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gttraorausi Department. An Eccentric Judge.?The following story is told of the late Judge Keyes, of Vermont. The judge always had about him a number of workingmen. Among them was a man named Araassa. One day he ordered Amassa?or, as the judge always called hira, j Sampson?to cut down a crooked, unsightly tree on the brink of his mill-pond. The Judge stood by watching the progress of the work. "Sampson" was like most young Vermonters, at home with the ax, and soon reached the heart of the tree ; two or three strokes more would suffice. Seeing the judge was in a position to be hit with the limb of the tree when it fell, he said : "You had better move, judge, or you will be hit." "fJnl. the trpp rlnwn Samnssnn " was the re sponse. Two more strokes, then seeking that unless the judge moved, he would be hit sure, he renewed his suggestion. "Cut the tree down, Sampson ; just as the old man tells you," said the judge. One more stroke, and the last came the tree and down came the old judge, also, into the water. Sampson quickly jumped in the water and dragged the judge on the shore, his face all scratched and bleeding, and nearly strangled by his sudden bath. Blowing the water from his mouth, like a spouting whale he said : "That's right, Sampson, that's right; always do just as the old man tells you." A Good Story.?Here is a good story from Israel Washburne, Jr's, History of the town of Livermore, Me: "'Nezer Dailey settled on the west side of the river, below the Falls. He owned, at one time, the mills built by Deacon Livermore, at Brettun's; sold them and moved on to a farm above North Turner Bridge. His son Warren lived in the same neighborhood, and had a stammering speech, which, while it obstructed, gave peculiar effect to his recitals of the successes and disasters associated with the 'crow hunts,' to which he pave much of his time. His father had a second wife who, for some reason, failed to enjoy the devotional exercises of her husband, which were often tedious and always loud, but which she and her step-son Warren were enjoined to attend. As soon after Mr. Dailey had commenced his morning prayer as was safe, his wife would quietly leave the room. When this practice was discovered, the husband, to prevent her going out, locked the door ; but the precaution was unavailing, for the wife escaped through the window. When the husband preceived how completely the old lady had flanked him, his*expressions of annoyance and vexation were scarcely in harmony with those which had so lately fallen from his lips; nor were they softened by the advice which his son took occasion to give him : 'D-daddy,' said Warren, 'you should w-w-watch as well as pray.' " m A new "Plant."?An enthusiastic village granger is a monomaniac on the subject of potato culture. He is forever planting and digging up and planting afresh. The other night he experienced an agricultural pang of the first water. "A happy thought?plant a few potatoes before retiring, and make an observation in the morning?just to see the effects of sowing in a snow-storm !" Excusing himself from his doting wife, our granger made his way to the kitchen, grasped a small basket of doughnuts, and sallied out into the darkness and slush, in the direction of his vegetable patch. Procuring a spade, he made the requisite furrow in the frosted, snowhid ground, and one by one he deposited the contents of the basket equidistant along the trench, which he afterward covered, and then returned to the house. The next morning his wife, first to rise, was heard to intone from the foot of the stairs, "George, you surely did not eat up all the doughnuts that were in this little basket last night, did you ? I declare you devour every thing you lay your hands on." George penitently acknowledged the feast, pleading that he felt "awful hungry, and wasn't aware that he had consumed the whole lot until he felt again for still another, and found that none remained." It is natural to divine that George neglect_ .1 it.. . 1 it .i 1 * eu uie garuen mat morning?ana ever since. A Doubtful Coin.?A correspondent relates the following story of a coachman who had evidently never puzzled his head with chronology or any other kind of ology: "A friend of mine was riding a few days ago on the outside of the coach, when the driver said to him, "I've had a coin guv to me to-day two hundred years old. Did you ever see a coin two hundred years old ?" "0, yes ; I have one myself two thousand years old." "Ah!" said the driver, "have ye ?" and spoke no more during the journey. When the coach arrived at its destination, the driver came up to my friend with an intensely selfsatisfied air, and said, "I told you as we druv alone:. I had a coin two hundred vears old." "Yes." "And you said to me that you had one two thousand years old." "Yes, so I have." "Now that'3 a lie." "What do you mean by that ?" "What do I mean? Why it's only 1874now!" A Grateful Woman.?On a sleeping-car, the other night, one lady exclaimed, in a solemn voice, "O, how dry I am!" There was a moment's pause, and again rang out, "0, how dry I am !" "Won't somebody get that woman a drink ?" howled an old gentleman, who, being rheumatic, and occupying an upper berth, could not very well do it himself. The demand was complied with, and the grateful sound of gurgling water was soon heard. Then there was a moment of silence, and following itcame the same solemn tones, "0, how dry I was ?" There appeared to be no doubt about it by the occupants of the car, and, if the truth could have been known, they were unselfishly glad that she had found relief; and they composed themselves afresh for sleep. Then the voice again smote .1 ??rv i j T i? T i?J.. uie *wrt vy, xiuw ury jl wus : uuuy | started, and every eye was distended. "O, | how dry I was!" repeated the grateful woman. "Then dry up!" screamed the gallant gentleman in the upper berth. She did. A Dead Horse Driven Nine Miles.? Dill AVharley recently died in the Fayette county, Pennsylvania, poor house, and he formerly drove a stagecoach between Uniontown and Morgantown, in that State. He wouldn't own a horse that had more than enough skiu to cover his bones, and through which the moral law could not be read. His animals were queer geometrical puzzles? combinations of angles, right, obtuse and acute. Une day he came driving into Unioutowu at full speed, and just as he drew up in front of the hotel one of his horses dropped dead. "That was a very sudden death," remarked a bystander. "Sudden!" replied Captain Bill. "That horse died in Smithland, nine miles from here; but I never let him drop until I got him in town." Ashamed to Co.vfe.ss it.?A Wheeling paper gives the following spicy examination which took place at the United States District Court: Attorney?"Please state your name, age, residence, and occupation." Witness?"My name is John Reynolds ; I reside in Point Pleasant, Mason County, W. V.; my profession for the past two years has been that of a lawyer, but previous to that time I was a millwright." Attorney?"What were you engaged in last winter ?" Witness (turning to the Court)?"Am I compelled to answer that question ?" Court?"Yes, you are compelled to answer." Witness?"Well, then, gentlemen, I am sorry to state I was a member of the Legislature." gicading for the Jtatrtatli. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] TRIALS. It is a part of the economy of the covenant of grace, that no one shall enter the New Jerusalem without first having passed through great tribulation. It is only the wicked, whose eyes staud. out with fat, that are not troubled as other men, who have more than they desire, and have no bands in their death. To be free from afflictions and trials, should create within us suspicious that we are bastards and not sons. The object which God has in view, in all his dealings, in this world, is to prepare us for Heaven. There is dross . -1 1 1.1. t __ _L ! in His redeemed people, anu mat ciross must I be removed before they can euter Heaven. When God is taking an individual through the purifying furnace, the by-stander is liable j to come to an erroneous conclusion. He is liable to conclude that the procuring cause of j all this affliction is want of grace. The very reverse is the case. Not that grace is ever the procuring cause of suffering. Sin and suffering are inseparably united, but in the economy of grace, the casting out of Satan from the soul, lacerates the soul and prostrates the body. No man dies to Satan and lives to God without pain?agony both of body aud soul. It may be mysterious, but the fact is undeniable, that God chastens every son whom he loves. Hence the conclusion is that if we have no trials, no afflictions, no chastenings, we are bastardsand not sons. No doubt our trials are, to some extent, the measure of our progress in the divine life ; at least, they are no insignificaut part of the means which God uses to cause us to errow in trrace and fit " ~ *" O o ness for Heaven. [Original.] BESETTING SINS. Every fortification has its strong places and its weak places. It is an evidence of good generalship on the part of the commanding officer to guard, with vigilance, these weak places. Every man has his strong points and his weak points. There are some sins that some men never have committed, and never will commit. Not because of any moral goodness that is in them ; but because of the natural disposition and temperament of the individual. They can claim no merit, because they have had nothing in this particular direction to resist. On the other hand, every individual is prone to violate God's law in some particular points more than in others. Every one has besetting sins. Some persons are conscious of their besetting sins, and others are not. The former, if they are God's people, are constantly on their guard lest they may be led away captive by Satan. The latter, go on and are punished. The sin by which we are most easily beset, is not necessarily the sin that we most freouentlv commit. By di ? - - " ~ X * vine grace, we may be enabled to set a strong and invincible guard at this place which will successfully resist the enemy of our soul. It is possible for the child of God, led by the spirit of God, to keep the weak point so well concealed that Satan may never discover it. It is plain that every one who would live godly in Christ Jesus should study his own nature, and place a guard at the places most easily forced. The unmistakable duty of every one is to keep out of temptation, and not to walk in the path of the destroyer. There are some things that never would injure us if we would keep out of their way. They never come to us ; we go to them. [Original.] BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM. Christianity is a vitality. It is not a dead and lifeless formality, destitute of anything by which it can be known and felt. It has a potency about it, which is in aud about nothincr p1?p. Tts divine author nronoses bv it. not simply to effect a reformation, but to produce a transformation, amounting to making a new creature of each individual who is brought under its influence. Its object is to change the heart from a state of hatred to one of love; to enlighten the mind and to subdue the will. Nothing less than a new creature is proposed to be produced by the gospel of Jesus Christ. There must be some means of discovering a change which is so thorough. God, as an oranicient being, can discover this change by looking at the heart. The individual in whom the change from nature's darkness to God's marvelous light has been effected, may be conscious ofit; but how can the world know that an individual is a Christian ? There is but one test of a Christian, and that is the one which is given by the Sa"Rif fVioir friiito vp sVinll Irnniv t.bpm." This is the only infallible test. The man who serves God must love God. The man who keeps the commandments of God must have been born from above. It is possible for a being, dead in trespasses and sins, to make a profession of religion and live a moral life. All this may be brought about by the force of circumstances, but the desire and power to obey God, can be produced in the heart, only by the regenerating influence of God's grace. Hence, we may conclude, when we see an individual struggling to resist sin and to make his acts conform to the law of God, that he is a Christian, in the proper sense. His life may be very inconsistent?as is the life of every Christian ; but if it is evident that he would do good, and that the evil which he does, he would not do, we may conclude the root of the matter is in him. If we see any one striving to deface the image of Satan, in which he was born, and struggling to be more assimilated, each day, to Jesus Christ, we may safely conclude that such individual is a Christian. Speak a "Word for Jesus.?In a crowd ed railway car, au old man, his hair white with the frosts of many winters, was singing a vile song to a listening group of young men who appeared greatly delighted. Afterwards, while indulging in some shockingly profane expressions, a young man outside this group stepped up and expostulated with him respectfully, telling him that Jesus was his best friend, and that it gave him great pain to hear that name so dear to him thus profaned. I The old man immediately became silent, and i seemed afFected by the reproof. The lesson was not altogether lost upon ! other members of the company. Do not hesitate when a proper occasion offers to speak a word for Jesus; not boastingi ly or with an air of superiority, but kiudly j and out of a full heart speak of your love to j your best Friend, and your grief at hearing his name profaned or evil spoken of. It I will certainly quicken your own soul, and may prove a word in season to one sorely in need of it.?American Messenger. J John Newton compares the troubles of a C'bristain to a bundle of faggots. God does not require us to carry the whole at once. He mercifully unties the bundles, and first i gives us one stick which we are able to carry to-day, and then another which we are able to | carry to-morrow, and so on. Thus we might easily manage if we would only take the burden appointed for us each day ; but we choose to increase our trouble by carrying yesterday's ' stick over again to-day, and adding to-mor| row's burden to our load before we are reI quired to bear it. ! GMtlttn's jjtjrartmeut. | J j [Orisinitl.] i DISOBEDIENCE. IAX In one of the upper counties of South Car-1 vi : olina, there lives a family by the name of j ^ : Brown. In the month of August, 1858, Mr. . Brown and wife went to ft neighbor's house to na | spend the day. The children?a son, four- aud j teen years old, and two daughters respective- S | ly ten and twelve years of age, were left at; tion home. It was a slack time of the year. The ! muj j crop was made, the weather was warm, and ^ ! everybody in the community was enjoying a ^rj(] ! leisure season. Before leaving, the children gfttj ! were charged to remain about-the house, and ! busi .i._ r-.i. ?.,,J i tlm . Keep quieu. i>0 sooner were uie inmci miu ~ i mother out of sight, than the children coin- j 'ie'( I menced devising schemes by which they could ; ^ei1 ' have some sport. There was a large hornet's ! ^ i nest on a small tree near the house. With ' com ' rocks and sticks all three marched to the spot, j mac ! leaving the house to take care of itself. In the j twei excitement of the moment the door of the , aut' house was left open. In the yard was a pet . caui hog, which could only be kept out of the house ( | with great difficulty. So soon as all were gone, j gjjj. the hog entered the house, rooted open the , asse ! closet door, tore the meal bag, turned over a j war ! kit of lard, which fell upon a basket of crock- j vail : ery and broke the contents into a multitude ; sVa' I of pieces. This was not all. In the closet, j ^ j* ! there was on a shelf, a bottle of nitric acid, j ^ j | | which was, in some way, thrown down. The ] y j contents of the bottle was emptied upon the i evei [ hog. The white hairs were soon turned : bed j yellow, and the hog driven to a state of dis- jJinn , I traction. Its eyes were filled with the acid, j JWCI L...1 Wliilaf I 'er*{ ttllU it ftct ii uiwcvsua cv|uc?iuigt ?f | the hog was committing these depredations in i pon the closet, the children were busily engaged in j 0f tl fighting the hornets. At first it afforded I lenj them great sport, but the tun was not long in < bicc coming to an end. The youngest girl ran too ! '?ne near the nest, and was discovered by the infu- ! 1C1 riated hornets. Determined upon revenge for their broken up home, the little creatures J ^joa poured iu upon her in great numbers. Her | ings j face, hands and neck were pierced by their j and stings. In an agony of pain she rushed for jrea' the house?the other two following her. j Remedies were resorted to, but in spite of ger everything that was done, the pain continued jmn' and the wounded parts became dreadfully nior swollen. There was no time now to devote to enti I the hog, which was running frantically, hither ftn(l ! and thither, through the yard. Thus things passed until mid-evening, when things became 13 enmMvlmf. nnipf. and f.he bov went to water a ! e^U "v,"v i j prec young horse that was in the lot. The colt ? had never been rode. It was scarcely bridlewise. Forgetting all the mishaps of the day, coui the boy, after having bridled the colt, led it will up to the fence and mounted it. No sooner l?ca was he well astride, than the colt dashed through the lot gate, down to the house, into tj the front yard, over the fence into the back tjier yard, smashiuga new tub all to pieces, in its reqi frightened course. The sisters stood scream- trol! ing, which only increased the fright of the S colt. The boy, in his attempt to stop the roftC colt, threw it. In the fall the colt was badly injured in one of its hind legs, and the right VftjL arm of the rider was broken a short distance the above the elbow, and a fearful gash cut in his nun right check. This was not all. The oldest city sister, as she ran out of the door to assist her in 1 brother, tripped on the steps, fell and dislo- af cated the ankle bone. The parents came t ^ home and found their children all injured, as tjou has been mcutioned. A few days sufficed to 0pei reinstate the youngest daughter to perfect city Koolik hnf if urna months hpfnre the other two ling were out of the house. The loss to the farai- tl?n ly, in dollars and cents, was very considera- ? Sl ble; and the grief and anxiety of mind to ea?j the parents was indescribable. (le,l All this series of calamities had their origin towi in disobedieuce. The command of the pa- aggi rents to the children to stay about the house had been disobeyed, and suffering and sorrow }nco was the consequence. Children and youth, if }nt0 you would you be happy-lived and respected, 111 then learn to obey. + this The Shepherd Boy.?One beautiful spring shal morning a merry-hearted shepherd boy was scril w.. ching his flock in a blooming valley be- S, tween woody mountains, and was singing and eqUj dancing about for joy. The prince of the land rcce was hunting in that neighborhood, and seeing 0ffic him, called him nearer, and said, "What act. makes you so very happy, my dear little one. The boy did not know the prince, and rc- pers plied, "Why shouldn't I be happy? Our may most gracious sovereign is not richer than I deer am !" _ of ai "Mow so ?" asked the prince; "let me hear 0f j| about your riches." m0n "The sun in the clear blue sky shines as COm brightly for me as for the prince," said the | uud, youth "and mountain and valley grow as ernl green, and bloom as sweetly for me as for him. sucj] I would not part with my two hands for all |Uan the money, nor sell my two eyes for all the raay jewels in the royal treasury. Besides, I have him, every thing I really need. I have enough to COm eat every day, and good warm clothes to any wear, and get money enough every year for such my labor and pains to meet all my wants. Swci Can you say the prince really has more ?" he p The kind prince smiled, made himself Com known, "You are right, my good boy. Keep by h fast hold of your cheerful spirit." tion, Contentment makes one happy and rich as projthe greatest king.? Christian Weekly. ther The Persevering Boy.?"Sir," said a boy, addressing a man, "do you want a boy to work for you?" tP0?j" "No," answered the man, "I have no such ; jJQoji wan,fc" . ! in n: The boy looked disappointed ; at least the 11 ) man thought so, and he asked : "Don't you 1 aj1(j I smvorrl in crpfi.injr a nlaee ?" I i ww%* *" t ^jm "I have asked at a good many places," said I j . the boy. "A woman told me you had been I ^ ^ after a boy, but it is not so, I find." ! "Don't be discouraged," said the man in a j * friendly tone. | J "Oh ! 110 sir," said the boy cheerfully, "be- ( m I cause this is a very big world, and I feel cer- j . * j tain that God has something for me to do in ' j it. I am only trying to find it." "Just so, just so," said a gentleman who ; 0 j over heard the talk. "Come with me, my boy; I am in want of somebody like you." j ,oa! lie was a doctor : and the doctor thought any j boy who was so anxious to find his work, j *7 I would be likely to do it faithfully when he 1 ! found it; so he took the boy into his employ j seco ' and found him all that he desired. ?? a. | Yes ! God has something for everybody to ; a. ! do in this world. It's a "very big world," , .eJ and there's room enough for all. i e" 11 ??- proj rf1. . 4-vi. Tin.' ATn r i.mj?Tii,l vnn are J.1IJ:. \_A.UI-.li -V.> l> 1111. .'Liiii...... JUU ! ever hear the fable of the camel and the cd t( miller ? I visit One night a miller was waked up by his the j camel trying to get his nose into the tent, shal I "It's very cold out here," said the camel. "I at t< J only want to putin my nose." The miller vale I made no objection. After awhile the camel too ! asked leave to have his neck in, then his fore rcco "j feet; and so, little by little, it crowded in its sign I whole body. This, as you may well think, posi j was very disagreeable to the miller, and he eral I bitterly complained to the forth-puttiug beast, shal ! "If you don't like it you may go," answered , whi< j the camel. "As for me, I've got possession \ Si ! and I shall stay. You can't get rid of me j tify now." | whi< Do you know what that camel is like ? loca Bad habits; little sins. Guard against the , in si first approaches, the most plausiblo excuses, addi only the nose of sin. If you do not you are valu overpowered before you know it. com ?outlt (Stowlma paws. c! --- --- -??? ! tc THE TAX LAW. ! C( ACT to roduce all acts and parts of acts pro- ' ding for the assessment and taxation of prop- U( ty into one act, and to amend the same. ' m !e it enacted J)y the Senate and House of j irescntatives'of the State of South Caroli-! ol now met and sitting in General Assembly I cc by the authority of the same: j di ec. 13. The road bed, right of way, sta- j 01 buildings, toll houses, structures, tools, J b:hinery, poles, wires, fixtures, vessels and | gi estate, owned and necessarily in daily j ti hy any railroad, turnpike, plank road,! gn Ige, telegraph, canal or slack water navi- ! tc on company, in the prosecution of its i tl iness, shall, for the purposes of this act, if j ol company be organized in this State, be , pi 1 to be personal property, and the presi- j al t, secretary, or principal accounting offi-; la thereof, shall include the value thereof in ' pj return of the other personal assets of such j tr ! . 1 1 1111. puny ror taxation ; wlncn return snail De i se le in the month of July, or before the sa ntieth of August, annually, to the several itors of the counties in which such road, 01 il, bridge, telegraph line, or slack water cc igation company may be situate, accord- nl to the value of such property in each, to- ; j? ler with a statement of the amount of such ; p. ts situate in each city, town, village or 01 d in said counties, respectively; and the tr le of the movable assets of such company g| 1 be appointed to each town, city, ward or a tge, in proportion to the value of the road ju , canal, slack water navigation, bridge or s[, graph line fu each. f0 cc. 14. The president and secretary of p, y railroad company whose track or road t0 , or any part thereof, is in this State, shall, (j( ually between the first of July and p, ntieth of August, return to the comptrol- bt general, under their oaths, the total length a, eof in each county, city, town and incor- ec itcd village in this State, the total length |_0 heir double track in this State, and the n< ;th thereof in each county, town, city and g| irporated village of this State, the total m ;th of all their side tracks, and the length c? eof in each city, county, town and incor- (], ited village in this State; the location and al jeofail their shops, depots, grounds, sta- sn houses, wood and water stations, build- t0 !, stationary engines, tools, imfilements Sl] lixtures in South Carolina, and all other fr estate necessary to the daily running op- ai ions of the road ; the number and value, tj i, of all their locomotive engines, passen- a, freight, platform, gravel, construction, d and other cars; the value of their cc leys and credits; the total value of the sj re road appurtenances and equipments, r? the total value of said road in South Car- t; a, with its appurtenances and equipments. jn ec. 15. The president and secretary of ni y railroad company mentioned in the c( :eding section, shall also, annually, be- al 3n the first of July and the twentieth of ol just, return to the county auditor of each nty in South Carolina, through or into si ch such road, or any part thereof, may be ci ted, a statement of the value of said road, vi the property in said county, and in each sl: le towns, cities and villages of said county, ci )Ugh or into which sa#id road, or part ai eof, is located, in the mauner and form 8l: I... il.ln'nnt it, fl.n vafni>n (n flio nnmn. illCU ujf tuicjav^b IU nit itiuiu i?v uuu wiu^ ail ler-general. tu ec. 16. Iu ascertaining the value of the sa 1 and property of any railroad company, ti< value of the right of way, bed and track tr he whole road shall be fixed, and such rc ic apportioned pro rata to each mile of w main track; and the value of the tii iber of miles of main track in each town, p< and incorporated village of each county his State, through and into which said 1 is located, shall be added the value of cc real estate, fixtures, stationary engines, s, implements, machinery and other sta- g, ary property provided for use in the daily ai ations of the road, situate in said town, j1( or village; and the total value of the rol- tr stock, moneys and credits, shall be appor- fa ed pro rata to each mile of the main track tid road, and the amount thereof, accord- 0f to the number of miles of main track in t|, i town, city and village in this State, ad- jf to the value of the main track in such fa i /.itv nnrl villiicro resnectivelv: and the ti. ., 1-i.j 0~, J J > n, regute value of said road and property in ot State, and in each county, city, town aud y( rporated village of this State, through or ct which said road is located, shall be stated lid return. cc 3c. 17. The return aud oath, required by t0 act, of officers of railroad companies, ce 1 be made in such form as shall be pre- to jed by the comptroller-general. p( 2C. 18. If any railroad, its appurtenances, CI: pments, etc., shall be in the hands of a sa iver or other officer, such receiver or other Si cr shall make the returns required by this pt th 2C. 19..The comptroller-general, or any vi on appointed by him for that purpose, p{ put any question, in writing, he may e(] n proper, to any officer, agent or receiver th ly railroad company having any portion fa Is track in this State ; and he may sum- Jj any officer, receiver or agent of such ce pauy to appear before him and testify, co sr oath, (which oath said comptroller-gen- J( is authorized to administer,) touching al i railroad company's property, and the ty agement and disposition thereof; aud he ch , by himself, or some person appointed by th , examine the books and papers of such wj pany, in the hands of the company, or | bj of its officers, agents or receivers; and all 8h i officers, agents and receivers shall an- th , under oath, all such questions as shall St 1 ~ 1 aiJUam r\ tlmm l\tf OOI/1 it. uc 10 mom, ui ciinci vi Kiuu, uj euivi i uj ptroller-general, or any person appointed , th im for that purpose, relative to the condi- j A , amount and value of said company's ' ag >erty, and the management or disposition th eof; and if any such officer, receiver or er it shall refuse or neglect to appear before to comptroller-general, or the person ap- j co ted by him, or to answer any question put' ta; im or them, as aforesaid, or submit the I pr ls and papers aforesaid for examination, | ag lanner aforesaid,, he shall be deemed guil-1 su f a misdemeanor, and, upon indictment I tai conviction thereof, in the Court of Gen- j vn Sessions for any county, (which court j as I have complete and full jurisdiction in ; ta: uch cases), shall be fined in any sum not i j)r eding five thousand dollars, and costs of j j)r ccution, and confined in the jail of said j ca ity until he answers all questions which : be put to him by the comptroller-gener- | ^e id until said fine and costs be paid. j :c. 20. The treasurer of State, secretary sh State, comptroller-general and attorney- < ]e] :ral of the State shall constitute a State ]ei d of equalization, (a majority of whom j ut: 1 constitute a quorum for the transaction ! th usiness,) who shall meet at the office of | sa comptroller-general, at the capital, on the an nd Wednesday of September, annually, | pr s soon thereafter as the comptroller-gener-1 th uill notify said board that the returns of; ad several railroad companies have been fil- j fu a his office, and equalize the value of the j or lerty of railroad companies whose roads i gh wholly or partially in this State, as return- co > the comptroller-general, under the pro- ! er m of this act, by increasing the value of; er roads and property of such companies as ' wl 1 have been, in their judgment, returned 1 su )o low a valuation, and diminishing the Ci les of such as may have been returned at ty high a valuation. They shall keep a i th rd of their proceedings, which shall be ge ed by all the members present, and de- vi ted with and kept by the comptroller-gen- j co , and a majority of the members present dc 1 be competent to decide all questions i of ch may come before said board. be cc. 21. The comptroller-general shall cer- qu to the county auditor of each county in : pc :h any railroad, or part thereof, may be J ted, the valuations of railroad property j im lid county, as returned to him, with all* of tions made to, or deductions from, the ne lation of the property of any railroad j mi pany in said county by the State board I tu f equalization ; and the county auditor shall j large the railroad company in the several j iwns, cities and incorporated villages of their , juuty, for taxation, with the valuations re-; irued by such company or companies, after [ Iding thereto, or deducting therefrom, the mount directed by the comptroller-general. ! Sec. 22. If any railroad company, or its ' ficers, shall fail to make the returns to the iinptroller-general, and to each county auitor in each county in which any railroad,' - part thereof, may be located as required , y this act, on or before the 20th day of Au-, list, annually, the State board of equaliza- ! on shall proceed to ascertain the value of j lid company's road and property, according the principles prescribed in this act, from le best information they can conveniently jtain, and add thereto fifty per centum as malty, and apportion the same to the sever i counties, town, cities and incorporated vil-1 .ges through or into which said road, or any | art thereof, may be located ; and the comp oiler-general shall certify the same to the j iveral county auditors, who shall place the . .me on their duplicates for taxation. Sec. '23. Any person or persons, company ' r corporation,-engaged in the business of inveying to, from or through this State, or ly part thereof, moneys and other personal \ roperty, shall be held to be an express com- [ my; and any person or persons, company j corporation, engaged in the business of J ansmiting messages to, from or through this i tate, or any part thereof, shall be held to be i telegraph company ; and any such company, j iving its principal office out of this .State, I mil, annually, in the month of July, or be-' re the twentytieth of August, by its princiil agent in this State, make out and deliver j the comptroller-general a statement, unjr oath, showing the value of all its personal roperty in this State, including poles, wires, xtteries, machiuery, materials and apparatus, id the counties, cities, towns and incorporate 1 villages in which the same may be situate, gether with the gross earnings of said ;iominy in this State, for business done in this :ate the year ending the first day of that outh, and the company's proportion of reiipts for business done in connection with le lines of other companies out of this State, id which statement shall show the value of .id property and receipts, in each county, wn, city and incorporated village in which ichco-opany has an agency or agencies, and om which aggregate shall be deducted, by iv such teletrranh company, the expenses of -j - - - o - I 1 y ' ie office in this State, to which all other jencies of the company in this State are re.lired to make returns, except rents and offi;rs' salaries; and which statement shall also iow the aggregate value of the property and iceipts aforesaid, after making the deducon aforesaid in each county, city, town and icorporated village in which such company ay have an agency or agencies; and said xnpany, by its said principal agent, shall, lso, between the first of July and twentieth ? August, annually, deliver to the auditor of ich county in this State, in whose county ich company may have an agency or agenes, a statement of the proportion of the net ilue of the property and receipts aforesaid, lowing the amount thereof in each town, ty and incorporated village in which it has ty agency or agencies; and said company mil be charged on the duplicate of each of iid counties with taxes on the amount so reirned in each town, city and village aforeiid: Provided, That ordinary transportaon companies, engaged exclusively in the asportation of merchandise over the railinds and canals of this State, in connection ith other roads, canals, or lines of navigaon, shall not be considered express com mies, within the meaning ot this act. Sec. 24. If any express or telegraph cominy shall fail to make and deliver to the imptroller-general the statement required by lis act, on or before the twentieth day of Au1st, annually, such company shall forfeit id pay to the State of South Carolina five mdred dollars, as a penalty, and the compoller-general shall certify the fact of such ilure to the auditor of the county in this ;ate in which said company may have an fice or an agent, and said auditorshall place esame on the duplicate of said county; and any express or telegraph company shall il to make to the auditor of any county in is State, the statement required by this act, 1 or before the 20th day of August of any iar, such county auditor shall notify the imptroller-general thereof; and if the compoller-general shall have received from said mipany the statement required by this act be made to him by said company, he shall rtifv the amount returned as in said county such county auditor, and add thereto, as malty, the sum of ten dollars, which shall be larged to said company on the duplicate of id county, collected aud paid over to the ;ate treasurer iu the same manner herein ovided as to the penalty for not making e return to the comptroller-general: Proded, That if any express or telegraph corainy shall fail to return the statement requir1 by this act to the comptroller-general, aud e comptroller-general shall certify such ilure to any county auditor, such county autor shall proceed to ascertain the gross reipts of each agent of said company in his : unty, for the year ending the first day of lly of that year, together with the value of 1 other property of the company in his coun, add fifty per cent, thereto as penalty, aud i large the company with taxes thereon, at e several localities required by this act, ithout any deduction for expenses paid out r the company. And if any such company all have no principal office or agency in is State to which the other agents in the ;,.0,1 tn m?L'p rpf.iim. each apent IC (V1 U wv ? j -? ? ereof in any county shall make return in e month of July, or before the twentieth of ugust, annually, of the gross receipts of his ;ency, for the year ending the first day of at month, with th? value of all other propty of the company in the city, village or wn in which his agency is situate, and the unty auditor shall charge the company with xes thereon, at the same rates as other operty in the same localities; and if such ent or agents refuse or neglect to make ch return, the county auditor shall ascerin the amount of such gross receipts and lueof property, add fifty per cent, thereto penalty, and charge such company with xes thereon, at the same rates charged other operty at the several localities where such operty may be situate and such agencies loted. Sec. 25. All returns required by this act to made by express and telegraph companies, i .ving their principal offices out of this State, all be made in such form as the comptrol- ! p-general shall prescribe; and the comptrolr-general is authorized to require answers, ider oath, to any questions he may put to ; e principal, or any other agent, of any of | id compauies in this State, and to examine ! iy of such agents, under oath, relative to the operty and affairs of such compauies, and p mnnnrrpnifint thereof, which oath he may minister; and if any such agent shall re- i se to submit to such examination, or refuse 1 neglect to answer any such questions, he | all be deemed guilty of contempt of the j mptroller-general, and the comptroller-geual may certify the fact to the court of genal sessions of any county of this State, liich shall issue a warrant for the arrest of: . ch agent, in the name of the State of South irolina, directed to the sheriff of such coun- j , who shall arrest such agent anywhere in j is State, and take him before said court of I' neral sessions, and, upon hearing and con-: j ction, such agent shall be fined by said > urt iuany sum not exceeding five hundred , J liars and costs, and be confined in the jail i the county where tried until such fine shall ' l paid, and answers be given to all such '1 lestions as the comptroller-general may pro- j tund to him. Sec. 26. Each agent in this State of any 1 surance company organized under the laws any other State or country, and doing busi- j ss in this State, shall, annually, in the :>nth of July, or before 20th of August, rern to the auditor of the county in which such agency is located, a sworn statement of! the gross receipts of such agency for the year ending on the first day of that month, including all notes, accounts aud other things re ceived or agreed upon as a compensation fori insurance at such ageucy, together with all \ the value of any personal property of said company situate at such agency; and the company shall be charged with taxes, at the place of said agency, on the amount so returned ; and the agent shall also be personally :t.i- r. 1. 4. 1 ;t. resjjuusiuie lur sut'ii auu iuuj icia?M m j his hands a sufficient amountof the company's assets to pay the same, unless the same be , paid by the company. Sec. 27. Every insurance company, organ- j ized under the laws of this State, shall return j all its personal property, moneys, credits, (in- | eluding notes taken on subscriptions of'stock,) I investments in bonds, stocks, securities and j assets of every kind, for taxation, at the place ! where its principal office is located. Sec. 28. Any company or corporation, or- ; ganized under the laws of this State, and [ owuing property in any other State or county, ! as well as in this State, shall not be required j to return its capital for taxation in this State, ; but shall return such property as it owns in j this State, aud such proportion of the value of its other property as, if owned by the individual residents of this State, would be taxable in this State; and if such return be made by such company, the shareholders therein shall not be required to return their shares for taxation. Sec. 29. A corporation organized under j the laws of this State, but owning no property I in this State, shall not be required to return I its capital for taxation in this State. Sec. 30. All companies and corporations, whether organized under the laws of this State or not, the manner of listing whose personal property is not otherwise specifically nrnvwlofl fur tw Ihwi elmll list. fr>r tft*ntinn r!1 I""*?'?? "J ? ? their personal and real property and the effects at the same time, in the same manner and in the same localities as individuals are required to list similar property and effectsfor taxation. Sec. 31. Any company incorporated under a joint charter granted by this and some other State or States, and the manner of taxing which, or the amount upon which it shall be taxed, or the specific proportion of its capital or property upon which taxes shall be assessed in South Carolina is prescribed or fixed in its charter, shall be assessed for taxation and taxed as prescribed in this charter until otherwise legally provided. Sec. 32. All shares of the stockholders in any bank or banking association, located in this State, whether new or hereafter incorporated or organized under the laws of this State or of the United States, shall be listed at their true value in money, and taxed in the city, ward town or incorporated village where such bank is located, and not elsewhere: Provided, That the words "true value in money," as used in line three and four of this section, shall be so construced as to mean and include all surplus or extra moneys, capital, and every species of personal property of value owned or iu the possession of any such bank. Sec. 33. The real estate of any such bank or banking association shall be taxed in the place where the same may be located, the same as the real estate of individuals. Sec. 34. There shall, at all times, be kept in the office where the business of such bank or banking association is transacted, a full and correct list ofthe names and residences of the stockholders therein, and the number of shares held by each; also a list of all person, parties, corporations or agents who may at any time have any deposit, either personal or general, in such bank, which shall be at all times, during business hours, open to the inspection of all State and county officers who are, or may be, authorized to list or assess the value of such shares for taxation. [to be continued next week.] ^ A. 7r~* THE FAVORITE HOME REMEDY. THIS unrivaled Medicine is w arranted not to contain a single particle of Mkrcuky, or any injurious mineral substance, but is PURELY VEGETABLE, containing those Southern Roots and Herbs, which an all-wise Providence has placed in countries where Liver Diseases most prevail. It will cure all Disease* ami Dcranycmcnts of the Liver and Bowels. 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GREENE, LINDLEY & BENTLEY, Charlotte, N. C. N. B.?Cancers, Tumors and Ulcers treated as heretofore by "Kline'x Great Cancer Antidotes," at Charlotte,'Gohlsboro and Asheyille, N. C. December 18 33 ly Til E COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of tho BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plato than any other Stove in tho market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of baud some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces ol ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideration witli purchasers is the fact that our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the more cost of casting. 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WITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give their children a chance for a musical education, but whose means are very limited, that I have made arrangements with the celebrated "Mason & Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons with their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest factory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarterly payments, upon whati.s called the lease principle. Thus any one by paying only a moderate .sum for the use of the instrument, can, at any time,give it up or become purchaser; the amount already paid being applied to the purchase. Or a person having paid the rent for four years, becomes the owner of the Organ without further payment. Call and enquire for particulars and see the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the Adickes' building, where I may be found during all business hours, either to show you a sample or to wait upon vou if you want anything in the Photographic line as heretofore. J. R. SCHORB. P. 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THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is hereby designated as the newspaper for the publication of all Legal Notices and Official Advertisements for the county of York, under the Act approved February 22nd, 1870, entitled "An Act to regulate the publication of all Legal and public Notices, and the order heretofore issued designating the "Carolina New Era" as the official paper for the county of York is hereby rescinded. Bvorder'of the Board. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board. I, HENRY E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, ind Secretary of the Board, do hereby certify :hat the foregoing is a true copy of the Original 011 tile in my office. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. DHERAW AND DARLINGTON R. ROAD. 'anr PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,) Chkraw A Darlington Railroad Co., [ Socikty Hill, S. C., October 10, 1873. J CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train/will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. [.eave Chi'raw 8.00, A. M. | Leave Florence... .3.00, P. M. ..eave Cash's 8.20, A. M. j Leave Palmetto,....3.20, P. M. Leave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. | Leave Darlington...3.40, P. M. .cave Dove's 9.15, A. M. I Leave Dove's 4.IS, P.M. .cave Darlington. .9.50, A. M. Leave Society 11111,4.43, P. M. I.eave Palmetto...10.10, A. M. | Leave Cash's 5.10, P.M. \rrivcat Florence. 10.30, A.M. | Arrive at Chcraw..5.30, P. MThe Freight Train will continue for the present ;otrun as heretofore, except to adapt its running uid stoppages to the changed schedule of the passenger trains. ilic (gritquhtt. TERMS?IN ADVANCE : 3ne copy, one year, ? 3 00 Jne copy, six months, 1 50 3ne copy, three months, 100 single copy, 10 rwo copies, one year, 5 00 Fen conies, one year, 25 00 ;?=&" lo person's who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be iirnished one year, free of charge. ?? 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