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Ilumoraiis ffrpartnwat. < Imparting Information Under Difficulties.?It was on a street car coining up from the Union depot yesterday. A man with r a very hoarse voice looked across the aisle at t a mail with a country satchel between his feet, ! ^ and said : !, "Wintry day, isn't it ?" i ( "Hey ?" called the other as he put his hand j to his ear. t "Seems like winter, doesn't it?" shouted j the man with the hoarse voice. s "Hey ? hey ?" asked the deaf man. J "He says," began a man who was standing f up, "he says it seems like winter." 1 At this moment the hoarse-voiced man rose ( up and slid out of the car. As he did so the ( deaf man rose up, laid two parcels on the seat, ? and called out: ? "Speak louder; I'm deaf!" \ "He says it seems like winter!" bawled the ( man standing up. \ "Who says so ?" ( He turned around to that hoarse-voiced ( man, but that person had skipped. . "Who says so ?" demanded the deaf man. , UT T 1... T .. , ""I?i?wnj, j. sny su. I "Well what of it ? Haven't I seen enough ] to know that it is winter weather? Don't ( try any of your guys on me or I'll knock the , top of your head off!" \ Then the deaf inan sat down and the mid- j die man sneaked out" and drop]>ed off the car, . and said he should spend the rest of his life J looking for the hoarse man. , A Fatherless Country.?A man recent- ' ly received a woodcut picture of George Washington, and pinned it 011 to the wall near his ' office ?oor. One day while at his work his ; little girl came into his room, and, espying the picture, started the following dialogue : '.'Who is that picture of, papa?" "Washington." "Who was Washington ?" "Father of his country." "Why was he called father of his country, papa V" "Because he fought for its independence and was a great and good man." "Is he alive now, papa ?" "No." "When did he die ?" "December 14th, 1799." "Who is the father of this country now, papa?" "No one; it's fatherless." The little girl was silent a few moments, and then enquired: "Was he tlie boy that couldn't tell a lie ?" "The same." "Well, this country will never have another father, will it, papa?" And the conversation was concluded with i?nm n rlr tilt/ CUipUOMV x^uiuta "Never! not even a step-fa iher." Shrinkage and Swellage.?"I tell you, sah, dis partnership bizhess am powerful resky," said the old man, as he nibbled,a green onion at the Central market. "Las' month I went into partnership wid Caesar "White in de peanut biziness. He furnished de roaster an' I bought de peanuts, an' we was to wliack up on profits. Dat Caesar am a bad man, an' doan' you forget it. If I hadn't bin on de watch fur him I'd been cleaned out sky high. What sort of a game d'ye 'si>ose he tried to play on me ?" No one could guess, and he finished the rest of his onion. Then he continued : "Well, sah, when we come to roas' dem peanuts dat Ceesar wanted me to believe dat de shrinkage offsot all my sheer in de bizness, an' he ordered me to get away from dat roaster an' go home!" "And you went to law ?" "No, sah !" I got an inspiration 'bout dat time, an' I poured de whole bushel in a barrel o' water. In five minits dem peanuts had swelled all my capital back and gin me a six shillin' claim on de roaster besides, an' de way Ctesar gin me three dollars to dissolve partner- > shipan' git out beat any boss race you eber saw." A Case of Modesty.?The other night a policeman observed a man hanging around the entrance of a Michigan avenue hall in a queer sort of way, and he asked him if he belonged to the order in session up stairs. The man 1 replied that he did, and the officer inquired : i "Then why don't you go up ?" ( "Well, I was thinking of it." 1 "Haven't been expelled, have you ?" < "Oh, no." ^ "And you haven't lost your interest ?" i "I might as well tell you," said the man, j after beating around a while longer. "I went < down to Toledo a few days ago, and somehow j the story came back here that I was drowned, j My lodge thereui>on passed resolutions to the j effect that I was honest, upright and liberal, i and a shining ornament, and that what was < its los3 was my gain. I wasn't drowned, as i you see, but I kind-o hate to walk in on 'em j and bust those resolutions. I've tried it three i times, and I can't get higher r,han the fifth | stair before I weaken." . Bill not Repealed.?The Legislature of j Maine has repeatedly, in years past, passed a , law giving a bounty for bears killed, and as often repealed it. In 1874 (over 82,000 having been paid the previous year in lounties by the ; State) a bill was introduced for a repeal by a ( ohovn nriirirw* UO 'J rO*IJ2Att " luc111uc1 11uu1 wc oi1u1c, 51i|1i(, iu u ivuuuu that hunters would kill them for the meat and pelts without the bounty. This brought up a member from the backwoods, who said : "The gentleman don't know what he is talking about. Most of the b'ars are killed when cools, when meat and pelts are worthless." "Then said the gentleman from the shore, "let them grow till they are of value." The country member replied : "I would like to ask the gentleman what them b'ars would live on while growing. I'll tell you, sir?011 . our sheep, and now and then a baby." Bill for rei>eal did not pass. I Why He Objected.?A crude old farm- ^ er, living on the line of one of the recent rail- ' way surveys, and who is the owner of a barn J of large dimensions, with huge swinging doors ' on both sides, observed a posse of surveyors busily driving a row of stakes through his prem- 1 ises that extended to the very centre of his 1 big barn. Sauntering leisurely towards the ; trespassers, with an air savoring somewhat of indignation, he addressed the leader of the ! gang as follows: "Layin 'eout another railroad V" "Surveying for one," was the reply. "Goin' threw my barn ?" "Don't see how we can avoid it." ' "Wall, now, mister," said the worthy farm- J er, "I calkerlate I've got somethin' to say i 'bout that. I want you tew understand that 1 I've got sumthin'else to do besides runnin' * out to open and shet them doora every time a 1 train wants tew go threw." j A Minister's Predicament.?Daniel ( Webster had an anecdote of old Father Searle, ; the minister of his boyhood, which is too good ] to be lost: It was customary then to wear i knee breeches in cold weather. -One Sunday ; morning in autumn Father Searle brought his i breeches down from the garret, but the wasps < had taken possession during the summer, and 1 were having a nice time of it in them. By dint of effort he got out the intruders and prepared for meeting. But, while reading ' the Scriptures to the congregation, he felt 1 a dagger from the enraged, small-waisted fel* ' lows, and jumped around the pulpit slapping 1 his thighs. But the more he slapped and 1 danced the more they stung. The people thought him crazy, but he explained the mat- J ter by: "Brethren, don't be alarmed; the word of the Lord is in niy mouth, but the < devil is in my breeches!" Webster always ] told this with great glee to the ministers. rrw?v itrc mm Tt ?a rnnsnmntivp. / looking man, lame and feeble, and carrying a pint bottle full of something, halted a pedestrian on Bates street yesterday and said : "I found this bottle on the corner back there, and I wish you'd tell me what's in it." The other took it, removed the cork and snuffed a full breath. The next instant he staggered against a wall, clawing the air and choking and gasping, and it was a full minute before he blurted out: "Why, you infernal idiot, that's hartshorn." "Well I'm perfectly willing to take your word for it without extra insults," observed the invalid in an injured voice, and took his bottle and walked off like a man who had J been abused without the least excuse. How Tiiey Rate Beauty in Texas.? The young men have a way in Texas of rating the girls as they do cotton. If only moderate in style and appearance she is a good ordinary, if more than usually attractive she is good middling, but if superior in all the graces and charms, then she is the highest grade?middling fair. Further west, in the cattle region, she is a long horn if only of moderate beauty, 1 but a short horn if of superior attraction. c Iltt ?mm aad Jirmdc. agriculture as a business. The politician, in his appeals to the farners of this country, never failed to remind hem that they were the backbone of the naion, and that all of the other pursuits of life vere dependent upon them for the building up >f their success. Although this was probably 11 most cases, the mere slang of the demagogue, ;o gain the votes of those who were to decide lie political contests of the day, yet there was olid truth at the bottom of it, and the result if the harvest of last year is an evidence of lie fact. Compare the shipments from the United States to foreign countries, with those if the preceding years, and we lind a falling iff of one-third in amount, occasioned by the thortening of the yield by the drought of the summer. 'Tis true, the increase in price to lie farmer occasioned by the smaller supply of she products of the earth, caused the calamity X) fall less severely on them ; but to the merjliant. the ship-owners, the traffickers of every jlass, as well as the common carriers, the disastrous results are told in the numerous insolvencies throughout the land, occasioned thereay. Notwithstanding the casualties which lave ensued, the permanent prosperity of the jountry has been bnt little impaired ; for we dill had in reserve a large stock of our prolucts to supply a sufficiency to meet the al?olute needs of the foreign markets, though al Advanced rates to them. This reserve stock must now be replaced by the future cropping, ind at 110 time for years in the past could the 3iy for help upon Hercules by the farmer lie more in order than at the present time, to preserve to us that prosjierity which, for some years past, has been enjoyed by our country. The time is now come when the brains as well as the strong arms of the husbandman are to be brought into play. The intellect?as remarked in an address by Col. Horace Capron? "must share more largely with muscle the toil of agriculture; machinery directed by skilled labor, and propelled by brute force, and also by the mighty power of steam, must take the place of expensive and inefficient hupian strength. This change involves the necessity for better culture, liberal use of manure, rotation in crops and a larger working capital in proportion to permanent investment." You are already sending millions annually 011 the old lands of the Atlantic States for commercial fertilizers. While I would commend a judicious expenditure in this direction, I would make this a basis of a practical rotation with a course of grasses and other restorative agencies of scientific agriculture. The business of agriculture should be an industry and not a speculation. The insane pursuit of specialties, lias long been a curse to American Agriculture. A whole community runs wild upon hops, when selling at fifty cents per pound, and in two years they are scarcely worth the price of picking, and extravagance, begotten of high expectations, is forthwith followed by bankruptcy. Wheat brings $2 per bushel, and whole States become wheat fields, while eveiy other interest languishes until the bread crop becomes so abundant as to be fed to swine in preference to shipment for human food. The sheep, with wool at 81 per.pound, holds high place in popular esteem, but is kicked from the pasture by every Randolph of the farm at the first indication of a heavy decline in the value of its fleece. Cotton, a great boon to our agriculture, as a constituent in the aggregate of production, may become an unmitigated evil if left to usurp the place of all other crops. The crop 01 An AAA AAA l>1 i<?t jfCtti j/iuuuucu vivujvaw^uw?uiuxc uiuii fifty per cent, larger than ten years ago. Three millions of bales may command a profit of S40 per bale, while five millions may not bring a dollar above their cost. But present profit is not the main consideration. The increase in value and enlargement of the productive capacity of the soil, by a judicious rotation, including the restorative influences of greenoropping and cattle-feeding, is an increase of capital, a source of larger annual income, and an addition to the inheritance of one's children.?Baltimore American. Overstocking Pastures?The overstocking of land is one of the surest and quickest ways of ruining pastures. It is an every-day thing with many farmers, who cannot be made to believe that they are getting the full benefit iff a pasture unless the grass is eaten off a little faster than it has time to grow; consequently all who put this method in practice always have bare pasture and poor cattle. The idvantages to be derived from allowing the ?rass to gain on the cattle during the glowing season are many, among which are the following : Cattle which are kept growing all the time come to maturity at a proper age. Animals kept constantly 011 bare pastures never mature properly ; those kept on good pastures lo not have to work day and night to satisfy ;heir appetites or use up all their food in buildng up a system worn down by partial starvation. A good covering of grass is a protec;ion to a pasture. It is nature's protection igainst the effects of bad and dry weather and die cold rains of winter, so that new grass will je growing under a covering of the old crop. It is true that cattle will thrive better on a mixture of old and new grass, while the seedng of the mature grasses will keep up the full variety of those kinds native to the soil. Consequently pastures thus treated produce more :ood for stock during the year than those kept continually eaten down to the bare earth. Hie practice of keeping pastures in good coalition is easily done upon large farms, where reserve fields can be provided, but even the nnall farmer can succeed in having renewed md fertile pastures, if he but study the laws >f nature and practice according to the knowledge thus acquired. About Crows.?Professor Linden said a ;ood word the other day at Buffalo for that much persecut- 1 bird, the common crow Corvus Americus). The crow of America nelongs to a scattered family of about 200 species, including among them the buzzard, iay, raven and magpie. Of the genius proper to which the crow l>elongs, seven examples ire found in the United States, the great black raven being at the head. In the wilderness about 100 miles from Buffalo, on the shores of Lake Ontario, ravens were found. TVioii- noofa tporn cn etirUiirlprl vnvolv lip liscovered. So wary were the birds that Mr. Linden had found it impossible to obtain a specimen. They were reported more abundant on the Canada shore of Lake Ontario, but it was impossible to procure a specimen jven there, though a liberal reward had been offered. The crow was only preserved from annihilation by its great cunningness. Even in capitivity the bird displays a degree of sagacity which almost resembles human intelligence. Mr. Linden admitted that the crow jould hardly be called a sweet singer; still ?vhen tame he made a very interesting pet. L)n the whole he might safely be set down as i useful bird and a real friend t)f the farmer. He eats large quantities of noxious insects, md though lie lias a bad habit of pulling up poung tender shoots of grain, it was a ques;ion whether the damage was not more than jomjiensated by the number of larva of beetles :lni8 brought to light and devoured. Gutters for Cow Stables.?There is nothing that pays as well as commencing in the stables. Besides the saving of time in stable work in well arranged buildings, there is the profit from the contentment of the animals, for they do tnrive better in such buildings. The Ohio Farmer says of making gutters in stables : "First drive in your largest or longest cow, iiid chain her up in the back stall ; next drive in your smallest or shortest cow in the front stall. Then give them meal or other feed in their mangers, and while they are quietly and jomfortably eating, seeing that they are standing squarely on their feet, carefully mark the position of the hind feet upon the ground and Iraw a line l>etween these ]>oints across the mtire stable. This line will mark the posi i/vr* nf flin n/lrrn fltn nflllftiV AV ;iwij ui tlic iiViiu yi nig luuiiuiv ^uvvcji v? ;rougli. Back oi' this line dig out a square litch 10 inches wide and 8 or 10 deep. Into ;his drop your plank gutter which should be wade of two inch plank. The bottom plank should be 12 or 10 inches wide, and the sides rom 0 to 8 inches wide according to the meth>d adopted of spiking them together, so as to eave your manure gutter full twelve inches vide in the clear and not less than 0 or 8 inchis deep. The top of this trough must be well >raced at intervals of 8 feet to prevent the >ressure of the earth from forcing in the side tlanks and thus making the gutter too narrow it the top." I^For a burn : Sweet oil and a weak soluion of lime-water makes a very soothing ap lication for a burn or scald. OT Silicate ef potash is recommended in France as manure for asparagus, greatly inreasing the size of the shoots. gUaflrag fa* the JFahhath. qONDUOTHD B1 REV. ROBERT LATHAN. | Original.] RIGHT. In morals, that which conforms to the law of God is right, and the opposite, or want of conformity to the law of God, is wrong. In the law of God, which is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments, every thought, word and act which is right, is commanded ; and all thoughts, words and acts which are wrong, are forbidden. Two of the ten commandments may be styled positive and eight prohibitory precepts. In the jiositive commands the opposites of the things enjoined are forbidden as wronsr. and in the prohibi lory precepts the opi>osites of the things forbidden are enjoined as duties. This position cannot be controverted. It rests upon a solid base and receives the assent of every intelligent creature. It maybe asked "is it a sin to perform a religious act which is not positively commanded." This question is suggested by a mistaken notion of the law of God. If we say that we may safely ]>erform those acts which cannot be arranged'under the head of either positive commands or prohibitory precepts we declare that there are some duties which God has not enjoined and some sins which he has not forbidden in his word. Such a conclusion startles us. It makes void the whole law. If the law of God: is defective in that it does not contain enough to direct us in all cases, it may be defective in that its precepts are not a perfect rule of moral action. Such a conclusion is contradicted by the declarations of God himself, concerning his law. One description which is given of that law is that it is perfect. It contains everything that is necessary to be a perfect rule to every man in any and every condition in which he may be placed. The safe rule then is that, in all things pertaining to the worship of God, whatever is not commanded is forbidden. In other words, what God commands in the Bible is right, and every thought, word or act, which is not included under some command of God, is sinful in its nature and in all its tendencies. All duty is comprehended in the word obey. Religion is obedience, and obedience consists in being and doing what is commanded to be and do. Civil law, or law as it exists among men cannot, from the nature of the case, go beyond the external act, but moral law extends to the motives. In order that we may do right, we must do what God commands, in the way that lie commands it to be done and with the right motive. "Keep thy heart with all diligence, " is one of the most important precepts laid down in the Bible. It is imi>ortant to shun the path of the wicked, to avoid tempta1 V.a AiJfhAil 5*** onfnnl viuihlo /U? tlUli, tu W laituiiu nt Vtiv uwuitt IAW4 v.v v.?w charge of all duties, but the heart must be kejpt with all diligence, because "out of it are the issues of life." Prov. iv: 23. To say that there are some moral duties which are not contained in the moral law, is about the same as to say that the moral law is a standard so far as it goes, but that it stops short of what God requires. This involves the human family in a bad state of things indeed. The Bible is the only revelation wliich has been made to us of His will. It is His revealed will. In this law He asks us only to obey it and nothing more. Yet, by the theory that there are moral duties not contained in the Bible, God requires us to do something, or some things, and has not revealed to us what they are. If this is not the conclusion to which such a theory leads, then it must be that, since it is right to do some things that God has not commanded, we are able to do all that God has commanded and something more. Eitljer conclusion is as foolish as it is wicked. Everything in morals that God has not commanded in his word is a sin. This is safe ground, because it is Scriptural. Right, we conclude, consists in doing what God commands in the way that He commands it to be done, and with a heart right before God. Everything else is sin. [Oriciual.J THE BIBLE NOT OF MAN. That there is in the world a book which is called the Bible, no one who is not hopelessly insane, an idiot, incorrigibly ignorant, or the inhabitant of some heathen land, will deny. This book that is called the Bible, claims to be of divine origin. This is either true or it is false, and if the Bible is of divine origin, the religion of the Bible is of divine origin ; and if the Bible is not of divine origin, the religion of the Bible is not of divine origin. This is so clear that no one will call it^in question. One among the many proofs of the divine origin of the religion of the Bible, is the fact that it lives and flourishes in spite of the follies and frailties of those who profess it. Those whose business it is to propagate the religion of the Bible are often little better than the veriest traitors. Professed Christians often conduct themselves in a way eminently calculated to bring the religion which they profess into disrepute. Ministers of the gospel, aside from the fact that they are beset with all the infirmities of sinful humanity, frequently fall into gross and flagrant immoralities. The records of the Church show that no inconsiderable number of Christian ministers fall into open profligacy. We hear of them becoming drunkards, or libertines, or absorbed in worldly pursuits, but their unministerial and unchristian conduct has no mox^e effect' in retarding the spread of the gosi>el than the dropping of a pebble into the ocean has in stopping its motion. The Church is not absolutely dependent upon any man or set of men. If all the ministers of the present day would desert the cause which they have espoused and become pagan priests, God would raise up men to preach the gospel. Civil and military schemes are hopelessly ruined by traitors and deserters; but the spread of the gospel suffers 110 loss by this class of individuals. [Original.J THERE IS A GOD. No more convincing proof can lie presented of the Supreme Being than that which is comi liv pvprv mifi evervwhere in our land. Spring lias returned at the appointed time. The fields are carpeted with living green and the air is loaded with the rich perfumes of wild flowers. The bee has gone to work and every living creature except ungrateful man seems to be thankful. Evidently, a powerful although unseen hand is controling everything. The hand is invisible, but its effects are seen everywhere. Only the fool will say "'there is no God." [Original.] EXTREMES. In the natural world extremes are generally not far apart. A long wet spell is usually followed by a long dry spell. This principle seems to run through every thing. Ultra men are not safe leaders. Besides being unreasonable, they are liable at any moment to shift their position and advocate the cause which they once denounced. Ultra politicians are not to be depended upon. Extreme temperance men often turn out sots. In religion, men who become more orthodox than the Bible, are liable to become at any moment as heterodox as Satan. ggj-The real evils which war against us and our true interests are not temporal, but spiritual ; are not without us in our circumstances, however untoward these may be, but are within us, in our hearts, and spring from guilt and pollution, from our unruly tempers and our unholy passions. Let the heart be right with God, then it will easily adjust itself to its surroundings. But then to be right with God it must be right toward men also. * Art* flf the ISigwJatttM. tiv CH] NEW LAWS OF THE STATE. ^ mi YORK AND CHESTER COUNTY RAILROAD rej RONDS. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the levy of a special tax in York and 1 Chester counties to retire the bonds issued by J"1 said counties in aid of the Chester and Lenoir ar: Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, and for oth wi er purposes relating* thereto,1' by providingfor fch the payment of certain bonds issued by Chester and York counties out of funds raised for the retirement of said bonds. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and 3,1 House of Representatives of the State of South UP Carolina, now met and sitting in General As- 1|V sembly, and by the authority of the same, That an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the levy of a special tax in York and Chester counties to retire the bonds issued by the said ^5 counties in aid of the Chester and Lenoir Nar- ic row Gauere Railroad Company, and for other purposes~relating thereto, " be, and the same is hereby amended, by adding thereto, as sections 8, 9,10,11 and 12, the following : " J" Sec. 8. That in case any such bonds and coupons issued by Chester and York counties are not presented by holders for retirement in Te accordance with the foregoing provisions of Ai this Act, in sufficient numliers to exhaust the said sum of live thousand dollars, then it , shall be lawful for the County Commissioners tic of said counties of Chester and York, to call su in for payment, by advertisement for two ?p weeks in one or more newspapers published # in said counties, designating the bonds to be paid by their numbers, a sufflcent number of ^ such bonds to equal, with their unpaid cou- ~ pons, the sum remaining unexpended, and to expend such unexpended' balance or sum in the payment at par of. the bonds with their coupons so called in. Sec. 9. That the bonds so called in shall cease to bear interest at the time fixed by said advertisement for their presentation for payment. Sec. 10. That Section 2 of the Act entitled as aforesaid be amended by striking out on third line thereof the words, "prior to the first day of March of each year," and insert ing in lieu thereof the words, "after the clos- J ing of the tax books for each fiseal year." Sec. Hi That Section 3 of the Act entitled as aforesaid be amended by striking out thereof the words, "on or before the first day of June of each year," where tlie same occur on the third line of said Section. Sec. 12. That this Act shall be of force from the date of approval. , Approved February 4th, 1882. AMENDING THE SCHOOL LAW. An Act to amend Section 45 and 46 of an Act entitled "An Act to alter and amend the school law of South Carolina," approved March 22, 1878. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That Section 45 of an Act entitled "An act to alter and amend the school law of South Carolina," approved Marcli 22, 1878, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that the same shall be as follows : "All claims of every G description whatsoever, which are chargeable against the fund raised for the support of the free schools of the State, must be signed by at least two members or tne Jtsoara 01 Trustees of the School District in which the service is rendered; and the correctness and legality of the same shall be sworn to and subscribed by the person presenting such claim before it shall be approved by the person or persons au- ar thoYized by law to give such approval." Sec. 2. That Section 4b of the said Act be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to be as follows: That all School Trustees and School Commissioners are hereby invested with the power, and are required, free of charge, to administer oaths to persons presenting the claim contemplated by the preceding Section of this Act, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as are all other 1)61*80118 who by the Is laws of this State are qualified to administer oaths. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the County School Commissioners on the 30th W day of April in each year to report to the \v County Treasurer a statement of all school claims by him approved .for the fiscal year last preceding. And the County Treasurer shall TV thereupon close the school accounts for that year, carrying over any balance to the credit of the then current fiscal year: Provided, Nothing herein contained shall in any way repeal, conflict with, or modify the provisions of Section 40 of an Act entitled "An Act to ~ alter and amend the school law of South Carolina," approved March 22,1878. Approved February 9th, A. D. 1882. L FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE. An Act to provide for the arrest and detention of fugitives from justice. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That any officers in the State .authorized by law to issue warrants for the arrest of persons charged with crime, sluill on satisfactory information laid before him under the oath of any credible i>erson that any fugitive in the State has committed out of the State, and within any other State, any offence, T which by the law of the State in which the of- *fence is committed, is punishable, either capitally or by imprisonment for one year or up- y wards, in any State prison, shall have full power and authority, and is hereby required to issue a warrant for said fugitive, and commit him to any jail within the State for the space of twenty days, unless sooner demanded by the j public authorities of the State wherein the of- ( fence may have been committed, agreeably to i the Act of Congress in that case made and ' provided ; if no demand be made within the time, the said fugitive shall be liberated unless sufficient cause be shown to the contraiy : Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive any person so arrested va of ths right to release on Dan as m cases 01 similar character of offences against the laws of this State. Sec. 3. The Governor of this State shall immediately inform the Governor of the State in < which the crime is alleged to have been com- ch mitted, of the proceedings had in such case. Sec. 4. Every sheriff or jailor in whose cus- \ tody any person committed under Section 1 of this Act shall be, upon the order of the Governor of the State, shall surrender him to the person named in said order for that purpose. Approved February 4th, 188*2. ty PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Joint Resolution to amend Section 8, Article 8, yo of the Constitution of this State, respecting the jn, disqualification of electors. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of ] Representatives of the State of South Carolina, ?; now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State be submitted to the qualified electors of the State at the next general election, and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon shall vote in favor of such amendment, and two-thirds of each branch of the next General Assembly shall, after such election and before another, ratify the said amendment by n yeas and nays, it shall be a part of the Consti- J[ tution to-wit : That Section 8, Article 8, of ne the Constitution lie amended by inserting is i therein after the word "murder," the following words : "burglary, larceny, perjury, forcrerv. or any other infamous crime," so that tn Section 8, when amended shall read as follows: foi Section 8. The General Assembly shall never He pass any law that will deprive any of the citizens of this State of the right of suffrage, except for treason, murder, burglary, larceny, Mj perjury, forgery, or any other infamous crime, wj or dueling, whereof the persons shall have been duly tried and convicted. That the question of adopting this amendment shall be submit- j ted to the electors as follows : Those in favor ai8 of the amendment shall deposit a ballot with ho: the following words written or printed there- loi on : Constitutional amendment relating to the m qualification of electors : TVs." Those opposed to said amendment shall cast a ballot j with the following words "written or printed j thereon: "Constitutional amendment relating ? to the disqualification of electors: No." | ( Approved February 0,1882. JIAItBOJtJNG OR EMPLOYING ESCAPED CON- I VICTS. An Act to amend the criminal law so as to pro- j A vide for the better control ot convicts committed 1 4$ to the penitentiary, and to punish peisons har-1 b? boring or employing escaped convicts. i Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and . House of Representatives of the State of South ' Carolina now met and sitting in General As- j < sembly, and by the authority the same, That | the superintendent of the penitentiary is au-1 J >rized and required to offer a reward ( enty-five dollars for the capture of each e: ped convict, and besides said reward, to pa any person who captures and returns to tl nitentiary any escaped convict, five cents p< le each for said person and convict, and an isonable allowance for expenses for boai ring the travel to the penitentiary. Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of all she s, trial justices and constables, forthwith 1 rest any escaped convicts who may be four thin their respective counties, and to convi em to the State penitentiary. Sec. 3. "Whoever shall harbor or employ ai caped convict, knowing him to be sue all be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, ai on conviction thereof, shall be fined or ir isoned, or both fined and imprisoned in tl scretion of the presiding Judge. Approved February !?, 1882. the ftfrkviilc tfrtiquitn TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: nglecopy foroue year, 12 1 >r six months, 1! >r three months, ' A I vo copies oiib year, ? * in copies one year, 20 ( id an extra copy for a club of ten. ADVERTISING RATES. DNE DOLLAR per square; for the first insf m, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for ea b*equont insertion. A square consists of t! ace occupied by seven lines of this size tyf Contracts will be made at reduced rat r advertising space to be used for three, si twelve months. THE HARTFORD Sewing' Machine. FUST PERFECTED The Largest under Arm. The Lightest and Quietest. CHE MOST LAVISHLY DECOItATEI The Least Vibration of any. A Galaxy of New Patents. Bail-Bearing Balance Wheel. Knife edge Treadle-bearing. Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stan id Woodwork. Positive take up. Perfect Stitch. The well-known and popular "FAMILY FAVORITE." also manufactured by us. For finely illustrated descriptions apply to r. C. LATIMER, Yorkville, S. r. G. REID & CO., Rock Hill, S. EED SEWING MACHINE COMPAN HARTFORD, CONN. April G 14 tf TfiWulfuRAL IMPLEMENTS AND ABOR-S A VING MACHINERY CALL AT TUXi UXXJLOXi UX LOWRY & WALKER, N the rear end of the "Bratton" Building, o positethe Court House, Yorkville, S. C., ai :aminea line of the Latest Improved Machir and Farming Implements, consisting of Kemp's Manure Spreader. Emerson, Talbot A Co.'s Walking Cultivator, Emerson, Talbot A Co.'s Single Reaper. Farmer's Favorite Grain Drill. Victor's One-Horse Grain Drill. Buckeye Mower. Coatos' Lock-Lever Hay and Grain Rake. Cardwell's Thresher. Globe Cotton Planter. Thomas' Smoothingand Cultivating Harrow, Monroe's Improved Rotary Harrow. "Acme Harrow." Baldwin's Feed Cutter. Wood's Corn Sheller. A general line of Avery's Farming and Cul ting Plows. ALSO AGENTS FOR Book waiter Steam Engine. Watertown Steam Engine. Talbot's Improved Steam Engine. Shingle, Planing, Heading and Stave M inery. Flour, Corn, Sugar Cane and Cotton Seed Mil Saw Mills, complete. Winship Cotton Gin. Ghampion Force Pump. [ron Fencing. Hyndman's Iron Roofing. Little Giant Cotton Press, Ac., Ac. We cordially invite the Farmers of York cou to call and examine our line of Machinery ai 1 piemen ts for facilitating farm labor. Wew te a pleasure in showing our goods, wheth u wish to buy or not. and will make it to ydi terest to give us your orders. LOWRY A WALKER. March 16 11 3m YORKVILLE OMNIBUS. 1HE undersigned would remind the publ that his LIVERY STABLES, on his lc ar the Court House, are in operation, and that 1 imply prepared with HORSES, CARRIAGE JGGIESand WAGONS, to attend to all calls th ly be made upon him by the traveling punn ecial attention given to conveying TRAVE1 G SALESMEN to any point desired, in con table vehicles, and with careful driver >r.ses and vehicles to hire at rqfisonable price HfS NEW OMNIBUS ikes regular trips to and from the trains, ar 11 convey passengers to any part of the towi FEED STABLES. ii connection with the Livery business, I ai 0 prepared to furnish feed"and stabling ft rses, by the meal, day, week or month. M ig experience in the Livery Business warrau t in ensuring satisfaction to all who may favc 1 with their patronage. t. few secona-hand Buggies for sale at a ba ii. F. E. SMITH, 'ebrunry 2 14 ly 1 Cement. 79 and 81 Columbus Street, DLBVEXjAOTD, OHIO. Send for circulars and price lists, 'ebruary 2G 9 ly ; THE T0Z1R. SI. RICO LI ie t THE MOST 1 >e. es . x. A - THE MOST DU NOW I ' SEND FOR PRieE LIST 1 T. S. JEFFERYS, Agent, Yorkrille, S. ( March 16 K ~ JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our ofliee, we are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OF JOB PRINTING in superior style, aud at prices that will compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and materials. We have recently made a reductiou in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men : IIJEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $6.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price ofBixth-sheel bill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. for 5W tor luuu Commercial Note, $2.15 $3.25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 y Letter (large size) 3.00 5.0C For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every instance. We also give special attention to the printingol Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. (is We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C. THE OLD JELftBLE! #ONE OF THE BEST NEWSPAPERS IN TECE SOUTH. C. NO SENSATIONALISM, NO IMMORALITY. C. ?" AUaiTSTA Y' CEB8IICLEII COfiSTlTVTiOS&LIST 1882. SUBSCRIBE FOR IT! ? ? ? a** ? THE Chronicle and Constitutionalist is the oldest newspaper in the South, and perhaps the oldest in the United States, having been established in 1985. While thoroughly Democratic rin principle, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant. The CHRONICLE contains the latest news from * all parts of the world, and is recognized as a firstclass paper. As an advertising medium, it covers the country in Georgia and South Carolina tributary to Augusta. We endeavor to exclude sensationalism. We publish no articles of an immoral character. TKRM8: Daily, one year, $10 00 Tri-Weekly, one year, 5 00 Weekly, one year, 2 0(1 Address WALSH & WRIGHT, Augusta, Gh. January 26 4 tf d- a mnptrnvrrptrynt ? n(| XXX XiJii nun ; ie" BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. B. M. SPRATT & CO. KEEP on hand a large lot of DOOES, SASH AND BLINDS, LUMBER, LIME AND LATHS, Dressed, Tongued and Grooved U FLOORING AND CEILING. MOLDINGS, ' a. PINE AND CYPRESS SHINGLES, &C. |S> LUMBER YARD at C. <k L. N. G. Depot. DOOR, SASH AND BLIND WAREHOUSE, next door to Court House. Prompt and careful attention given to shipping. Complete Bills for Dwellings or Store n. Rooms furnished at short notice. For prices Ac., address B. M. SPRATT A CO., Chester, S. C. ur Februarj' 2 5 3m lUGHT ALONG THIS WAT! - J. D. GWIN, At the POST OFFICE, CLOVER, S. C., IS receiving a small lot of GROCERIES, CON-. FECTIONERIES and STATIONERY, which lie offers for sale very cheap for cash. Mind, now, it is CASH and CASH ONLY; not to-morrow, or next week, or 30 days, but ic CASH DOWN. it, ie Please remember that; for it is the most imporS, hint argument in this discourse. I am not able to at do a time business; therefore, must sell strictly c. for cash. ,rj- Now, neighbors, friends, kindred and cousins, a- come right along this way. Call at -f. ?. THE POST OFFICE. And I will serve you right. J. D. G WIN. id March 2 9 tf n j; R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. m )r A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every y /V convenience, and a determination to do my ts best, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in >r want of correct and nattering likonesses. Cloudv weather is as good or better than sunshine for all r- subjects, except small children. March 10 10 tf - 37 W. BAUMAN, " PRACTICAL BARBER AND HAIE DEES8EE. r8f QHOP in SPRINGS MOORE building, on first 0 O floor, in the rear of Withers Adickes* store. [? Easy shaving, fashionable iiair-cuttingand dressing and polite attention to all customers. Call 3~ and give him a trial. :a Also dealer in CIGARS and TOBACCO. 8. , 14 UNION BAPTIST CHURCH. THIRTY days afterdate, application will be made to the Clerk of the Court of York county, for a Charter for UN ION BAPTIST CHURCH, located 4 miles North of York ville, in York county, S. C. March 23 11 5t IIBAL STEAM ENGINE. SCONOMIOAIj RABLE ENGINE \ N USE. 0 THE MANUFACTURERS, TOZER & DIAL, \ Colombia, S. C. 1 11 6m C. & L. HARROW GAUGE RAILROAD SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Chester, S. C., to Eincolnton, N. 0., taking effect at 3,15 o'clock, P. M., December 19, 1881: , GOING NORTH. Leave Chester 3.15 P. 31. /< Leave Lowrysville 3,45 P. 31, > / Leave McConnellsville 4.05 P. 31. / Leave Guthriesville 4.15 P. M. / Arrive at Yorkville * 4.40 P. M; Leave Yorkville 4.50 P. 31. Leave Clover 5.36 P. 31; Leave Bowling Green 5.40 P. 31. Leave Crowder's Creek 5.50 P. M. * Leave Pleasant Ridge 6.00 P. 31. Leave Gastonia 6.30 P. ,'lf. Leave Dallas 6.50 P. 34. Leave Hardin's 7.15 P. 34. Arrive at Liuoolnton 7.45 P. 31. GOING SOOTH. *" Leave Lincolnton, 7.00 A. M, Leave Hardin's v.v? a. Leave Dallas, 7.50 A. M, Arrive at Gastonia* 8.10 A. M. ? Leave Gastonia . 8 30 A. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge 8.60 A. jif. Leave Crowder'a Creek 9.00 A. M. Leave Bowling Green - 9.10 A. Leave Clover..? 9.26 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville 10.00 A. M. Leave Yorkville 10.10 A. M. Leave Guthriesville...... 10.35 A. !Vf. Leave McConnellsville 10.50 A. M. Leave Lowrysville 11.10 A. 3C Arrive at Chester 11.40 A. ill. Breakfast. JAMES MASON, Superintendent, December 22 51 tf RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILB0A& PASSE NG E R^DEP A RTMENT. ON and after February 26th, 1882, Passenger Train Service on the Atlanta aud Charlotte Air-Line division of this road will be as follows: EASTWARD, Mail and Express. Mail. No. 51. No. 53. ' '* Leave Atlanta, 2.15 P. M. 5.00 A. M. Arrive at Gainesville, 4.54 P. M. 7.55 A. M. Arrive at Lula, ....5.26 P. M. 8.30 A. Itl. Arrive at Rabun Gap June 6.22 P. M. 9.13 A. M. Arrive at Toccoa, 7.06 P. M. 10.06 A. 14. i Arrive at Seneca, 8.24 P. M. 11.20 A. M. Arrive at Greenville, 10.08 P. M. 1.25 P. M. Arrive at Spartanburg,...11.40 P. M. 2.58 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia,.'. 2.06 A. M. 5.10 P. M. Arrive at Charlotte, 3.15 A. M. 6.00 P. M. WESTWARD. Mail and Express. Mail. No. 50. No. 52. Leave Charlotte 12.40 A. M. 11.05 A. 14. Arrive at Gastonia, 1.35 A. M. 12.02 P.\14. Arrive at Spartanburg,..? 4.04 A. M. 2.35 P. 14. * Arrive at Greenville 5.32 A. M. 4.09 P. 14. Arrive at Seneca, 7.15 A. M. 5.54 P. 14. Arrive at Toccoa 8.28 A. M. 7.05 P. 11. a ?rl?oof:Riihim flan Junc.9.32 A. M. 8 CO P. If. 1 Arrive at Lula, 10.18 A. M. 8.43 P. If. Arrive at Gainesville, 10.51 A. M. 9.15 P. M. Arrive at Atlanta, 1.40 P. M. 12.05 A. M. T. M. R. TALCOTT, General Manager. I. Y. SAGE, Superintendent. A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. March 9 8 tf CHERAW AND CHESTER RAILROAD 7 PRESIDENT AND 8UP"PS OFFICE, 1 Chester, S. C., Nov. 28, 1881. j ON and after November 28,1881, the followirg schedule will be run on this road dally, Sundays excepted: Leave Lancaster Depot 8.00 A. If. Leave Miller's Station -8.10 A. M. Leave Waxhaw Station 8.20 A. M. Leave River Depot 9.00 A. 5L. Leave Fort Lawn 9.15 A. M. Leave Cedar Shoal Factory 9.25 A. 51. Leave Howze's Station 9.45 A. M. Leave Rich burg 10.00 A. 51. Leave McDaniel's Crossing 10.10 A. 51. Leave Knox'sStation 10.20 A. 51. Arrive at Chester 11.00 A. 5f. Leave Chester 3 50 P. 51. Arrive at Lancaster Depot 8.50 P. 5f. Passengers will buy tickets at all stations where ? sold. WM. H. HARDIN, President. January 19 3 tf TURBINE WATER WHEEL." WE have one 18-inch RIGHT HAND TURBINE WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar s Invention. We are working a 134- inch Wheel ot the same kind, and there is no better Wattfr Wheel made for the same money. Those who contemplate using a Turbine Wheel can do no better than to get one of these Wheels. We have Circulars giving all the details in regard to the working of it, and with the sale you have the privilege of trying the Wheel, and if it does not uo as represented, the . money will be refunded. Come and see the sample 18-inch R. H. Turbine Wheel, 5fanufactured by theSERGEANT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C. HERNDON BROS., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. February 10 47 tf -*1 DENTAL SURGERY. Dr. J. B. PATRICK, of Charleston, ^-UJJLLT SURGEON DENTIST, IS now in Yorkville, where he will remain for TWO WEEKS, and daring his stdy will be pleased to wait upon all who may require the services of a DENTIST. Being amply prepare! with the best instruments and all the improve! appliances, he feels warranted in assuring perfect satisfaction. Ladies waited on at their residence. Rooms at che Rawliuson House. March 9 38 * ly house and lot for sale. THE undersigned offers for sale, the Lot in Yorkville, known as the "Meek Place." It is situated near the Methodist Church, and contains TWO ACRES, more or less. On the lot is a two-story Dwelling House, containing SIX LARGE ROOMS AND A BASEMENT, a lumber house, corn-crib and stable. Terms will bo made easy. L. M. GRIST. "cleansing and eepaibing. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly clean, and if uufaded, restoring them to the original brightness and lustre of tne goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have them cleaned and made to look as well as new. Work promptly done, and at the moat reasona ble prices. THOMAS BALLARD. September 15 25 tf WANTED. FIVE SHARES OF CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD STOCK. Apply at the | ' ENQUIRER OFFICE. J July 28 30 tf TAR, 4 f\f\ GALLONS of TAR for sale at the New 1UU Store, by JOHN R. ASHE.