Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 09, 1874, Image 4

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||umoro?isi Hejwtrocnt. fecT* A few years ago, when General N. was making an active political canvass in the Territory of , then on the eve of its admission into the Union as a State (he was then Territorial Governor), he was confronted by an opposition which had small respect for the amenities of debate or the conventionalities observed in more cultivated communities. At Sandy Gulch, where a meeting was to be held, there appeared in the crowd opposed to him, a rough, pestilent, desperate fellow named M'Guire, puffy with pistols and things, who was bent upon trouble, and meant, if possible, to break up the proceedings. In General N.'s following was a "gentleman" named Taylor, equally ready for similar work, and thoroughly devoted to his chief. At the opening of the meeting it became evident that M'Guire had inserted into his noble form just enough whisky to bo reckless. He was thor oiighly inflated. As things weut on he became more and more offensive, until the General's friend came up, and whispered in his ear: "General, hadn't I better kill him ?" "0, no," replied the General, "that would not do. I couldn't sanction any violence, much less a murder; but, if any little thing should happen (here he lowered his voice, and spoke jocosely, as he meant it), "if any little thing should happen, I've got my pocket full of blank pardons." A few minutes later M'Guire broke out into a fresh tirade, whereupon Taylor drew his revolver and shot him through the brain. He fell like a log. Walking up to the body, and standing astride of it, revolver still in hand, he looked coolly upon the excited crowd, and said: "Gentlemen, I trust that now we shall have order in this meeting." Order was had. The General concluded his remarks, the meeting quietly adjourned, M'Guire's body was slung over a mule, and taken away by his friends, who buried him "with his boots ou," and that was the end of it. There was some talk for a day or two; nothing more. It wasoue of those little incidents, you know, that will occur in frontier life. A Conceited Lovek.?Alfouso Bombardio was not only one of the most celebrated .fl J L..i. i ..i ?/ scuipiurs 01 ms uay, uui no was nisu ouc 01 the most exquisite of coxcombs. Being extensively patronized by the Emperor Charles V., he was admitted at court, where for a season, he reigned supreme as a leader of fashion and flirtation. It remained for a young lady of Bologna to administer a fitting puuisbment for his fulsome conceit. This lady chauced to be Bombardio's partner at a ball given by the Governor, and he improved the opportunity of making love in the most flippant manner. The lady did not even smile. Bombardio looked languishingly upon her, aud heaved a deep sigh. Then, pressing his haud upon his bosom, with beseeching gaze and with a writhing almost of torture, he exclaimed: "Ah ! sweet lady, if this be not true love I feel, what can it be ?" "Perhaps," replied the beauty, with utmost innocence of expression, "something bites you." The story got abroad, and from that day Bombardio grew wise in the matter of indiscriminate love-making. A New Advertising Dodge.?The familiarity of the frontiers-man with scenes of shooting and executions by Lynch-law, aud his coolness in the average Western affray, are proverbial. The last instance that has come to our knowledge in which enterprise and self-possession were admirably mingled, occurred at the recent execution of a criminal in Washington Territory. Just as he was about to be swung off, and after he had rcnifirlrofl tr? tlio cboriff tlint lio bnd nnth in or further to say, a real-estate agent, whose office was in his hat, forced himself to the front and up the steps of the scaffold, and jointly addressing the criminal and the sheriff, said, "If the gentleman who occupies the platform will kindly yield for a few tniuutes, I would like to make a few remarks upon the cheap homestead lots at Dobson's Hole I am now offering for sale." The polite request was assented to, and after a brief summary of the advantages presented by that locality, the sheriff resumed his duties, pulled the cap over the "gentleman's" countenance, and permitted him to drop. ?0"" A Pittsburg firm, dealing largely in photograph cards and stereoscopic pictures, received a letter from a customer in an adjoining county last week, in which was the following singular request: "Mr. , living here, wants a picture of his wife. She has been dead forty-four years, was a medium sized woman, light, sandy complexion, hair a little on the dark, sandy color, blue eyes, weight 140 pounds, red cheeks, and 36 years old when she died. Inclosed find fifty cents for the picture." This bona fide request was complied with. A picture was selected from the large assortment in stock as near the description as possible aud forwarded on. Singularly enough, it proved entirely satisfactory, the simple minded granger expressing much surprise at the marvelous inventions of the nresent time, and esueciallv was he aston idicd at the wouderful things tiiey could do in Pittsburg. The Whole Loaf.?A gentleman relates: Some years since I boarded at a hotel, the proprietor of which tvas a newly-married man. The maiden name of his spouse was Crumb. Immediately after marriage, and when the hotel busiuess commenced, old lady Crumb, her daughter Peggy, and her two sous, John and Ike, regularly domiciled themselves within the hospitable ways of the inu. The laudlord was a good-natured, easy-going sort of a fellow, not quite as smart as some folks; but one day he got off the following: Addressing me, he said, "Look-a-hayr, Sam, I'll tell you just how it is; when I got married I thought I was getting a Crumb, but I'll be hanged if I don't believe I got the hull loaf." A Beautiful Passage.?A very vain preacher having delivered a ?prmnn in th? hearing of the Rev. Robert Hall, pressed him, with a mixture of self-complacency and indelicacy, to state what he thought of the ser- j mon. Mr. Hall remained silent for some time, hoping that his silence would be rightly interpreted; but this only caused the question J to be pressed with greater earnestness. At i length Mr. flail admitted, "There was one : very fine passage." "I am rejoiced to hear | you say so. Pray, sir, which was it?" "Why,1 sir, it was the passage Irom the puipit to tne vestry." Sunday Wui:k.?An old western farmer, who was anything but religious, had hired a devout negro, and to get some Sunday work out of him had to resort to various specious ; devices. One morning Sambo proved refrac-! tory?"he would work no more on Sunday." The master then argued with him that in a "case of necessity" even the Scriptures allowed a man to get out of a pit on a Sabbath day, a beast that had fallen in. "Yes, inassa," rejoined the black, "but not if he spent Saturday diggin' de pit for de berry purpose !" "Mother, dear, you are a liar," said a little boy the other day, when she whipped him for being saucy. When the father came home at night the mother told him what an impudent son they had. "What made you call your mother a liar, my son?" asked the father, as he took off his coat to give his boy a regular thrashing. "Because she was! She said she'd skin me alive and she didn't!" said the young philosopher. The father put on his coat and spent the evening in thought. Strange.?"I tell you," said a Wisconsiu man to a neighbor next day after burying his wife, "when I came to get into bed, and lay thar, and not hearing Lucinda jawing around for an hour and half, it just made me feel as if I'd moved into a strange country." Department, j A LESSON FOR ROYS. "BE COURTEOUS." Of all the Scripture commands for ordering j our every-day life, this injunction of St. Paul j is perhaps the one most habitually disregard- ! ed by children, both boys and girls, but espe- j! cially boys. " Courtesy, politeness?pooh !" I have heard j even bright-looking, well-dressed boys say, :' "they are well enough for girls ; but a boy. that isu't a Miss Nancy, has got to be rough." ; That's just where you're mistaken, boys. I Your great ambition, from the time you put ' on your first jacket aud trowsers, and take a walk with papa instead of mamma or nurse, |: is to be a "big man." But men, at least well- !' bred men, are not rough and rude in their j manners. They behave politely to each 1 other and to everybody ; and the sooner you I betrin to do so. the sooner you will take one long stride toward being manly. You would be very angry, even now, at ' teu or twelve years of age, if any one told you j1 you were "no geutlemau." But did you ever ! observe the literal meaning of that word?a j, gCntle-m&u ? Then why do you think it is ! only intended for girls to be "gentle?" As for "Miss Nancy-ism," I suppose that, is a boy's word for cowardice. But do you j remember the account St. Paul gives of all he |' suffered in defense of the truth ? You would j' think a boy a perfect hero if he took one ! severe whipping without flinching, in defense 11 of what he believed to be right; but that noble . martyr endured every kind of terrible suffer- ! ing, submitted to be scourged, stoned, impris- } oued, and finally put to a violent death, rather than yield the truth he had pledged himself to uphold. You would scarcely think him lacking in courage and manliness, and yet, boys, it was he who said, ,lBc Courteous." "Thank you," and "If you please," are much easier words to say than "Shall," and "Sha'n't," "I don't care," and "You're another," if boys would only believe it. But I started to tell you a story of how a little boy I knew once missed something which he wanted very much just by his lack of politeness. It was little Jack Farley, the son of a friend ' of mine, and I was at her house one day when Jack was begging for the promise of a new sled at Christmas. But his mother was firm in her refusal. "You remember well, Jack," said she, "what I told you last winter, when : you were so careless about leaving your sled ?Mit /\P /in/ire ill nil unt'tc nf iVAntlwr llint. it would be worthless this winter, and that I : should not get you another. But you gave ( no attention, and now you must take the consequences. You must get along with the old ! oue, unless you earn a new one for yourself in some way." "And so I would if I only knew any way," ' said Jack, "but what can a fellow do? It J would take all winter to get enough by shovelling snow, and then a fellow wouldn't want a sled." ' Don't say "a fellow" so much, said his mother; but she had nothing to suggest, and I heard no more about Jack's sled at that time. . A few weeks after, I happened to be looking out some Christmas gifts for little brighteyed nieces and nephews of mine, in Mr. 1 Handy's great toy store, when Jack Farley 5 elrinnincr hv. Tfo had a hriaht blue 1 ~ rt?o ~Ja' ?- "7- ? ?o # , ribband round his neck, with a large silver medal hanging from it, and his face was '. flushed and his eyes shining with great delight. The charm of the broad windows, , stocked with all mauner of beautiful and wouderful toys, caught his attention, and _ he stopped a moment to take a hasty glance. ' Mr Handy, who stood near the door, no- ! ticed the bright, joyous faces, and the medal 1 with its gay ribband. "Halloo, my fine fel- 1 low," he said merrily, "what sort of a grand . decoration have you got on ? What's that a . reward for?" "For being head of my class, of course," . said Jack, without even looking at the geutleman who took such good-humored notice of him. "Well, that's a good hearing," said Mr. j Haudy, even more kindly than before. "I . like to see boys with medals to show that they are at the head of their class. It proves . there's good stuff in them. Here, I'd like to give some thing to the boy that gets the mod- | al when he's no bigger than you. Take this, \ my fine fellow," holding out a new twenty- , five cent stamp as he spoke; but though Jack's eyes sparkled at the sight, he did not touch it. \ "1 don't want any of your money," he said j rudely, and turning off, with never a thought ol a "tliauK you,'" ran notne. "Well, sir, whatever you got the medal for, it was not for good manners," said Mr. Handy, quite mortified, as he put the money 1 back into his pocket. Then turning to me, r he said, ' "Did you ever see such a young cub, ' ma'am ? If he was too proud to take a bit f of change from a man old enough to be his 1 grandfather, at least he might have refused it -1 politely. Boys didn't behave so in my young ^ days." ' "I know his mother," I said, "and I know 1 she is very particular about their not asking j for money. I suppose Jack thought she would 1 not like to have him accept any from a stranger; but as you say, he ought to have i been respectful." 1 "Well, he's cut himself out of my good 1 graces," said the old gentleraau. "I had ta- ' ken a great fancy to that boy; he goes past ' here twice a day to and from school, and al- 1 ways looks so bright and smart I thought J there was good stuff in him. We're always 5 so busy before Christmas, I have to employ ^ a good deal o' extra help. I meant to ask 1 him to come in and give us a little of his ( smartuess on Chistraas eve ; I thought he'd 1 like the fun of selling toys for a while, and 1 then I meant to give him the choice of all the sleds in the shop. But he's a little too 1 1 T T I SUJUl L 1U1 UlC, X 11UU, X ^uuuiuu b viaiu n ucv such a rude chap to wait oil my lady custo- ] mers." 1 Poor Jack ! A new sled?the very thing 1 his heart craved. But he lost it just for want ' of a little common politeness. I Iioyc, boliovc mo t Wkila it u a poor motive to do what la right only because it pays, yet for that reason, among many higher and ( nobler ones, it will| be well for you to re- 1 member St. Paul's charge, "Be courteous." 1 ? ; "I Can Nkyeii Bf. a Drunkard."?In our t youth we had a very dear friend who often used this expression. He was a proud boy, and i a prouder man. He was fond of what the world calls pleasure, and finally ran into the vortex that leads to ruin. Social in his nature, he was often tempted at parties to take . wine, and berated his friends who refused when he accepted. And when in his calm moments, these very friends would warn him of his clangor, he would reply, "I can never | : be a drunkard." The habit grew upon him, aud after awhile | ho commenced taking his dram regularly, j Ashamed of his habit, and fearful that his j ; friends would discover it, he used cloves j ! and other articles to destroy the siuell of his breath. Often remonstrated with by his I watchful friends, he would deny that he had (gone to excess. j The writer removed to Texas, aud return-1 ing to his old home, where his friends lived, j about seventeen years afterward, the first | time he saw him he was down on the sidewalk drunk, aud a year afterward he was} i found dead in the same street. Young men, beware! There is not one in ten thousand that can always be moderate in driuking. If you touch it at all, you are in danger. The ingenuity of man lias truly i given you the means of destroying the smell of liquor upon the breath, but not of saving j you from a drunkard's fate. ig?" Jinsy not thyself in searching into other ' , raen,s lives; the errors of thine owu are more than thou canst answer for. It more concerns ! thee to mend one fault in thyself than to find out a thousand in others. ^catling far the sabbath. CONDUCTKI) JIY UEV. ROBETtT LATHAN. j ,\ conversion of an infidel. About three years ago the writer had charge j: of a church in the city of Richmond, Virgin-1 J ia. Not far from the church lived a gentle- i, man who, by ecouony and industry, had be- j come the owner of a neat cottage, in which ' his wife and two interesting children lived ; very comfortably. ; ]>y the influence of Paine's Age of Reason j and the counsel of wicked associates, he be- \ 01 came a confirmed skeptic. For years he was jt!( not seen in a place of worship. To him the ;tc Sabbath was no more than any other day, and 1 the Bible no more than any other history. !C( One morning, in passing along the street j el on which he lived, a friend accosted me and j b mentioned that he was in a very low state of j 11 health, snfieriim acutely from dronsv. without 1>; any prospect of recovery, ami asked me to j c< call and see him. 111' The aversion of this poor man to religion ! was so great that no minister had been near | r< him, and scarcely had his most intimate ,C( friend dared to hroach the subject to him. |1,1 Ilis devoted wife, a God-fearing woman, I though she saw that her husband was rapidly i jinking to the grave, feared to speak to him i about his soul. Knowing all this, I hesitated | c< ... ! w for awhile as to paying him a visit, but con- | science urged me to go. j On entering his room I found him sitting ; ftj by the fire breathing very hard and in much ! J; pain. When he got a little easier, I said I kindly to him that my visit was prompted i w purely by the interest I felt in his welfare.,1 I remarked that I came as a stranger without j s: his requesting it, but I hoped he would con- j,s: aider me a true friend, and begged him to re-1 P member that we could not change our rela- j 11 tion to any great truth by refusing seriously i to consider it. lie assented. My visit was ,l! short. When leaving this sad and weary j invalid, I again assured him of the deep in- j terest I felt in his welfare, especially the wcl- \ *0 fare of his soul. I reminded him that I had j P known prayer to be of much service to thous- i ^ amis, that I had realized its benefits myself, j 11 that I never knew any one to regret having i Ci prayed, but many to deplore their neglect to I do so. and added. "I besr vou, my friend, ^ look to God in prayer." When leaving, ho j1,1 said, rather coldly, "Call again." j After a short interval I did so. During j 11 this visit I talked to liiiu more freely on the ! 01 subject of religion. I discussed no abstract I ^ doctrines with him, but as tenderly and af- I ni fectionately as I could, pointed him to Jesus ; is the sinner's Friend and Saviour. I warned J him against any book or person that would \ s: speak lightly of Jesns, adding, "He who would j ^ disparage Christ iu your estimation is your worst enemy." I said this because his infidel 11 Friends were visiting him and trying as hard ?( io bolster him up in bis infidelity, as I was to 11 ave him from it. u' This visit was far more satisfactory than ?' die former; my sick friend was more reccp- ^ dve of the truth, which seemed now gradually tr listening itself on his mind. As I was about ;o leave he asked me to pray for him. This C( equest astonished his wife no less than my- e: self. I had actually been afraid to ask his s' lermission to do what he himself now request- 1,1 ni' inn 'I'lio nrnunr on/lait f left: liirn wil.ll tl' At VI HIV* X1IV V? ?. ?V?V ...... ...v.. i tear-dimmed eye, and his wife with a lighter leart, promising to come again. n( The day after my second visit, while scaled ul iy the lire, he said to his wife: "M , where ^ ire my infidel books?" She told him. "Go," m iaid he, "bring them to me." She put them 11 his hands, and he deliberately threw them hi 11 the fire, saying as he did it, "There ; I am sc lone with all this nonsense now." al Learning that he had done this, and that b; le refused to hear any more foolish talk from ai lis infidel companions, I felt that my sick st riend was "not far from the kingdom of sc 3od." sn So it proved. lie now became humble as w i little child, and an eager learner of the way cl if salvation. Light beamed 011 his mind, and b< lis heart was melted into tenderness before 01 3od. > ui A few days after the burning of his books of ie obtained peace with God through faith in sn Jesus, and at his request 1 baptized him and n< id ministered to him the communion. He ived several months after his conversion, and ai inally met death calmly trusting in Jesus. m Let us learn from this history to try and do en jood even in the face of the greatest discour- at igemcnts. "A word spoken in due season, in low good is it."?K. M. I*, in Am. Messenger, cl COME TO JESUS. pi Why ? Because you are a needy sinner, cc md Jesus is a mighty Saviour; nay, ilic ta - 1 .? 7 )) <1*\T 1...x nr nighty saviour, ana me oniy. ixunt: uui --Fesus can do helpless sinners good." But w. low shall I come? By simply believing the ('' estimony which God hath given of his Sou ?* n the Scriptures, especially the great, the n: glorious truth that Jesus has come for you., P; lie says himself that he came to save the lost. Ele represents himself as the good Shepherd, H| ,vho would leave the ninety and nine safely bided, to go in search of one poor sheep lost n the wilderness. So he is in search of you. Are you lost? Then you are the one the tr'1 jood Shepherd is seeking. (Jail for him ; he w vill hear your voice. Above the howliugs of he fiercest storm that hell and sin can raise, kl le will hear the faintest bleatings of a lost amb, and come and lay you on his shoulders "i md carry you back to the fold. Only do not K1 struggle to get out of his arms. Divest yourself of all idea that you are in search of a re- 01 uctant Saviour; exacly the reverse of this is she fact. He says, "Behold I stand at the a' loor, and knock: if any man hear my voice, n? md open the door, I will come into him, and Sl1 svill sup with him, and he with me." 01 Jesus is very near to every sinner, if he t'1 iVould hear his voice; but alas, his ears are so :'ull of the sounds of the world that he will tr lot hear the voice of the Beloved. Still He * .mi* i i rJ s knocking for admittance, until 111s iocks i" ire wet with the drops of the night. Oh! now very near has Jesus come. The little ni girl was not out of the way when she said, C( '.Mamma, while f was Droving, it seemed that 111 Jesus was so near to me that, if I should put m jut iny hand, I could touch him." Dear w t'hild ! the glorious One was nearer than that tr to your faith ; and he is nearer than that to nil who have heen taught the way of sal va- el tion, as it is revealed in the New Testament: tl !,The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, b and in thy heart; that is, the word of faith 1} which we preach : That if thou shalt confess b with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and slialt tl believe in thy heart that God raised him j ti from the dead, thou slialt be saved." I ti Come, then, in this faith, where you are, as ! h you are; wait for no new or startling iuani- J c< testations of power or feeling. And come i ?' now.?Am. Messenger. : o The Living Epistle.?Tho Christian is , " the world's Libia, and the only one which it h reads. If we take care that in this book be ; ti plainly shown the spirit, the grandeur, and | I.a urlntiinff friondlim>w (if Christ. tllCU shall 1 tl IWV. IWUU.Ufe , we see many hearts open to receive this actual I tl testimony of Christian life and suffering; for many of our opponents envy us in secret, our j Ci Christian comfort in disappointment and under heavy losses. Their hearts arc often ! ? stirred by a deep yearning after the support: ^ which bears us up; and this superiority ofjoi Christian life can often drive the hardest; u. heart to seek the help of our Lord. In fine,1 v only life can beget life. * * * Before such i argument ancient Home herself, the mightiest ft empire of the world and the most hostile to : ? Christianity, could not stand. Let us live in P like manner, and then, though hell should c have a short-lived triumph, eventually must ti he fulfilled what St. John says : "Love is the ; 0 fulfilling of the law." , C( J&ylf'wc would have powerful minds, we p must think ; if we would have faithful hearts, i a we must love; if we would have strong mus-! tl cles, we must labor. I a J>outh (KitvoUiui gait's. I THE TAX LAW. .X ACT to reduce all acts and parts of acts pro- j viilin^ for tho assessment and taxation of prop- ! erty into one act, and to amend thesamo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of; Representatives, of the State of South Caro- j na, now met and sitting in General Assem-1 ly and by the authority of the same: Sec. 91. Jf any taxes charged on any real j date be regularly paid, and such real estate e erroneously returned delinquent, aud sold j >r such taxes, the sale shall he totally void;! r if any taxes shall be illegally assessed and ! dleeted. when the same shall become known ; ) the county auditor, he shall, on demand of! ie party interested, submit the matter to the nnptroller-general; and the comptroller-gen- ; ral approve thereof in writing, the amount I aid by the purchaser at such void sale, or j le amount so illegally collected, shall be re- ' aid to the party paying the same, out of the Diinty treasury, on the order of the county uditur; and so much of said taxes as shall ave been paid into the State treasury shall be ^funded to the county treasury, and the \ )unty auditor shall retain the same in his i cxt annual settlement, and charge the State ; lerewith. Sec. 92. Whenever any person or persons, liarged with taxes upon the books of any wuty treasurer in this State, shall state, in riting, to said treasurer that he or they have een erroneously or illegally charged with the j une, said county treasurer shall submit to ! ie county auditor a full statement of the j icts in the ease, which statement shall be for-1 arded to the comptroller-general, with such . Jditional information relating thereto as the ' uu county auditor may lie anie to give; and , lid county treasurer shall not be required to ! roeeed against the party or parties so claim- | ig to have been erroneously or illegally I barged with taxes, by distress or otherwise, ntil the comptroller-general shall, in writing, irect him so to do. Sec. 93. That in all cases where the penal; for non-payment of taxes has attached to roperty held by assignees in bankruptcy, and hich could not or cannot be sold before the me at which taxes become due; and in all ises where sales of property for the settleicnt of estates, ordered by any court in this tate, have not been and cannot for want of me be made in season for the payment of ixes duo thereon, the comptroller-general, pon proper evidence that the taxes duo up11 such property have not been and cannot e paid until a sale of said property is made, lay remit the penalty which by law attaches >r non-payment of taxes. Sec. 94. The treasurer shall be allowed the ime fees and costs for making distress and do of real property for the payment of taxes i are or may be allowed to sheriffs for makig levey and sale of real property. The ninty treasurer shall be allowed the follower fees for makiiur distress and sale of person 1 property: For execution, fifty cents; entry *execution in execution books, fifty cents; :vy, fifty cents; advertising, one dollar; aveling fees, five cents per mile one way, to 2 computed from the seat of justice of the >uuty to the place of making distress; other cpensesat the actual costs. The following tall be the commission of the county treasrers. Each county treasurer shall receive ie commissions heretofore provided bylaw r tax collectors; Provided, The same shall at exced twenty-five hundred dollars peranum,except in the county ofCharleston, where ie commissions of the county treasurer shall :>t exceed three thousand dollars per annum. Sec. 95. Each county treasurer shall, on or 2fore the first Tuesday of June of each year, ittle with the auditor of his county for I taxes, assessments and penalties collected y him on the duplicate of the preceding year, id ascertain the amount with which he shall and charged on account of such taxes, asssments and penalties ; and he shall furnish iid auditor the names of all parties against hom taxes, assessments or penalties are mrged on said duplicate, from whom he has ?en unable to collect such taxes, assessments penalties, and the amounts uncollected; id when such treasurer has made a list therc' he shall swear to and sign the same before id auditor, assigning only such reasons for jn-collection as are mentioned in the eightycond section of this act, (and only such counts shall be inserted in said list as renin uncollected on account of some of the luscs mentioned iusaid eighty-second section); id after deducting his fees and the amount eluded in said delinquent list, he shall stand larged with the remainder of the taxes, asssments and penalties charged on said du icate; but if, iu making such settlement, the uinty treasurer shall stand charged with any x, assessment or penalty which, in fact, was )t paid prior thereto, he may, at any time hile remaining in office, collect the same by stress and sale of property, as in other cases 'delinquent taxes, or by action in his own ime, as for money paid for the use of the irty or parties charged with, or bound to pay, id tax, penalty or assessment; and after gog out ofoffico-he may maintain an action in s own name, as aforesaid, for the collection 'such tax, penalty or assessment. Sec. 9(j. Every county treasurer shall, on e first and-fifteenth days of each month, forard to the State treasurer all the moneys illccted by him for or on account of the :ate taxes, specifying for aud on account of hat fund the same was collected, for which iplicate receipts shall be returned to them / the State treasurer; of said receipts, one lall be retained by the county treasurer and le shall be forwarded by him to the compoller-geueral. The county treasurer shall, mi t],n first ntirl fifteenth davs of each outh, notify the board of couuty comruisoners the amount of funds collected for and 1 account of their respective counties, tnd ie character of such funds; and on the 16th 'each month shall also report to the compoller-general in such manner as the compoller-gcneral shall direct, a full and comlete statement of the State and county poll .x collected during the previous months or onth ; which report shall exhibit the total >1 lection made during the fiscal year, the nount disbursed, and cash on hand for or on ;cuuub wf?uj lev v or inx uuiieuica Oj l.i , hich report shall be denominated the couuty casu^r's monthly report. Sec. 97. If any chattel tax shall be unpaid t the time fixed for the payment thereof by lis act, or returned delinquent, as authorized y this act, the county treasurer may not. onr distrain property for the payment thereof, ut may recover the same, with the penalties j tereon, by action at law, proceedings in at- j ichment, or other means authorized by law j > be used by private individuals in the col- j sction ot fieuts, wnicn aeuon in umu jcdings shall be prosecuted in the name of; ich treasurer; and if he shall die or go out j f office before the termination of such action j r proceeding, or the final collection of the i loney, or any judgment or order therein, j is successor or successors may, from time to I me, be substituted as plaintiff therein. .Sec. OS. If after the return of any chattel. ix by any county treasurer as delinquent, j ic county treasurer shall know or be inform- j i that the party against whom the same is ; barged resides in some other county in this : tate, or has property or debts due him there- j i, it shall be his duty to make out and for-1 ard to the treasuror of such other county a , ertified statement of the name of the party gainst whom such taxes are charged, of the ' alue of the property on which such taxes 1 ere levied, the amount of the taxes and pen hies assessed thereon, and that the same are j elinquent, to the aggregate of which taxes and j cualties he shall add twenty-five per cent, as ' ollection fees, upon the receipt of which cer- j ficate it shall be the duty of the treasurer ! f such other county to collect such delinquent j ixes and penalties, with the twenty-five per I ent. collection fees as aforesaid, for which j urpose he shall have all the rights, powers j nd remedies conferred upon the treasurer of j ic county in which such taxes were assessed, j nd be allowed the same fees for distraint and I sale of property as if said taxes had beeu levied ' in his own county, and, upon collection made, may retain one-half of said twenty-five per ceut. collection fees, and shall transmit the balance collected by him to the treasurer of! the county from whom he received such certi- j fied statement by mail. But if the treasurer j to whom any such statement is sent cannot; collect the amount therein named, or any part thereof, he shall return the same, so en- j dorsed, with reasons for such non-collection. Sec. 99. On the sixteenth of February of each year, the county treasurer shall' furnish J the county auditor with a list of the names of | such tax payers on his duplicate as have fail- j ed to pay the tax and penalties charged i against said taxpayers on account of any real ' property, said property to contain the number j of lots aud acres of land, with buildings there- 1 on, with the State and county tax iu detail i and aggregate, which list shall be denorainat-; ed the list of delinquent lands, and all real J property returned by the county treasurer, as , provided for in this act, shall be offered for 1 sale on the second Monday in March next, ! after the same shall be thus returned, to satis- j fv tnv assessments and penalties thereon: ! Provided, That at all sales of lands for taxes, i only the right, title and interest of the one in , whose name the land has been listed and as- j sessed, shall be sold, and the purchaser shall j take the same subject to all encumbrance thereon at the time of sale ; Provided, however, that the purchaser at such tax sale shall be entitled to the possession of the land sold until the first day of December next after the : first day of January next after the day of sale. Sec. 100. Each county auditor in tiiis State shall, annually, cause the list of delinquent lands in the county to be published weekly j for two weeks, between the eighteenth of Feb- i ruary and the first Monday in March following, in one newspaper, and no more, published in his county; and if no paper be published in said county, then in some newspaper having the most general circulation in said county, to which list there shall be attached a notice in the following form, to wit: "Notice is hereby given that the whole of the several parcels, lots and parts of lots of real estate described in the preeednlfa list, or so much thereof as will be necessary to pay the taxes, nenalties and assessments charged thereon, will be sold by tbc treasurer of , I county, South Carolina, at his office in said county, on the second Monday of March, A. D. , utiles said taxes, assessments and penalties be paid before the time; and such sale will be continued, from day to day, until all of said parcels, lots and parts of lots of real estate shall be sold or offered for sale, A. D. auditor of county." And said auditor shall insert, at the foot of the record of said delinquent list, a copy of said notice, and certify to the correctness thereof, in what paper the same was published, when, and how long, and sign the same officially. Sec. 101. The county treasurer, or his deputy, shall attend at his office on the second Monday in March, and then and there, after the hour of 10 o'clock in the morning, offer for sale, at public auction, each tract, parcel or lot of real estate described in the advertisement aforesaid, on which the taxes, assessments and penalties charged thereon shall not have been paid; and the person then and there offering to pay the taxes, assessments and penalties charged thereon, for the least quantity thereof, shall be the purchaser ; and the treasurer shall continue such sale, from day to day, until each tract, parcel or lot of real estate described in said advertisement, upon which the taxes, assessments and penalties shall not have been paid, shall be sold or offered for sale: Provicfed, that the sale thus made shall be denominated the deliuquent land sale: Provided, that the time occupied in conducting above delinquent land sale shall not extend beyond the Friday following the second Monday in March: Provided, further, that the charges for advertising by the county auditor shall not exceed two doldars. Sec. 102. If the party purchasing any part of real estate at the sale mentioned in the preceding section shall fail to pay the treasurer immediately the amount of taxes, assessments and penalties charged thereou, the treasurer shall immediately offer the same again for sale, as if no sale had been made ; and the purchaser or purchasers so failing to make payment of said taxes, assessments and penalties, shall forfeit and pay a penalty of 50 per cent, on the amount thereof, which shall immediately be charged on the duplicate of the county auditor, against such purchaser or purchasers, and collected as taxes, and with like penalties for delinquency ; aud, when collected, onehalf thereof shall be retained by the county treasurer and the other half paid to the couuty auditor. Sec. 10S. The county auditor, or his deputy, shall attend all sales of delinquent real estate made by the treasurer of his county, and shall make a record of such in a substantial book, therein describing the several parcels offered for sale, as described in the advertisement aforesaid, and stating how much of each parcel was sold, and to whom sold ; and if any parcel was offered for sale and not sold for want of bidders, he shall so enter it on record; and the county auditor shall make out and certify a copy of said record, and forward the same to the comptroller-general, by the county treasurer, at the time said treasurer makes his annual settlement with the comptroller-general next after such sale. Sec. 104. All moneys received by the county treasurer at any delinquent land sales shall "be distributed by the county auditor to the several funds for which they were respectively levied, after deducting the expenses of the advertisement aforesaid, which in all cases shall be paid to the county auditor, and the State's proportion paid into the State treasury by the county treasurer, at his next annual settlement with the comptroller-general after such sale. Sec. 105. If the county auditor, by inadvertence or mistake, or any other cause, shall have heretofore omitted, or shall hereafter | orait, to publish the delinquent list 01 nis county, or any portion thereof, it shall be his duty, unless all taxes, assessments and penalties charged therein shall have been paid prior tr? tKp npvf .Tnno jpttlpmpnt^ tlipreaffer. of the county treasurer to charge t'.e several parcels of real estate described in s nd list with said taxes, assessments and penalties, with the taxes, assessments and penalties of the year next succeeding such omission, and record, certify and publish the same a.s part of the j delinquent list of such succeeding year, according to the provisions of this act. Sec. 106. Upon the payment of the proper ! amount into the county treasury, and fifty cents to the county auditor for the certificate, j and ten cents for the transfer of each parcel of real estate purchased at delinquent land j sale, the county auditor shall give to each ! purchaser, atsuch sale,a certificate of purchase, i in which he shall describe such parcel as the | same was described in the delinquent list, and j state when the same was sold, and for what j onv nnrcol i iWLIU lllJ I j UUU 11 UUij ye*LV ui wj 2,M,VW" > advertised was sold, he shall specify the quan- j ty sold, and authorize a surveyor, at the re quest of the purchaser, his heirs or assigus,1 to lay off by metes and bounds, as near as ! may be, in a square form, at the most north-1 westerly corner of any tract or lot of laud ; described in said certificate, the quantity so sold; and if the sale be made from the city,; village or town lot, or any part thereof, the j surveyor shall be directed to so lay off the 1 quantity sold that the same shall extend from the principal street or alley forming the most i convenient front to said lot to the rear of the I lot, and to bound the same by lines as nearly ; parallel with the outlines of said lot as prac-< ticable. Sec. 107. No deed shall be made for any real estate sold at delinquent land sale until i the expiration of ninety-one days from aud ! after such sale. Nor shall any survey there- j of, required by any certificate of purchase, be , made until the expiration of the same period ! of time. [to be continued next week.] sr ** :; THE FAVORITE HOME REMEDY. | \ THIS unrivaled Medicine is warranted not to t contain a single particle of Mkkcuky, or any ! , injurious mineral substance, but is PURELY VEGETABLE, !; containing those Southern Hoots and Herbs, | which an all-wise Providence has placed in coun- | f tries where Liver Diseases most prevail. It will j ( cure illi jsi.fcumm /?m/i;/c?(i70.i <>J rire i/ira c litnvcl?. i SIMMON'S LIVER REGULATOR, OR MEDICINE, i Is eminently a Family Medicine; and by being t kept ready for immediate resort will save many an hour of su tiering and many a dollar in time 1 and doctors' bills. * i After over Forty Years' trial it is still receiving the most unqualified testimonials to its virtues i from persons of the highest character and responsibility. Eminent physicians commend it as the most EFFECTITAIi Sl'KCI FIC 1 For Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Armed with this antidote, all climates and changes of water and food may be laced without fear. Asa remedy in Malarious Fevers, Dowel Complaints, Restlessness, Jaundice, Nausea, IT II AS XO E<iUA L. It is the Cheapest, Purest and Rest Family Medicine in the World! Manufactured only by J. II. ZKII.IN A CO. , Macon, Ha,, and Philadelphia. J Price, 81. Sold bv all Druggists. < March as * 13 ly* j MUSIC H ATII C11ARMS, &C. WITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give j their children a chance for a musical edu- j cation, but whosa means are very limited, that I I iti'.i,lr. nrrincrnnimik will, fln> fclobrnfiwl i ( "Mas< in ?te Hani in Organ Co.," to supply persons l with their unriv iled instrument, either at lowest 1 factory prices, I'o" cash, or 011 monthly orqitar- ^ terlv payments, nnon what is called the lease prin- , cipfe. 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 I 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 sen the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the Adickes' building, where I may he found during all business hours, either to show von a sample or to wait upon you if you want anything in the Photographic line as heretofore. .T. R. SCHORB. P. S.?Notwithstanding all the inisrepresenta- , tions and "gab" of .smart agents of the "Ring" < companies, 1 still insist that I have the best and j cheapest Sewing Machine (the American) to oiler, , and I am ready to prove my words to all who , seek for the truth in the matter. .T. R. S. j THE BROWN COTTON GIN. TUK attention of planters and others is again ' called to the above old and reliable make of ' Cotton Gins. They arc furnished this year great- } ly improved, and nothing which an experience of ( thirty years in their manufacture could suggest \ has been left undone to make them the most relia- J bio and perfect Cotton Gin in market. As the result of our ellbrts we need only refer to their established reputation and wide-spread popularity. For Perfection of Workmanship, St rength, Durability, Light Running, anil quantity and quality * of lint produced, we challenge competition. We are prepared to warrant to any reasonable extent perfect satisfaction to every planter or operator. The Gins are sold at the lowest possible prices for good machines, and on reasonable terms. We invite examination of the samples in the hands of our local agents who will give all desired information and furnish applicants with circulars and copiesof commendatory letters from parties using the Gins in all sections of the cotton planting . country. Circulars, Price Lists, and other infor- i inatiou, may bo obtained of our agents or by ad- I dressing " I THE KROWN COTTON GIN CO., New London, Conn. > ALLEN <k BARKER, Agents, < Rock lli'll, S. C. May 11 20 27t d ' j L| Kt (BrdthetiJTewzls RiiLBiihii&rj^Wuv (mrdi, \ W r* $ Sktej^l&Tllelfodlu:FlocrMLDrai& \ fT I Cm t UlintrjWhih Tine^aLmtE^rLtmLoy \ J? H \ Li5inetMih/3EieWoodi&.CA \ U ^ i. . AR WorA Warranted. \ L ; E* LOWEST PRICES. I r H ! SevdftfPrkeLltf, \ * J LH. HALL& Cd,! >A M&rafiictnrFr* fc V*tIerTi J Z,4*,d,*,lD.3&r/u?Stntfr* 1 !|| &3>J22#t2?astBdrS H g CHARLESTON, S. 0. gj [ Thl."Cut entered accorillngtu Act <?f Congress, in the year 1873, by i. ii. ham, St Co,, in tin; office of the Librarian of t Coiigic.s?,ut Washington. 1 July 3 '27 ly CHERAW AND DARLINGTON R. ROAR j xns linf j PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,-) Chkraw & Darlington Railroad Co., > Socikty Hill, S. C., October 10,1873. )_ 1 /^vr i xviv. op wr tiedtdtttt. ON and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train will run its follows: Down Traiii. Dp Train. LeaveClioraw 8.00, A. M. Leave Florence,....') <?0,P. M. Leave Cash's 8.30, A. M. Leave Palmetto,.....1.30, P. 51. Leave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. Leave Darlington...5.40, P. M. Leave Dove's 0.15.A. M. Leave Dove's. ..4.15, P.M. Leave Darlington..9.50, A. M. Leave Society Hill.4.45, P. M. Leave Palmetto...10.10, A. M. Leave Cash's 5.10, P.M. Arrive at Florence. lO.Ill), A. M. Arrive at C|iernw..5..'!0, P. M* The Freight Train will continue for the present tojrun its heretofore, except to adapt its running and stoppages to the changed schedule of the passenger trains. which does not dry up a cough and ioave the'causo J behind, but loosens it, cleanses the limps and allays ( irritation, thus removing tho cause of tho complaint. ? onveT'wtvrrov r\ i v ur OTDrn I '| t.1.1 ULLtlVLi/ by a timely resort to this standard remedy, ns is ^ proved by hundreds of testiiuoniiils it has received. The utnninn is signed' /. Butta" on the ? rapper, I PKTII tV. FOW1.K it SON'S, Proprietors, bos- f ton, Mass. Sold by dealers generally. October 12 40 ly ANNUAL RETURNS. 6 Administrators, Executors, Guardians j and Trustees, are hereby notilied to niako t their annual RETURNS,'without further de-'t lay. Unless returns are made promptly, I will ! be under the necessity of issuing rules lor default. ' t JOSEPH a. Me lean, Judge of Probate. j f July 24 -St) tf | missouri tripoli. "j \ JUST received a lot of Missouri Tripoli, cspe- | j cially adapted to housokecps for polishing j t Plated-ware, Rrass, steel, (ilass, or any materia, | where a brilliant lustre is required. Full direc- I a tions accompany each package. For sale by I a W. L. GRIST, Agent. j machine needles. x A LOT OF HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE i NEEDLES justarrivedaml for sale bv c W. L. GRIST, Agent, 1 SPECIFIC MEDICINES. 1JREPARED expressly for ainl adapted to the Southern Climate,. "' COMPOUND EXTRACT COllYDALIS" r.s the most powerful ami etlleient alterative ami dood-purilicr known. Prepared expressly for Scro/ulu, Hr up Hons of the. IS J: in and all diseases vhicli are produced by bad or unhealthy blood. "DK. GREENE'S FIT CURE" J11 res all kinds of Fits, Spasms and Convulsions vhich arise from irritation of the nerve centres, [n Epilepsy, it often stops the fits from the lirst lay's use even when they have existed for years. "MEDICATED HONEY," The great remedy for Asthma, lironchitis, Coughs, '.'olds, Croup, Sore-Throat and all diseases of the lir passages and lungs. It does not sicken the lationt, is pleasant to take, prompt in its action md does not injure the appetite or impair digesion, as most Expectorants do. OUR "NEURALGIA SPECIFIC" fs a perfect specific for Neuralgia, Sciatica, Rheumatism and all muscular or nervous pains, .vherever situated. These medicines are prepared with great care 'rom perfectly reliable drugs, and for the especial lasses of diseases named on each bottle. No one >f them is claimed as a "cure all." They are dentii-ally the same that Ave have used in our )ri\*ate practice for years, and in thus presenting i.nm tn tlx* rmltlic we know Avhereof Ave affirm. I'hoy are sale, reliable and efficient, acting quicky and thoroughly. Try them, and vou will want 10 others. Ask your Druggist for them. For sale by J. C. KUYKENDAL, Yorkvjlle, C. Prepared onlv by Dus. GUEENE, LINDLEY & BENTLEY, Charlotte, N. C. N. B.?Cancers, Tumors and Ulcers treated as Heretofore by "Kline'# Great Cancer Antidote*" it Charlotto, Goldsboro and Aslieyille, N. C. December 18 :i:i iy THE COOKING ST(IVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. (\, give universal atisi'aotion wherever introduced. They aremade >f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker nlate than auv 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 ev ery other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is conlidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideration tvith purchasers is the fact that our patterns and <i/.es are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, buton accountofits intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do ive ask the patronage of home purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them wo respectfully refer to the following: R. E.Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currcnee, York county ; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylio, Chester; I). A. Gordon, jutlinesvilie; .jonn a. wrown, kock iiiii; u. tr. Boyd, Joseph Ilcrndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save tiie freight from the northern cities ind the dealer's profit, which is no small item, i?v buying of us, and at the same time get a STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those >f northern make. The following are our prices, lclivercd at depot in Greensboro: So. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 44 y 41 (4 44 44 4 4 44 44 Og QQ Address, SERGEANT <fe McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. C. DUNLAP, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. rOIIN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. S T I E FF GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT PIANOS HAVE received upwards of FIFTY FIRST PREMIUMS, and are among the best now made, livery instrument is fully warranted for live years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of Oin vni-ir host materials and the most thorouirh workmanship will permit. The principal pianists mil composers and the piano-purchasing public, jf the South especially, unite in the unanimous verdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO, flie DURABILITY of our instruments is fully established by over SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, n the South, using over 300 of our Pianos. Solo Wholesale Agents for several of the principal manufacturers of Cabinet and Parlor Organs. Prices from $">0 to $000. 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 lames of over HOW Southerners who have bought ind are using the Sticll' Piano. CHAS. 31. STIEFF, Warerooms, No.!) North Liberty Street,. BALTIMORE, HID. Factories, 84 and 80 Camden St., and 45 and 47 Perry St. May 21 21 ly fllE SHORT LIXF SCHEDULE. Jiiaklottk, Columbia and Augu*iA H. R. Co., Columbia, S. <*> ^iay 11IIK following Passe up/* Schedule will be operated on and after,"".8 (iato ' m , ? ooiNO NOBTii. J tain No. 2. Train No. 4. Leave August0* 0.30 a.m. 4.15 p.m. fjj.j.M/ceville, *i.o3 a. in. 5.11 p. m. col'bia Junct'n,.. 11.38 a. in. ffl.05 P\rn*veColumbia, 11.48 a.m. 0.17 p. m. L.eave Columbia, 11.58 a. m. Winnsboro, 2.00 p.m. Chester, {4.00 p. m. Arrive Charlotte, fO.45 p.m. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Charotte and Richmond, to all points North, arriving it New York at 6.05 a. in. x No. 4 Train makes close connection, via Wilnington and Richmond to all points North, ar Ot 1S r> ni 1V1I1?5 y .... going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 3. Leave Charlotte, 7.00a.xn. Chester, 9.58 a. in. Winnsboro, 11.43 a. in. Vrrive 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. Uraniteville, f7.15 p. in. *7.48 a. m. Arrive at Augusta, 8.05 p. in. 8.45 a. m. * Breakfast. J Dinner, t Supper. South bound Trains connect at Augusta for all points South and West. Through tickets sold mxt-"basgiigtrrtrcT7kctl-t<> priucipal points. pd-.Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. A. Poi'K.Cen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. June 4 23 tf ? RIBBONS. A LOT of Ribbons, at reduced prices, can lie ft. seen at M. STRAUSS <fe SON'S. l%1*S * ?* * /V* ism Hjotnvuie wiq*tm. TEIIMS?IjV ADVANCE : )ne copy, one year, $ 3 00 )ne copy, six months, 1 50 )ne copy, three months, 1 00 jingle copy, 10 L'wo copies, one year, 5 00 L'en copies, one year, *25 00 ^sCi-To persons who make up clubs often or nore names, an extra copy of the paper will be urnished one year, free of charge. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at fifteen cents per line (this iizctype) for the first, and seven-and-a-half cents >er lino for each subsequent insertion?less than liree months. No advertisement considered less han tivo lines. Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Adverisements, will bo charged tweuty cents per line or each insertion. Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts vill bo made on liberal terms?the contract, lowever, must, in all cases, be confined to the imnediate business of the firm or individual contacting. Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated is advertisements. Announcements of Marriages in d Deaths, and notices of a Religious character, nserted gratis, and solicited. Personal Communications, when admissaile; Communications of limited or individual nterest, of recommendations of Candidates for iliices of honor, profit or trust, will be charged or as advertisements.