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Humorous department. A New Game.?A story is related of a jolly sugar planter who, in the days of specie and slavery, found himself in New Orleans with the proceeds of his crop in his pockets, anxious to invest them in the pursuit of happiness. Having duly primed himself at the St. Charles, he was wauderiug along the streets in search of a faro bank, wheu his attention was attracted by an Italiau who was turning the crank of his hand-organ, on the top of which moved and danced a number of puppets, one of which held a plate for contributions. Taking this for a novel game of chance, the planter, wholly unsophisticated and more than half inebriated, resolved to buck the tiger, and placed a five dollar piece on the plate. The Italian ground on, the figure dexterously tilted the money into a basket, and the Italian solemnly placed it in his pocket. "Here goes to get even," said the planter, as he planked a ten, which shared the same fate, "Fifteen out; here's a twenty." T*l_ . ? i- .L-LI. 1 4.^ 1 A I. ~ xne miperiuruauie xuwmu puoh-eieu me twenty, and still turned the crank. The disgusted planter departed with the remark : "Well, I never was lucky, but blamed if ever I see a game before where all the percentage was in favor of the dealer!" Made a Mistake.?Lieutenant Darby, John Phcenix, the humorist, gets credit for the following: One evening at the theatre, Phoenix observed a man sitting three seats in front of him whom he thought he knew ; he requested the person sitting next to him to punch the other with his cane. The polite stranger did so, and the disturbed person turning his head a little, he discovered his mistake?that he was not the person he took him for. Fixing his attention steadily on the play, and affecting unconsciousness of the whole affair, he left the man with the cane to settle with the other for the disturbauce, who, being solely without an excuse, there was of course a ludicrous aud embarrassing scene, during all of which Phoenix was profoundly interested in the play. At last the man with the cane asked, rather indignantly: "Didn't you ask me to punch that man with my stick ?" "Yes." "And what did you want?" "I wanted to see whether you would punch hi in or not." A Highlander at Sea.?On one occasion a Highlander sailed in the packet from Aberdeeu to Granton. It was the first time that Donald had been on board ship, and the novel scene interested him greatly. So loug as the vessel was in smooth water he enjoyed the sail very much, but ere long a squall came on, causing the vessel to pitch and roll in a manner which to Donald was very alarming. Irritated by beiug bumped about, and suffering, besides, from certain disagreeable internal sensations, he made his way to the deck to find out the cause of the ship's bad behavior. Arrived there, he was taking a survey of the scene, when his eye lighted on the steersman. The latter did not work by the wheel, but by the old-fashioned, long-handled tiller, and, after eyeing his proceedings for a minute, the cloud of wrath on the Highlander's browgrew black as night. He advanced toward the steersman in a stealthy way, and the instant he was in reach knocked him down by a blow with his fist, exclaiming, as he did so, "Tak' that, you villain, for kittliu' her tail with that stick, and makin' her jump." ? ? 4 How to Pull Teeth.?A peculiar dental operation has just come under our obser vation. A certain citizen had an upper tooth which was loose and troublesome, so he resolved to extract it by fastening a string to it, but after a trial, finding the operation painful, he hadn't the grit to grin and bear it. He thought if the tooth could be extracted by some sudden mode, the pain would be but transient; and after mature deliberation he hit upon an ingenious plan to jerk it out in a jiffy. Procuring a heavy fiat-iron, he tied it to the other end of the cord attached to his tooth, then shutting both eyes, he let the iron "drop," which descended plumb centre on his pet corn. After Lopping about the room 6rst on one foot, then on the other, groaning in anguish of spirit and reciting choice passages from profane history, he finally calmed down sufficiently to hurl the flat iron over the fence, and swathe his sore toe in camphor and cotton. But he pulled the tooth, and with it a piece of gum the size of a beefsteak. And the man lived. Ox Shares.?A good story, and all the better in being true, is told of one of our citizens, who let a piece of ground to a man on shares. The man would hire the lot, but the owner, doubtful of getting any money of the tenant, proposed to let it upon the promise of receiving half the products. Occasionally during the summer he passed the spot, and was pleased with the cultivation it was receiving, and with its goodly show of vegetables. Harvest time came and passed, and he heard nothing from his tenant, till, in response to a hint, the latter sent to him one watermelon and three shrivelled cucumbers. Indignant at this shabby treatment, he called upon the man, and asked him what it meant? "Why, you see, 'squire," replied the tenant, "the pesky boys stole all of your half but the melon and the cucumbers!" "Art" versus Law.?Clark, of large renown as a showman, and of goodly repute as a gentleman, was giving a deposition in Manchester the other day. The counsel for the plaintiff did not like the looks of the deposition from his standpoint, and undertook to weaken it by belittling the witness. Hence he began, with a sneer : "You are in the negro minstrel business, I believe?" "Yes, sir," was the reply. "You black your face and sing for a living, do you ?" "Yes, sir." "Well, don't you call that rather low business to follow ?" "I don't know but it is, sir; but it is so much better than that of my father before me that I am rather proud of it." "Why, what did your father do?" "He was a lawyer." A Sharp Retort.?At a Western eatinghouse, the other evening, a young and fullymoustached dandy was seated at the table at rather a late hour, when the waiter, according to custom, after the work of the day was over, came in and took a seat directly opposite. The dandy tipped back his chair, and, gazing at the waiter, exclaimed, "Fellah, do the servants mix up with gentlemen in this house ?" "No, sir," was the reply. "Are you not the waiter?" "Yes, sir." "Well, a waiter is as much a servant as the scullery-maid." "True," replied the waiter, "but I did not enter the room until I looked in and saw that there was not a gentleman at the table." Here the conversation ended. What to Make of Him.?A gentleman, who was trying to teach his dog some kind of a trick, lost all patience with the canine on account of his seeming stupidity. Giving up the lesson, and looking at the animal as lie ctrtnr] K\r intf>] 1 iorpntlV war^inc his tail, lie I.J, "" 13 "J 00*70 ' said, in a tone of great vexation, "Confound that dog; I don't know what to make of him." "I will tell you," said a friend, who was present. "Well, what?" said the owner of the animal, a ray of hope lighting up his face. "Sausage," was the quiet answer. And still the owner of the dog was not satisfied. Beer.?"Hans," said his grandfather, one day, "take this jug and go out and get mc some beer." "All right, give me the money." "0, it is easy enough to get beer with money ; the thing is to get it without money." Ilans goes out, and soon returns with the jug. His grandfather, after trying in vain to get s drink, says, "Hans, this jug is empty." "Sc much the better," replied the urchin ; "it is easy enough to drink beer when the jug is full; the thing is to get a drink when it ii empty." Children's grpartwent. SWALLOWING FIFTEEN COWS. "Swallowed fifteen cows!" said Bertie, in astonishment, looking up from her play. Hei j ears had caught the words in a conversation j that was going on in the room. | "Yes," answerd her brother; "he drank | them all up." "Drank fifteen cows! I don't believe it,' answerd the little maiden, firmly. "He sold them, and bought whisky and beer with the money," exclaimed her Aunt Katy. "Oh. oh. that was it. I see now. Well, it is fuuny." "Xo, not funny, dear, but sad," said Aunt Ivaty. "The man had a wife aud two little children, and he sold the milk from fifteen cows and bought them food and clothing. But now having swallowed the cows, as we were saying, his wife and children go hungry and cold, and he, a poor miserable drunkard, is in the almshouse. Isn't it dreadful to think of?" The children looked very sober. "You'll never catch me driuking up fifteen cows, nor one, either," said George, very positively. "I dont know as to that," replied Aunt Kate. "The man we were talking about was once a little boy like you, with a healthy taste for food and clear, cold water. As to ever swallowing a cow, much more fifteen cows, such a thing never entered his head. But you see what he came to at last. How was it ? He begau by taking a glass of ale or beer, or a little wine at parties now and then. This corrupted his pure taste, and gave him an unnatural thirst, which only strong drink could satisfy. After ale and beer came whisky, rum aud brandy; and the more his thirst increased, until he became a poor, miserable drunkard. So you see, I fJonrrro thaf nn mrin ran fell what lie mav come to. Maybe, instead of swallowing fifteen cows, you will get down, one of these days after you become a man, forty or fifty cows, and a house into the bargain." "Now, aunty, this is too bad!" exclaimed George. "You know I will not." "So hundreds and thousands of little boys might once have said who, now that t.hey are growu to be men, are drunkards. There is only one way of safety." "What is that, aunty ?" asked the boy, looking up with serious eyes. "It is the way of total abstinence, as we call it?the only way of safety for boys and men. If you will never drink a drop of InfAwJnofin/* Ii'aiiav vnil twill nottot ho o lUlWAH/BHUg HVjUUt, JWM mil .-.v. ' "v, .. drunkard. If you depart from this rule, no man can say to how low a depth of wretchedness and degradation you may fall. The worst drunkard in the laud was once a pure and innocent boy." 'Til never swallow even a calf!" exclaimed George, starting up, and speaking with great earnestneess. "Never drink a drop of the unclean thing," said Aunt Kate, "aud all will be well with you. But indulge ever so little in drinking as you grow to mauhood, and none can tell into what a great deep of hopeless ruin you may fall." THAT KISS OF MY MOTH EH. George Brown, wanted to go somewhere, and his mother was not willing. He tried to argue the matter. When that would not do, instead of saying, "I should really like to go, but if you cannot give your consent, dear mother, I will try to be content to stay," he spoke roughly, and went off slamming the door behind him. Too many boys do so. George was fourteen, and with his fourteen years' experience of one of the best of mothers, one would have thoiiL'ht better of him. "But he vas only a boy. What can you expect of boys ?" So say some people. Stop, hear more! That night George found thorns in his pillow. He could not fix it any way to go to sleep on. He turned and tossed, and he shook and patted it; but not a wink of sleep for him. The thorns kept pricking. They were the angry words he spoke to his mother. "My dear mother, who deserves nothing but kiudness, aud love, and obedience from me," he said to himself. "I can never do enough for her, yet how have I behaved, her oldest sou! How tenderly she nursed me through the fever!" These unhappy thoughts quite overcame him. He would ask her to forgive him in the morning. But suppose something should happen before morning ? Pie would ask her now?to-night?this moment. George crept out of bed, aud went softly to his mother's room. "George," she said, "is that you ? Are you sick ?" For mothers, you know, seem to sleep with one eye and ear open, especially when the fathers are away, as George's father was. "Dear mother," he said, kneeling at her bedside, "I could not sleep for thinking of my rude words to you. Forgive me, mother, my dear mother, and may God help me never to behave so again." She clasped the penitent boy in her arms and kissed his warm cheek. George is a big mau now, but he says that was the sweetest moment of his life. His strong, healthy, impetuous nature became tempered by a gentleness of spirit. It softened his roughness, sweetened his temper, and helped him on to a true and Christian manhood. Boys are sometimes ashamed to act out their best feelings. Oh, if they only knew what a loss it is to them not to do so ! Tin; Smallest Postoffice.?1"Now, where do you suppose the smallest postoffice is?" asked Uncle Clarence, one evening, as he laid down a magazine he had been reading. "Away off in Colorado or Montana, or in some of those new sections of the country," auswerd Lewis. "There are some pretty small ones there, I no doubt; but the one I refer to beats them j all for littleness. It is kept in a barrel." All the children laughed, and practical ! Jenny remarked, "I should not think there j would be much room for the postmaster to j turn around." "It has no postmaster," said Uncle Clarence ; "it keeps itself." Curiosity was now wide awake, to know all ! about this wonderful postoffice. "It is situated or rather hung, on the outermost rock of the mountains, overhanging the Straits of Magellan, opposite Terra del Fucgo. Every passing ship opens it to place ! letters in or to take them out. Every ship undertakes to forward all the letters in it, that it is possible for them to transmit. IIow many homes have been made bright by these j messages, left in the barrel postoffice. It hangs there by its iron chain, beaten and batj tered by the winds and storms, but no locked and barred office on land is more secure. It is not in the track of mail robbers." Crooked Ha hits.?While shaking hands with an old man, the other day, we noticed | that some of his fingers were quite bent inward, and he had not the power of straightening them. Alluding to this fact, he said, "In these crooked fingers there is a good text for a talk to children. "For over fiftv vcars I used to drive a stage, and these bent fingers show the effect oi holding the reins for so many years." i This is the text. Is it not a suggestive ! one ? Does it not teach us how oft-repeated acts become a habit, and once acquired it ro mains generally through life? The old man's crooked fingers, dear chil dreu, are but an emblem of the crooked tern ; pers, words, and actions, of men and womeu j fifczT Faithfulness and constancy mean some i thing else besides doing what is easiest anc > pleasantest to ourselves. They mean renoun 3 cing whatever is opposed to the relianc* 3 others have in us?whatever would causi 3 misery to those whom the course of our live: ; lias made dependent on us. Ifteadtufl fat the J>aW?tth. CONDUCTED RY JEtJEV. ROREKT LATHAN. (Original.] ' SIX AND SUFFERING. Cfod always punishes sin. This is a rule to | which there is no exception. Sin and suffer' | ing stand related as cause and effect. Every I pang that is suffered by any creature, has its ; cause in sin. The sin of man has changed ' the whole aspect of the physical world. It ; fills this world with a race of miserable coin' j plainers, and it consigns to hopeless woe ; i thousands of the human family. The only i j way to escape the legitimate consequences of j sin, is to accept of Jesus Christ as a daysJ man. Christ freely offers himself as a surety 1 for the sinner. Every one who accepts Christ will escape the consequences of sin ; and every i one who will not accept of him, must suffer j in soul and body. There is no other way to j escape. All are sinners, and all must suffer ! or accept of Christ as a Saviour. [Original.] a i v t rm a f\ n j (iKinviu u uu.viiSuch is the order of heaven, that every human being enters this world in the capacity of a babe. The giant, whose muscular strength is enormous, was once a tiny babe, weak and dependent. The same is absolutely true respecting those who enter the kingdom of heaven. All are born of the spirit, and all are born spiritual babes in Christ Jesus. .So soon as the sinner is regenerated by the almighty power of God's spirit, he believes, and God gives him a title to heaven; but he is not fit in body and soul for a seat at God's right hand. A long period of time may intervene, and he may be called to pnss through the fire and water after receiving a title to heaven before his fitness for it is complete. This preparation for his new home is called growth in grace. To accomplish this work God, in his grace, has made ample provisions. He has established a church upon earth, and given his spirit to his people to lead and guide them into all truth. The end of all things, to the believer, is heaven. Everything points to the New Jerusalem as his happy home. God, by all his dealings with his believing ' neonle. removes the filth of sin from their I I , souls us the rchner removes the dross from the gold. They are kept in this vale of tears until the last remnant of sin is taken away, and then the believer is taken to heaven to spend an eternity of holiness and happiness at God's right hand. Growth in grace consists in becoming like Jesus. God made man in his own image; but man, by his sin, destroyed the likeness which existed between the creature and the Creator. Jesus came into the world to redeem sinners with his own blood, and restore the likeness of God in the believer's soul. If any one is desirous to know whether he is growing in grace, the fact can be learned by examining into his words, thoughts and actions. If these are like the words, thoughts and actions of Jesus, then he is growing in grace. Growing in grace and becoming like Jesus, means the very same thing. Hence, the Psalmist says, "I will set the Lord always before my face." To the believer, Jesus Christ is the pattern to which he conforms in everything. What Jesus did he desires to do, aud what Jesus did not. he desires not to do. This is growing in grace. This is making preparation for heaven. [Original. J TEMPTATION. Every one who has any Christian experience, is conscious of the fact that he is constantly assailed by Satan, the world and the flesh. The regenerated man is tempted as the mere man of the world is not. The glories of the world seem more desirable; the lusts of the flesh seem to grow stronger, and the promises of Satan harder to be rejected after conversion than before it. This seems strange, but it is nevertheless a fact. Without proper reflection, we might be led to conclude that all this is contrary to the promises of God. Such, however, is not the case. God does not promise to release us in a moment from the power of Satan. He does promise every believer in Christ, that Ilis grace shall be sufficient for him. Two reasons may be assigned for the many temptations and trials through which Christians are called to pass. Satau, the world and the flesh, have, by the redeeming grace of God, been thwarted in their designs, and I each and all of them summon their remaining strength and make a desperate effort to re-j claim what they have lost. They are, like a lioness robbed of her whelps, furious. The unsanctified heart is restive under the restraining grace of God. It despises law and order, and loathes obedience to its precepts, j The other reason is, God would teach us by ! subjecting us to temptation, that our salva- j tion wholly depends upon him. If the Chris- j tian were not subjected to any temptations, J and never permitted to backslide, he would conclude that by his own unassisted power, he prepared himself for heaven. The Christian is permitted to sin, not because there is j anything good in sin, but that he may see it clearly demonstrated in his own life that whatever of goodness there is in him, is all of God. The experience of God's people confirms this. David was a more devout man after his backslidings than he was before he siuned. Had he not grievously sinned, he | would not have rose from his bed seven times j j--; xi. - x n ,.i r? : . ??.i UUriUg Uie uigni lu pmist: uuu. u i.-j auu u> see a man backsliding; it is a fearful thing to see a Christian yielding to the temptations of Satan; but bad as it is, it may he the forcj runner of a season of a great revival in his j soul. We are not warranted in rushing into j ! forbidden paths; neither is it any part of our ' { duty to do evil, that good may come. It is I j the sole prerogative of God in Christ .Jesus to 1 bring light out of darkness, order out of con| fusion, and good out of evil. When God : puts us in the crucible and subjects us to a I purifying process, our duty is to be made pure. Our constant prayer should be, "Lead J us not iuto temptation, but deliver us from i evil." - Living Testimonies.?No religious cxpe' rieuco is worth anything that does not blossom out into the beauty of a holy life. Meu and women need to be taught this more and , i more, by precept, by illustration, by practiI cnl rebuke. The sermon on the mount and , the tragedy at Calvary do not constitute the * whole of the New Testament. In the Acts of the Apostles wc are called to behold Christianity in motion ; wc see the benevolence, tenI ; dorncss, fearlessness, death-defying heroism, of particular men and women. Dorcas makes garments fur the poor, the isereans searcu tne Scriptures. Cornelius is remembered for his - alms-deeds, Paul declares that neither bonds . nor death shall hinder him from finishing his courso with joy, Stephen seals his testimo ny to the truth with his blood, and goes to 1 j that glory whose reflected vision has made -' his face like that of an angel. 2 5?" A smile may be bright while the heart 3 is sad ; the rainbow is beautiful in the air j while beneath is the moaning of the sea. J> truth ?at'olina i. _ . .... | i AN ACT To Regulate the Public Printing. | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of j Representatives of the State of South Caroli, na, now met and sitting in General Assembly, 1 and by the authority of the same : Section 1. That it shall be the duty of the , clerk of the Senate and the clerk of the House, j immediately after the passage of this act, and I j thereafter on the first day of December of ev ery second year, to advertise, for ten days, in the daily papers of Charleston and Columbia, I for sealed proposals for executing, for the term ' of two years, the permanent and current print- \ 1 ing of the General Assembly as follows: 100 ! ' copies per day of the Senate calendar ; 200 j copies per day of the House calendar; 100 j ; copies per day of the Senate journal; 2o0 \ \ cpies per day of the House journal; 100 copies of Senate bills and joint resolutions; 200; j copies of House bills and joint resolutions;! j 1,500 copies of the Governor's messages; 500 i | copies each of the reports of the treasurer, at-1 j torney-general, secretary of State, comptrol- ; j ler-general, adjutant and inspector-general, | | superintendent of education ; 500 copies each i ; of the reports of the various public institu- j j tions, such as Penitentiary, Lunatic Asylum, i j State Orphan House, <fcc.; 2,500 copies of the . i acts and joint resolutions; 500 copies of the' journals of the House and Senate ; 500 copies ! of the reports and resolutions ; 500 copies of the Supreme Court decisions, (with the exclu-! j sive right to the State printer to print and j sell as many additional copies as he may deem ! j fit;) together with such other printing of eve i ry kind as may be ordered by the General j I Assembly, or either branch thereof, and also j ! the printing required for the Executive and I j other departments of State, for and during ! ! the said term of two years. Sec. 2. The said proposals shall state at what price per page the party making the proposals will print the number of copies herein required of each of the said documents and papers; and, also, provide all the materials therefor, fold, stitch and trim the same ; at what price per page the party will furnish each additional hundred copies of any such documents or papers that may be ordered ; and at what price per volume the party will hind, in law calf, the Supreme Court decisions and 200 copies each of the acts and joint resolutions,journals and reports and resolutions. Sec. 3. Such sealed proposals shall, in every instance, be accompanied by a bond, in the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, signed by the party or parties making the proposals, with two or more responsible persons as securities, conditioned, should the proposal be accepted, for the faithful performance of the work in accordance with the bid contained in the proposals; and no sealed proposals shall be considered unless accompanied with such bond, and an agreement in writing to make no discrimination on account of race or color in the employment of printers. Sec. 4. That the said sealed proposals shall be addressed, one copy respectively, to the chairman of the committee on printing of the House of Representatives, and one copy to the chairman of the printing committee of the j Senate, and within ten days after the meeting of the General Assembly they shall open in 1 the presence of their respective committees ! jointly such proposals by them received, and i award the contract to the lowest responsible ! bidder for the same ; Provided, That no coni f nn n 1 1\a n ntn n/lnrl f a nvonorl f lift Olim aP fi Pfu | tl UUb t/O OWiUUCU LU CAUCCU 1/11*7 OUIU Ui thousaud dollars for the printing of any one year. Sec. 5. That all acts or parts of acts, and all joint resolutions or parts of joint resolutions, inconsistent with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, A. D. 1874. AN ACT To regulate the times of holding the Courts of General Sessions and Common Pleas in the Fourth Circuit. I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of i Representatives of the State of South Caroli! na, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same : Section 1. That the circuit courts in the 1 fourth circuit shall be held as follows: 1st. The Courts of General Sessions at Ches| terfield, for the couuty of Chesterfield, on the j first Monday in January, May and Septemi ber?in January and September to continue two weeks, if so long be necessary, and in I May one week. The Court of Common Pleas I at Chesterfield, for the county of Chesterfield, ! on Wednesday after the opening of the Court I of Sessiouson the first Monday in January, I May and September. 2d. The Court of General Sessions at Ben! uettsville, for the county of Marlboro, on the third Monday iu January, second Monday in May, and the third Monday in September, to continue for two weeks in January and September, if so long be necessary, and one week in May ; and the Courts of Common Pleas at Bennettsville, for the county of Marlboro, on | the first Wednesday after the third Monday in January and September, and the first Wednesday after the second Monday iu May. 3d. The Court of General Sessions at Darlington, for the county of Darlington, on the first Monday in February, the third Monday iu May, and the first Monday iu October, to continue for four weeks, if so long be necessary, in February and October, and one week in May; and the Courts of Common Pleas to be holden at Darlington, for the county of Darlington, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in February, third Monday in May, and the first Monday in October. 4th. The Court of General Sessions at Marion, for the county of Marion, on the second Monday in March, fourth Monday in May, and the second Monday in November, to continue for four weeks, if so long be necessary, in March and November, and one week in May; and the Courts of Common Pleas to be holdeu at Marion, for the county of Marion, on the first Wednesday after the second Monday in March, fourth Monday in May, and second Monday in November. 5th. The Court of General Sessions at Conwayboro, for the county of Horry, on the first Monday in March, August and November, to continue one week at each terra ; and the courts of Common Pleas to be holdeu at Conwayboro, for the county of Iiorry, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in j March, August and November. Sec. 2. That for the spring and fall terms of the courts in Darlington and Marion counties, the board of jury commissioners for the : counties, respectively, shall draw two sets of common pleas and petit jurors, each set to 1 serve two weeks. Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of acts incon! sistent with this act be, and the same arc hereby repealed. Approved March 17, A. D. 1874. AN ACT i To authorize the Comptrollor-Gencral to make abatements of taxes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of i Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, ! T....1 k? tlin onfbr,rifv nf T.ll P 9(11)10 I uuu uy nib uuwiiuiivj ? I Section 1. That whenever any person or | I persons charged with taxes upon the books of; | any county treasurer, in this State, shall de- j , clare in writing to said treasurer, that he or I they have been erroneously or illegally clmrg-1 1 ed with the same, the county treasurer shall submit to the county auditor a full statement ; of the facts in the case, which statement shall j be submitted to the inspection and recomraen| dation of the county board of equalization of ; said county; and their endorsement thereon ! shall be forwarded to the comptroller-general with such additional information thereto as the said county auditor may give ; and the ' ' comptroller-general is hereby authorized and j j directed to make such abatements in taxes in j cases of erroneous or illegal assessments, be-; I fore or after the collections upon the same shall have been made, as in his judgment the ! sarao may demand, or the recommendation of the county board of equalization may justify. Sec. 2. That in cases of abatement where parties have paid their taxes, the coraptrollergoneral is hereby authorized and directed to j give said parties orders on the treasurer for I the portion of tax abated, which shall he receivable for taxes if not paid in cash, i Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of acts incon- | siatent with this act are hereby repealed. Approved March 19, A. D. 1874. AN ACT To amend chapter 131, part 4, title l,of the general statutes of South Carolina. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of S. : Carolina, now met and sitting in General As- j sembly, and by the authority of the same : | That chapter 1st, part 2, title 1, of the general statutes of the State of South Carolina1 he, and the same is hereby, amended by the ; following additional section, viz : If any cir- j cuit solicitor, who shall, while in the public I discharge of the duties of his office, be drunk or intoxicated, or in any extent disabled, by reason of the use of intoxicatiug liquors, from j the proper discharge of his duties, lie shall be ! held guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-:, viction thereof, shall bo punished by fine of j: not less than one hundred dollars, nor more j than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned j not less than one month, nor more than one i year, in the discretion of the court, and be dis- |1 missed from his office ; and whenever it shall 1 be brought to the attention of the attorney- ' general that auy circuit solicitor has been 1 charged with the offense mentioned in section 1 of this act, it shall be his duty to prepare a bill of indictment against such officer, and 1 prosecute the same in the county where the offense was committed ; and if said officer is duly convicted, he shall cause to be forwarded to the Governor of the State a record of such conviction, upon the receipt of which the Governor shall henceforth declare the said office to be vacant and order an election to fill the same. Approved November 19, A. D., 1873. AN ACT To onipower Coroners to punish for contempt. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 1 Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That whenever any person or persons shall ! willfully disturb or impede the proceedings of a jury of inquest while inquiring iuto the 1 cause of any death, or shall offer any contempt to the person or authority of the coroner while so engaged, the coroner is hereby 1 empowered to commit such person or persons to the common jail of the county for a time not exceeding twenty-four hours. Sec. 2. That any person who shall have been at anv time duly summoued to attend , and serve upon a coroner's jury, who shall neglect or refuse to so attend and serve, without proper excuse, shall be liable to be punished for contempt, and the coroner is hereby authorized and empowered to punish such contempt by tine not exceeding twenty dollars, or imprisonment not more than twentyfour hours, or both, at his discretion. Approved January 29th, A. D. 1874. AN ACT To repeal section 2, chapter 94, title 7, of the general statutes of South Carolina. Whereas, Article 14, section 3, declares divorces from the bonds of matrimony shall be allowed as prescribed by law ; aud whereas, an "act to regulate the granting of divorces was approved January 21, 1872 ; and whereas, an act to approve, adopt and make of force ; the general statutes of South Carolina, prepared under the direction and by the authori- , ty of the General Assembly, became a law February 10,1872; and whereas grave doubts exist as to the operation of section 2, chapter 94, title 7, of the general statutes in cases of divorce; Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That section 2, chapter 94, title 7, of the general statutes of South Carolina be, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, A. D. 1874. AN ACT To amend Soction 52 of Chanter 20, of the General Statutes of South Carolina. 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 : * tm . ? _ e r? . n _ t nrv Section i. mat section oz 01 cnapier zkj, of the General Statutes, be so amended as to ( read as follows : That all sales of personal or real estate, or officer interested, hereafter ordered to be made by the Courts of Common Pleas, or Courts of Probate, shall be made by the sheriff of the county in which said real or personal estate, or other interest is at the time said sale is ordered: Provided, That sales of the personal estates ordered by either of said courts,shall be made by the executor, or administrator, as the case may be, of such estate, unless for satisfactory reasons otherwise ordered by the court. Sec. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed. Approved March 17, A. D., 1874. AN ACT To amend section 56, chapter 13, titlo 1, part 1, of the revised statutes, relating to the bonds of county treasurers. Be it enacted by the Seuate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same : Section 1. That section 56, chapter 13, title 1, part 1, of the revised statutes, be amended by striking out the words and figures "twenty thousand (20,000,)" in the fifth and sixth lines of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "forty thousand (40,000)" ; and striking out the words and figures xi J nnnnn ?,,,} "ien mousaiiu u,uuu)y; iu two scy^ulu ?hu eighth lines of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures ''twenty thousand (20,000)." Approved December 20, A. D. 1873. AN ACT To amend Section throe of Chapter one hundred and thirty-throe of the General Statutes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, of the State of South Carolina, now met aud sitting in General Assembly and by the authority of the same : Section 1. That Section three of Chapter one hundred and thirty-three of the General Statutes be, and the same is hereby so amended that instead of the punishment in said section prescribed for the crime of bigamy, every person convicted of such crime, shall thereupon be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than five years, nor less than six mouths, or by imprisonment in the jail for six months. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect upon its* passage. Approved March 9th, A. D. 1874. AN ACT To explain or amend an act eiumeci Mvii act 10 authorize aliens to hold property. Whereas, doubts have been suggested whether the act to authorize aliens to hold property was intended to include corporations ' created under the laws, or by the authority of the State and nations. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and , House of Represetatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General As-1 sembly and by the authority of the same : That corporations created under the laws, or by the authority of other States and Nations, were intended to have, and shall have and exercise all rights granted to aliens under i the act aforesaid, as fully as if they had been I specially therein named. j' Approved November 19, A. D. 1873. | j AN ACT | To amend sections 23, 25, 27 of chapter 19 of the ; revised statutes of the Stato of South Carolina, j Be it enacted by the Senate and House of j Representatives of the Stato of South Caroli- j ( na, now met and sitting in General Assembly , and by tbe authority of the same: That chapter 19 of the revised statutes, '1 sections 23, 25, 27, be amended as follows: i . Strike out the word, "September," wherever ' it may occur in said sections, and insert the j word "November." Approved March 3d, A. D., 1874. AN ACT To Anient] An Ant Entitled "An Art to Provide for the Administration of Derelict Estates. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives, of the State of South Caroli-1 ] na, now met and sitting in General Assembly, l and by the authority of the same: 1 ^ That the words "and such clerk shall give boud with two sureties for the faithful (lis- ( charge of his duty as such administrator, in [ \ such amount as would be required of any oth- {' er administrator," in section 1 of the act, be ' stricken out, and the following be substituted : .j "and the clerk shall he held liable on his or- ( fieial bond for the faithful discharge of his : ? duties as such administrator," also, that all of 1 section 3 of same act shall be stricken out. t Approved March 17, A. D. 1874. l j AN ACT ! ) To regulate the service of legal process upon rail- v roads and express companies. j Be it enacted by the Seuate and House of, j, Representatives of the State of South Caro- <i lina, now met and sitting in General Asseni- j ?' bly, and by the authority of the same : ! P Section 1. That on and after the passage of 'j this act, the service of any legal process upon ' 1; any agent of any railroad or express compa- 1 ny, within the limits of this State shall be \ s taken and held to be valid service upon such corporation. Sec. 2. All acts or parts of acts, resolu- ! i, tions or parts of resolutions, inconsistent or a conflicting with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved March 17, A. D., 1874. AN ACT To repeal so much of section 72, chapter 12, title 3, of the general statutes as authorizes the State auditor to give notico annually to each county auditor, of the rato per centum to be levied for ? various State purposes. , Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and ! House of Representatives of the State of I South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen eral Assembly and by the authority of the ( same: ( That so much of section 72, chapter 12, ( title 3 of the general statutes as authorizes the 5 State auditor to give notice annually to each ( county auditor, of the rate per centum to be , - ? . 1 J ll.. 4 levied tor various ^tate purposes, ne, auu me . same is hereby, repealed. ( Approved December 22, A. D. 1873. AN ACT To repeal an Act to provide for the issue of Bills Receivable, in payment of indebtedness to the State, to the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen- s eral Assembly and by authority of the same : c That an act entitled an act to provide for j. the issue of bills receivable, in payment of in- a debtedness to the State, to the amount of five a hundred thousand dollars, approved Decern- j her 21st, A. D. 1865, be and the same is here- t by repealed. I Approved December 22, A. D. 1873. } AN ACT I To amend sub-division 3, of section 2, chapter 85, t title 2, part 2, of the general statutes, relating to i title to real property by descent. g Be it enacted by the Senate and House of J Representatives of the State of South Caro- j lina, now met and sitting iu General Assern- r bly, and by the authority of the same: J That sub-division 3, of section 2, chapter ^ 85, title 2, part 2, be amended, by adding ] thereto the words: "The children of a de- ^ ceased brother or sister shall take among j them, respectively, the share with which their g respective ancestors would have been entitled c to had they survived the intestate." j Approved March 17, A. D. 1874. THE FAVORITE HOME REMEDY. ! 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No one if them is claimed as a "cure an." mey are ilentically the same that we liave used in our irivate practice for years, and in thus presenting hem to the public we know whereof we affirm, "'hey are safe, reliable and efficient, acting quicky and thoroughly. Try them, and vou will want io others. Ask your Druggist for tliem. For sale by J. C. KUYKENDAL, Yorkville, ! <\ Prepared onlv by Dns. GREENE, LIXDLEY A BENTLEY, Charlotte, N. C. N. B.?Cancers, Tumors and Ulcers treated as leretofore by "Kline's Ureal Cancer Antidote#," t Charlotte, Goldsboro and Asheyille, N. C. December 18 38 ly rHE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. CM Rive universal atisfaction wherever introduced. They are made ,f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heaver and thicker plate than any other Stove in tho narket, and consequently will the longer withtand heat and hard usage. They are of hand ome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal n every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold n the United States, while it is confidently claimed hat they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual >ieces or ware and cooking utensils are furnished vith each Stove. An important consideration vith purchasers is the fact that our patterns and Izes are never changed. Should a piece get acci lentally broken at any time, we can replace it at he mere cost of casting. Not simply oecause it s a home production, buton accountof its intrinlic merits as an article of household economy, do ve ask the patronage of home purchasers. Siore han ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now n use, and among many others having them we espectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, }. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; ifrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Juthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. loyd, Joseph ilerndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. ifou can save the freight from the northern cities md the dealer's profit, which is no small item, >y buying of us, and at the same time get a 5TOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those ?f northern make. The following are our prices, lelivered at depot in Greensboro: 'io. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 it - t( << >> << it n <i 26 00 Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. C. DUNLAP, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. rOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. IviuskThath charms, &c. I?7ITI I pleasure I inform all who desire to give ff their children a chance for a musical eduation, but whose means are very limited, that I iave made arrangements with the celebrated 'Mason it Ilamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons vith their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest actory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarerly payments, upon what is called the lease prin;iple. Thus any one by paying only a moderate turn for the use of the instrument, can, at any ime.give it up or become purchaser; the amount ilready paid being applied to the purchase. Or a lersoii having paid the rent for four years, be!ome.s the owner of the Organ without further payment. Call and enquire for particulars and lee the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the \.dickes' building, where I may be found during ill business hours, either to show you a sample or o wait upon you if you want anything in the Photographic line as heretofore. J. R. SCHORB. P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresenta,ions and "gab" of .smart agents of the "Ring" jompanies, I still insist that I have the best and ?heapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, ind I am ready to prove my words to all who ieek for the truth in the matter. J. R. S. vhii'h dot's not dry up n couch and leave thocause behind, but loosens it, cleanses tho lunps and allays irritation, thus removing the cause of tho complaint. CONSUMPTION CAN BE CUBED by a timolv resort to this standard remedy, as Is proved by hundreds of testimonials it has received. The gtnitin* is siptu-d ' /. Butta" on the wrapper, SKTH W. 1-OWI.i: A SONS. PaofRtrroRs, ltoetox, Mass. 8oM by dealers generally. October 2 40 ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROL INAT. Columbia, April 24th, 1873. rllE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is hereby designated as the newspaper for the publicaion of all Legal Notices ami Otlieial Auvertisenents for the county of York, under the Act ap roved February 22nd, 1870, entitled "An Act to egulatothe publication of all Legal and public Notices, and the order heretofore issued designaiugthe "Carolina New Era" its the official paper jr tho county of York is hereby rescinded. Hv order"of the Hoard. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board. I, HENRY E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, nd Secretary of the Board, do hereby certify liat the foregoing is a true copy of the Original on le in my office. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. IHERAW ANIMDARLINGTON R. BOAD. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, I Ciikraw ?fe Darlington Railroad Co., > Society Hill,S. C., October 10, 1873. J CIIA1YGE OF1 SCHEDULE. 3N and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. eaveClienuv 8.00, A. M. | Leave Florence....3.00, P. M. cave Cash's 8.20, A. M. Leave Palmetto,. ...3.20, P. M. eave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. Leave Darlington...8.40,P. M. eave Dove's 'J.15, A. M. Leave Dove's 4.15, P.M. eave Darlington..9.50, A. M. Leave Society Hill.4.45, P. M. eave Palmetto...10.10,A. M. Leave Cash's 5.10, P.M. rrive at Florence. 10.30, A. M. Arrive at Cheraw..5.30, P. MThe Freight Train will continue for the present )Jnin as heretofore, except to adapt its running nd stoppages to the changed schedule of the passnger trains. itlte fotMIc Gruquim. 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