified is our all. He sways a sceptre of iniversal dominion over all creatures. This vorld is his. He purchased it with his own )lood, and over it he exercises complete con,rol. By him kings reign and princes adminster justice. "He raises up the poor out of the lust; and lifteth the needy out ofthedunghill." 3e scatters the wicked in his indignation. Se burns the weapons of war in the fire, and n his own good time give his people peace, fire, hail and stormy vapor are under his joraraand. He collects the floating particles >f moisture and causes them to distill upon he earth in genial rains, which cause the ;arth to bring forth seed to the sower and )read to the eater. In the final judgment, Christ and him once titlll Ko oil Ti'vArv pvp will ho turn /I UV/Ill^U V? 41* U V U44i Arf ? v? J VJ w ft -vv id to hira. That voice which stilled the rajing waves of lake Gennesaret, will wake the \ Numbering dead. At his command the grave i vill give up its inmates; and the sea disgorge 1 ts treasure of human beings. At the com- 1 nand of Jesus the believer will be admitted ( nto the immediate presence of God, and the ^ lubeliever driven into hopeless perdition. ( Throughout all eternity Christ and him once | srucified, will be all to the redeemed host of i leaven. The burden of their song will be to < lira that washed them in his own blood. j "Quench not the Spirlt."?The other ' ivening, at our weekly prayer-meeting, our < pastor spoke earnestly from this passage, of 1 he danger of dallying with duty, and stifling 1 eligious convictions. ' A gentleman then arose and said the sub- ' ect reminded him of a circumstance that oc- 1 ;urred several years ago when he was young. 1 \n old gentlemen, well known in the commu- < lity as a rich but ungodly man, came to him 1 ind said with much earnestness: f "Do not make the same fearful mistake in < four life that I did in mine. My father was < in irreligious man, and always worked on the ] Sabbath; and when I began life for myself I s laturally inclined to follow his example. < Still, something in my heart told me it was 1 vrong, and I thought the matter over and ] )ver, again and again. Sometimes I would esolve never again to do it; then I would 5 ;hink that my father had always worked on i ,hat day, why should not I ? On a Sabbath ( vhen I was just twenty-one, the subject was i powerfully impressed upon my conscience. I j 1 aecame fully convinced tnat u was ray uuty i i to obey God and keep the Sabbath holy, and [ resolved to do so. As the day came?my ;onvictions returned with double force; but I leliberately made up my mind that I could lot afford to lose so much time! I went to vork?my conscience was stifled?but I have lever seen a happy day since. I knew I sinled against light and knowledge, and God eft me to myself. I tell you, young man, I ira lost, lost forever." He reiterated that it vas of no use to point him to a Saviour. "I ejected him then?it is too late now." And le continued repeating in agony of soul, "lost, ost, lost." The very next week after this interview he rat his own throat?furnishing a fearful illustration of the danger of quenching the Spirit. ?American Messenger. ? Dr. Johnson once said, it matters not iow a man dies, but how he lives. The art I >f dying is not of importance, it lasts so short J l time. | J^rts fff the legislature. I 1 ? j OFFICIAL. . AN ACT Relative lo the Fees of the State Land Commissioner. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House, of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same : That all fees which shall have been collected of actual purchasers or settlers upon die State lands, in the different counties of the State, by the State Land Commissioner, or under his ' direction, by his sub-assistants or agents, which fees have been by him appropriated to his own use or profit, the same shall, in the aggregate, be deducted from his salary, if not yet paid, or if his salary has been paid, the 3ame shall be refunded to the treasury of the state, within thirty days from the passage of this act; and if not refunded within that time, the surety or sureties of the said Land Commissioner shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of said amountSec. 2. That in all cases where the sum of 1 ten dollars, or any other amounts have been collected from the actual settlers upon, or purchasers of, the State lands, by order of the Land Commissioner, through his sub-assistants, or otherwise, as fees for titles, or other papers, the same shall be credited to the said settlers or purchasers, as part payment for the said land. Approved March 13,1872. A1V ACT To alter and amend the charter of the town of Greenwood, 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 all persons having resided twelve months in the town of Greenwood, in the county of Abbeville, are hereby declared a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the town of Greenwood, and its corporate limits * " 1 i _ i t! r shall De an irregular pojygon, me vertices ui whose angles shall be at or near the following Joints, to wit: 1st. A large pine tree near . R. Tarrant's residence, on the Abbeville road. 2nd. A point on the New Market road, in a flat just beyond James Creswell's residence. 3rd. The point on the road that leads to W. A. Blake'9, where the Greenville and Columbia railroad crosses. 4th. The first small branch *on the New Cut road, beyond J. W. Rycard's. 5th. The hollow bridge on the Abbeville road, just beyond J. H. Oldham's residence. 6th. The junction of the Cokesbnry and Stony Point road9. Sec. 2. The said town shall be governed by an intendant and four wardens, who shall be sleeted 011 the second Monday in January ' oext, and every year thereafter, ten days' notice being previously given ; and all male inhabitants of said town who are qualified under the constitution of this State to vote for members of the Legislature, and who have resided therein twelve months immediately preceding the election, shall be elligible to the office of intendant or wardens. Male inhabitants who are qualified to vote for members of the Legislature, and who shall have resided within the limits of the corporation for sixty days immediately preceding the election, shall be entitled to vote for said intendant and wardens. Sec. 3. The election of intendant and wardens of the said town shall be held at some convenient public place therein, from six o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the evening, and, when the polls are closed, the managers shall forthwith count the votes, ( declare the election, and give notice in writing to the parties elected. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court for Abbeville county to give legal notice and appoint the managers for the first election. And the in- ' tendant and wardens for the time being, who ; shall be known as the town council of Greenwood, shall give the legal notice, and appoint three persons to manage all subsequent elections, who shall manage and declare the same as herein provided for the first time of election. The managers shall, before they , epen the'polls for any such election, take an ' cath fairly and impartially to conduct the ! 30mo and the intendant and wardens, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall lake the oath prescribed by the constitution , jf this State, and also the following oath, to , wit: "As intendant and wardens of Green wood, I will equally and impartially, to the , best of my ability, exercise the trust reposed in me, and I will use my best endeavors to ] preserve the peace and good order, and carry into effect, according to law, the purposes for which I have been appointed or elected. So help me God." And if any person elected intendant and warden shall refuse to serve as ( such, he shall forfeit and pay to the town ( ;ouncil of Greenwood the sum of twenty dol- , lars, fot the use of said town; Provided, that | ao person shall be compelled to serve more than one year in any terra of three years. Sec. 4. In case a vacancy should occur in the office of intendant or warden, by death, ' resignation or otherwise, an election to fill juch vacancy shall be held by the appointment of the remaiuing members of the town 30uncil, ten days' previous notice having been ( ;iven; and in case of sickness or temporary j lbsence of the intendant, the wardens forming ' i council, shall have power to elect one of their number intendant pro tern. Sec. 5. That the intendant and wardens, ; luly elected and qualified, shall, during their term of service, severally and respectively be ; vested with all powers of justice of the peace, within the limits of said town, except for the j ;rial of small and mean cases; and the inten- ; 3ant shall, as often as he may deem neces jary, summon the warden" to meet in council, 1 iny three of whom shall constitute a quorum ( to transact business ; and shall be known by ' the name of the town council of Greenwood, ! is aforesaid ; and they and their successors in ' office, may have and use a common seal, which ( shall be affixed to all their ordinances ; and, * by their said corporate name, may sue and be ' sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court ] jf law or equity in this State. The said town 1 council shall have full power, under its corpo- ' rate seal, to make all such rules, by-laws and ' jrdinanccs, respecting the roads, streets mar- ' kct and police of said town, as shall appear ' ;o them necessary aud requisite for the secu- ^ rity, welfare, good government and conveni- s mce of the same, and for preserving the ' fiealth, peace and good order thereof; but 110 ( 3ne above the sum of twenty dollars shall be 5 collected by said council, except by suit in the ' 30urt of common pleas for Abbeville county, f provided that no fine exceeding fifty dollars ' shall be imposed, and that nothing herein ' jontained shall authorize the said council to J uake any by-laws inconsistent with, or re- 1 pugnant to the laws of this State! 1 Sec. 6. That the intendant and wardens ihall have the full and only power of grant- J ng licenses for billiard tables, to keep tav- 1 3ms, or retail spirituous liquors, within the ( said limits, which licenses shall be granted in 1 ;he same manner, aud upon the same condi- 1 ;ion as they now are, or may hereafter be, 1 granted by the county commissioners under 1 ;he laws of this State ; and the powers vested 1 n the county commissioners are hereby grant- * sd to the said intendant and wardens within * ;he said limits; and all money paid for li- * 3enses, aud for fines and forfeitures for re- c ailing spirituous liquors, keeping taverns and * Dilliard tables, within said limits, without i icense, shall be appropriated to the public c jse of said corporation. Sec. 7. That it shall be the duty of the said t ntendant and wardens to keep all roads, ways x ind streets, within their corporate limits, open c in /vnftrl mno i r nnd for 'that Dumose. I ? *uu AAA gwu I A 1 ;hey are invested with all the powers granted c ;o county commissioners: and, for neglect of s luty therein, they shall be liable to the same t lenalties as are imposed on county commis- t liouers. The intcndaut and wardens shall 1 lave power to compound with all persons r iable to work on said roads, ways and streets, s ,o release such persons as may desire it, upon ? he payment of such sum as they may deem i a fair equivalent therefor, to be applied by tbem to the use of said corporation; and no person residing within the said limits shall be liable to work on any roads without said limits. Bee. 8. The intendant and wardens shall have power to appoint marshals, who shall be duly sworn in, and invested with all the powers constables have by law, and whose jurisdiction and authority shall be confined within the corporate limits of said town. . Sec. 9. That, for any wilful violation or neglect of duty, mal-practice, abuse or oppression, the said intendant and wardens, severally, shall be liable to indictment, and, upon conviction, to be fined at the discretion of the court, not exceeding one hundred dollars, and removal from office, besides being liable for damages to any person injured. Sec. 10. All acts and parts of acts hertofore passed in relation to the incorporation of the town of Greenwood, be, and the same are hereby repealed, Sec. 11. This act shall be taken and deemed to be a public act, and shall continue in force for the space of twenty years from and after its passage. Approved March 13,1872. AN A.CT To incorporate the Charleston Loan an4 Exchange Company. 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 the persons and bodies corporate who shall become stockholders in the manner hereafter described, and their successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, under the name style and title of the Charleston Loan and Exchange Company. Sec. 2. The capital stock of the said company shall be one hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and shall be raised in the following manner: The following persons are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscriptions to the capital stock, to wit: T. H. Williams, H. BischofF, Wm. Gurney, J. A. Bowley, J. B. Dennis, C. J. Lamb, W. H. Gardner, Jr., S. A. Swails and J. H. Runkle. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall open books at such places in Charleston as they shall appoint, within sixty days rrorn the passage of this act, and receive subscriptions to the said stock: Provided, the said commissioners shall have given at least three days' notice in two daily papers in the city of Charleston, of the time and place of receiving the subscriptions, and shall require a payment of twenty-five dollars on each share, to be rtade at the time of subscription therefor: and provided further, that the board of directors shall have power, in like manner, at such time as they shall see fit, to increase the said capital' to the sum of five hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 3. That if after sixty days from the time of opening the books for subscription, one-tenth of the capital stock be subscribed for, then the shares to that extent be divided pro rata among the stockholders, and the company empowered to commence business. Sec. 4. That the said company, under its name, shall have succession of officers and members, and all the powers, privileges and franchises incident to a corporation, and shall be capable of taking, holding and disposing of their capital stock, according to such rules and regulations as they shall, from time to time, establish, and, also, of taking, holding or disposing of, or investing the increase, profits or emoluments of their said capital stock; and shall h -.ve full power and authority to have and use a common seal, and the same to alter or renew at their'pleasure; and, by the name and title aforesaid, shall be able and capable, at law and in equity, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in all manner of suits, pleas, demands and judicial proceedings whatever; and they are further empowered to appoint a President, Board of Directors, and ? ?! "ffliuiM on tliflr mov ^Dpm PTnpHi. 3UU11 UtUUl UUiUUO (^7 VIIVJ U1HJ uvwtM snt, for the proper protection and transaction of their business. Sec. 5. That the said company is hereby authorized and empowered to make contracts, and to make loans of money, upon security of real estate, personal property and choses in action, to barter in all kinds of merchantable articles, to give and to hold in exchange, upon such rates of interest as may be agreed upon between the persons or parties borrowing, and exchange at a rate agreed upon by the board of directors. Sec. 6. That the said company shall have right and power to acquire, purchase, take and hold, in its corporate name, lands and real estate, and the same to demise, grant, sell, assign, exchange and convey, in fee simple or otherwise, and that the sura of three hundred dollars be yearly returnable to the State, out of the net income derived by the company, and that this act remain in force for the period of twenty years. Approved March 13,1872. AN ACT To incorporate the Sumter Land Joint Stock and Loan Association, of Sumter, 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 Wesley Westbury, W. H. Gardner, A. L. Singleton, Richard Canty, Monday Douglas, Harap Spencer, J. M. Tindall, Butler Spears, Samuel Lee, R. A. Wilson, Frank Washington, Mat. Brooks, Enoch Archey, James Jackson, Henry Cain, W. W. Ramsey, Hanibal Bennett, James Smiley, Jackson Simmons, W. E. Johnston, F. J. Moses, Jr., David Boyd, R. M. Andrews, Jack Bowen, Burrell James and Benjamin F. Lawson, together with such other persons as now are 3r hereafter may be, associated with them, be, ind they are hereby declared a body politic ind corporate, for the purpose of buying and holding real estate in the county of Sumter, ar at any point within the State of South Carolina, and making loans of money, secured by mortgages on real estate, and the hy pothecation or oonus blocks auu inner onuses in action, and personal property, to its members and stockholders, by the name and style of the Sumter Land Joint Stock and Loan Association of Sumter, S. C. The capital stock of said association to consist of two thousand five hundred shares; but as soon as one thousand shares shall have been subscribed thereto, the said association shall organize and commence operations, said shares to be paid by successive monthly installments of one dollar on oach share, so long as the said association shall continue; the said shares to be held, transferred, assigned and pledged, and the holders thereof to be subject to such fines, penalties and forfeitures, for default in their payments, as the regulations and by-laws of ;he said association may prescribe. Sec. 2. That the said association shall have such number and succession of officers and nembers as shall be ordained and chosen according to the rules and by-laws made or to be nade by them for their government, and shall lave power and authority, from time to time, ind at all times, to make all such rules, reguations and by-laws as are not repugnant to he constitution and the laws of the land; to lave and keep a common seal, and the same o alter at will; to sue and be sued, implead ind be impleaded in any court of law or squity in this State, and shall have and enjoy ? v x _? j i?i j x 1 i_ -1 _*L / ;very ngnt ana privilege luciueiimuu ueiongng to corporate bodies, according to the laws >f the land. Sec. 3. That the funds of the said associaion shall be invested either in the purchase of eal estate in the county of Sumter, S. C., >r in any county or subdivision of the said State, which shall be rented out or leased, >r sold and conveyed to the members and tockholders of said association, upon such erras and conditions and estates as from time ,o time may be prescribed by its rules and byaws, or be loaned out and advanced to the nembers and stockholders thereof, upon the ecurity and hypothecation of real estate in Sumter aforesaid, or bonds, stocks or choses n action, or personal property, on such terras 1 and conditions as from - time to time may be | prescribed by the rules and by-laws aforesaid. I And it shall and may be lawful for the said association to hold and enjoy, for the mutual benefit of its members and stockholders, all such lands, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances as may be bona fide purchased and conveyed to it, or as may be mortgaged to it by way of security upon its loans and advances, or as may be bought by or transferred and conveyed to it as sales under judgments or decrees at law or equity for securing and recovering, or in compromise settlement of any debt or debts due to it, and to sell, alien, barter, exchange, convey, mortgage or other wise dispose of the same, irom time to time, i ai:id whenever deemed necessary and expedient. Sec. 4. That if any of the funds of the said association shall remain unproductive or uninvested and uncalled for for the space of two months, by its own members and stockholders, it shall be lawful for said association to lend out what moneys may be on hand to others than stockholders, at such rates of interest (on such security, whether of mortgage or real estate, choses in action, or other personal property,) as may be agreed on, to be safely invested, and to be repaid within one year. Sec: 5. That whenever the funds and assets of the association shall have accumulated to such an amount that, upon a fair division thereof, each stockholder for each and every share of stock held by him or her, shall have received or be entitled to receive, the sum of two hundred dollars or the value thereof in property or assets, and such division and distribution shall have been made, then the said association shall cease and determine: - Provided, however, that in case the said association shall not have closed its operations and affairs, as above provided for, within a shorter period, then this act shall continue in force until repealed, Approved March 13,1872. / AN ACT To provide for the establishment of a School in the State Penitentiary. 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 on the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of the Penitentiary to organize a school in the said institution for the benefit of such convicts confined therein as may reasonably be expected to derive ad' vantages therefrom. He shall employ teachers at such compensation as the Directors of the Penitentiary shall deem proper; and said teachers may be removed when found incompetent or inattentive to their duties, or for any other cause unsuitable to their trust. Sec. 2. The school shall be in operation every working day of the week, at such time between the hours of 6 and 8 A. M., and between 4 and 8 P. M., as shall not interfere materially with the general work or labor, nor with the meal hours established, or hereafter to be established at the institution: Provided tha^the Directors and Superintendent of the Penitentiary may increase the said time and protract or lengthen the hours of the school at their discretion, for such convicts or scholars as shall manifest particular aptness to derive benefit therefrom. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the State Superintendent of Education, on the requisition of the Superintendent of the Penitentiary, approved by the Directors, to supply the said school with such text books as may be necessary for its use, on such terms and conditions as "may be established for supplying the Free Common Schools of the State. Sec. 4. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 13,1872. AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to grant, renew and amend the charters of certain towns and villages therein mentioned, approved March I 9th. 1871. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houseof Representatives of theState of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That the proviso in section 97 of the said act be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: ""That the owners of lands over which auch street or streets may pass, shall be duly compensated by the said town council." Sec. 2. That in case the council and landowners cannot agree upon the amount of such compensation, the same shall be ascertained by three commissioners, to be appointed* one by the town council, one by the land-owner, and the third by the board of county commissioners for Orangeburg county: Provided, that either party may appeal from such assessment to the court of common pleas, who shall submit the issue of value to a jury: 'and provided, further, that the assessment agreed on, whether by the aforesaid commissioners or a jury, shall be recorded in the office of register of mesne conveyance for the aforesaid county of Orangeburg. Approved March 13, 1872. AN ACT To incorporate the Union Baptist Church, of Laurens county, 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 from and immediately after the pas: sage of this act, all persons who now are, or who hereafter shall or may become members of said society, shall be, and they are hereby incorporated, and are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of the "Union Baptist Church," and by the said name shall have succession of officers and members, and have a common seal. Sec. 2. That the said corporation shall have power to purchase, receive and possess any real or personal estate not exceeding in value the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or to sell the same, and by its corporate name to sue and be sued in any court of this State, and to make such rules and by-laws (not repugnant to law) as may be thought expedient. Sec. 3. That this act be deemed a public act, and shall continue in force until repealed. Approved March 13,1872. AN ACT, To Exempt the Keepers, Employees and other Officers of the South Carolina Penitentiary and Lunatic Asylum from Military and other duties. 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 onand after the passage of this Act, all guards, keepers, employees and other officers that are now, or may hereafter be, employed at the South Carolina Penitentiary and Lunatic Asylum, shall be exempted from serving on juries, and from military, road or street duty. Approved March 13, 1872. TERMS?11ST ADVANCE : One Copy, one year, 9 3 00 One Copy, Six months, 1 50 OneCopy, Three months, 1 00 Single Copy,...; 10 Two Copies, one year, o uu Ten Copies, " " 25 00 persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of tne paper 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. Semi-Monthlv, Monthly, or Quarterly Advertisements, will be charged Two Dollars per square for each insertion. Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts will be maiie on liberal terms?the contract, however, must inall cases be confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual contracting. Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated as advertisements. Announcements of Marriages and Deaths.and notices of a religious character,inserted gratis, and solicited. pgr Personal Communications, when admissable; Communications of limited or individual interest, or recommendations of Candidates for offices of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for as advertisements. jggg J Wii ikp. Ppi:.n..:,'r H.li McDosiLD i Co., Druggist* sad 0?u. Ag'U. San Francisco. Cal.. and Stand M Commerce at. N.Y. MILLIONS Bear Testimony to their Wanderfnl A Curative Effect*. 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WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL, Agents at Charleston, S. C. April 18 16 3m ESTABLISHED 1857. L. H. MILLER, MILLER'S SAFE AND IRON WORKS, BALTIMORE, MD. SALESROOM: 265 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, Banlc Vaults and Doors. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. 12,000 IN USE-TESTED IN 200 FIRES. Near References National Bank, Chester, Smith and Melton, Chester ; John Agnew A Son, Columbia, S. C. DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS, &C. 1'. ? . X XXi3LXjXL<5 MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, HO. 20 HAYHE STREET AND HORLBECZ'8 WHARF 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 by Mr. P. P. 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