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The horse dropsy has ceased to be a
subject of anxiety in New York.
Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts, has
been elected to Congress for the ninth time.
The tax rate for 1873, in Philadelphia,
has been fixed at 82.15 on 8100, for city tax.
It is said to look funny to see a young
lady with both hands in soft dough and a
mosquito on the end of her nose.
Mrs. O'Leary wonders "if thim Bosting
spalpeens will be after schwearing that it was
her poor baste of a cow that burned their
city."
Warrants have been issued by a United
States Commissioner for the arrest of Susan I
B. Anthony and fourteen other females who I
voted at Rochester, N. Y., at the late election.
The New York letter of the Philadelphia
Ijedger says: "Secretary Boutwell, while
in that city the other day, made no secret of
the fact to personal friends of his determination
to retire from the Cabinet after the 4th
of March."
The Atlanta correspondent of the Savannah
Newt writes that the Atlanta and
Richmond Air-Line Railroad will be completed
and in running order to the Savannah
River by the 25th of December, and to Charlotte,
N. C., by March.
The "oldest inhabitant" in Eastern
Texas has never seen such a dry season as
this. Small streams that were never known
to cease running before are now nearly dried
up, and Trinity is so low that it can be forded
in many places by horsemen and crossed by
footmen on logs and rocks.
It is said that the indictment against
William M. Tweed, of New York, one of the
"Tammany thieves," makes a large volume.
It contains 1,040 pages, and is the longest in
dictment ever tound in the world. It a man
can draw an indictment of over 1000 pages
that will stand, he must be a pretty good
criminal lawyer.
Brownlow, of Tennessee, in a recent
letter on the subject of Gen. Grant's reelection,
says: "If the popularity of the President
shall continue, as I doubt not it will, it is more
than probable he will be reelected for a third
term. Indeed, rather than put in power this
corrupt old Democratic party, I would favor
the election of Grant for life."
On Saturday of last week a vessel sailed
from Savannah, Georgia, having on board several
freedmen families, numbering about one
hundred and seventy-five persons^ en route for
Liberia. They were collected from Florida,
South Carolina and Georgia, and go out under
the auspices of the American Colonization
Society.
The cotton mills of the South consumed
last year 120,000 bales of cotton. In 1870
their consumption amounted to 91,000 and in
1869 to 80,000 bales. These figures show
unmistakably that the cotton manufacturing
interests of the South are rapidly recovering
from the evil effects of the war, notwithstanding
the blighting influence of Federal interference
with their local affairs.
The Titusville Press generously notices
a catching case of Western progress: "A St.
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ajuui3 iunii iituj iiiveincu a peculiar suit ui a
trap for catching tape-worms. It is a windlass
with steel trap attached, and if you think
you have 'got 'em,' you set the trap in your
mouth when you retire for the night. If you
feel the trap spring, seize the crank and wind
up your worm."
A Washington letter to the New York
Sun says six companies of regular artillery
have passed South for garrison duty in South
Carolina and Georgia. Some of the troops
now there are to be transferred elsewhere, on
the ground that some of the officers have become
too much mixed up in the local political
complications of the former State. These
troops were brought at great expense from
San Francisco.
A man by the name of Becker, who
resides near Quarryville, N. Y., owned a
couple of horses that had the distemper. In
cleaning out the mangers, the other day, the
virus came in contact with a flesh wound on
his hand. In a short time his hand became so
terribly inflamed and swollen, that it had
to be amputated. Soon after the amputation
he died. Persons owning horses cannot exercise
too much prudence in this respect, as the
matter from this distemper is rank poison to
the human system.
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lishes the returns, official and unofficial, from
every county in the State. They give Baxter
(Rep.) a majority of over 700 for Governor.
The same paper expresses the opinion that
D. J. Smith, reform candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, J. R. Berry, reform caudidate for
Auditor, W. J. Hines, reform candidate for
Congressman at large, are also elected. It
thinks Gause (Dem.) is elected to Congress in
the first District, and Gunter (Dem.) in the
third. It will require the official count to
settle the matter as to Smith, Berry, Hines
and Gause.
A correspondent of the New York Sun
suggests the following device to avert large
conflagrations : If a blanket had been steeped
in water and hung up in front of the hottest
fire in Boston or Chicago, and kept thoroughly
drenched by the engines, it would
have remained unscorched to the last. If
auy one will take a piece of paper, and shaping
like a cup, filling it with water, the paper
thus filled may be held close over a gaslight
and an egg boiled in the water, and the
water itself pass off in steam, yet the paper
will remain unscorched so long as the water
shall be supplied to it. Had a woolen veil,
anywhere, been interposed between the fire
ana tnreaienea Duuuings .Boston ana
Chicago,) and this woolen veil kept perfectly
saturated with water, is it not clear that no
fire could have passed that watered woolen
barrier ?
The Carolinian says that a number of
miscroscopic examinations have been made in
Columbia of the nasal discharge from horses affected
with the prevalent disease. In eight
cases out of eleven animalculse were discovered.
They are little cigar shaped concerns,
and about the color of a strong Havana cigar.
From the observations so far, it appears that
the organized bodies are found in the first stages
of the disease when the discharge is thin ;
afterwards when the discharge is thick, no
aniraalculae can be found. One physician
suggests that the animalcuhe penetrated the
membrane of the horse, and thus it is after
several days that none are to be discovered.
Perhaps to their subsequent pranks, may be
attributed the dropsy, which is appearing at
the North as the secondary stage of the disease.
The New York Herald speaks of the
disease which has lately broken out among the
fowl creation, as follows: "Up the Hudson,
and from the highlands and lowlands of this
river, back to the Susquehanna, and how much
further we know not, a terrible disease has
broken out among the poultry. Chickens are
dying from it by hundreds, and ducks, geese
and turkeys in the market are said to betray
evidences of the same malady. It appears to
resemble the epizootic; the fowl affected has
a running at the nose. But in addition to
this symptom of catarrh, the victim becomes
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brospinal meningetis. From the latest information
of the subject it appears that this disease
i3 really assuming the form of a destructive
pestilence among our domestic fowls.
Should this pestilence continue to spread as
rapidly as it has been developed, we can only
hope that at least our beef, pork and mutton
will be spared for thanksgiving day."
It is a popular fallacy that promissory
notes written or signed in pencil will not
stand good in law, and a case has just been
dismissed by one of the New York courts,
grounded on that belief, the decision being
given that a note in pencil is legally as binding
as one in ink. "Story, on promissory
notes," declares that "a promissory note must
be in writing, either in ink or pencil; that is
to say, the signature of the proraiser must be
so; the body of the note may be printed."
This is conclusive, but the courts, in a great
many cases, and without a dissenting judgment,
have confirmed this rule. A note promissory
to pay a certain amount of money is
merely indebtedness, and a note without the
signature of the proraiser is good, if there is
evidence that the promiser intended to execute
it; that is to say, with the additional evidence
mentioned. The note is prima facie evidence
of the indebtedness.?Harrisburg Telegraph.
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the injunctions.
As will be remembered by our readers, two
orders of injunction were granted by Judge
Melton last week. One to restrain Treasurer
Parker from diverting the taxes, when collected,
to improper purposes; and the other to
restrain the County Auditors from assessing,
and the County Treasurers from collecting,
any taxes under the law as it now stands.
Both injunctions are published in to-day's paper,
and it will be seen that they have been
made absolute. Tax-payers will have a short
breathing spell, as no taxes can be collected
until the Legislature takes such steps as are
necessary to put things in proper shape again.
Inasmuch as the demands for money are quite
pressing, it is probable there will not be much
delay in this matter.
"the Crisis.
After revolutions a critical period always
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ets, do both good and harm. We have passed,
or are passing, through one of the greatest
revolutionary periods in the history of North
America. What its after results will be no
one can fully presage. In some instances it
will be productive of good ; in other cases it
will result in much evil. Such a period is
critical to every member of society. Some
will be made rich, and others will be made
poor. The present is a critical period, especially
to the young men and young women
of the country. Their destiny for all future
time depends upon the action of the present i
moment. The end depends upon the beginning.
There are two things that, at present, should
be kept constantly and distinctly in view.
These two things are simply the facts that
property and education give men position in
societv. This is the case the world over. It
is highly probable that a state of things similar
to that which exists in many of the European
countries, will gradually take place in
all the North American States. In England,
Ireland and Scotland, and in most of the German
States, one portion of the citizens are
landholders and the rest are laborers. The
same is true in the United States in most of
the New England States, and in the States
formerly called free States. It will gradually
become general. Such will be the case in
this locality. The question every young man
and woman is now called upon to decide is,
"Will I and ray children be property-holders
or laborers?" A few years will decide the
question for all time. The scale will soon
turn, and the weight in one end will become
so heavy that it will be very difficult, if not
impossible, to change down to up, or up to
down. Now, we fully believe, is the time to
settle this question. The circumstances by
which we are surrounded call for energetic
action and deliberate and steady purpose on
the part of every man and woman in society.
Never was there a more favorable period in
the history of this country to make money.
In spite of all the drawbacks to which we are
subjected, the man who is industrious and
fmr?al ran ranlro mnnpv ranidlv. Tn view of
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the almost certain future condition of things
in this country, let the energies of all be;
doubled. Let the motto of all be work. Let
the fear of serfdom incite us to prompt and
vigorous action.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The tax levy in Anderson, for county pur- j
poses is only one mill and a half on the dollar, j
? Attorney-General Chamberlain is spoken '
of as a candidate for the United States Senate, j
? Quite a number of prisoners, arrreted un- j
der the enforcement act, reached Columbia on ;
Saturday last, by the Greenville railroad.
? A survey is being made across Charleston j
Neck, with the view of connecting the Ashley j
and Cooper rivers by a canal.
? Dr. Thomas A. Evans, during the war j
surgeon of McGowan's Brigade, died at An-!
derson Court House, on the 20th instant.
? It is stated that the Air-Line Railroad ;
will be completed to Limestone Springs by !
the first of December.
? The almanac makers say there will be
no eclipses visible in this section for the year ,
1873. ;
? Robert Hayne Perry, of Greenville, son
of ex-Governor Perry, died in Aiken on the
j morning of the 18th instant,
j ?"The Anderson Conservator" is the title of
j a new paper, the publication of which is to
! be commenced at Anderson in a short time.
1 ?The Supreme Court has dismissed the ap-1
peal in the case of T. J. Cureton vs. A. E.!
Hutchinson.
? F. J. Moses, jr, the Governor elect, has
engaged, for temporary use, a suite of six
rooms at the Columbia Hotel.
? Mr. H. L. Elliott's gin-house, situated sev|
eral miles from Winnsboro, has been acciden|
tally burned, together with about thirty-five
. bales of cotton.
? Governor Scott has issued a proclamation
annulling the one issued several weeks ago,
prohibiting the importation of horses and
mules.
? Governor Scott has appointed Benjamin
Michael, colored, a Trial Justice for Chester
county, instead of Benjamin Macon, as announced
by us last week.
? The newly elected school commissioner of
Georgetown was recently sentenced to twentyfive
days in jail for making a drunken exhibition
of himself upon the streets.
? The Columbia Female College, which is
under the control of the Methodist denomination
of this State, is to be reopened at an
early day.
? The "horse disease has appeared in Columbia,
Newberry, Wiunsboro, Chester, Marion,
and Sumter. But few deaths have occurred
in either place.
? The Chester Reporter of last week says :
"James Waller, of the late Board of County
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league last week for voting for John W.
Walker for Sheriff at the recent election."
? The United States District Court, at
Charleston, has dismissed the petition of sundry
creditors to put the Columbia and Greenville
Railroad into bankruptcy. Notice of
appeal was given.
? The annual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, in South Carolina,
will meet at Anderson Courthouse on Wednesday,
December 11th. Bishop Paine will
preside.
? Mr. Leroy F. Youmans and Mr. D. H.
Chamberlain, are suggested as the probable
candidates for Judge of the Fifth Circuit,
soon to be made vacant by Judge Melton's
assuming his new office of Attorney General.
? The official returns of the Presidential
election in this State show that the total
vote was 95,217, of which Grant received
72,290; Greeley 22,703 ; O'Connor 224.
Grant's majority is 49,303.
? The Union Times complains of the conduct
of the newly elected Solicitor of that
circuit, on the ground that a morbid appetite
caused the postponement of a number of cases
on the sessions docket at the recent terra of
the court. Drunk again.
? The Columbia correspondent of the
Charleston News&ys that the "programme of
the new administration is to have a new tax
bill, properly framed, introduced very early
in the session, and it is expected that the legal
tax levy therein provided for will be or
dered about the middle of December."
? The Columbia correspondent of the
Charleston News says: "Governor Scott is
receiving numerous applications, urged in I
person, for changes and appointments of county
auditors and treasurers. He hesitates, however,
to make such changes on the eve of going
out of office, fearing that they may conflict
with the future Governor's plans."
? The churches embracing the Savannah
River Baptist Association sent up at their
recent meeting in Barnwell county, $103 for
the Palmetto Orphan Home in Columbia.
An aged minister, formerly of Charleston,
now of Greenville, has sent in his watch, to
be sold and the proceeds appropriated to the
purchase of the house and lot selected in Col-!
umbia for that institution.
? The following conversation is reported by
the Carolinian to have occurred at the State
House, in Columbia, a few days ago: "Good
morning, Parker," said Tim Hurley addressing
the State Treasurer; "how are you, this
morning ?" "I am poorly, thank God," said
Parker, "but I haven't got the epizootic yet!"
"No, replied Tim, I haven't heard of it attacking
any jackass up to this time."
? The Grand Secretary gives notices that
the annual communication of the Grand Lodge
of Ancient Free Masons will be held at
Charleston, on Tuesday, the 10th of December.
The officers of the various Railroads
have agreed to permit, not only Grand Officers
and Delegates, but all Master Masons
and their families, to pass and repass for one
fare. The full fare to be paid at the point of
starting, and return tickets will be furnisned
by Railroad Agents. The dedication of the
new Masonic Temple will take place at 1
o'clock p. m. on the first day of the session.
? At the recent term of the court at Lan
caster, Judge T. J. Mackey presiding, the
grand jury presented several of the county
officers for malfeasance and misfeasance in
office. They also indicted R. W. Cousart,
late member of the General Assembly, for the
crime of forgery, committed by him in forging
certain alleged affidavits which he filed with
the Board of State Canvassers, in his contest
of the election of Win. Black, Esq., a Democratic
member elect. Judge Mackey ordered
bench warrants to issue instantly for the arrest
of all persons indicted.
? At the opening of the United States Circuit
Court in Columbia on Monday last, neither
Judges Bond or Bryan were present. Daniel
Horlbeck, Esq., the Clerk of the Court, after
calling the roll of jurors and witnesses, dismissed
the attendants until Tuesday morning
at 10 o'clock. The Columbia correspondent
of the Charleston News says "the criminal
docket is very light, and will be taken up
first and probably be disposed of in a week or
ten days. There is a large amount of civil
business to come before this term of the court,
including the appeal from the District Court
in the bankruptcy proceedings against the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company."
? The Baptist State Convention began its
sessions at Darlington on Thursday last. In
the absence of the former president the convention
was called to order by the Rev. J. 0.
B. Dargan, D. D., the vice president, and the
meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev.
J. L. Reynolds, D. D. A letter was read
from Rev. Dr. Boyce, the former president, I
stating that he had removed from the State to
Louisville, Kentucky, but that he was still in
hearty sympathy with the work of the convention.
After the delegates were enrolled,
a ballot was cast for officers, resulting in the
election of Rev. J. C. Furman, D. D., president
; Rev. J. 0. B. Dargan, D. D., vice-presidpni.
Rfiv. O. F. Greporv. secretary, and
Professor C. H. Judson, treasurer.
? The Columbia Union prints the following
paragraph : "One of the peculiarities of the
act of the late General Assembly in passing
or adopting the Code, without reading it, has
just been brought to light. It happens in.
this way: Fort Mills Precinct, formerly in
York county, by a clause inserted in the
Code is placed in Lancaster county, the clause
referred to definiug the Catawba river to be
the boundary between the counties to the
North Carolina line. The people, and in
fact their immediate officers, of both counties,
know nothing of this change, even if the Legislature
did, which is very doubtful; and, it
is a fact, that in the late elections, no managers
were appointed for the Fort Mills Precinct
by Lancaster county, but as usual, heretofore,
were appointed by York county, and
the people voted in the last named county.
Further, had the vote in counties been given
as the boundaries in the Code indicate, Lancaster
would have had a full Republican
majority and complete list of county officers,
and York would have gone Democratic, as
the Fort Mills precinct is one of the largest." I
' ? In regard to the recent injunctions granted
by Judge Samuel W. Melton, the Colum- j
bia correspondent of the Charleston News I
| says: "The members elect continue to arrive,
j and the city presents quite a busy appearI
ance. Some of the members appear indignant
at the recent injunction proceedings, which
i threaten for a time at least to shut off all
j financial supplies. The most violent objur!
gations are heaped by some of the more hot!
headed legislators on Judge Melton, for preI
sutning to enjoin the tax authorized by the
: General Assembly. Various retaliatory and
| preventive measures are proposed, some of
j them being of the wildest possible description.
One is to reduce the pay of the attorney-general
to a ridiculously low figure, and thereby
compel Mr. Melton to resign. Another Solon
threatens the creation of the office of solicitorgeneral
to the Legislature, with authority to
draft acts which will be injunction-proof.
Chamberlain has been named for this posi
tion."
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The North Carolina Annual Conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church is in ses?
sion this week at Tabernacle Church, Guilford
county.
? Mr. S. Watson Reid, of Mecklenburg,
member of the House of Representatives, was,
on Thursday evening, called home by a telegram
announcing the death of his wife.
? The Wilmington and Weldon railroad
has been leased for a number of years by the
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Company.
? Nereus Mendenhall, the Democratic candidate
for Superintendent of Public Instruction,
was declared duly elected by the official
vote as counted in the House of Representatives.
? Miss S. McCandless was a candidate for
the position of Engrossing Clerk of the House
of Representatives in the organization of the
Legislature last week. She was put in nom
ination and supported by the Republicans.
Mr. Boyden, who was elected to the position,
appointed her as his assistant
? There are twenty-five cases of small-pox
in one neighborhood in Harnett county, and
the disease is said to be spreading to an alarming
extent. Cotton picking is entirely suspended,
and that picked out cannot be sent to
market on account of the epizooty, which has
attacked horses and mules alike.
? On Friday night of last week, two box
cars on the Wilmington Road, above the depot,
took fire from an engine, and before it
could be extinguished or the cars uncoupled,
both of them were burnt, together with their
contents. The cars belonged to the Wilmington
Railroad, and were loaded with merchandise
of various kinds, en route to merchants
South.
? Gov. Caldwell's recent message to the
Legislature is a lengthy paper, devoted principally
to the relations the State bears to the
federal government. He thinks the State
government should be in full accord with the
federal administration. He advises careful
consideration of the question of the State
debt, and a practicable settlement of the
question; opposes in toto repudiation, and
favors the issuing of a new class of bonds.
He declares the present legislative apportionment
of the State unfair, and urgently advocates
measures inviting immigration into the
State. He congratulates the people of the
State upon their greatly improved condition
1 since his last message.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The Horse Disease.
The horse malady is abating to some
extent at the North, though in many sections
it has taken a form which is considered more
dangerous than the original disease, and in
numbers of cases has proved fatal. This relapse
is due to the premature exposure of
horses to cold and fatigue, and results
in the form of dropsy, which is tedious and
uncertain of cure. When these dropsical
symptoms appear, the practice at the North
has been to use a liniment of camphor, ammonia
and sweet oil, rubbing the parts affected,
giving gentle exercise to the animal in good
weather, and giving him light but digestible
food.
In Richmond, Petersburg, Raleigh, Wilmington,
Augusta, Atlanta, and other Southern
cities, the disease is prevailing, and causes
the same inconvenience to business that has
been noted at other cities.
Valuable Recipes.
General W. A. Walker, President of
the Chester county Agricultural, Mechanical
and Poraological Association, has furnished
the Reporter with the following prescriptions,
which are said to be effectual for the cure of
the respective diseases:
For the Epizootic or Horse Diseabe.?
2 oz. salt, 2 oz. saltpetre, 2 oz. ginger, 2 oz.
saleratus, and 6 oz. sugar. Mix and give it
to the horse in dry meal; feed him on todder
or hay, without corn. Keep him warm by
covering him and wrapping his legs with
blankets.
For Distemper in Dogs.?Smoke the
animal twice a day with tar, feathers and red
pepper. Keep him warm if the weather is
cold, and feed on a light diet. Hold the food
up so that he can eat without having to bend
his neck down.
The Forthcoming Message.
The Washington papers inform their
readers that the President is busily engaged
on his forthcoming message to Congress, devoting
two hours in the forenoon of each day
to the task. It is understood that he will re-1
| commend the passage of a bill by Congress
removing all the disabilities imposed by the
third section of the fourteenth amendment to
the Constitution. He will take the ground
that as the amendment does not exclude the
ballot, but only imposes disabilities to hold '
office upon certain persons, there is no good
of disfranchisement of that kind merely be-1
cause they were, before the war, of standing
and character enough to be elected to offices
requiring them to take an oath to support
the Constitution. In his last message, he
| suggested that if there were any persons dis|
tinguished above all others for the part they
J took in the war, they might be excluded,
but now he proposes to include everybody.
The excepted classes now are all Senators and
! Representatives of the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh
Congresses, officers of the judicial,
military and naval service of the United
| States, heads of departments and foreign ministers
of the United States who participated
: in the war.
| As foreshadowing the probable new policy
J*of the President, and especially the relations
j of the Government to the Southern States, a
! recent Washington dispatch to the New York
| Herald contains the following:
It is reported that in a recent interview
with General Sherman, the President stated !
that he should devote his best efforts to reunite !
the North and the South, and similar senti-1
! ments are said to have been uttered by him j
in a conversation with Judge Alexander |
Rives, of Virginia, an original Union man i
and friend of his administration. The Presi- j
dent's attention has been drawn to the sharp
features of the ku-klux legislation, and it was
stated the other day by a member of the Cab
iuet that the President would like to see those
laws modified and all features repealed which
were not uniform in their operation over the
country as soon as he could be satisfied that
there was full protection for life and property
in the Southern States. The same gentleman
was confident of the President's friendly feelings
toward the Southern people, and of his
desire to re-establish good will and cordial relations
between the estranged sections. The
precise mode of giving effect to these views
has not been determined upon, but that something
will be done seems highly probable,
j The policy of a general amnesty will probably
be endorsed in the President's message and
passed by the two-thirds vote. It was remarked
by a prominent friend of the President
on yesterday that there was no reason
whatever in perpetuating these disabilities,
as they only served to irritate, and the South
could elect, if disposed, worse men than those
now under disabilities.
It is the opinion of well informed southern
men that the South, so far from making any
factious war upon the administration, would
meet any advance more than half way, and
that an entire reconstruction of parties at the
South would be the consequence of such a conciliatory
and liberal line of policy by the
President. That this policy will be opposed
by the ultras of the North is certain, ana also
that it will be resisted by the carpet-baggers
who desire to perpetuate the present sectional
difficulties. The idea meets with favor that
thesurestway to flank such evil-disposed persons
would be to make the Executive appointments
in the South from the most conservative
and moderate men of both parties who
j are sincerely in favor of the new programme
of peace, and who desire good order, along
with a reforjn of the extravagance and cori
ruption which have plunged so many States
into bankruptcy.
TAXES FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES.
Attorney-General Chamberlain has rendered
the following opinion on the power of
County Commissioners to levy taxes for highway
purposes:
Office of Attorney-General,
Columbia, S. C., November 19,1872.
J. H. Bryant, Esq., Chairman Board County
Commissioners, Richland County.
Dear Sir : I have considered the question
submitted to me a few days since in regard to
the power of the County Commissioners of a
county to levy a tax for highway purposes in
addition to the full amount of the levy allowed
by the joint resolution of March 13,
1872.
Section 34, of the Act of September 26,
1868, entitled "An Act to define the jurisdiction
and powers of County Commissioners,"
(page 134, volume 14,) provides that "no tax
shall be levied and collected by the County
Commissioners until the same has been authorized
by the General Assembly."
Section 2, of the Act of March 9, 1871, entitled
"An Act to provide for the construction
and repair of public highways," (page 667,
volume 14,) authorizes the County Commissioners
to "assess a tax of eighteen cents, if so
much be necessary, on every 8100 of the
lists of the county," for highway purposes.
The joint resoluti< n of Marcn 13, 1872, entitled
"Joint Resolution authorizing and directing
the State Auditor and County Commissioners
to levy certain taxes," (page 293,
j volume 15,) authorizes the County Commissioners
of each of the counties to levy a tax
not exceeding three mills on a dollar of all j
[ taxable property in their repective counties,
except the county of Fairfield, in which the
| County Commissioners shall not levy a tax of
more than one and a half mills, for the fiscal
year, commencing November 1, 1871.
The question growing out of the statutes
now quoted is, whether the joint resolution of
March 13,1872, is intended to fix the highest
limit of county taxation, so as to render the
laying of a highway tax in addition to the
limit fixed by that resolution, illegal ?
I have no time to elaborate my views, but I
am of the opinion that the County Commissioners
are limited to three mills, inclusive of
the highway tax, in all the counties except
Fairfield, in which county the limit is one and
one half mills. Very respectfully your obedient
servant, D. H. Chamberlain,
Attorney-General, 8. C.
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THE TAX INJUNCTION.
On Saturday last His Honor Judge Samuel
W. Melton made his order absolute against
the various County Auditors and Treasurers,
they having failed to shew cause, why the
same should not be issued. The following is
the order:
State of South Carolina, Richland
County?In the Common Pleas.?The State
of South Carolina, ex relatione the AttorneyGeneral,
vs. the County Auditors and Treasurers.
A rule to shew cause having been granted
by me against the several defendants in the
above entitled cause, returnable before me on
the 23d of November, instant, at the Court
House in Columbia, at 11 o'clock, A. M., and
I the said rule having been served on each of
said defendants by depositing a copy thereof
in the post office in Columbia, on the 19th
November, instant, addressed to each of said
defendants, and a copy of the complaint, summons
and order herein having been served on
each of said defendants by depositing a copy
thereof in the post office of Columbia, on the
20th and 21st days of November, instant, ad- ,
dressed to each of said defendants, and no
cause having been shown by the defendants,
or any of them, the rule is now made absolute.
And it is ordered, that the said defendants,
the County Auditors of the several counties of
the State, their agents, deputies and attorneys,
and each and every of them, be enjoined and i
restrained, until further order in this cause
made, from levying, or causing to be levied,
the taxes, or any part thereof, authorized and
directed to be levied by the Hon. J. L. Neagle,
Comptroller-General of the State, in and by
a certain circular letter, dated November 13,
1872, addressed to the defendants as County
Auditors of the several Counties of the State,
and from levying, or causing to be levied, any
taxes under the authority of the joint resolution
of March 13,1872, entitled "joint resolution
authorizing and directing the State Auditor
and County Commissioners to levy certain
taxes," and from levying or causing to be
levied, any tax to pay the interest on the
bonds and stocks of the State, or any portion
thereof.
And it is further ordered, that the said defendants,
the County Treasurers of the several
Counties of the State, their agents, deputies
and attorneys, and each and every of them,
be enjoined and restrained from collecting, or
causing to be collected, any taxes levied, or to
be levied, by the County Auditors of their respective
Counties, under the authority of a
pertain eirenlar letter, issued bv the ComD
troller-General of the State, hereinbefore referred
to, dated November 13,1872, and from
collecting, or causing to be collected, any
taxes levied, or to be levied, under the authority
of the joint resolution of March 13,1872,
hereinbefore referred to, and from collecting,
or causing to be collected, any taxes levied, or
j to be levied, to pay interest on the bonds and
stocks of the State, or any portion thereof,
until further order in this cause be made.
(Signed) SAMUEL W. MELTON.
Columbia, S. C., November 23,1872.
Mutilated Currency.?By direction of
the Secretary of the Treasury, the practice of
transmitting transfer checks in the redemption
of old, defaced and mutilated currency,
in suras of five dollars and upwards, and legal
tender notes in sums of fifty dollars and
upwards, forwarded by express to the Treasury
of the United States, will be discontinued
December 1, 1872. Thereafter, returns for
such remittances will be made, in all cases,
by express, at the expense of the Department,
in new legal tender notes, or fractional currency,
in such denominations as the owners
may request. When no request is made re-!
turns will be made in currency of the same
kind as that received. I
LOCAL AFFAIRS. |
i .
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
| W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Cheap Groceries?Just
Arrived?Nice?Pipes?Co flee.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Groceries?Ladies' HatsMachine
Oil?Velveteen?Dress Goods?Machine
Thread?Trunks?Corsets?Alpacas?
Horse-Shoes?Cheap Jewel ry?Shaw Is?Bed
i Ticking?Shoes?Blankets?Undershirts?
Water-Proof Cloth?Cassimeres?Bagging
and Ties?Liverpool Salt?Rubber ShoesBoots
and Shoes?Shirt Collars?Sheeting.
M. Strauss A Son?Corsets, Ac.?Alpaca?Hose
and Socks?Coats and Pants?Scarfs, Ac.?
Sewing Machines.
Watch Found.
T.'S. Jefferys, Secretary?Masonic Notice.
! W. F. Kuykendal?Land for Sale.
I J. N. Robson. Charleston?Pacific Guano Company's
Soluble Pacific Guano.
. W. L. Grist, Agent?Demorest for December.
I Joseph Wyiie, Administrator?Notice.
i A. S. Wallace, Executor?Application for DisI
charge.
, S. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Notice to the absent
heirs-at-law of Samuel Hemphill, deceased.
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO.
Id to-day's paper will be found the annual
announcement of Mr. J. JN. Kobson, or
Charleston, the agent of the above well-known
and popular fertilizer. Tne inducements offered
are quite liberal, and persons who desire
to buy this fertilizer would do well to call on
Col. W. H. McCorkle, who is Mr. Robson's
sub-agent in Yorkville.
RETURNED FROM LIBERIA.
We learn that a number of the negroes who
emigrated to Liberia, from Clay Hill, in this
county, in November last, have returned to
the United States, and were at Boston a few
days ago. Among others, the following have
returned and are expected back at their old
homes in a few days: Francis Johnson and
family; Minor Cathcart and family; John
C. Moore and family; Madison Siraril and
family; the children of Bob Tate; and the
children of Samuel McCollum.
THE NEW COUNT* OFFICERS.
The recently elected Sheriff, Clerk of the
Court, and Judge of Probate, for this county,
have filed their official bonds, and the sufficiency
of the surety in each case has been approved
by the Board of County Commissioners.
The bonds of the Sheriff and the Clerk
is each for ten thousand dollars?the Judge
of Probate for five thousand dollars. The
following are the bondsmen :
Sheriff? R. H. Glenn, George L. Riddle,
D. J. Glenn, jr., E. D. Thomson, S. S. Smith,
D. J. Glenn, sr., S. D. Simril.
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(Jier/c oj ine uouri?josepn r. waiiace, o.
Leroy Barron, D. T. Partlow, A. H. Barnett,
Dempsey Cook.
Judge oj Probate?Joseph A. McLean,
John H. Adams, L. M. Grist
ARRESTED.
Recently, the following named persons have
been arrested in this county *nd lodged in
jail at this place by the Federal authorities
on charges of ku-kluxing:
H. Middleton Moore, charged with complicity
in the murder of Roundtree.
William Clayburn Hopper, same charge.
Hugh H. Kell, charged with complicity in
the murder of Jim Williams.
William C. Whitesides, charged with complicity
in the murder of Alexander Leech.
James A. Donald, same charge.
Thos. Mullenax, John Benfield and Robert
Moore, charged with general conspiracy.
On Tuesday morning last, William Clayburn
Hopper, Hngh H. Kell, William C.
Whitesides, James A. Donald and Robert
Mnnre. were sent to Columbia, in order that
their cases might be disposed of by the United
States Circuit Court, now in session there.
PERSONAL.
Hon. A. S. Wallace, member of Congress
for the Fourth Congressional District, left for
Columbia on'Tuesday morning last, en route
for Washington. Congress assembles on next
Monday.
Col. Lewis Merrill, commandant of this
post, left on Monday last for Columbia, to
attend the sittings of the United States Circuit
Court now in session there. The post at this
place is now under the command of Capt
John Christopher, of the 18th Infantry.
Lieut J. F. Weston, of Troop L, of the 7th
Cavalry, left on Tuesday last for Louisville,
Kentucky. We have been informed that he
goes to Louisville for the purpose of receiving
a number of recruits intended for the cavalry
companies stationed at this post Lieut Braden
will be in command of Troop L, during
the absence of Lieut Weston.
T. M. Wilkes, Esq., United States Commissioner
has gone to Columbia, to attend the
sessions of the United States Circuit Court
J. S. R. Thomson, and W. I. Clawson,Esqrs,
are in Columbia, in connection with business
before the Supreme Court.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real estate in
York county, have been reported to the County
Auditor since the 11th instant:
Mrs. Ann White to Mrs. Frances D. Roach.
A lot in Rock Hill. Consideration $500.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff of York county, to
William B. Williams. Lot in Ebenezer,
known as the "Alston lot." Consideration,
870.
The Episcopal Church, South, to the Masonic
Lodge at Rock Hill. Lot in Rock
Hill. Consideration, 8200.
Elizabeth Latta to James L. Wright. A
tract of 125 acres of land in Bethel township.
Consideration, 8660.
John Barron to Joseph Miller. Tract of
fifty acres of land in Ebenezer township.
Consideration, 8398.
W. L. Castles to Sarah Castles. Tract of
217 acres of land in Broad River township.
Consideration, 81000.
A. Williford to William A. Isom. Tract
of 78 acres of land in Bethesda township.
Consideration, 8150.
Peter McCallum to James M. Culp. Tract
of 300 acres of land in Bethel township.
Consideration, 81000.
Mm P. .T "Rrtkortenn flkftrlpsi GiIKaH:.
colored. Tract of two acres of land in York
township. Consideration, $25.
J. F. Workman to Wm. L. Robertson.
Tract of 57 acres of land in Catawba township.
Consideration, $300.
Samuel Young to J. D. F. Duncan. Tract
of 60 acres of land in Cherokee township.
Consideration, $1000.
Miles F. Duncan to Ira Hardin. Traet of
71 acres of land in Cherokee township. Consideration,
$350.
IS?* Last week a most remarkable stoppage
of a mill by eels clogging the wheel occurred
at Hundley's mill, below Spring Hill, in this
county. The mill stopped, and the miller,
upon searching out the cause, found the wheel j
was clogged by eels to the quantity of several;
j bushels, which had gotten into it and stopped '
it from turning. It was cleaned out, and was j
I clogged several times again during the day.
[ Some of the eels were two or three feet long.?
| Staunton ( Va.) Vindicator.
Wag* A dispatch from Washington under |
date of Friday last, says: "Reuben G. Young, j
! of Alabama, sentenced to ten years in the j
Albany Penitentiary as a ku-klux, has been
pardoned on the petition of citizens. The
policy seems to be to pardon prisoners when !
their neighbors apply."
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer
LETTER FROM OHIO.
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 13,1872.
In this age of steam and lightning, the journey
from Nashville, Tennessee to Cincinnati,
Ohio, is a matter of small moment. I left
Nashville at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning,
and by noon was in Cincinnati, a little less
than twelve hours out The route is through
Louisville. It is a matter of difficulty to get
north or south between the Alleghany mountains
and Mississippi river without passing
through Louisville. The situation of that
city is such that she levies tribute from all
travelers who come anywhere within range.
She is monarch of all the travelers she surveys
for a distance of some three hundred
miles east and west. But after all it is a very
pleasant city. The streets are clean and
broad, the hotels good and the hackman are
all gentlemen. They are modest in their
charges, so much so that they have frequently
heen trnnwn to leave the traveler enoucrh
money to get home with.
The brag hotel of Louisville is the Gault
House. You have heard of the Gault House.
It is about as large as the penitentiary, but
not so cheap a place to live, consequently
many people prefer the penitentiary, where a
man gets fashionable clothing along with his
board. The stylish cut of pantaloons now is
precisely such as used in a penitentiary gentlemen's
outfit But where am I drifting to ?
Not into the penitentiary, I hope.
There is now no "break" in travel north
and south on account of the Ohio river. It
is bridged both at Louisville and Cincinnati.
The Louisville bridge is a noble structure, a
credit both to the city and the railroads; but
theone at Cincinnati, just erected, is even finer.
It is grand. I have not space here to describe
it, except that it is of iron, with a five hundred
foot span in the centre, high enough to ^
allow the largest steamboats to pass under,
and cost about two millions of dollars. Trains
pass over it now almost hourly, freighted with
passengers and merchandise. Let us hope
that these two great bridges are as links to
bind our country together?links of steel and
iron.
A HORSELESS CITY.
Cincinnati I found in a curious condition.
The streets were as bare of vehicles as upon
the Sabbath. The sky was clear, the sun
shone down with something more than autumn
splendor, the air was cool and crisp and
every finger of nature seemed to point towards
"business," but there was little business trans
acted on account of the epidemic Which has
stricken the horses. Nothing looks so curious
in a great city as a beautiful day and vacant
streets. It seems unnatural; it is unnatural.
Never before did the American people?and
especially those dwelling in large cities,
realize how moch they are indebted tfr the
noble animal?the horse. Upon the streets of
Cincinnati were great stacks of goods that
could not be moved. City dealers could not
get their goods to town, nor get them away
after they were there. The depots were full,
warehouses were full, and often full of perishable
articles. Produce dealers are perhaps
the greatest sufferers, although every branch of
trade feels the epidemic. Many of them, like
king Richard, would give half their kingdom
for a good team, but the article cannot be
purchased with any fraction of a kingdom or
the whole of it. Horses can be brought from
the country to be sure, but a few hours in the
city brings them down. There is hardly a
branch of business that is not seriously suffering.
Now that there are no horses we all
realize how much we were indebted to them.
True it is, in their case as in others, that mankind
do not appreciate a blessing until it is
taken from them. As with health, we don't
value it until it is gone.
These reflections came to my mind with
some force when upon arriving at the Little
Miami depdt, I found that I had to walk to
the hotel, a full mile, and carry a large valise.
The only comfort there was in the situation
was the contemplation of others doing the
same thing. When one has to sweat under a
heavy load there is a sort of fiendish pleasure
in seeing others sweat also. It has been said
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that "misery loves company" and few sayings
are more true. As I tugged along with my
great carpet-bag, it was secretly delightful to
see others tugging along with greater ones,
and some with trunks. It has been said that
there is no calamity without it brings with it
a corresponding blessing, by way of oompensation,
I suppose. The blessing may be small,
but it always accompanies, the calamity. The
same blow, for instance, that deprives Cincinnati
of her horses, deprives her also of her
hackmen. It is really refreshing to get offat
one of her numerous dep6ts and not be surrounded
by a regiment of hackmen, without
regard to color, or nationality or previous condition
or anything else. The unfortunate
traveler is set upon on all sides. One grabs
him by the collar, another by the right arm,
another by the left, and two or three by the
coat tail. While this is going on, from two
to seven have his carpet-bag off at some distance
fighting over it. If he escapes at an
expense of less than five dollars, and with no
broken bones, and also finds his carpet-bag,
he has reason for congratulation. But there
is nothing of this in Cincinnati and the great
mi . i a, 1
ciues now. xne depots are as Dare 01 nacxmen
as a billiard ball is of hair.
All the street cars have been taken off, not
one perambulates the city. The rattle of the
omnibusses "over the stony pavement" is no
longer heard. Silence reigns upon the streets
except what noise is made by the moving
squads of pedestrians.
Adams Express company has refused to surrender
to the epidemic. They have imported
oxen from the country, and every hour in the
day their great wagons can be seen crawling
through the streets drawn by the slow motioned
but sure and faithful ox. In this way
they deliver and receive all their goods.
At a late hour Wednesday night I left
Cincinnati for this city, taking passage over
the "short line" route in the most elegant
sleeping or drawing-room coach I ever saw.
It was of carved oak, inlaid with gold, and is
said to have cost thirty thousand dollars. It
moved along over the smooth track like a
thing of life, and carried its sixty passengers
the two hundred and thirty-five miles of the
journey in nine hours. It was a royal ride
in a roval train.
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Now I must close until opportunity shall
offer to write again which will be within a
few days. Nemo.
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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer*
LETTER FROM NEW TORI.
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 16,1872.
from ohio to new york.
I left Cleveland at eleven o'clock Friday.
Cleveland is one of the lovely cities of the
continent. And it is as brisk and wealthy
as it is lovely. The amount of business done
there, in the course of the year, would astonish
the staid inhabitants of older and larger
cities. Its location is very favorable to growth
and expansion. It is the eastern Chicago. *
Situated as it is on the lower portion of Lake
Erie, in a very rich agricultural region, pierced