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Humorous Department. "Siie was Young, She was Fair, and She Scrambled Her Hair."?He was young, he was was fair, and he parted his hair, like the average beau, in the middle; he was proud, he was bold, but the truth must be told, he played like a fiend on the fiddle. But aside from this vice he was everything nice, and his heart was so loving and tender, that he always turned pale when he trod on the tail of the cat lying down by the fender. He clerked in the store, and the way that he tore off calico, jeans, and brown sheeting, would have tickled a calf and make the brute laugh in the face of a quarterly meeting. He cutouitea dash with a darline moustache, which he learned to adore and to cherish ; for one girl has said, while she dropped her proud head, that 'twould kill her to see the thing perish. On a Sunday he'd search the straight road to church, unheeding the voice of the scorner; and demurely he sat, like a young tabby cat, with the saints in the far amen corner. He sang like a bird, and his sweet voice was heard fairly tugging away at long metre; and we speak but the truth when we say that this youth could out-sing a hungry musquiter. She was young, she was fair, and she scrambled her hair like the average belle of the city; she was proud, but not bold, yet the truth must be told, that the way she chewed wax was a pity. But aside from this vice she was everything nice and the world much applauded her bustle ; and the Fayetteville boys, being charmed by the noise, walked miles just to hear the thing rustle. She cut quite a swell, did this wax-chewing belle, and the men flocked in armies to meet her; but she gave them the shirk, for she loved the young clerk, who sang like a hungry musquiter. She hemmed and she hawed, and she sighed and she chawed until her Koopf nnrl i?ws u'ppp hnf-.h hrnlfAn T thpTI shfi "vc** " -? J-? J walked by his 9tore, while he stood at the door awaiting some amative token. She raised up her eyes with a pretty surprise and tried to enact the proud scorner; but to tell the plain truth she just grinned at the youth who loved the devout amen corner.? Nashville paper. ? ? ^ Story of Tom Marshall.?Tom Marshall at one time indulged in such excesses that his friends became alarmed, and determined to make an effort to reclaim him. Mr. Mangum was designated to remonstrate with the wild Kentuckiau, and endeavor to impress him with a sense of the peril of his position. "I'll hear anything you have to say, Mangum," said Marshall, as the Senator opened the conversation. "Your friends have been greatly concerned at the manner in which you have been conducting yourself." "Don't wonder at it. Been badly bothered myself. Sent you here to talk with me, didn't they?" "Yes; they thought as I sometimes take a glass myself, my advice would have the more eti'ect." "You do drink too much Mangum. I've been thinking of speaking to you on the subject. But what do you want me to do ?" "Your friends have the greatest admiration for your genius and talents. They are confident that with sobriety and application you might reasonably aspire to the highest place under the Government." "What do you think I could get?" "I have no doubt you might be made Chief Justice of the United States." "There's been one Chief Justice in my family ; I don't care to follow him." "You might even hope to become president." "No great credit to follow Captain Tyler. But I tell you what I'll do, Mangum ; you make me President of the United States, and if I don't make you Secretary of State I'll agree to be blanked! Let's take a drink."? An Old Stager, in Harper's Magazine for Jane. Seeking a Moral.?Uncle Tom Tyler was a queer old slick, and pretended to about as much piety & most men indulge in, but his best hold was morals. Nothing happened from which he could not extract a moral that was to benefit mankind. If one ox goaded another, he had a moral; if a pig got into the garden he had a moral for that. In short, he had a moral for every thing, from the explosion of a mock squash to murder in the first degree. One day he was at our house, and after dinner my father was reading the news for the benefit of the company. But after every item or article, Uncle Tom was sure to put in a climax in the shape of a moral. At length father came to an item in which mention was made of a man who got a fish-bone in his throat, and choked to death. We all looked to Tom, expecting a moral but be looked even more solemn than ever, and made no sign. "Well, how about that,Uncle Tom ?" asked my father; "is it possible that this sad affair possesses no moral that you can extract for our benefit?" "Wal, yes, thar's a right powerful moral connected with it," said he, at length. "What is it, Uncle Tom ?" "The moral is this: Avoid the dangerous habit of eating," he replied, gravely and honestly. Unconsciously the old man "brought down the house" that time. How he Got Out.?"John" says: I met a man in California who would tell me a story. He said: "I knew a fellow in the State once, old Bill Smith ; he was the worst old beat you ever saw. He'd chase a mosquito eight miles with a pair of lemon squeezers if he thought he could get one cent for the oil. He got married on tick, and has slept on tick ever since. He was so mean that once when he had a cent in his pocket, to keep his wife from getting it, he made his oldest boy swallow it, and that boy was a copperhead all through the war. Bill was going down the Mississippi on a steamboat. When the collection was being taken up, he got out on the guard to hide, and he fell overboard. The water was a hundred feet deep, and two miles wide and the best water to drown a man in I ever saw. Bill couldn't swim a stroke, but stranger, he got out." Says I, "How ?" Says he, "He just took and walked straight: ashore." Savs I. "How could he walk ashore in water one hundred feet deep ?" Says he, "Stranger, do you want to know very bad ?" Says I, "Yes, I do, real bad." Says he, "Well, stranger, that Bill Smith was such a big sponge he just soaked all the water up, and then walked right ashore." +. Second Hand.?A couple of color, affectionately interested in each other with a view to matrimony, and unable to read or write, have been corresponding through "third" parties. The othe day Romeo was listening to a letter from his Juliet, in which happened the expression, "reclining in the arms of Morpheus." "What's dat ? In de arms of anudder niggar! Dat gal can go to de debbil?I dun lub dat secon' han' darkey?no, sail!" ? ? ? S&* A young lady who entered a Broadway music store and asked the young man in attendance, "Have you Happy Dreams ?" was astonished when he replied: "No, ma'am, I'm mostly troubled with the nightmare." He didn't know why she went out so hurriedly and slammed the store door after her. ? ? . "Do you say that as a lawyer, or as a man?" exclaimed an exasperated witness, whom a lawyer was cross-examining. "If you say it as a man, it is a lie, and a slander; but if you say it as a lawyer, it's not of the slightest consequence." S&* A little boy, carrying home some eggs from the grocery, dropped them. "Did you break any ?" asked his mother, when he told her of it. "No," said the little fellow, "but the shells came off some of 'em." | J^ticultural Department. j [Original.] EDUCATION. 1 The notion is very prevalent in this country, that the laboring man needs no education We are ashamed to think of it, much J more to give publicity to it; but still it is a fact, that a very respectable minority of our people of the better class think that lawyers, i ! doctors and preachers, should be educated, | | but there is no use to waste money in cduca- j ; ting farmers and mechanics. To be able to write his name, and read a little, is thought | to be sufficient for the boy who is to engage j in tilling the soil. However contrary it may | I be to the current notion, we venture to give ; ? it as our opinion, that in practice, the farmer | and mechanic have more need of a thorough j scientific education than any one of what is ( , called the learned professions. The farmer j ! and blacksmith have constant need ol a prac-; ! tical knowledge of chemistry and mathemat-; ; ics. Were they all well versed in these j | sciences, it would save themselves many a ; hard and useless day's work. It is true that, J in practice, they learn much of both of these j ] sciences ; but how much better would it be if j they were taught the first principles of their trade before they commence to put it into practice. No one would think of practicing law or medicine without first studying law or medicine. So it should be respecting farming and mechanics. The scientific principles involved in the practice of these avocations of life, should be thoroughly understood by those designed to practice them. Every boy who expects to farm, should learn the principles of land surveyiug; and every boy who designs being a mechanic, should learn the principles of mensuration, so as to be able to make his own calculations. [Original.] LABOR AND CAPITAL. Souie things sustain to each other a mutual relation. This may be said of labor and capital. Labor without capital ceases to be profitable, and capital without labor has no value. Rich and poor are words that have no absolute meaning. A man with ten thousand acres of as fertile land as the world affords, if he can neither work it himself nor secure the labor of others by which to work it, is poor in the midst of all his possessions. The land brings him in no income, and he might as well own no laud. Again, an individual may have a coffer filled with gold ; but if the means of sustenance cannot be bought with this gold, its possessor is in the same condition as if he were penniless. In a country where there is little capital, and a superabundance of laborers, labor is not remunerative. In a country, however, where capital is abundant, and in a flourishing condition, the man who has a good physical frame, is energetic, skillful and industrious, is rich, although he may be the owner of no real estate. His labor will always be in demand at remunerative prices, and consequently he will be comparatively independent. Labor and capital stand so related to each other that whatever injures or oppresses the one, has the same effect on the other. In a country where all the inhabitants are manual loKnrpra thprp pan be but little canital. and but few of the comforts of civilization and ' none of the luxuries of life. It is clear that whenever the capitalist attempts to crush out the laborer, he undertakes a work which will ultimately crush out himself. The same principle applies to the la? borer. Whenever he attempts to crush out the capitalist, he undertakes his own ruin. So soon as the capital of a country becomes embarrassed, the laboring class becomes in a straightened condition. The cry for bread is long and loud. Since the interests of the capitalist and laborer are mutually dependent upon each other, or rather siuce the interests of the laborer and the capitalist are the same, their relations should ever be friendly. It is omiuious of evil when the labor and capital * ? 1 of a country become arrayed against eacn I other. It is impossible to say which class suffers most by such a couflict. The capitalist is made a manual laborer, and the manual [ laborer is made a beggar. The former is threatened with starvation, because he cannot ' work; and the latter, because he cannot get employment. ? ? ; "Progress with Prudence, Practice with Science."?We advocate progressive farming. Improvement is the order of the day in all trades and professions, and the Agriculturalist must keep abreast with the forward movement or he will fall hopelessly on foot. But with progress, should always come prudence. Hasten slowly?study carefully the path before you, lest you make false steps 4 ' ' ' ^ " ? . ? A L A j % * A H or go astray. All oia ways are uui uau, uui are all new ways good. Look with a good deal of cautious scrutiny at any system of cultivation in which the experience of centuries passes for nothiug. If a theorizer tell you? you who have been planting cotton all your life?that you know nothing about cotton culture, but that your mode is wrong from beginning to end, it is not worth while to listen to him; but not less foolish is the talk of those who think, because they have been planters all their lives, as their fathers were before them, that there is nothing more to be learned and no improvement to be made. So, Science is good; analysis of soils are useful; geology, vegetable physiology, entomology and meteorology have their bearing upon the planter's art, but neither of these, nor all of these alone will make a man a good farmer. Practice must be combined with Science. Farming must be learned in the Geld. Books and papers help us in our lessons.?Rural Carolinian for June. To Keep Eggs for Setting.?An Engi lish agricultural paper says that eggs in| tended for setting should be stored with the I large end down, because the arr bubble does ! not spread so much as when the small end is j down?this spreading of the air-bubble being known to affect the freshuess and vitality of ! the egg. Eggs stored with the large end | down will keep perfectly good for hatching i more than a month, winie tne otners cannot be depended upon after two weeks. To this the New England Farmer adds : A successful poultry breeder in Franklin, Mass., has been ! experimenting with eggs for setting, and dej clares the above statemeut correct, and adds ! that eggs stored on the large end for a few I weeks before setting will hatch at once, in stead of varying several hours, as is nsually ; the case with eggs not so prepared. Weevil.?Salt is said to be a complete preventive against the destruction of wheat ; by weevil. Mix a pint of salt with a barrel ! of wheat, or put the grain in old salt barrels, and the weevil will not attack it. In stack| ing wheat, four or five quarts of salt to every hundred sheaves, sprinkled among them, will entirely secure them from the depredations of 1 thi3 insect, and render the straw more valuable as food for cattle. I * ? : White Wash.?Take one bushel unslacked lime, 10 pounds Spanish whiting, one half gallon linseed oil, 1 pint spirits turpentine; ( slack the lime in clean hot water, and while slacking put in the whiting, oil and turpen; tine. Stir them all together and don't use it I for two hours. Then thin it with sweet milk I and you have an excellent white wash ready 1 for use. | flcatlutfl for the j&tkatlu CONDUCTKII R Y HliV. UOHEHT LATHAN. [Original. J HARD. Iu all ages of the world, it has been regard-: ed as a difficult thing to live a pious life. It! is hard to crucify the flesh. To an unsancti- j fled nature, sin, however painful in its results, is pleasant in its practice. It is congenial to our nature. Not only is it hard to cease to sin, but it is also hard to practice the I duties and .privilegs of religion. They that J would live godly in Christ Jesus, must suffer persecutions. Because of the sinfulness of our nature, the road to heaven is narrow and difficult or ascent, mat man wno nas no conflicts will never enjoy any victories. [Original.] CHEERFULNESS. If a man had all the comforts of life, and i arrangements made by which an abundance of every good thing would be secured to him 1 for the future, he ought to be cheerful. Such j a man, it seems, could rest easy amid all the ; changing scenes of time. Such is the condi- J tion of all who trust in the Lord. God opens I his hand, and day by day, out of his inex- j, haustible fullness, supplies their wants. Come what will, their daily bread is sure, and they , have an inheritance which is eternal. Like 1 its donor, it is from all mutation free. Why j do so many Christians go with their heads j down, and with hearts filled with grief? The ! ( * rru A /?_ I answer is easily given. iney want iaun. They are not willing to trust their heavenly Father. What a multitude of cares can be banished by faith. Faith, though small as a mustard seed,Jremovcs mountains, opens wells of salvation, and digs channels in which flow rivers of pleasure. Faith turns night into day, fills the heart with joy, wipes the tear > from the cheek, and banishes grief from the soul. | [Original.] ALMIGHTY. One of the attributes of God is omnipotence. , The Bible teaches this, and we see evidence of it in every thing around us. The fact that God rules the world is a source of comfort inestimably great. When the foundations of society are destroyed, the Christian can ; console himself with the fact that God reigus. ( Were it not for the fact that God sways a sceptre of universal dominion, this world ; would not stand long. There are multitudes 1 of men who would, if they could, destroy the world, and all that is in it, in the twinkling of an eye. But for the fact that God is Almighty, this world would be turned into an Afdornnno Waro ftnrl rmf-. nmninntent. , ttUUUC \JL U^UlVug, IT wv ..v. ^ f seedtime aud harvest, summer and winter, cold and heat would soon cease to exist. The earth would be converted into a sterile plain, aud the ocean into an howling waste. The wind and rain,uncontrolled, would storm with tempestuous fury. The lightnings of heaven . would consume the world. What a happy thought that we can lie down and sleep, protected by an Almighty arm. ! [Original.] REMEMBER. There are some things that none of us should 1 'brget. We should remember that we were early cast upon God's care. When we were babes, frail and helpless, he watched over us. For this we should be grateful. Many of us , should remember that we are the sons and i daughters of parents now in heaven. We should remember that when we were young, 1 they pointed us to the Saviour. We should (' remember the tender advice of these loving ] parents. We should uot forget that we have | been blessed with the means of grace, aud the oilers of salvation all our lives. If we do not i embrace the Saviour, it will be more tolera- 1 I ble for the cities of Sodom aud Gomorah, 1 j than for us. We should remember that every breath we breathe brings us nearer the , end of our earthly career, and a step nearer , heaven or perdition. We should remember < that whatever a man sows that will he also ' Tf flnoVi \vn cVinll rf>An reap. xi we au? lu tuc m,ou, ..^ corruption ; if we sow to the Spirit, we shall reap everlasting life. We should remember that if we believe in Christ we will be saved, aud if we do not believe in him, we will be lost for ever. ? [Original.] EXPERIMENTAL RELIGION. Theory and practice are not inseparably connected. It is quite possible for an individual to have a theoretical knowledge of surveying, and still not be able to make a survey of a tract of land. An individual may have very extensive theoretical knowledge and no practical knowlege at all. Such men are appropriately called learned fools. In religion we find something very like this. Many persons seem to have what may be fitly called theoretical religion; but no experimental piety. Everything about religion to them is only theory. Rather, it is like a dream, destitute of anything but a temporary existence. Such individuals read the Bible, give a decent attention to the various duties enjoined ; tliaro <l,? roVinlA t.hinrr ends. The exne UUli V1IV1 V biIV II **V?W ^ 4 rience of pious people seem to them like the myths which are contained in the legends of heathen mythology. What is wanting in these people? Few words are sufficient to answer the question. They want faith. Their religion is an empty formality. They have yet to learu that they are dead in tresspasses and sins, and that Jesus is the Saviour of sinners. The religion of the Bible is not a mere theory. There is in it a vital reality. Jesus Christ came into the world to give his people life. By the power of tho Holy Spirit the dead are made alive; the blind are made to see; the deaf to hear, and the lame to walk. This a greater work than the creation of the world out of nothing. If we do not feel that this change has taken place in our individual cases, there is doubt that it has been effected. Service for Goi> Rewarded.?There are many things we can do for God. We can publicly declare we are on his side, and show that we are in all appropriate ways. We can commend and disseminate his truth, support his worship, minister to tho wants of his needy friends, lead sinners from the error of their ways to him, reclaim tho vicious, and advance the interests of his kingdom ; and if i * " ... tr_ I i we do so, ne win sureiy recumpeuat! u?. n? will not let us serve him for naught; for is it not written, "God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, and whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in 110 wise lose his reward." Yes, and we may be sure that if he employs us, if we are faith-1 ful workers together with him, he will liber- j ally remunerate us. He will give us the pleasure of an approving conscience, will make his service delightful to us, will give us a good name, make us esteemed by the wise ' and worthy, will cause the blessing of them that were ready to perish to come upon us, i and give us at last the plaudit, "Well done, 1 good and faithful servant, enter into the joy ( of thy Lord." "Wherefore, be ye steadfast, 1 unmovable, always abounding in the work of 1 the Lord, forasmuch as ye know your labor i is not in vain in the Lord."?Intelligencer. i Jtouth (favoliiui pam. THE TAX LAW. AN ACT to reduce all acts and parts of acts pro vidiug for the assessment and taxation of prop erty into one act, and to amend the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Representatives, of thy State of South G'aro liua, now met and sitting in General Assem bly and by the authority of the same: Sec. 73. If any person notified, either as ? party or witness, to appear before the count} auditor, as provided for in the proceeding sec tion, shall refuse or neglect to appear bcfor< the county auditor at the time stated in said notice, or shall refuse to be sworn, or refuse tc answer any question put to him by said audi tor, touching the matter under examination I K/> ol... I I l.n .Inomnil ?nil(,F an aiuiwaiu, nv OIKUI UU jjuutj vi wutempt of said auditor, and said auditor shall make complaint thereof to the Court of General Sessions of the county, who shall thereupon issue an attachment against the person complained of, in the name of the State ol South Carolina, directed to the sheriff of the county, who shall arrest such party anywhere he may be found in the State of South Carolina, and take him personally before said court, and, upon conviction thereof, such party shall be fined for such contempt of the county auditor, by said court, in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution, and be coufincd in the county jail of said county until answers shall be made to all questions which may be propounded to him by said county auditor, and such fine and costs paid ; and when such fine is collected, it shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county. Sec. 74. The county auditor, when he shall deem it necessary, may adjourn the examination provided for in the preceding section, from time to time ; and if he shall find that the party had failed to make any return for taxation, or intentionally made a false return, or intentionally returned his or their property for taxation at less than its fair cash value, he shall determine what amount should have been returned by the party, and add fifty per cent, thereto as penalty, and charge the same, with said penalty, against the party on the duplicate, with the taxes of the current year ; but if he shall find the party committed a merely unintentional mistake in any return made, he shall add such amount as he may deem just to return, and charge the party with the simple taxes thereon. Sec. 75. If, upon the examination provided for in the seventy-second section of this act, the return made to or by the auditor shall be found to be correct, the expenses of the examination shall be paid by the county auditor out of the county treasury; but if it shall be found that the return, as made, was intentionally false, or that no return was made, the auditor shall pay the expenses of the examination out of the county treasury, and charge the same to the party on the duplicate, in addition to the penalty provided for such cases; and the amount collected, with the taxes of the party, to reimburse the treasury of the nmint.v for the exnooses naid as aforesaid. But if the return made was unintentionally erroneous, said auditor shall pay the witnesses' fees and costs of serving the notice out of the county treasury, charge the same on duplicate to the party, and the same shall be collected and paid into the county treasury, as aforesaid. Sec. 76. The expenses to be allowed upon the examination provided for by the seventysecond section of this act shall be, for serving the notice or notices, the fees allowed to sheriffs and constables for serving a summons, and to witnesses, the same fees allowed to witnesses in suits before a trial juctice's court. Sec. 77. Each county auditor shall add to the value of all personal property which the owner or other person whose duty it is made, by this act, to list the same shall have refused or neglected to list, or to the value of which such person shall have refused or neglected to swear, fifty per ceututu on the value, and charge the same on the duplicate upon which taxes shall be collected and appointed to the several funds for which taxes are assessed against such owner pro rata, in proportion to the respective levies. Sec. 78. That whenever any taxpayer shall Fail to make returns to the auditor of his county within the time prescribed by law, it shall be the duty of the county auditor to enter on the tax duplicate, against such taxpayer, the property charged to him the previous year, with fifty per cent, penalty added thereto, ex* :ept in case of sickness, or absence from the bounty, when the true amount of property ouly shall be charged. Sec. 79. If any person required by this act to list property for taxation shall have been prevented by sickness or absence from giving ;o the auditor the statement or return for taxition required, such person or his agent may, it the time prior to the tenth day of September of the year of the assessment, make out xnd deliver to the county auditor a state nent of the same, sworn to, (which oath ;he auditor is authorized to administer,) and 11 i ?j ti_ :J i:?n. MRU aiso ruuKt; uam ucime auiu auunui mui ie was sick or absent during the whole time ivhen lie should have otherwise listed his jroperty for that year; if absent, that such ibsence was not for the purpose of avoiding ,he listing of his property. The auditor shall eceive the return made by the absent person, md charge such party with taxes on the dupicate according to the return so made by him. Sec. 80. Each county auditor shall correct he valuation of any parcel or lot of real prop:rty on which any structures of one hundred lollars or more in value may have been conitructed, or on which any structure of like falue, may have been destroyed, according to lie return thereof, made in accordance with ,he provisions of this act, and assess the tax ipon such corrected valuation. Said audi,or shall also correct any errors he may dis;over in the name of the owner, in thedescrip,ion of quautity of any parcel or lot of real istate, or in any return made to his office. He -- i l I'-.i. ihall also correct auy errors in nis aupncait: vhen ordered by the comptroller-general, but le shall not reduce any assessment of personil property regularly made and returned to lis office, nor make any deduction from the valuation of any tract, lot or parcel of real jstate, except upon the written order of the jomptroller-general, which written order shall inly be made by the comptroller-general up>n a statement of facts submitted to him in writing, and when any persoual or real propjrty has been listed, returned or entered for axation in a wrong locality, the county audi;or shall correct the return or entry, and ;harge such property with the taxes in the ocality required by the provisions of this act: Provided, That any correction made in the luplicate by the county auditor shall be enured 011 both the auditor and treasurer's dupicate, except that, in case of the reduction of my assessment or tax, the auditor may furlish the treasurer with a certificate of such eduction : And provided, further, That each munty auditor shall keep a record of all sales )f conveyances of real property made in his jouuty, in which he shall enter, in columns, ;he names of the purchaser and seller, the juality of laud conveyed, the location and price of the same, and therefrom correct the county duplicates annually; and, for the purpose of carrying out this provision, the clerks )f courts and registers of mesne conveyances 3f each county are hereby required to have die endorsement of the county auditor on each and every deed of conveyance for real property that the same is ou record in his office, Defore the same can he placed on record in the offices of said clerks of courts or registers jf mesne conveyances; and the said county luditor shall be entitled to collect a fee of twenty-five cents, for his own use, for making such entry and endorsement. Sec. 31. Each county auditor shall, annually, on or before November tenth, make and transmit, by mail, to the comptroller-general, a complete abstract of the duplicate of his county, which shall state the aggregate value of taxable property, and the total amount of taxes assessed thereon for that year; and he shall, at the samo time, also make out and trans mit to the cornptroller-geueral an abstract of the number and value of each of the enumer- ! ; ated articles of personal property, the value 1 of merchants' and manufacturers'stock, and . j the value of all other personal property as re | turned by him and fixed by the board or j boards of equalization; but such abstractsshall f be made out in such form and contain such de- . ; tails as the comptroller-general may prescribe. - [ Sec. 82. Each county auditor shall attend ! at his office on or before the first of May, ani J nually, or at any other time the comptrollerr ; general may direct, to make settlement with j - I the treasurer of his county, aud ascertain the 5 amount of taxes, penalties and assessments ; 1 collected by such treasurer, aud the amount > with which such treasurer is to stand charged , - on account thereof, and on account of each j i fund for which a levy was made on the dupli- 1 | cate; and each auditor shall take, from the i ? .-..I i i (i i . . duplicate put into tno nanus or saiu treasurer for collection, a list of all such tares, assess- j ments and penalties as such treasurer has i been unable to collect, therein describing the ' property as described on the duplicate, and 11 shall note thereon, in a marginal column, the i: several reasons assigned by such treasurer why i 1 such taxes or other charges could not be coli lected, which list shall be denominated the de- ( | linquent list, and vhich shall be signed and | J ! sworn to by the treasurer before said auditor; c I and said auditor shall record the same in a < j book, to be provided for that purpose, and ! transmit an abstract thereof to the coraptrol- j | ler-general; and, in making such list, the de- n j linquencies in each district, city, village and 81 | town shall be tested separately, and, after de- t , | ducting the amount of taxes, assessments and f penalties so returned delinquent, and the col- s j lection fees allowed the treasurer by law, said ' i treasurer shall be held liable for the balance of the taxes, assessments and penalties charg- j ed on the duplicate : Provided, however, That 6 only the following causes shall be assigned by i said treasurer on said delinquent list for not I collecting any tax, penalty or assesmeut, to wit: ] 1st. That sufficient personal property of c the party charged therewith could not be found out of which to make the same. ] 2d. That property was found, but could not be sold for want of bidders; and, 3d. That such taxes, assessments or penal- tics were enjoined by a corapeteut court. Sec. 83. It shall be the duty of the county < 1 1 __ xl _ I auditor to receive the returns anu mane iue , assessments provided for iu tliis act within ^ the times prescribed by law, and for this pur- < pose the offices of the county auditors shall be j kept open to receive the returns of tax-payers * from July 1st to August 20th in each year. t Sec. 83. That the various county auditors ? are authorized to appoint a sufficient number ( of assistants to enable them to complete the j said assessment within the time fixed by law ; f and to defray the expense of making said as- 5i sesstnent, the said auditors shall draw their t warrants annually upon the county treasurers J for such suras as may be necessary, but not to exceed the following, to wit: The auditor of t Charleston county, two thousand dollars; the ( auditors of Richlaud, Orangeburg, Edgefied, f Beaufort, Colleton and Abbeville counties, s one thousand dollars; the auditors of Aiken, Anderson, Chester, Darlington, Fairfield, Greenville, Marion, Sumter, Spartanburg aud i York counties, eight hundred dollars; the auditors of Georgetown, Kershaw, Laurens, Lexington, Newberry and Union counties, seven hundred dollars; the auditors of Chesterfield, Clarendon, Marlboro and Williamsburg counties, six hundred dollars ; the auditors of Horry, Lancaster, Oconee aud Pickens counties, five hundred dollars each. And the 1 -* 1- -e .i 1 ?u?!l treasurer or eacn 01 me uuuve tuumm ouau pay to his county auditor, or his order, the sum specified in the auditor's warrant, from the first collection of county funds of that fiscal year. OF TIIE COLLECTION OF TAXES. ' Sec. 85. All taxes, except as herein except- J ed, shall be payable, annually, on or before t the fifteenth of January after their assessment, 1 and the several county treasurers shall collect 1 the same in the manner required by law, and I give the receipts therefor to the several parties ] paying the same, in which the real estate paid 1 on shall be briefly described, and the value of e the personal property paid on shall be stated, { together with the time 3uch taxes may be pay- J able. ' ^ Sec. 86. The county treasurer shall keep c his office open for the receipt of taxes from r November 20th to March 20th. [ Sec. 87. When the taxes and assessments c charged against any party or property on the 1 duplicate shall not be paid on or before the c 15th of January, after the assessment thereof, or when the remainder of such taxes and assessments shall not be paid on or before the 15th of February next thereafter, together with twenty per cent, penalty on such remaining unpaid, the county treasurer shall proceed to collect the same, by distress or otherwise, as may, at the time, be prescribed by law, together with a penalty of five per cent, on the amount so delinquent, which penalty shall be for the use of the treasurer, as a compensation for making such collection. Sec. 88. When the taxes, assessments and penalties charged against any parcel or lot of real property shall not be paid on or before the 15th day of January in each year, or collected by distress or otherwise, as authorized by this act, a penalty of twenty per cent, thereon shall be added by the county auditor on the county duplicate; and if the said taxes and penalty shall not be paid on or before the 10th day of February next thereafter, or collected by distress or otherwise, the penalty and said taxes shall be treated as the delinquent taxes on such real property, to be collected in the same manner that is or may be prescribed by law; and if the amount of such delinquent taxes, assessments and penalties shall not be paid on or before the second Monday in March of the current year, the delinquent taxes, assessments and penalties of the current year shall be due and collected by the sale of such real estate in the manner that is or may be required by law. Sec. 89. The county treasurer, immediately imnn the reneint of the tax duplicate for the -i? 1 ? year from the couuty auditor, shall cause a notice to be inserted once in two daily newspapers published at the county seat of his county, if two such papers be there published ; if not, then in one such paper ; and if no daily paper be published at such county seat, then in two weekly papers published at such C county seat; but if two such weekly newspapers be not published, then in one such paper ; and if no paper is published in the countyTthen such notice shall be given in such manner as the county treasurer may direct, stating the total rate per centum of levies for Stat3 purposes, and the total rate per centum for all other purposes, on the duplicate of that f year; and if any special levies have been made " on the property of a school or other district, not affecting an entire county, the total rate ? of levies in such district shall also be stated ? in such notice. l Sec. 90. All personal property subjected to taxation shall be liable to distress and sale for the payment of taxes and assessments ; and t< any time after any taxes or assessments shall * become due, according to law, the county j treasurer, by himself or deputy, may distrain J sufficient personal property of the party j against whom such taxes or assessmeuuj are | I charged, if the same can be found in his | j county, to pay the taxes or assessments so due, j j with any penalty charged or chargeable there-j j on, and the costs that may accrue, and shall j j immediately advertise the same in three of the most public places in the town, or ward, or district in which such property shall be distrained, stating the time and place in such j | town, ward or district when and where such : property will be sold; and if the taxes, assess-1 I ments and penalties for which such property I i was distrained, together with the costs of the J ' proceeding, shall not be paid before the day j i appointed for such sale, (which shall not be " j less than five, nor more than ten days after posting up such notices of sale), such treasur- j er, or his deputy, shall proceed, at the time tl and place mentioned in said notice, to sell 1: such property, or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public vendue, to the highest bidder; and if such property, or a sufficient amount thereof, shall not be sold at the time and place aforesaid, such treasurer shall retain in his possession, and advert' e and offer the same for sale, in manner aforesaid, from time to time, until the same shall be sold. [to be continued next week.] THE FAVORITE HOME REMEDY. rHIS unrivaled Medicine is warranted not to contain a single particle of Mkkcuky, or any njurious mineral substance, but is PURELY VEGETABLE, :ontaining those Southern Kools and Herbs, vhieh an all-wise Providence has placed in counrifis wlini-i! T.ivor Disposes most nrevail. It will we all Disease# ami Dcramjcment.i of the Liver mil Bowel#. SIMMON'S LIVER REGULATOR, OR MEDICINE, is eminently a Family Medicine; and by being cept ready for immediate resort will save many in hour of suffering and many a dollar in tiin'e ind doctors' bills. After over Forty Years' trial it is still receiving he most unqualified testimonials to its virtues rom persons of the highest character and respoliability. Eminent physicians commend it as the nost EFFECTUAL SPKCIFIC For Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Armed with this antidote, all climates and chang!S of water and food may be faced without fear. As a remedy in Malarious Fevers, Bowel Com>laints, Restlessness, Jaundice, Nausea, IT HAS NO EQUAL. :tis the Cheapest, Purest and Best Family Medi:ine in the World! Manufactured only by J. II. ZKILIN & CO. Macon, (la., and Philadelphia. Price, $1. Sold by all Druggists. March 20 13 ly* MUSIC IIATH CHARMS, &C. |*TITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give j j their children a chance for a musical edu:ation, but whose means are very limited, that I lavo mado arrangements with the celebrated 'Mason <V. Hamlin O reran Co.." tosiiDnlv persons vith their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest acjory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarerly payments, upon whatis called the lease principle. Thus any one by paying only a moderate mm for the uso of the instrument, can, at any ime,give it up or become purchaser; the amount ilready paid being applied to the purchase. Or a lerson having paid the rent for four years, bosomes the owner of the Organ without further layment. Call and enquire for particulars and lee the now styles, at my Photo gallery, in the Ydickes' 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 misrepresentalons and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring" :ompanics, I still insist that I have the best and iheapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, ind I am ready to prove my words to all who look for the truth in the matter. J. R. S. THE BROWN COTTON GIN. rHE attention of planters and others is again called to the above old and reliable make of Cotton Gins. They are furnished this year greaty improved, and nothing which an experience of liirty years in their manufacture could suggest las been loft undone to make them tho most relia)le and perfect Cotton Gin in market. As the remit of our efforts we need only refer to their esabllsbed reputation and wide-spread popularity. ?or Perfection of Workmanship, Strength, Dura)ility, Light Running, and quantity and quality >f lint produced, we challenge competition. We ire prepared to warrant to any reasonable extent )ertect satisfaction to every planter or operator. I'lie Gins are sold at the lowest possible prices for food machines, and on reasonable terms. Wo incite examination of tho samples in the hands of >ur local agents who will give all desired infornation and furnish applicants with circulars and opiesof commendatory letters from parties using he Gins in all sections ot ttie cotton planting lountry. Circulars, Price Lists, and other infornation, may bo obtained of our agents or by adIressing THE BROWN COTTON GIN CO., New London, Conn. ALLEN cfc BARBER, Agents, Rock Hill, S. C. May 14 20 27t ^ i -n-nj-AT- r -rr> ^7^.^ " miiauaeniMruatarr gnu. i/m?nmyy _ u> % (BrnMsJTewtls RrfLBdfosi&jJ^Gwdt, j rj ^ (I SktauxdWu'lleMadluiFToor.sndJ]niii \ PT cs i* lll^jWhibTinejWilmdEauyiindier) \ 7 H ' Cd6inefJUdJbrfSifWffDiU&a, i U j . AUWorhWsrrviteit \ ^ fe J LOWEST PRICES. I r W ! SejidflrTriceZtitfi, \ " LH. HALL& CO.! 9 MomfiftmTrr&JfitlaTk' k ll : f| CHARLESTON, S. 0. gg his Cut entered according to Act of Congress, in tlieyear 1873, by I. H. Hai.l St Co., in the office of theLibrarian of CongicsM,at Washington. July 3 27 ly IHERAW AND DARLINGTON R. ROAD. JEF** ,Vv PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,) clikraw tt Darlington Railroad Co., f Society Hill,S. c., October 10, 1873. J CHANGE OP SCHEDULE. 3N and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. eaveCheraw 8.00, A. M. 1 Leave Florence....3.00,P. M eave Cash's 8.20, A. M. j Leave Palmetto,....3.20, P. M' "ill ?? A ,\f I I mvo IVirliiiuMli ..3,40. P. M' cave Dove's 9.15, A. M. I Leave Dove's 4.15, P. M' cave Darlington. .9.50, A. M. | Leave Society Hill.4.45, P. M" enve Palmetto...10.10, A. M. Leave Cash's 5.10, l'.M' rriveat Florence. 10.30, A. M. j Arrive at Cheraw..5.30, P. M' The Freight Train will continue for the present yjrtin as heretofore, except to adapt its running nd stoppages to the changed sehedulo of the pasengor trains. Iron in the Blood #TTTR rEr.rriAN S Y It I! P Vitalizes ami Enriches the Wood, Tones up tho System,ItuiMsup tho lfroken-dovvn, t tires Femalo Coin plaints. Drops v. Debility.lluluors. Dvsjiepsia. At. Thousands havo been chanced by tho uso of this remedy If 'ill nras, mi-Mr, suffering creatures, to strong, healthy, and happy men ami women; ami invalids cannot reasonably hesitate to Rive i t a trial, Caution.?lie sure you get tho right article. 800 that "Peruvian Syrup" is blown in tho glass. Pamphlets /roe. Schilforonc. SKTII W. FO\V*LE ?fc SON'S, Froprietors, Poaton, Mass. For sale by druggists generally. October 2 40 ly ANNUAL RETURNS. A DMINJSTRATORS, Executors, Guardians \ and Trustees, are hereby notified to make lieir ANNUAL RETURNS, without further dely. Unless returns are made promptly, I will e under theneressity of issuing rules for default. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. July 24 30 tf SPECIFIC MEDICINES. PREPARED expressly for and adapted to the Southern Climate, "COMPOUND EXTRACT COKYDALIS" Is the most powerful andelllcient alterative and blood-purifier known. Prepared expressly for Scrofula, Eruptions of the Skin and ail disease* which are produced by bad or unhealthy blood. "DR. GREENE'S FIT CURE" Cures all kinds of Fits, Spasms and Convulsions which arise from irritation of the nerve centres. In Epilepsy, it often stops the tits from the first day's use even when they have existed for years. "MEDICATED HONEY," The great remedy for Asthma, Rronchitis, Coughs, Colds, Croup, Sore-Throat and all diseases of'the air passages and lungs. It does not sickep the piltvpllt, IS pieasaiu 10 lane, piumpi 111 iui acuuu and does not injure the appetito or impair digestion, as most Expectorants do. OUR "NEURALGIA SPECIFIC" Is a perfect specific for Neuralgia, Sciatica, Rheumatism and all muscular or nervous pains, wherever situated. These medicines aro prepared with great care from perfectly reliable drugs, and for the especial classes of diseases named on each bottle. No one of them is claimed as a "cure all." They are identically the same that wo have used in our private practice for years, and in thus presenting them to the public we know whereof we affirm. They are safe, reliable and efficient, acting quickly and thoroughly. Try them, and you will want lio others. Ask your Druggist for them. For sale by J. C. KUYKENDAL, Yorkville, S C. Prepared only by Dns. GREENE, LINDLEY A BENTLEY, Charlotte, N. C. N. B.?Cancers, Tumors and Ulcers treated as heretofore by "Kline1* Great Cancer Antidotes," at Charlotte, Goldsboro and Asheyille, N. C. December 18 33 ly m ik jh. w THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand some pattern and neatlinish, 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 of ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideration with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and oImo q ra navor I'lianueH fthnnlri a cflt a/v>i. dentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply oecause it is a home production, buton account of its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, ' D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthriesville; John A. Brown,Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, by buving of us, and at the same time get a STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our prices, delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 44 y 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 26 00 Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. C. DUNLAP, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. ^ggggGRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT PIANOS HAVE received upwards of FIFTY FIRST PREMIUMS, and are among the best now made. Every instrument is fully warranted for fivo years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of the very best materials and the most thorough workmanship will permit. The principal pianists and composers and the piano-purchasing public, of the South especially, unite in the unanimous verdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO. The DURABILITY of "our instruments is fully established by>over SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, in the South, using over 300 of our Pianos. Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the principal manufacturers of Cabinet and ParlorOrgans. Prices from $50 to $600. A liberal discount to Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. A large assortment of second-hand Pianos, at prices ranging from $75 to $300, always on hand. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the names of over 'J000 Southerners who have bought and are using cheStiett" Piano. CHAS. M. STIEFF, Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street, BALTIMORE, MD. Factories, 84 and 86 Camden St., and 45 and 47 Perry St. May 21 21 ly THE SHORT LINE SCHEDULE. Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta R. R. Co*, Columbia, S. C., May 17, 1874. nillK fnllnwinc Passenger Schedule will be OD X orated on aifd after this date: going north. Train No. 2. Train No. 4. Leave Augusta, 6.30 a. m. 4.15 p. in. CI ranitevilie, *7.33 a. in. 5.11 p. m. Col'bia Junct'n,.. 11.38 a. ni. f9.05 p. in. Arrive Columbia, 11.48 a. m. 9.17 p. in. Leave Columbia, 11.58 a. m. Winnsboro, 2.00 p. in. Chester, J4.06 p. in. Arrive Charlotte, f6.45 p.m. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Charlotte and Richmond, to all points North, arriving at New York at 6.05 a. in. No. 4 Train makes close connection, via Wilmington and Richmond to all points North, arriving at New Y'ork at 5.15 p. m. going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 3< Leave Charlotte, 7.00 a. m. Chester, 9.58 a. m. Winnsboro, 11.43 a. m. Arrive at Columbia, 2.03 p. m. Leave Columbia, 2.13 p.m. 3.40 a.m. Col'bia Junction, J2.48 p. m. 4.15 a. m. Graniteville, f7.15 p. m. *7.48 a. ni. Arrive at Augusta, 8.05 p. in. 8.45 a. m. Breakfast. \ Dinner. fSupper. South bound Trains connect at Augusta for all points South and West. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. fp?3r Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. A. Pope,Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. June 4 * 23 tf (??quwt. TERMS?IN ADVANCE : One copy, one year, $ 3 00 One copy, six months, 1 50 One copy, three months, 1 00 Single copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 ...1. nf tnn /ir iu JIUIBUUO ?IIU Iliatvc UJJ UUU3 WI IV.1 V. more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at fifteen cents per line (this size typo) for the lirst, and seven-and-a-half cents per line for each subsequent insertion?less than three months. No advertisement considered less than live lines. Semi-Montlilv, Monthly, or Quarterly Advertisements, wilfbo charged twenty cents per line for each insertion. Quarterly, Scmi-Annual or Yearly contracts will be made on liberal terms?the contract, however, must, in all cases, be confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual contracting. Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated asadvertisements. Announcements of Marriages and Deaths, and notices of a Religious character, inserted gratis, and solicited. ^550** Personal Communications, when admissablo; Communications of limited or individual interest, of recommendations of Candidates for /offices of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for as advertisements.